Podcasts
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Coming to Australia: The First Migration of Humans to Australia and its Global Significance
31 October, 2013
- Channel:
- Alumni
- Presented by:
- The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Artist:
- Peter Hiscock, Tom Austen Brown Professor of Australian Archaeology.
The colonisation of Australia was part of a global dispersion of humans. Australia exemplifies this phase in the evolution of recent cultural and biological diversity.
- 1 hour, 7 mins
- Download (MP3, 77.6Mb)
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Insights 2013: Inaugural Lecture Series – Art History and Discovery
8 August, 2013
- Channel:
- Alumni
- Presented by:
- The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Artist:
- Mark Ledbury, Professor of Art History and Visual Culture and Director of the Power Institute.
Professor Ledbury will explore why art historians so love to discover what lies beneath the surfaces of art and what is really at stake in these acts of unveiling.
- 1 hour, 8 mins
- Download (MP3, 78.4Mb)
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Insights 2013: Inaugural Lecture Series – Evidence-Based Policy or Policy-Based Evidence? Making Economics Matter in Australian Society
6 June, 2013
- Channel:
- Alumni
- Presented by:
- The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Artist:
- Colm Harmon, Professor of Economics and Head of School.
Economics is critical to understanding modern society. How can we create an environment where economics 'matters' to our citizens?
- 1 hour, 8 mins
- Download (MP3, 61.9Mb)
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Insights 2013: Inaugural Lecture Series – Professor Pippa Norris on Why Elections Fail
14 March, 2013
- Channel:
- Alumni
- Presented by:
- The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Artist:
- Professor Pippa Norris, ARC Laureate Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations.
Vote-rigging, bribery, coercion, voter suppression, ballot-stuffing and fraud mean that too often elections fail. How common are these problems worldwide? Why do they arise? And what can be done about them?
- 59 mins
- Download (MP3, 27.0Mb)
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