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Atem Atem – Settlement Experiences of South Sudanese in Western Sydney
Atem Atem PhD Presentation Families in Western Sydney In the Search for the Good Life: Settlement Experiences of South Sudanese This research explores the settlement experiences of South Sudanese humanitarian migrants who have arrived in Australia between late 1990s and late 2000s. South Sudanese came to Australia in the search for the good life. They
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Government House Workshop Invitation
This network has received a flyer (shown below) from Bradley Innes of the Royal Commonwealth Society (ACT Branch). The RCS is seeking expressions of interest from students from Commonwealth countries to attend an afternoon of workshopping at Government house on Tuesday the 9th of March. The workshop shall be conducted as part of the celebrations
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Issues facing diaspora communities in Australia
The report of the Senate Committee on the above topic can be found at https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/Diasporacommunities/Report Submissions relevant to Africa include the following 11. Federation of Equatoria Community Association in Australia Inc (FECAA)25. African Australian Advocacy Centre 39. Africa Research & Engagement Centre (AfREC)43. South Sudanese Community Association in Victoria69. Community of South Sudan & Other
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2021 RDI Development Futures Workshop Series
For more information about the RDI Network see https://rdinetwork.org.au/about-us ‘In the wake of significant challenge and disruption driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, the RDI Network aims to generate in-depth conversations about development effectiveness and the future of aid and development. The far-reaching effects of the pandemic have also compounded the effects of other recent changes
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Belle Low’s funeral
The obituary of former ANU Vice-Chancellor Anthony Low was published on this weblog of 28/11/2015: ‘Anthony’s illustrious academic career began in 1951 as a Lecturer at Makerere College, University of East Africa. While undertaking archival research in Zanzibar he met Isobel Smail who was nursing in the Protectorate and was proficient in Swahili. They were
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Decolonizing the University: Conversations across the Creek
Friday, 09 October 2020, 1–2pm, Online webinar (registration required) Arguing that the institution of the university has been broadly complicit with colonialism, the call to “decolonize” universities and academic practices has been heard across the world, from Cape Town to Oxford to Canberra. But what exactly does it mean to “decolonize” the university or to
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ANU Africa Network
This website was established in 2013 by David Lucas, and renovated and relaunched in 2020 as part of a project to increase awareness of Africa and African studies in the ANU and the ACT, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Another outcome of that project was a major research report,
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Cheeseman on How to Rig an Election and Get Away with It.
AFSAAP Secretary Margaret O’Callaghan, has been sent this lecture recording by Nick Cheeseman this from the University of Manchester and comments, ‘it’s an hour long but well worth listening to with many country specific examples.’ In his co-authored book, How to Rig an Election, he argues “[c]ontrary to what is commonly believed, authoritarian leaders who
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ANU International Strategy: Africa and the Middle East
Updates in Bold The Town Hall Meeting on the ‘Introduction to the Regional Plan for Africa & the Middle East’ was held on May 28th, 2020 (See the post on this weblog dated 26 May). This was part of of the ANU’s Regional Plans Consultation process. See https://www.anu.edu.au/events/anu-regional-plans-consultation Questions on Zoom were answered by Associate
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Bryce and Gillard on Women and Leadership by Gillard and Okonjo-Iweala
ANU/CANBERRA TIMES MEET THE AUTHOR ‘In this virtual Meet the Author live event, Julia Gillard and Quentin Bryce discuss Julia’s new book, co-authored with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Women and Leadership. An inspirational and practical book written by two high-achieving women, sharing the experience and advice of some of our most extraordinary women leaders, in their