In order to disseminate research and engage in public discussion on contemporary issues related to globalisation and social change, the Centre for Global Research initiates and supports a wide range of public forums, conferences, seminars and festivals. Our aim is to provide an intellectually challenging but accessible and collegial environment for discussion and debate. The CGR records many of the these events and presents them here on iTunes U.
Social resilience in the face of political volatility and threat - Lessons from the Global South.
A Global Frictions Series Seminar
Panel:
Charles Hunt (Facilitator), Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow,
Centre for Global Research, RMIT University
Volker Boege, Honorary Research Fellow,...
Published 12/21/17
Around the world and in our own backyard, criminal justice institutions are blighted by cases of inappropriate decisions made by legal professionals who lack an understanding of how language works.
This special Global Frictions public lecture by the President of the International Association of...
Published 12/10/17
The rise of conservative and extremist groups and increased essentialist and nationalist expressions of culture in complex multicultural secular states like Australia calls for a greater understanding of the role of national cultures and cross-cultural encounters in supranational spaces such as...
Published 11/16/17