Biopolitics and resistance in Palestinian East Jerusalem
Lecture
In the fraught case of East Jerusalem, the concept of biopolitics offers fresh insight equally into Israeli efforts to manage the city and into the scope for non-violent Palestinian resistance. The broader significance of the project lies in the capacity of biopolitics to present a fresh…
ANU Language Teaching Forum - The Off-line Revolution?! – Using ePubs for content delivery
Lecture
Teaching on-line has certainly revolutionised content delivery, opening up many wonderful possibilities. It enables course conveners to be more flexible, expand their student bases, increase enrolments and bring delight to Deans and Directors. Online is definitely the flavour of the month and many…
ANU Language Teaching Forum - Portuguese Online – a complex enterprise between Indiana and ANU
Other
ANU’s recent decision to start offering Portuguese as an elective course in collaboration with Indiana University (USA) proved very successful, but quite challenging. Delivered online and in real time by a course convener (Dr. Castro) based in the US mid-west to students in Australia, the course…
ANU Language Teaching Forum - Hindi teaching and the challenges of teaching on-campus and on-line
Seminar
In this paper Peter Friedlander will argue that current developments in Hindi teaching on-campus and on-line have to be seen in relation to the history of how Hindi teaching has developed in Australia. He will contrast the demands for Hindi in terms of expectations set out in the Australia in the…
Screening of the 2014 Oscar nominated documentary - ‘The Square’
Other
The Centre for the Arab and Islamic Studies and the ANU United Middle East Society (UMES) present a special screening of 'The Square'. The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster over the past two and a half years. Through the news, we only get a glimpse of the bloodiest…
Counter-revolution: The Resilience of Authoritarianism in the Wake of the Arab Spring
Lecture
Authoritarian governments and remnants of the old regimes that were toppled in Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Tunisia are opposed to popular demands for genuine political and economic reform. They have used all means at their disposal - hard power and soft power, to undermine the revolutionary…
Why is the Arab Spring Turning to the Season of Arab Discontent?
Lecture
At the dawn of the twenty first century the post-colonial Arab and non-Arab societies of the Muslim Middle East have experienced continuous revolutions and military interventions, domestic and foreign, but without any positive effect on their governance. This presentation will explore the role of…