2007 Seminars, Conferences and Other Events
CPACS organises regular seminars and other events at the Centre or at other locations on the University of Sydney Camperdown campus.
CPACS seminars are free and open to anyone interested. For other events there may be a small charge.
Thursday 8 November 2007
2007 Sydney Peace Price Recipient Dr Hans Blix
Question and Answer Session
Globalisation and the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Friday 12 October 2007, lunchtime seminar
Robin Banks
A Charter of Rights for New South Wales
Monday 15 October 2007, lunchtime seminar
Paulus Ryanto
The Power of Poetry in Derrida
One-day workshop, Tuesday 25 September 2007
Associate Professor Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick
Becoming Media-Savvy
Monday 10 September 2007, lunchtime seminar
David Kilgour
Is China Executing Falun Gong Practitioners to Harvest and Sell Their Organs to Wealthy Foreigners?
Tuesday 28 August 2007, 6.00pm-8.00pm
Viewing of the film, The Iron Wall, a one-hour documentary on the core issue of the Israel-Palestine conflict: the on-going colonisation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories by Israeli settlers.
Followed by a panel discussion - panel members still to be confirmed
Dr Victor Batarseh, Mayor of Bethlehem
Elected Mayor of Bethlehem in May 2005. Chairman of the Joint Services for Bethlehem District. Active in the political and social work in the Bethlehem community.
Anthony Lowenstein, author of My Israel Question
Ms Randa Abdel-Fatteh, author and lawyer. Has been a member of the Palestinian Human Rights Committee and of the NSW Young Lawyers for Human Rights Committee.
Footbridge Theatre, The University of Sydney
entry by gold coin donation
Tuesday 21 August 2007
Andrew Greig
Book Launch
Taming War
Monday 20 August 2007, lunchtime seminar
Kuranda Seyit, Jamaila Hussain, and Peter Manning
Lunchtime Seminar with Discussion Panel
Muslims in Sydney Media
Tuesday 14 August 2007
Thomas Cassidy
Seminar and Film Screening
Iraq Veterans Against War
Thursday 9 - Friday 10 August 2007
Eko Waluyo and Peter King (Convenors)
A conference organised by the West Papua Project
Paths to Justice and Prosperity
View conference program and papers
Friday 27 July 2007, lunchtime seminar
Professor Stephan Parmentier
Dealing with the Past in Criminology: Issues and Challenges
Tuesday 24 July 2007
Associate Professor Jake Lynch and Paddy Gibson
Seminar and Film Screening
The Talisman Sabre Protest in Northern Queensland
Monday 23 July 2007
Associate Professor Jake Lynch
10th Anniversary Lecture, Sydney Peace Foundation
Promoting Dissent, Reviving Democracy
Tuesday 29 May 2007
Joseph Toman, CPACS Intern
Seminar and discussion
An Assessment of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission in Theory and Practice
Monday 21 May 2007, lunchtime seminar
Jodie Martire, Peace Brigades International
Defending Human Rights Defenders in Colombia’s Civil War
Friday 11 May 2007
Rwandan Ambassador to Australia Dr Emile Rwamasirabo
Informal Speech and Discussion
A Rwandan and African Perspective on Conflict, Peace and Development
Monday 16 April 2007, lunchtime seminar
Professor Robert Hackett and Assoc Prof Jake Lynch
New Directions in Peace Journalism
Monday 26 March 2007, 12.30pm-2.00pm
Michael Otterman
Research Seminar- From Theory to Practice: How Research Can Address Social Change
American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond
Monday 19 March 2007, 12.30pm-2.00pm
Professor Ian Lubek
Research Seminar- From Theory to Practice: How Research Can Address Social Change
Research, Intervention, Advocacy, Activism and Policy Change in Siem Reap, Cambodia: Making a Difference for Women’s and Children’s Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention