Festival of Democracy | We Need to Talk about Antarctica
For more than half a century, the fragile and frozen continent of Antarctica has been protected by ‘post-sovereign’ governing arrangements that are unusual by global standards. There are now clear sig...
1 Syys 20161h 1min
Schattenkinder: Children born of war in the 20th and 21st centuries
Professor Sabine Lee, the University of Birmingham. Starting from a drawing ‘Schattenkinder ‘ by the Dutch painter Knut Weise, whose half-sister is a Russenkind (child of Russian soldier fathered dur...
1 Syys 20161h 31min
The Australian Mosque: locality, gender, and spirituality
This panel considers the diverse cultural expressions of mosque design, past and present, in areas where Muslim populations are both minorities and majorities. It explains the history and reasons behi...
31 Elo 20161h 30min
The Holocaust: the known, the unknown, the disputed and the re-examined
The Holocaust is one of the most researched events of the twentieth century. Yet it continues to spark popular interest and scholarly controversy. In this lecture Professor Michael Berenbaum, former P...
30 Elo 20161h 31min
Dr Estelle Lazer on 'Stolen Lives: Returning Identities to Pompeian Victims of the AD 79 Eruption '
Since they were first revealed in 1863, the casts from Pompeii which preserved the forms of the victims in their moment of death have generated huge interest. Stories of their supposed lives and death...
25 Elo 20161h 23min
East West Street: a personal history of the origins of genocide and crimes against humanity
Drawing from his new book - part historical detective story, part family history, part legal thriller - Professor Philippe Sands QC, explains the connections between his work on 'crimes against humani...
24 Elo 20161h 4min
Professor Mark Dadds - On the Importance of Time-out in the Era of Empathy and Attachment
Professor Mark Dadds from the Sydney Child Behaviour Research Clinic at the University of Sydney covers some of the current scientific evidence behind the building blocks of evidence-based parenting i...
18 Elo 20161h 26min
Politics at the End of the World: a public forum on the future of Antarctica
Politics at the End of the World: A Public Forum on the Future of Antarctica A panel of experts and those passionate about preserving Antarctica give a fascinating overview of both the history of Ant...
17 Elo 20161h 38min
