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25.01.2022 Tuesday 29 November 2016 from 7 - 8.30pm THE DARK SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE Professor Manfred Lindner, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Research, Heidelberg, Germany A public lecture in the 13th International Symposium on Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (CosPA 2016) Lindner CMS... Ordinary atoms that make up the visible universe, from the smallest molecules to planets and stars, constitute only 5% of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The remaining 95% is invisible, and comprises two mysterious components commonly dubbed dark matter and dark energy. In this talk Professor Lindner will review what we currently know about the dark side of the universe, and discuss the state-of-the-art of the ongoing hunt for the dark matter being pursued in underground laboratories, using satellites in space, and at CERNs Large Hadron Collider. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Professor Lindner Professor Manfred Lindner is a director at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics and a professor at the faculty for physics and astronomy of Heidelberg University, Germany. His research focuses on theoretical particle physics, in particular the physics of neutrinos and dark matter. In addition to his theoretical work, he is also a leading investigator in several experimental particle physics programmes, including the XENON dark matter detection experiment. Venue: Lecture Theatre 4002 (Messel), Sydney Nanoscience Hub Physics Rd, The University of Sydney. Venue location Cost: Free with online registrations required http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//sydney-ideas-professor-manfr

25.01.2022 9 February 2016 ENERGY CULTURES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FOR THE FUTURE Co-presented with the Sydney Environment Institute Today as the population of our planet is on the rise, as energy needs are growing and CO2 emissions are threatening livelihoods around the globe, it makes sense to look back to understand how societies have dealt with energy expectations, energy needs, and energy transitions in the past. Why have Germans chosen to go from wood to coa...l to nuclear power and solar? Which role did fears and expectations play? Is there a correlation between American energy abundance and energy waste? How important was the discovery of the Americas in the context of energy history? Why did China move so much later than Europe and the United States from agriculture to energy-intensive industries? This talk will discuss what is distinctive about developments in Europe and the United States. It will analyse the political and cultural context of the legendary wood shortage in Germany and the origins of the sustainability idea in the 18th century. It will look at the significance of coal in the 20th century and the rise and of fall of the nuclear industry in Germany. It will ask the question why the US has enjoyed an almost uninterrupted energy surplus that is closely connected to a culture of abundance. It will raise fundamental questions that go beyond German and American developments and take on a more global view: Can we really consider a near-term post-carbon transition? And can a look at the past help us understand the present and the future? ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Professor Christof Mauch Professor Christof Mauch is Director (jointly with Helmuth Trischler) of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Chair in American Culture and Transatlantic Relations (currently on leave) at LMU Munich, and an Honorary Professor at Renmin University in China. He is a past President of the European Society for Environmental History and a former Director of the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC. Mauch has held positions at Tbingen University, Bonn University, and Cologne University, as well as visiting professorships in Edmonton, Kolkata, Vienna, Washington, DC, and Warsaw. Mauch has published widely in the field of German, American, and international environmental Date: Tuesday 9 February 2016 Time: 6 to 7.30pm Venue: Law School Foyer, Sydney Law School, Eastern Avenue, the University of Sydney Cost: Free and open to all with online registration requested Registration: Register online. history.http://sydney.edu.au///2016/professor_christof_mauch.shtml Registration page: http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//sydney-ideas-professor-chris

24.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS AND SCA - ELLEN DISSANAYAKE 22 March 2013 The Deep Structure of the Arts http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//sydney-ideas-and-sca-ellen-d

24.01.2022 Upcoming events at Sydney Unversity http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/configuration//calendar-view2

23.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS - SCANDAL OF THE TRIAL: HPV VACCINES, PUBLIC HEALTH AND KNOWLEDGE / VALUE 26 March 2013 Associate Professor Kaushik Sunder Rajan, University of Chicago http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//associate-professor-kaushik-

23.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS - THE DEATH AND LIFE OF POP ART IN THE 1960S COUNTER-CULTURE 19 March 2013 Thomas Crow, Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//pub/sydney-ideas-thomas-crow

22.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS - EARTHMASTERS: PLAYING GOD WITH THE CLIMATE 5 March 2013 Earthmasters: playing God with the climate Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University... http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//sydney-ideas-clive-hamilton- See more

22.01.2022 Tonights events at Sydney University

20.01.2022 THE CHALLENGE AND NECESSITY OF CHANGING OUR CONSTITUTION 28 May 2013 Presented in partnership by the NSW Reconciliation Council and Reconciliation Australia to mark National Reconciliation Week 2013 The Australian Constitution has not been amended for more than 35 years. In fact, with only 8 of 44 total referendums successful, changing our Constitution is a notoriously difficult task....Continue reading

20.01.2022 PLINYS ITALY: A FIRST CENTURY LOVE AFFAIR IN LIFE AND LETTERS 2 March 2013 Join us at the Nicholson Museum for the next instalment in our lecture series Italy: Travels in Art, History & Culture. In this talk Paul Roche will give an illustrated introduction to Plinys Italy as it is lavishly described in his letters: its landscape and architecture, their representation by Pliny, and his perhaps surprising influence on later generations of Italian architecture.... Event details When: 2.00pm - 3.00pm Where: Nicholson Museum The Quadrangle Cost: Free Contact: Bookings Essential; Contact Museum Reception T + 61 2 9351 2812 E [email protected] Speaker/ Performer: Paul Roche is an expert on Pliny, his works, and his life. His most recent book, of which he is co-editor, is Plinys Praise: the Panegyricus in the Roman World. Paul is Senior Lecturer in Latin in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney. http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//plinys-italy-a-first-century

19.01.2022 Last weeks In conversation with Ahdaf Soueif was filmed! You can watch the video online now at http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_i/lectures//ahdaf_soueif.shtml Enjoy :-)

18.01.2022 Working in no-mans-land: between sociology and Chinese studies Dr Norman Stockman, Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen Tuesday 12 March 2013 Time: 4.30 to 6.00pm Venue: Law School Lecture Theatre 106... - See more at: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_i//2013/norman_stockman.shtml - See more at: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_i//2013/norman_stockman.shtml See more

18.01.2022 14 March 2013 Why Elections Fail: Vote-rigging, bribery, coercion, voter suppression, ballot-stuffing and fraud mean that too often elections fail. How common are these problems worldwide? Why do they arise? And what can be done about them? Lecture by Pippa Norris, ARC Laureate Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations. Director, Electoral Integrity Project... 5.30pm - Refreshments will be served in the Nicholson Museum, Quadrangle, The University of Sydney 6.00pm - Lecture will be held in the General Lecture Theatre 1, Quadrangle, The University of Sydney 5.30pm - 7.00pm Cost:$10 per person http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//insights-2013-inaugural-lect

18.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS - WHO BUILT THE LONG WALL OF QUANG NGAI? 8 March 2013 Who Built the Long Wall of Quang Ngai? Territory, Security and Trade along a Vietnamese Boundary Dr Andrew Hardy, historian of Vietnam, associate professor at the French School of Asian Studies... http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//sydney-ideas-professor-andre See more

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14.01.2022 CONSERVATORIUM OPEN ACADEMY - RISING STARS 2 March 2013 Hear the best and brightest of our school age Rising Stars students as they present works they have been preparing with their teachers. The concerts feature a broad range of repertoire and intstruments and children are particularly welcome to attend. The program for each concert will be announced at the performance.... Event details When: 11.00am - 12.00pm Where: Recital Halls East & West Level 1 Sydney Conservatorium of Music Cnr Bridge & Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Cost: Free entry, bookings not required Contact: Ting Lee Program Coordinator - Rising Stars, The Con for Kids Conservatorium Open Academy T: +61 2 9351 1207 http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//conservatorium-open-academy-

13.01.2022 Upcoming events from Sydney Ideas http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/index.shtml

12.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS - CHILD POVERTY IN GODZONE? 11 March 2013 Child poverty in Godzone? Evidence and actions to reduce child poverty in New Zealand Dr Airini, Head of the School of Critical Studies in Education, The University of Auckland... http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//publi/sydney-ideas-dr-airini See more

12.01.2022 SCIENCE: Professor Brian Schmidt presents an evening with Professor Sean Carroll ANU Wednesday, March 27, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM The particle at the end of the Universe: The hunt for the Higgs boson and the future of physics For decades, particle physicists have searched for the elusive Higgs boson, the missing piece to the Standard Model that explains the world we see. In July 2012, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva announced that they found i...t. In this very special event, Professor Sean Carroll explains why the Higgs boson is so important, the enormous challenge physicists overcame to build the LHC and get it running, and consider what the future of particle physics looks like. Professor Carroll will take to the stage with a guest MC to be announced shortly. Sean Carroll is a physicist at the California Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in 1993 from Harvard University. His research focuses on theoretical physics and cosmology, especially the origin and constituents of the universe. He has contributed to models of interactions between dark matter, dark energy and ordinary matter; alternative theories of gravity; and violations of fundamental symmetries. Professor Carroll is the author of From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time, Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity, and the forthcoming The Particle at the End of the Universe. He has appeared on TV shows such as The Colbert Report and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, and frequently serves as a science consultant for film and television. Guests will also be treated to the New Orleans style sounds of local band Party Gravy while they enjoy a drink on arrival. Ticket includes drink on arrival. http://eveningsatanu.eventbrite.com/ See more

12.01.2022 Distinguished Speakers programme at Sydney University: Next lecture: 6-7pm, Mon 4 March Judge Yvonne Murphy will deliver the first lecture as part of the Sydney Law School Distinguished Speakers Program 2012 on "Child abuse and child sexual abuse: The Irish experience". http://sydney.edu.au//news/distinguished_speakers2013.shtml

11.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS AND CHINA STUDIES CENTRE - CHINA UNDER XI JINPING: AFTER WHO, WHAT? 19 March 2013 http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/dr-bo-zhiye

10.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS - BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION 14 March 2013 Co-presented by the University of Sydney Social Justice Network http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//sydney-ideas-film-screening-

10.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS - CASTS, IMPRINTS AND THE DEATHLINESS OF THINGS 12 March 2013 Casts, Imprints and the Deathliness of Things: artefacts at the edge Professor Marcia Pointon, Norwich University College of the Arts http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//sydney-ideas-casts,-imprints

09.01.2022 LUNCHBREAK CONCERT - PIANO UNIT 27 February 2013 Take a lunchbreak visit to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Hear students present a 40 minute concert on the stage of the Verbrugghen Hall at 1.10pm. The program for each concert will be announced at the performance.... Event details When: 1.10pm - 1.50pm Where: Verbrugghen Hall Level 3 Sydney Conservatorium of Music Cnr Bridge & Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Cost: Entry by donation Contact: Sydney Conservatorium of Music T: +61 2 9351 1222http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/lunchbreak-concert-27-february-2012

09.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS - THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE: STRUCTURING THE SOURCES OF DISTRUST 20 March 2013 Professor Andy Hoffman, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//sydney-ideas-social-sciences

07.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS - SEAN CARROLL ON THE HIGGS BOSON AND THE FUTURE OF PHYSICS 28 March 2013 Sean Carroll, Theoretical Physicist, California Institute of Technology, and author of The Particle at the End of the Universe http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//sydney-ideas-sean-carroll-on

06.01.2022 6 MARCH: LAUNCH OF THE CENTRE FOR CARBON, WATER AND FOOD The Centre for Carbon, Water and Food will be officially opened on 6 March 2013. The opening will be followed by the Annual RD Watt Memorial Lecture, Food for the Future, to be delivered by Dr David Whitehead, Chief Scientist of Landcare Research in New Zealand at 4.00pm.... THE ANNUAL RD WATT LECTURE FOOD FOR THE FUTURE - INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY FROM LAND WITHIN ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS http://sydney.edu.au/agriculture/research/ccwf.shtml

05.01.2022 The US, Australia and China with The Honorable Kurt M. Campbell Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Asia Group Former US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2009 to 2013) Date: Thursday, 14 March 2013...Continue reading

05.01.2022 THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE 23 May 2013 General David Hurley, Chief of the Defence Force Co-presented with the Sydney University Regiment Alumni, as part of the SUR Alumni Lecture Series...Continue reading

04.01.2022 Beyond Punishment: Restorative Justice and Adult Offending 6 March 2013 This event is booked out, please email [email protected] to be placed on the waitlist.... ____________________________________________________________ The introduction of restorative justice for adult offenders represents a compelling new direction in the criminal justice system. It offers a real and persuasive alternative to the adversarial system. This seminar will explore the value and challenges of restorative justice for adult offenders, victims and communities at different stages of the criminal justice system. John McDonald will give the key note address on Restorative Justice: Some Big Ideas. The seminar will bring together a panel of experts to offer critical analysis of the emergence and impact of program developments for restorative justice practitioners and professionals. The Honourable Greg Smith, NSW Attorney General and Minister for Justice, will launch the new book Restorative Justice: Adults and Emerging Practice published by the Sydney Institute of Criminology, at this seminar, providing a timely opportunity to reflect on key issues and developments in restorative justice for adult offending. PROGRAM Book Launch: The Honourable Greg Smith, NSW Attorney General and Minister for Justice Keynote Address:Restorative Justice: Some Big Ideas, John McDonald, Managing Director, ProActive Resolutions Panel members: Kate Milner, Manager, Restorative Justice, Corrective Services NSW Dean Hart, State Manager, Forum Sentencing, NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice Professor Elena Marchetti, University of Wollongong Chair: Dr Jasmine Bruce, University of New South Wales The seminar will be of interest to restorative justice professionals - lawyers, police, magistrates, program managers, convenors and facilitators - policy-makers, academics and students. This seminar is part of the Beyond Punishment series sponsored by NSW Corrective Services and hosted by the Sydney Institute of Criminology. Time: 6.00-7.30pm (Registration and Welcome drinks from 5.30pm) Location: Common Room, Level 4, New Law School Building (F10), Eastern Ave University of Sydney Cost: Fully booked. Please email [email protected] to be placed on the waitlist. Contact: PLaCE Coordinator Phone: 02 9351 0429 Email: [email protected] http://sydney.edu.au/news/law/457.html

04.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS - AHDAF SOUEIF 26 February 2013 In conversation with Ahdaf Souief, Egyptian novelist and journalist Sydney Ideas is pleased to host an evening with Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif, in conversation with Lucia Sorbera. Soueif will read from her body of works and discuss her latest book Cairo: my city, our revolution http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//pu/sydney-ideas-ahdaf-soueif

04.01.2022 FRAMING VICTORY: SALAMIS, THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS AND THE AGORA 27 March 2013 Lecture by Professor John K. Papadopoulos (UCLA). http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//framing-victory-salamis,-the

04.01.2022 SYDNEY IDEAS AND CHINA STUDIES CENTRE - CHINA, GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT AND THE NOT QUITE POSTSTRUCTURAL REVOLUTION 26 March 2013 Professor Carolyn Cartier, University of Technology Sydney http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//pu/professor-carolyn-cartier

04.01.2022 LAW: How binding are the EUs binding renewables targets? 21 March 2013 Time: 6-7pm (registration from 5.30pm) Location: Minter Ellison Room, Level 13 Old Law School, St James Campus, Phillip St, Sydney... Cost: Free, registration essential Contact: PLaCE Coordinator Phone: 02 9351 0429 Email: [email protected] About the lecture The development of the European Unions law and policy on renewable energy has been slow and cautious. One big step forward was claimed with the Second Renewables Directive in 2009: Member States had agreed to accept binding targets for renewable energy, rather than the indicative targets which had applied under the First Renewables Directive in 2001. While the 2009 Directive has received much attention on various other topics (biofuels, guarantees of origin and trading/transfer mechanisms), comparatively little attention has been paid to what it means to have binding targets. This paper will examine: how those targets have been developed, how they are defined; what enforcement mechanisms are available in EU law and their likely effectiveness; and some possible future approaches to this issue. Given the European Commissions intention to review the operation of the EU legal framework on renewables, with a view to making new proposals, it is hoped that some of the matters raised here will contribute to that review and future proposals. About the speaker Angus Johnston is a CUF Lecturer and a Fellow in Law at University College, where he arrived in September 2010. He read for the B.A. (Law with Law Studies in Europe) and the B.C.L. at Brasenose College and was elected to the Vinerian Scholarship in 1999. He read for the LL.M. in European Union Law and was also Lecturer at the Institute for Anglo-American Law at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands in 1997-8. He was a Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (from 1999) and University Lecturer (from 2004) and then Senior Lecturer at Cambridge University (from 2008) until his appointment to Oxford. He has been a visitor to Harvard Law School and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg; he is also an affiliated lecturer at Cambridge University and at the Jacobs University, Bremen. Lawyers/barristers: attendance at this seminar is equal to 1 MCLE/CPD unit. http://sydney.edu.au/news/law/457.html

03.01.2022 THE POWER INSTITUTE AND SYDNEY IDEAS - THE ERASURE OF SENSE: VIOLENCE, AFFECT AND THE POST-TRAUMATIC SUBJECT 27 May 2013 The Power Institute is proud to present in partnership with Sydney Ideas, a lecture by international guest speaker Ruth Leys. Professor Leys lecture The Erasure of Sense: Violence, Affect and the Post-Traumatic Subject will form an assesment of recent developments in affect and trauma theory. Among the questions to be posed are: If the 20th century was the... Freudian century, the century of libido, will the 21st century- as has been suggested - be the century of the post-traumatic subject, whose affective indifference and profound emotional disengagement from the world mark him or her as a victim of brain damage? Will political, economic, and natural violence now take the form of a meaningless traumatic shock to the emotional brain? What are the stakes of such claims? Ruth Leys is Professor of Humanities, with a joint appointment in the Department of History at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Throughout her career she has been interested in different aspects of the history of the life sciences, especially the neurosciences, psychoanalysis and psychiatry. She has taught and written on aspects of the history and theory of psychoanalysis; the history of psychiatry; the history of the neurosciences; trauma theory; the mind-body problem; and the history of approaches to the emotions. She is presently working on a book on the post-war history of experimental and theoretical approaches to the study of the emotions, with a special emphasis on the philosophical issues at stake in the competing cognitivist and neo-Darwinian paradigms of the emotions. Event details When: 6.30pm - 8.00pm Where: Law School Lecture Theatre 101, Level 1 Law School, Eastern Avenue, The University of Sydney Click here for venue information Cost: Free and open to all with registration requested. Regsiter online now at the bottom of this page (scroll down) Contact: Sydney Ideas T| 9351 2943 E| [email protected] http://whatson.sydney.edu.au//published/professor-ruth-leys

03.01.2022 "Dworkins Interpretivism, Metalinguistic Negotiations,and the Pragmatics of Legal Disputes" 18 March 2013 by David Plunkett Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Dartmouth College and Timothy Sundell Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Kentucky Time: 6pm - 8pm...Continue reading