Submitted by Matthew Coote on August 11, 2020 - 09:15
Aug 13 2020 12:30
Australia/Melbourne
*** ONLINE SEMINAR ***
124 La Trobe St
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
The European Studies Association Australia New Zealand (ESAANZ) would like to invite you to a free online event concerning the EU COVID-19 Recovery Fund.
The European Union Centre of Excellence at RMIT - Social and Global Studies Centre and Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia (CESAA) invite you to this online event to celebrate Europe Day 2020.
Do you wish to explore what is South-South Cooperation (SSC)? How is it different from other models of international development cooperation? Is it all about governments or should private sector and civil society play a role? If so, in what ways? How does SSC contribute in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
You are invited to the following free events hosted by the European Union Centre at RMIT. On Friday 5 April 2019, 10:30am Dr Lykke Friss will speak on Current Affairs and Challenges of the EU.
Improve and widen participation in higher education. The EAN 2019 Annual Conference encourages better policy making and improves best practices through the sharing of ideas and knowledge and by connecting policy makers, researches, experts and practitioners.
Submitted by Chris Brooks on September 3, 2017 - 13:13
In Alison Smith’s wonderful novel Autumn, written just after Brexit, there is a conversation between mother and daughter about why Mum has stopped following the news:
I am tired of the news. I am tired of the way it makes things spectacular that aren’t, and deals so simplistically with what’s truly appalling. I am tired of the vitriol. I am tired of the anger. I am tired of the meanness. I am tired of the selfishness. I am tired of how we’re doing nothing to stop it.
Submitted by Matthew Coote on April 24, 2017 - 21:53
May 4 2017 18:00
Australia/Melbourne
RMIT City Campus, Seminar Rooms 1 & 2 (Storey Hall)
348/336 Swanston Street
Melbourne
Australia
On Thursday 4 May 2017, the Monash European and EU Centre, RMIT’s EU Centre and Centre for Communications, Politics and Culture are joining force to organise a panel discussion on the future of French politics, the implications for Europe but also the Western world, more broadly.
Throughout his career, visionary Colombian sociologist Orlando Fals Borda argued against the concept that research should be seen as a playground for an academic elite. With a conviction of the need for more and more feeling-thinkers (sentipensantes) in contemporary times, his vision for true democratic research was straightforward: “Do not monopolise your knowledge nor impose arrogantly your techniques, but respect and combine your skills with the knowledge of the researched or grassroots communities, taking them as full partners and co-researchers.”
Honorary Professor of Education and Chair of the PASCAL Board Josef Konvitz, in an opinion piece for the Glasgow-based national newspaper, The Herald on 15 November, argues that freedom of movement is a priceless right that is vital to economic well-being. The full article follows: