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AAA Corporate Programme Series: Douglas Feith
8 June 2011
The American Australian Association hosted an evening of topical business conversation and networking. Speaker Douglas Feith, a guest of the US Studies Centre for the National Summit on the 9/11 Decade, shared insight on world developments since 9/11 - from geopolitics, peace and stability to freedom, democracy and human rights.
City of the Future: Australian & US Perspectives
15 November 2010 - 16 November 2010
The future of cities in the United States and Australia was explored in a landmark urban-planning conference in Brisbane's Parliament House. The conference was co-hosted by the US Studies Centre and the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland.
The two-day conference focussed on water management, the built environment, waste and recycling, energy efficiency, and transportation. US Studies Centre chief executive, Professor Geoffrey Garrett, said the gathering provided cutting-edge thinking and action plans for urban centres in both America and Australia.
Australia's Silent Film Festival
11 September 2010 - 25 September 2010
Once again the US Studies Centre is proud to partner Australia's Silent Film Festival, an annual showcase of classic silent films featuring live music.
This year's films from the US, Australia, France, Germany, Japan and Russia include highly acclaimed stars and directors such as Vidor, Ozu, Clair, Wiene. Boris Barnet, John Gilbert, Chaplin, Keaton and many more.
Book Launch: Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865
26 July 2010
Mark W. Geiger is a postdoctoral fellow at the US Studies Centre. Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Violence in Missouri's Civil War, 1861-1865 is his first book. His dissertation, on which the book is based, received Columbia University's Nevins Prize, awarded by the Economic History Association.
The Most Dangerous Man in America
10 June 2010
Academy Award-nominated documentary film maker Judith Ehrlich in conversation with ABC NewsRadio drive time host and US Studies Centre Research Associate John Barron about her film The Most Dangerous Man in America which screened at the Sydney Film Festival.
Fold Crumple Crush - The Art of El Anatsui
8 June 2010
The Power Institute and the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney screened Fold Crumple Crush - The Art of El Anatsui, a film by Susan Vogel. The screening was accompanied by a presentation by the director and a discussion.
Filmed in Venice, Nsukka, Nigeria, and the US, the film is a lively portrait of Africa's most widely acclaimed living artist. Fold Crumple Crush gives an insider's view of the artist's practice and the elaborate means through which thousands of hours of labour transform used bottle tops into vast, shimmering wall hangings. Here El Anatsui offers manifold ways of understanding the hangings that are neither painting nor sculpture, but partake of both -- and speaks of his aspirations for artworks he has yet to make.
Workshop on Inequality
7 June 2010 - 8 June 2010
The Workshop on Inequality brought together American and Australian scholars from economics, history, political science and sociology to assess the state of the art in inequality research as well as to discuss new research challenges and opportunities in the wake of the global financial crisis. Inequality was viewed through different lenses including race, immigration, gender and class.
American participants included Henry Farber (Princeton), Jennifer Hochschild (Harvard), Glenn Loury (Brown), Ken Prewitt (Columbia), Gary Segura (Stanford), Bruce Western (Harvard) and Simon Jackman (Stanford).
Australian scholars involved in the workshop included Waleed Aly (Monash), Jeff Borland (Melbourne), Deborah Brennan (UNSW), Bob Gregory ANU), Andrew Leigh (ANU) and Maggie Walter (Tasmania).
This workshop was co-sponsored by the Harvard Committee on Australian Studies.
Sydney Film Festival 2010
2 June 2010 - 14 June 2010
The United States Studies Centre was a sponsor of the Sydney Film Festival 2010.
Please visit www.sff.org.au for full festival information.
Judicial supremacy or inter-institutional dialogue? Political responses to judicial review
18 May 2010 - 19 May 2010
Prominent legal scholars from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the US convened to discuss a set of commissioned papers that examine the divergent forms of judicial review and the political consequences of judicial review decisions.
Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School, delivered an opening address, followed by a series of country-specific panels
Launch of the Dow Sustainability Program
15 February 2010
At an executive luncheon in Sydney the US Studies Centre launched a three‐year research program on sustainability. Chairman, CEO and President of The Dow Chemical Company, Andrew Liveris, announced US$2 million in support for the Dow Sustainability Program. Mr Liveris spoke about Dow's role in developing sustainable solutions as the global demand for energy, water and resources continues to grow. Watch the speech and see photos of the event here.
VIDEOS & INTERVIEWS
Dr David Smith analyses how Obama's public support of same sex marriage may affect his re-election chances.
Edward Blakely discusses his new book 'My Storm' and the lessons that Australians can learn from Hurricane Katrina.
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