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Sat, 25 May 2013 03:26:11 +1000 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:26:11 +1000 Editor-in-chief of Manic Times, and The Chaser co-founder, Charles Firth gives his unique spin on the differences between Australia and the US when he speaks at Sydney Ideas at the University of Sydney. http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=2010 Charles Firth Editor-in-chief of Manic Times, and The Chaser co-founder, Charles Firth gives his unique spin on the differences between Australia and the US when he speaks at Sydney Ideas at the University of Sydney. 01:26:00 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=charles_firth_the_differences_between_australia_and_the_us Professor Allan Stam, a rising star of US Political Science, presents a public lecture exploring what role popular consent plays in the decision of democratic governments to go to war. http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/school/sophi/news_events/sdf.shtml Allan Stam Professor Allan Stam, a rising star of US Political Science, presents a public lecture exploring what role popular consent plays in the decision of democratic governments to go to war. 01:38:00 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=sydney_democracy_forum Dr Ghada Karmi is a Palestinian-British author, academic and political commentator and is an honorary research fellow and assistant lecturer at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. http://www.seymour.usyd.edu.au/ideas/program_karmi.shtml Allan Stam Dr Ghada Karmi is a Palestinian-British author, academic and political commentator and is an honorary research fellow and assistant lecturer at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. 01:35:00 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=israel_s_dilemma_in_palestine_the_process_the_failures_and_the_prospect_for_a_just_and_workable_solution_by_dr_ghada_karmi_at_sydney_ideas India's democratic record provides a spirited repudiation of the predictions of the doomsayers of the early post-independence period, who argued that a society marked by multiple ethnic cleavages and desperate poverty could scarcely sustain democratic institutions. Leading Indian academic Professor Niraja Gopal Jayal talked about the success story of India's democratic institutions at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. http://www.seymour.usyd.edu.au/ideas/program_jayal.shtml Niraja Gopal Jayal A Sydney Ideas Lecture India's democratic record provides a spirited repudiation of the predictions of the doomsayers of the early post-independence period, who argued that a society marked by multiple ethnic cleavages and desperate poverty could scarcely sustain democratic institutions. Leading Indian academic Professor Niraja Gopal Jayal talked about the success story of India's democratic institutions at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. 01:12:00 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=sixty_years_of_indian_democracy_an_unfinished_project_-_niraja_gopal_jayal_at_sydney_ideas Professor John Keane was born in Australia and educated at the universities of Adelaide, Toronto and Cambridge. He is Professor of Politics at the University of Westminster and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin and a Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney. In 1989 he founded the Centre for the Study of Democracy. Among his many books The Media and Democracy (1991, which has been translated into more than 25 languages; Democracy and Civil Society (1988); Civil Society: Old Images, New Visions (1998; the prize-winning biography Tom Paine: A Political Life (1995); and a study of power in twentieth-century Europe, Václav Havel: A Political Tragedy in Six Acts. http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007/john_keane.shtml Allan Stam Professor John Keane was born in Australia and educated at the universities of Adelaide, Toronto and Cambridge. He is Professor of Politics at the University of Westminster and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin and a Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney. In 1989 he founded the Centre for the Study of Democracy. Among his many books The Media and Democracy (1991, which has been translated into more than 25 languages; Democracy and Civil Society (1988); Civil Society: Old Images, New Visions (1998; the prize-winning biography Tom Paine: A Political Life (1995); and a study of power in twentieth-century Europe, Václav Havel: A Political Tragedy in Six Acts. -380394:33:-11 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=the_twenty-first_century_enemies_of_democracy How can you live better in your own home with state-of-the-art Information technology? Dieter Rombach, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), discusses this topic at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. http://www.seymour.usyd.edu.au/ideas/program_rombach.shtml Dieter Rombach A Sydney Ideas Lecture How can you live better in your own home with state-of-the-art Information technology? Dieter Rombach, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), discusses this topic at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. 01:19:00 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=everyday_living_the_impact_of_it_or_ambient_assisted_living_-_professor_dieter_rombach_at_sydney_ideas Thomas Homer-Dixon, a Toronto-based political scientist who has been described as "one of the best-informed and most brilliant writers on global affairs today", spoke about an impending world catastrophe and what can be done about it, at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=1886 Thomas Homer-Dixon A Sydney Ideas Lecture Thomas Homer-Dixon, a Toronto-based political scientist who has been described as "one of the best-informed and most brilliant writers on global affairs today", spoke about an impending world catastrophe and what can be done about it, at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. 01:32:00 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=the_upside_of_down_catastrophe_creativityand_the_renewal_of_civilization_-_thomas_homer-dixon_at_sydney_ideas The Evatt Foundation proudly presents, the Hon. Paul Keating: APEC and its Pan Pacific Template. A public lecture by the major Australian figure behind the creation of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation forum, as the current leaders prepare to convene in Sydney. Paul Keating A Sydney Ideas Lecture The Evatt Foundation proudly presents, the Hon. Paul Keating: APEC and its Pan Pacific Template. A public lecture by the major Australian figure behind the creation of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation forum, as the current leaders prepare to convene in Sydney. 00:39:00 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=apec_and_its_pan_pacific_template_paul_keating New York-based author and University of Sydney visiting scholar Michael Otterman exposes the long-standing history of torture practices used by the United States and the impact these techniques have had on the "war on terror" at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=1746 Michael Otterman A Sydney Ideas Lecture New York-based author and University of Sydney visiting scholar Michael Otterman exposes the long-standing history of torture practices used by the United States and the impact these techniques have had on the "war on terror" at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. 01:10:00 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=michael_otterman_-_the_truth_about_american_torture Best-selling UK-based author and philosopher Stephen Law steps into the current "values in schools" debate when he argues that authoritarian and religious schools are not necessarily the answer to raising good children, at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=1&newsstoryid=1874 Stephen Law A Sydney Ideas Lecture Best-selling UK-based author and philosopher Stephen Law steps into the current "values in schools" debate when he argues that authoritarian and religious schools are not necessarily the answer to raising good children, at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. 01:32:00 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=do_religious_schools_raise_good_children_stephen_law_at_sydney_ideas Australian-born ethicist Professor Julian Savulescu discusses the controversial ethics of cloning, genetic selection and drugs in sport at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. http://www.usyd.edu.au/life/science-health.shtml Professor Julian Savulescu A Sydney Ideas Lecture Australian-born ethicist Professor Julian Savulescu discusses the controversial ethics of cloning, genetic selection and drugs in sport at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. 01:36:00 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=the_ethics_of_new_science_and_human_enhancement Sydney Ideas brought together the author of The Existential Jesus, Professor John Carroll, and one of the Anglican Church of Australia's leading theologians and academics, Archbishop Peter Jensen, to discuss the concepts behind this provocative new book. http://www.seymour.usyd.edu.au/ideas/ Professor John Carroll, and one of the Anglican Church of Australia's leading theologians and academics, Archbishop Peter Jensen A Sydney Ideas Lecture Sydney Ideas brought together the author of The Existential Jesus, Professor John Carroll, and one of the Anglican Church of Australia's leading theologians and academics, Archbishop Peter Jensen, to discuss the concepts behind this provocative new book. 01:32:00 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=the_existential_jesus_professor_john_carroll_in_conversation_with_archbishop_peter_jensen Fresh from a tour of Latin America, Tariq Ali, discusses how the views of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez - the foremost challenger of American foreign policy - have polarised Latin America, at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=3&newsstoryid=1774 Tariq Ali A Sydney Ideas Lecture Fresh from a tour of Latin America, Tariq Ali, discusses how the views of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez - the foremost challenger of American foreign policy - have polarised Latin America, at Sydney Ideas, the University of Sydney's international lecture series. 01:36:00 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=latin_america_and_the_arab_world_resistance_and_occupation In this lecture, Professor Geoff Gallop, former Premier of Western Australia, looked at the changing nature of government and politics in Australia. Professor Gallop is the Director of the University of Sydney's Graduate School of Government. http://www.rihss.usyd.edu.au/events/past/index.shtml Geoff Gallop A Sydney Ideas Lecture In this lecture, Professor Geoff Gallop, former Premier of Western Australia, looked at the changing nature of government and politics in Australia. Professor Gallop is the Director of the University of Sydney's Graduate School of Government. 01:14:00 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=where_is_government_going_-_professor_geoff_gallop In this lecture, Professor Armstrong argued that the idea of an 'entrepreneurial' university inadequately reflects the challenges and opportunities facing higher education. On the one hand, the relationship between the state and universities remains a serious impediment to any refocusing of the activity of universities. On the other hand, although highly contestable, academic values must remain central to the re-conceptualisation of modern universities. In unravelling these changes and contradictions, alternative options for a more democratised form of the university are to be found. http://www.rihss.usyd.edu.au/events/past/index.shtml Professor Derrick Armstrong A Sydney Ideas Lecture In this lecture, Professor Armstrong argued that the idea of an 'entrepreneurial' university inadequately reflects the challenges and opportunities facing higher education. On the one hand, the relationship between the state and universities remains a serious impediment to any refocusing of the activity of universities. On the other hand, although highly contestable, academic values must remain central to the re-conceptualisation of modern universities. In unravelling these changes and contradictions, alternative options for a more democratised form of the university are to be found. 01:23:00 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=democracy_and_the_entrepreneurial_university_visioning_the_university_in_the_age_of_globalization The future of work is not what it used to be. As recently as the 1970s the prime concern was the coming of leisure society - how were we going to handle all the free time about to be delivered by "technological advances" like automation and computers? Far from facing problems of this nature we now have the reality of "over work" for some and unemployment for others. Can we expect more of the same in the future, or will the predictions of an earlier era ultimately come true? http://www.rihss.usyd.edu.au/events/past/index.shtml Dr John Buchanan A Sydney Ideas Lecture The future of work is not what it used to be. As recently as the 1970s the prime concern was the coming of leisure society - how were we going to handle all the free time about to be delivered by "technological advances" like automation and computers? Far from facing problems of this nature we now have the reality of "over work" for some and unemployment for others. Can we expect more of the same in the future, or will the predictions of an earlier era ultimately come true? 01:11:00 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=the_future_of_work_-_dr_john_buchanan In this lecture Professor Alan Dupont argued that the "drivers" of tomorrow's future security environment will be substantially different from those of the past. A new class of threats is emerging which is stretching the boundaries of conventional thinking about security. http://www.rihss.usyd.edu.au/events/past/index.shtml Professor Alan Dupont A Sydney Ideas Lecture In this lecture Professor Alan Dupont argued that the "drivers" of tomorrow's future security environment will be substantially different from those of the past. A new class of threats is emerging which is stretching the boundaries of conventional thinking about security. 01:19:00 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=new_security_challenges We may take "public health" to mean the organised efforts of society to maintain good health. It is a broad church within which reside many denominations - epidemiology, biostatistics, demography, health policy, health promotion and advocacy, infectious disease control, history, environmental surveillance and the social sciences applied to health to name several. http://www.rihss.usyd.edu.au/events/past/index.shtml Professor Stephen Leeder A Sydney Ideas Lecture We may take "public health" to mean the organised efforts of society to maintain good health. It is a broad church within which reside many denominations - epidemiology, biostatistics, demography, health policy, health promotion and advocacy, infectious disease control, history, environmental surveillance and the social sciences applied to health to name several. 01:19:00 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=the_scope_mission_and_method_of_public_health_-_professor_stephen_leeder The workplace relations debate came to the University of Sydney when Julia Gillard delivered the annual industrial relations lecture, the Kingsley Laffer Memorial Lecture. http://www.rihss.usyd.edu.au/events/past/index.shtml Julia Gillard A Sydney Ideas Lecture The workplace relations debate came to the University of Sydney when Julia Gillard delivered the annual industrial relations lecture, the Kingsley Laffer Memorial Lecture. 00:55:00 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +1000 http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2007.php?id=julia_gillard_lecture_on_the_future_of_work