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Karl and Ching Eikenberry
27 October 2011
Ching Eikenberry will presented at a special roundtable discussion with students looking at Afghan women today. The former United States ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry and his wife Ching Eikenberry are talking in Sydney and Canberra this week as visitors of the United States Studies Centre and the Australian National University.
US in the World Lecture - with guest Shanto Iyengar
11 October 2011
US political campaigning is undergoing dramatic change thanks to the ‘freedom from the press’ encouraged by new media, says campaign expert Shanto Iyengar who visited Sydney as a guest of the Centre last week. Shanto addressed the Centre’s undergraduate Global America and US in the World students alongside Geoffrey Garrett.
Bob Carr: Postgraduate Information Evening
6 October 2011
Former NSW premier and Centre board director, Bob Carr, spoke to the gathering about the US presidency – including his recent reassessment of John Kennedy having listened to his 1963 ‘peace speech’ urging an end to the Cold War. The night at Sydney’s MLC Centre was intended to provide information and enable prospective students and their families to speak to academic, administrative staff, and former students, about the US Studies Centre’s postgraduate course offerings. Dean Fernandez, graduate, Master of Letters in US Studies and Lauren Haumesser also presented on this fun-filled evening.
US In the World Lecture with guest Peter Hartcher
4 October 2011
Peter Hartcher talks to Geoffrey Garrett in the World Lecture theatre about U.S politics. Peter Hartcher is an Australian journalist and the Political and International Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.
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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