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After Copenhagen: Looking for real solutions
Posted: March 2010
A Sydney Ideas lecture co presented with the USSC and CHAST Monday 8 March 2010 Professor James Hansen, Climatologist, Columbia University and NASA After Copenhagen: Looking for solutions.
Stripping bare the body
Posted: March 2010
Mark Danner is one of the world’s most experienced war reporters, and has covered trouble spots such as El Salvador, Haiti, Bosnia and most recently Iraq.
Global Warming
Posted: February 2010
Tuesday 23 February 2010Global Warming: How policy can catch up to the science and solve the problem A Sydney Ideas lecture by Professor Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton University.
A Challenge to the Hip Pocket: Evoking Commitments to Social Justice
Posted: July 2009
Margaret Levi lecture will trace the development of the labor movements’ participation in social justice campaigns (global and domestic), comparing the US experience to the activities of Australian unions.
Sustainable Urbanisation, Climate Change and the Global Financial Crisis
Posted: July 2009
Sustainable Urbanisation, Climate Change and the Global Financial Crisis: The role of the United Nations Human Settlements Program.
Torture and Democracy: What Now?
Posted: July 2009
In his lecture for Sydney Ideas, Darius Rejali traces the development and application of one torture technique after another in the last century, and he reaches startling conclusions.
International Forum: The Global Talent Search and Challenge
Posted: July 2009
Deputy Vice Chancellor (International) Professor John Hearn hosts the next installment of the International Forum series on global mobility and the talent shortage. (
Did the Buddha invent Asia? Buddhism, Buddhists, and the 'very idea' of As
Posted: May 2009
How did the teaching of one man influence Asia so profoundly? What was the role of Buddhism in the geography of ideas in the pre-modern period? What were the unifying principles or ideologies that brought distant cultures into close relation?
Reporting on the Environment
Posted: May 2009
Schapiro, veteran environmental journalist and Editorial Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting, explores the intersection between the inherent uncertainties of the scientific method and the demand for clarity by those in power.
Barack and Michelle Obama: Rewriting the Narrative of American History
Posted: May 2009
Gordon-Reed, the author of 2008's The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (WW Norton), will put a historical spin on the current White House residents in light of America's Founding Fathers, in particular Thomas Jefferson.
Creativity and Flexibility: The Nexus between Infrastructure, Space and Art
Posted: May 2009
Fiona Winning, at Sydney Ideas, discusses the often problematic relationship between the hard and soft infrastructure - of arts buildings and the artists and organisations that work in them.
ISP Filtering
Posted: May 2009
Associate Professor Bjorn Landfeldt was part of the government-appointed team that studied implementing ISP-level internet filtering. In this public lecture given at the University of Sydney University, he discusses technical and social issues.
Michael Paton
Posted: February 2009
Dr Michael Paton, an expert in Chinese history and the philosophy of science, will explain the foundations of this influential Chinese cultural practice, as well as examining some of the misconceptions that have arisen in the West concerning this ancient.
Hugh Mackay
Posted: November 2008
Social researcher and best-selling author Hugh Mackay will discuss why increasing public participation in the arts is a crucial part of building a healthier Australia when he speaks at Sydney Ideas this Saturday.
Gareth Evans
Posted: November 2008
poFormer Foreign Minister Gareth Evans will discuss how the world must take responsibility in ending mass atrocities in a Sydney Ideas lecture at the University of Sydney this Friday, 24 October, 2008. Evans, the President of the Brussels-based Intern.
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