Author: David William Lucas


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    EDUCATING AFRICANS IN AUSTRALIA

    PARKING IS IN LIVERSIDGE STREET. IF YOU PARK OPPOSITE CANBERRA HOUSE (BUILDING 73) TURN RIGHT WHEN YOU EXIT THE CAR PARK AND WALK DOWN TO BUILDING 132. AT THE BUILDING 132 SIGN WALK PAST THE CIRCULAR DRIVE AND PAST THE STONE BALLS AND DOWN THE STEPS. Presenters will be Matthew Neuhaus (DFAT) , Margaret O’Callaghan:

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    Adolescent Health in Kenya

    Public Lecture Presented by School of Demography, ANU College of Arts & and Social Sciences and National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment Adolescent health and wellbeing in Africa: What do we know and what next? Reflections from a Kenyan perspective Presenter Dr Caroline Kabiru Research scientist African

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    Law’s rule – Liberia and the rule of law

    PhD Seminar Thursday 31 March 2016 12.30pm–1.30pm Seminar Room 1.13, Coombs Extension Building (8), Fellows Road, ANU About the Speaker Shane Chalmers studied law and international studies as an undergraduate at the University of Adelaide between 2004 and 2010. In 2011, Shane moved to Montreal to undertake a Master of Laws in comparative law and

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    Comparing courts cross-regionally: Lessons and challenges

    Mariana Llanos Thursday 10 March 2016, 12:00 – 2:00 pm L.J. Hume Centre, Copland Building (24), 1st Floor, Room 1171, Australian National University Lunch will be provided at the seminar after the Q&A session. Abstract: This presentation summarizes the main results of the project “Judicial (In)dependence in New Democracies Courts, Presidents and Legislatures in Latin

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    Kenya’s 2007 elections – what went wrong, and why?

    ANU School of Politics & International Relations ________________________________________SPIR Seminar Series Kenya’s 2007 elections – what went wrong, and why? Jorgen Elklit Aarhus University Thursday 3 March 2016, 12:00 – 2:00 pm L.J. Hume Centre, Copland Building (24), 1st Floor, Room 1171 Lunch will be provided at the seminar after the Q&A session. Abstract International organisations

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    Exciting, challenging, frightening times: global health, development and the stuff of innovation

    Speaker: Dr Mark Dybul, Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Time & Date: Monday 29 February 2016, 5.30pm Venue: Molonglo Theatre, Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU Event-url: https://crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/6893/2016-harold-mitchell… Dr Dybul has worked on HIV and public health for more than 25 years as a clinician, scientist,

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    AFRICAN FOOD AT ANU: Saturday 20th February

    The ANU African Student Association (ANUASA) has posted this on Facebook “PARSA Big Day is happening tomorrow at 10AM, Saturday 20 February at Fellows Meadow (directly opposite Chifley Library). ANUASA will be taking part in the Big Day by cooking and serving African dishes at our own stall. So please come along and support us.

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    LAW at ANU; RUGBY RESEARCH AT UC

    “Law and governance in sub-Saharan Africa’ – Masters Course offered at ANU is open for enrolments The course is offered intensively over 4 days in Canberra in Spring (September). Through online portals we distribute readings etc. Note that people can enrol in this course without needing to be enrolled in a Masters programme. They receive

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    ANNUAL AUSTRALIAN AID CONFERENCE AT THE ANU

    Devpolicy News reports that ‘Registrations for the 2016 Australasian Aid Conference (10-11 Feb) have already broken the records set in the last two years. Make sure you register as soon as you can to avoid disappointment. Less than two weeks to go! If you are wondering what all the fuss is about, check out this

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    Science Circus

    Dr Graham Walker (ANU National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science) has taken his science shows to 41,000 children in Africa as part of an 11-week tour through five countries. Dr Walker and teammate Joe Duggan lugged magnets and other everyday items to be transformed into science experiments on their Science Circus tour of

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