Past events
Is international relations too 'hard' for women?
Decades after formal barriers were removed, women remain demonstrably underrepresented in senior positions in Australia's international affairs. A number of barriers remain which women and men...
Colonial origins of the informal economy on the Gazelle Peninsula
Abstract
This paper is concerned with the accommodation of Tolai people, indigenous to the Gazelle Peninsula in the hinterland of Rabaul, to the market economy. 'The market' was introduced...
Money politics: a report from the Indonesian elections
In this presentation, Professor Edward Aspinall illustrates the variety of €˜money politics' found in Indonesia today, as well as the challenges such strategies pose for political candidates and...
Book launch of 'Defence Planning and Uncertainty' by Dr Stephan Frühling
The Strategic & Defence Studies Centre warmly invites you to attend the Book Launch of Defence Planning and Uncertainty: Preparing for the next Asia-Pacific War, by Dr Stephan...
Warring Australians: the battles overseas and at home, 1914-18
The War Studies Seminars are open to the public and are to showcase the latest research on the history, character, conduct and effects of war.
Please note you must register to attend
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HIV/AIDS in West Papua: Current Conditions, Ongoing Challenges
Abstract
West Papua faces an HIV/AIDS epidemic that is mainly affecting Papuan youth. Recent scholarship on HIV in Melanesia asks us to consider how HIV prevention and treatment agendas are...
Ethnography, Corporate Knowledge and the Mobile Phone Consumer in Cambodia
Abstract:
This paper is based on ethnographic research into the marketing and consumption of mobile services in Cambodia and focuses on the central figures of neoliberal development...
Robert O'Neill War Studies Lecture. From Syria to Scotland: geopolitics in today's world
During the Cold War, our defence interests and our economic priorities appeared to be geographically aligned. The 'west' and the 'east' said it all (or most of it). Since the end of the Cold War,...
SSGM PhD Colloquium
The SSGM PhD Colloqium will host the best and brightest of SSGM's PhD candidates as they present various topics ranging from 'Post- Conflict' to 'The Role of Education'.
Topics and Speakers...
Privatising the "War on Drugs"
A defining feature of the 9/11 wars has been the prominent role played by private military and security companies (PMSCs). The growth of this market for military and security services has not gone...
