Workshop: Friday 6 April at the ANU, 10am From the School of Politics & International Relations “Scholars, early career researchers, and post-graduate students are invited to join Visiting Fellow, Professor Nic Cheeseman (University of Birmingham) for a workshop exploring the opportunities and challenges of democratic systems in new and post-colonial democracies. As Professor Cheeseman’s core

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  In April  Atem Atem will be returning to the ANU on a part-time basis to complete his PhD work on ‘Settlement Experiences of South Sudanese Families in Western Sydney’ while continuing to work at the Fairfield City Council as the Multicultural Officer He came to Australia from Sudan in 2002 as a refugee. He

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The ANU’s Research and Innovation News (March 2018) has reported that Bonnie McConnell has ‘been funded over $250,000 by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council and Medical Research Council for the project ‘Developing a Community Singing Based Intervention for Perinatal Mental Health in the Gambia’. An abstract of Dr McConnell’s article from the July

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https://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/sudanese-ambassador-speaks-against-african-gang-reporting-20180214-h0w2zg.html The above link reports a statement by Dr Baroudi, who became Ambassador for the Republic of Sudan in 2017, when he described an exhibition that opened on Monday at the Embassy. “Sudan is seeking all the time for the common interests on a bilateral basis,” he said. “That means if Sudan has good relations

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Speaker: Professor Helen Ware (UNE) Date & time Thu 15 Feb 2018, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Location Seminar Room A, Coombs Bldg #9, Fellows Road, ANU “But How Many Actually Died ? Counting Civilian Deaths in Recent Wars” This seminar covers two areas. The first is a 10 minute introduction to The Demography of Conflict based

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The Annual Australasian Aid Conference is on at the Crawford Building ANU until 14th February and is fully booked. For more details, including the program, see https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/annual-australasian-aid-conference Wednesday 14th at 8am is of particular interest to Africanists: Panel 3d – Should Australian ODA re-engage in Africa? Should Australian ODA re-engage in Africa? Acton Theatre Chair:

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The Royal Commonwealth Society’s ACT Branch has announced that Georgia Troup, a PhD student from the ANU Fenner School of Environment & Society, is to receive the 2018 Phyllis Montgomerie Commonwealth Prize of $5000. Georgia is a PhD student studying human-elephant conflict in Tsavo, Kenya, which is becoming more important as droughts last longer. Human-elephant

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On January 8th, 2018, the Minister for Foreign Affairs announced the appointment of Ms Bronte Moules as Australia’s next Ambassador to Zimbabwe, with non-resident accreditation to Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and Zambia. Ms Moules was most recently Deputy High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea. With regards to

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2017 MITCHELL ORATION: “Development: towards 21st century approaches”. DATE AND VENUE Monday 04 December 2017 5.30PM–6.30PM Molonglo Theatre, Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU There will be a short reception following the lecture SPEAKER Dr Okonjo-Iweala is a development economist has served as Board Chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, since January

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FROM: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-08-26/elen-feuerriegel-the-underground-astronaut/8825148 Four years ago, Dr Elen Feuerriegel was in her first year of a PhD studying human anatomy under the ANU’s Professor Colin Groves, a world renowned paleoanthropologist at The Australian National University. Trawling the internet she saw an ad. from Professor Berger, a US-born palaeoanthropologist based at the University of Witwatersrand, in South Africa.

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