12-20 September 2026
Hooked on true crime podcasts or crime dramas, but wondering how much is actually real? This free, one-hour community event brings together leading criminologists and community safety practitioners to separate fact from fiction – no academic background required. Set...
You are warmly invited to an expert panel event led by JBC’s Professor Marinella Marmo to explore the enduring legacy of colonialism through personal experience and political reflection. The seminar is anchored in The Chosen Son, Professor Leanne Weber’s deeply moving...
Join us for a special evening to mark 50 years of PNG independence, featuring a film screening from the early election period, panel discussion led by PNG academics based in Gimuy, Cairns and the launch of a new exhibition showcasing PNG memorabilia with stories of...
AI has been lauded as the next technological paradigm shift, yet it has been released to the public with little thought about its impacts on children and child sexual abuse. This panel discussion brings together expert voices from the areas of advocacy, law, policing...
Join us for an insightful panel discussion on the global phenomenon of student solidarity encampments for Gaza. Australian university students erected eleven encampments in campuses across Australia. Panellists will reflect on the encampments, position them within the...
Speaker: Ntina Tzouvala, Australian National University Lawyers are latecomers in discussions about dollar hegemony and its effects on international relations and order. The overt weaponisation of the US Dollar in the past 10-15 years has made this reality impossible...
With a passion to work more collaboratively, Anthroprospective and the Centre for Native Title Anthropology are teaming up to host two engaging events this September during Social Science Week in Melbourne as a way of encouraging social science academics to engage in...
Join us for one or both of two online seminars exploring transformative justice and peace on the African continent. Session 1: Transformative Justice and the African Union: Unsettling the Dominant Discourse and Practice of Transitional Justice 4 September, 1-2 pm...
Lobbying and advising the government are part of the democratic process. Sometimes the interests being served are clear, yet at others they are hidden. Sometimes stories are told to make the outcomes desired easier to understand, and more likely, while at others the...
The 16th Annual E.L. ‘Ted’ Wheelwright Memorial Lecture The annual E.L. ‘Ted’ Wheelwright Memorial Lecture is held to commemorate the pioneering role that Ted Wheelwright played in developing studies in Political Economy in Australia. Not Going Away: First People and...