Prof. Raewyn Connell - Intellectuals and Universities in Neoliberal Times
Seminar
The ANU School of Sociology presents: Intellectuals and Universities in Neoliberal Times Emeritus Prof. Raewyn Connell (University of Sydney) Location: The Auditorium, Australian Centre on China in the World Building, Fellows Lane, ANU. Intellectuals are classically imagined as heroic individuals…
Analytic Activism
Seminar
Speaker: A/Prof. Dave Karpf (George Washington University) Location: Larry Saha Room (HA2175) It is now well established that digital media has given rise to new forms of political speech. Just as importantly though, the new media environment has also created space for new types of listening…
Demagogic Populism: towards a critical-synthetic social theorization
Seminar
Speaker: A/Prof. Paul Jones (Australian National University) Location: Larry Saha Room (HA2175) The current spectacularity of the demagogic in the USA is forcing belated comparisons with European precedents. For, until recently in the burgeoning research on (neo)populism, ‘bad’ neopopulism was…
Accounting for nonhuman material in health: The Wellbeing Machine
Seminar
Speaker: Dr Kim McLeod (University of Tasmania) Location: Larry Saha Room (HA2175) Wellbeing and illbeing are generally seen as interior states of the individual. This conventional understanding can be readily linked to individuals being blamed for the status of their wellbeing. This presentation…
Similar Mechanisms? A Comparative Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Violence and Victimization
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Speaker: A/Prof. Christopher Sullivan (University of Cincinnati) Location: Larry Saha Room (HA2175) This study analyses the extent to which there are similar patterns of violent offending and victimization in a panel of adolescents. Three explanatory perspectives are assessed: …
Who Riots and Why? The Influence of Gender and Peaceful Protest on Riot Involvement
Seminar
Speaker: A/Prof. Lisa Broidy (Griffith University) Location: Larry Saha Room (HA2175) Why do individuals join riots and why is rioting so much more common among men compared to women? The social movements literature largely overlooks these questions, focusing on the macro-level dynamics that fuel…
Interfaces of modulation: The making of a ‘post-political’ subject in Japanese urban railway spaces
Seminar
Pre-Submission Seminar Speaker: Kaima Negishi Location: Larry Saha Room (HA2175) In this seminar, I would like to present an overview of my PhD thesis. The primary aim of this thesis is to suggest that ‘soft’ forms of control exercised in urban railway spaces play a pivotal role in the making of a…