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REALISM & THE VALUE OF PEACE
Professor Hugh White
(Presented May 5 2008)


RISK, UNCERTAINTY & THE FUTURE OF NATURAL SECURITY
Professor Michael Wesley
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented May 8 2008)


IMMUNITY & ALTERED SELF - THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN OUR SELVES, OUR GENOME SEQUENCE & OUR MICROBES
Professor Christopher C Goodnow
(Presented April 29 2008)


MEMORIES LOST AND FOUND: A RECESSION WE HAVE TO HAVE & WHAT THEN?
Blake Dawson - ANU Lecture 2008
(Presented April 17 2008)


CLOSING THE GAPS IN INDIGENOUS MORTALITY & HOUSING
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented April 4 2008)


GLOBAL LAND USES - CHANGES, CONSEQUENCES & CHALLENGES
Professor Anette Reenberg
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Tuesday 18 March 2008)



SOCRATIC FORUM: THAT CANBERRA IS TAKING TOO MUCH POWER FROM THE STATES
ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb
(Presented Tuesday 11 March 2008)


2008 PAMELA DENOON LECTURE
Marian Sawer and Roslyn Dundas
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Thursday 6 March 2008)



HIGHER EDUCATION: 'IT'S TIME'... TO CHANGE THE POLICY FRAMEWORK
ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb
(Presented Wednesday 20 February 2008)
BIOSECURITY: UPGRADING THE WEB OF PREVENTION 
Professor Malcolm Dando
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Wednesday 13 February 2008)

THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
Colin Keating
(Presented Tuesday 12 February 2008)




IN THE WAKE OF ECONOMIC REFORM: NEW PROSPECTS FOR A NATION BUILDING STATE?
Professor Michael Pusey
(Presented Wednesday 12 December 2007)



MUST CLIMATE CHANGE MEAN THE END OF THE PLATINUM AGE? 
Professor Ross Garnaut
Inaugural S.T. Lee Lecture on Asia & the Pacific
(Presented Thursday 29 November 2007)


JUST WAR THEORY & CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Professor Larry May
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Wednesday 21 November 2007)
GUARDING AUSTRALIA (CITIZENSHIP, SECURITY AND TERRORISM) 
Panel debate
The Devil's Advocate Series: 2007 Federal Election
(Presented Tuesday 13 November 2007)



STATES OF THE NATION (FEDERATION'S FUTURE) 
Panel debate
The Devil's Advocate Series: 2007 Federal Election
(Presented Wednesday 7 November 2007)


WORK CHOICE: THE IR BATTLEGROUND
Panel debate
The Devil's Advocate Series: 2007 Federal Election
(Presented Tuesday 30 October 2007)

THE 'GROWTH' OF INDIA
Professor Robin Jeffrey
The Sixth Annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture
(Presented Wednesday 10 October 2007)



COERCIVE RECONCILIATION: STABILISE, NORMALISE, EXIT ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA
Hosted by Jack Waterford
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Tuesday 9 October 2007)


ADVANCE AUSTRALIA WHERE?
Hugh MacKay
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Wednesday 26 September 2007)


2007 LIONS ORATORY COMPETITION
(Presented Wednesday 19 September 2007)


BIG BROTHER GOOGLE?
Roger Clarke
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Wednesday 19 September 2007)

SUCCESS AT SYDNEY: WHAT HAPPENED AT APEC
His Excellency Robert McCallum, American Ambassador to Australia.
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Tuesday 18 September 2007)



HARRY POTTER AND THE HOLOCAUST: REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY AND FICTION
Professor Ann Curthoys
(Presented Tuesday 18 September 2007)



INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC
(Presented Thursday 23 August 2007)



THE DARK SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE
Professor Joseph Silk FRS
(Presented Tuesday 21 August 2007)



ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING FULL EMPLOYMENT
Dr Ken Henry AC
(Presented Tuesday 14 August 2007)



WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: MAINTAINING THE RAGE
Hon Gareth Evans AO QC
Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture
(Presented Thursday 16 August 2007)



KNOWLEDGE & DEMOCRACY
Professor Philip Kitcher
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Friday 10 August 2007)



EMISSIONS TRADING FOR AUSTRALIA: LEADER OR LAGGARD?
Dr Martin Parkinson, Dr Neil Marshman, Ms Anthea Harris, Mr Tony Mohr, Dr Tony Beck, Prof Warwick McKibbin, Dr Jack Pezzey and Dr Frank Jotzo.
(Presented Thursday 9 August 2007)



COPING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE: IS DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA AND THE WORLD SUSTAINABLE?
Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri
(Presented Wednesday 8 August 2007)


A NEW SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE IN THE WAKE OF THE CRIMINAL COURT
Luis Moreno-Ocampo
(Presented Tuesday 7 August 2007)



'A DIM FARRE OF LAUNCE-SKIPPE': THE ETHICS OF SHAKESPEARE'S LANDSCAPES
Professor Ruth Morse
(Presented Friday 20 July 2007)



CONTRACTING CULTURES: INDIGENOUS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & THE CREATIVE COMMONS
Professor Danielle Conway-Jones, Terri Janke, Dr Matthew Rimmer
(Presented Tuesday 17 July 2007)



DEBUNKING 'THE GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SWINDLE'
Associate Prof Janette Lindesay, Professor Robert Dunbar, Professor Malcolm McCulloch
(Presented Friday 13 July 2007)



GEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Dr Andrew Glikson
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Wednesday 20 June 2007)



AN INTERFAITH DIALOGUE WITH HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA
(Presented Tuesday 12 June 2007)



CHINA & THE WEST IN THE 21st CENTURY
Will Hutton
(Presented Friday 1 June 2007)

THE ATHEOLOGY
Michel Onfray
(Presented Wednesday 30 May 2007)


INDIA: SHINING OR WHINING?
Professor Bibek Debroy
(Presented Wednesday 23 May 2007)



SPEECHMAKING IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
Professor Ken Inglis
(Presented Tuesday 15 May 2007)



FIGHTING THE GREAT PANDEMICS
Sir Richard G A Feachem
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Tuesday 15 May 2007)



THE DIRTY POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Clive Hamilton
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Tuesday 8 May 2007)



MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER: THE FIRST MONTHS
The MRO Team
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Monday 30 April 2007)

 


AUSTRALIANS: WHAT ARE WE? HOW DO WE SEE OURSELVES? HOW DO OTHERS SEE US?
Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser
(Presented Monday 30 April 2007)



THE ITC INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA
Sheryle Moon
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Wednesday, 21 March 2007)



ALL FOR NOTHING?
Dr Sarah Maddison
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Wednesday, 7 March 2007)



IT'S EVERY MONKEY FOR THEMSELVES
Vanessa Woods
Presented Wednesday, 7 March 2007)



CONSOLIDATING & REACHING OUT: EUROPE AS A GLOBAL ACTOR
Her Excellency, Ms Tarja Halonen
President of the Republic of Finland
(Presented Thursday, 15 February 2007)



IMPROVING COMMONWEALTH-STATE RELATIONS: NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
The Hon. John Brumby MP
(Presented Tuesday, 6 February 2007)



THE MISSING DIMENSION OF STATENESS 
Professor Francis Fukuyama
(Presented Friday, 15 December 2006)



THE BRIGHTEST EXPLOSIONS IN THE UNIVERSE
Professor Edward PJ van den Heuvel
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Tuesday, 5 December 2006)



AIATSIS & THE SUPPORT OF INDIGENOUS STUDIES
Steve Larkin
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Monday, 20 November 2006)



IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO ... BRO
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
Meet the Author Lecture Series
(Presented Friday, 2 November 2006)



KICKING THE BASTARDS OUT?
Professor Jane Mansbridge
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Friday, 3 November 2006)



THE BEGINNING OF EARTH HISTORY
David J Stevenson
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Thursday, 26 October 2006)

Kenneth Mayer

THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS
Kenneth Mayer
(Presented Tuesday, 24 October 2006)

David Suzuki

MEET THE AUTHOR: David Suzuki
David Suzuki
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Tuesday, 17 October 2006)

Phil Fontaine

RECONCILIATION CANADIAN STYLE
Phil Fontaine
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Monday, 16 October 2006)

Warwick McKibbin

AN ARCHITECTURE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Professor Warwick McKibbin
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006
(Presented Thursday, 12 October 2006)

Dr Jose Ramos-Horta

THE FUTURE OF EAST TIMOR
Dr Jose Ramos-Horta
(Presented Thursday, 12 October 2006)



ARCHAEOLOGY BENEATH THE SEA: Shipwrecks & Their Cargos in the Philippines
Dr Eusebio Dizon
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Thursday, 28 September 2006)

Peter Glasner

COWBOY CLONERS: The Ethics & Morality of Scientific Communities
Professor Peter Glasner
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series
(Presented Wednesday, 20 September 2006)

Ken Inglis

WHOSE ABC?
Emeritus Professor Ken Inglis
Meet the Author Series 2006
(Presented Tuesday, 19 September 2006)

Dr Valerio Massimo Manfredi

STORYTELLING & HISTORY WRITING: Which Came First?
Dr Valerio Massimo Manfredi
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006
(Presented Monday, 4 September 2006)

Major Michael Mori

US MILITARY COMMISSIONS & INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN THE 'WAR ON TERRORISM'
Major Michael Mori, US Marine Corps
(Presented Thursday 17 August 2006)

Penny Sackett

SAILING INTO THE FINAL FRONTIER: The Giant Magellan Telescope
Professor Penny Sackett
National Science Week 2006
(Presented Thursday 17 August 2006)

Richard Arculus

SUBMARINE VOLCANOES OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC
Professor Richard Arculus
National Science Week 2006
(Presented Thursday 17 August 2006)

Kristen Pammer

WINDOW ON THE BRAIN
Dr Kristen Pammer
National Science Week 2006
(Presented Thursday, 17 August 2006)

Suzanne Cory

SEDUCED BY DNA: From Chromosomes to Cancer
Professor Suzanne Cory
(Presented Wednesday, 16 August 2006)

Tim Wetherell

WHEN ART MEETS SCIENCE
Dr Tim Wetherell
National Science Week 2006
(Presented Monday, 14 August 2006)

Jenny Graves

SEX CHROMOSOMES & THE FUTURE OF MEN
Professor Jenny Graves
National Science Week 2006
(Presented Monday, 14 August 2006)



Dr Barry Green

FUSION ENERGY & THE ITER PROJECT
Dr Barry Green
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006
(Presented Thursday 10 August 2006)

Margaret Jackson

AUSTRALIA'S QANTAS: Bold, Brave & Innovative
Margaret Jackson AC
2006 Sir Roland Wilson Lecture
(Presented Wednesday 2 August 2006)

Jagdish Bhagwati

THE TRADING SYSTEM IN CRISIS: The Threat from Proliferating Preferences
Professor Jagdish Bhagwati
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006
(Presented Monday 31 July 2006)

Jane Goodall

REASON FOR HOPE
Dr Jane Goodall DBE
(Presented Wednesday 19 July 2006)

Quentin Skinner

HOBBES'S LEVIATHAN AS A CRITIQUE OF REPUBLICAN THEORIES OF LIBERTY
Professor Quentin Skinner
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006
(Presented Tuesday 11 July 2006)

Father Frank Brennan

THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ERSTWHILE LAND RIGHTS ADVOCATE
Father Frank Brennan, SJ, AO
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006
(Presented Friday 23 June 2006)

Peter Russell

THE MABO CASE: Its Significance for Australia and the World
Emeritus Professor Peter Russell
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006
(Presented Thursday 16 March 2006)

Hilary Charlesworth

MISSING VOICES: Women & Democracy After Conflict
Professor Hilary Charlesworth
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006
(Presented Tuesday 7 March 2006)

Suman Bery

SUCH A LONG JOURNEY: India's Opening of its Capital Account
Suman K Bery
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006
(Presented Tuesday 21 February 2006)

B.B. Bhattacharya

INDIA AS AN EMERGING ECONOMIC POWER: Potential & Constraints
Professor B.B. Bhattacharya
ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006
(Presented 24 January 2006)