Thailand in Crisis vodcast series: Episode 06
Nicholas Farrelly is joined by three outstanding young Thai scholars keen to offer their views on the situation in their home country. All three have been students in the Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific in a range of fields - politics, international relations and history. Nattakant Akarapongpisak, Pongphisoot Busbarat, and Preedee Hongsaton
Week 07 Lecture: Field Trip Briefing
This lecture will be devoted to briefing you on the course fieldtrip which will take place during the term break at Kioloa. Richard and Alastair will give you a background into the history of Kioloa and the various influences on the landscape that have take place over time.
Week 10 Lecture: Landcare as a Case Study of Community Responses to Land and Water Degradation
Landcare has been hailed as a good example of a grassroots movement that involves the community in natural resource management. This week's lecture will discuss Australia's history of natural resource management, the role Landcare has played in dealing with sustainability issues, and analyse some of the notable strengths and weaknesses of the Landcare movement as a means to link local knowledge, and local action, with government decision making.
Week 07 Lecture: Field Trip Briefing
This lecture will be devoted to briefing you on the course fieldtrip which will take place during the term break at Kioloa. Richard and Alastair will give you a background into the history of Kioloa and the various influences on the landscape that have take place over time.
Week 10 Lecture: Landcare as a Case Study of Community Responses to Land and Water Degradation
Landcare has been hailed as a good example of a grassroots movement that involves the community in natural resource management. This week's lecture will discuss Australia's history of natural resource management, the role Landcare has played in dealing with sustainability issues, and analyse some of the notable strengths and weaknesses of the Landcare movement as a means to link local knowledge, and local action, with government decision making.
Week 09 Lecture: Regional Planning
Regional planning approaches have played an important role in EPP in Australia over the last decade. The lecture examnies the logic behind such approaches and the longer history of regional planning in Australia. Peter's talk examines a specific example of regional planning that he played a role in.
Week 09 Lecture: Regional Planning
Regional planning approaches have played an important role in EPP in Australia over the last decade. The lecture examnies the logic behind such approaches and the longer history of regional planning in Australia. Peter's talk examines a specific example of regional planning that he played a role in.
Perspectives: Leadership challenges - Ashridge Journal Article
Over the last eighteen months of economic turmoil, leaders, their ethics, morals and judgement have been scrutinised and questioned. Indeed the whole topic of leadership and its role in business, politics and wider society has been the subject of great debate. 360° brought together three of Ashridge’s leadership experts, Dave Bond, Narendra Laljani and Stefan Wills, to get their views on how the broad subject of leadership is evolving – and importantly – what are the leadership developmen
Bringing African American History into the Mainstream C
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Bringing African American History into the Mainstream B
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Bringing African American History into the Mainstream A
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Faith Complex: Thomas Reese, S.J., on Obama and the Catholic Church
In this episode of Faith Complex, Father Reese, S.J., discusses the relationship between American presidential politics and Catholic voters.
Faith Complex: An Introduction
Faith Complex is a show about the collision of religion, politics and art. Faith Complex is a joint production of Georgetown University's Program for Jewish Civilization and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, and it airs weekly at WashingtonPost.com
Islam: An interview with John Voll
Islamic history professor John Voll discusses Islam and how we may better understand the religion.
History of the World: An interview with John McNeill
History professor John McNeill discusses the history of the world and how it impacts our lives today.
Faith Complex: An Introduction
Faith Complex is a show about the collision of religion, politics and art. Faith Complex is a joint production of Georgetown University's Program for Jewish Civilization and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, and it airs weekly at WashingtonPost.com
The Berlin Wall : Expert commentary by Peter Pfeiffer
Peter Pfeiffer, a German professor and director of the European Studies Certificate Program, addresses questions about the history and impact of the Berlin Wall.
Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt: An interview with Professor Samer Shehata
Samer Shehata, assistant professor of Arab politics at Georgetown University?s Walsh School of Foreign Service, discusses his new book 'Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt.'
Taleb on Black Swans
Nassim Taleb talks about the challenges of coping with uncertainty, predicting events, and understanding history. This wide-ranging conversation looks at investment, health, history and other areas where data play a key role. Taleb, the author of Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan, imagines two countries, Mediocristan and Extremistan where the ability to understand the past and predict the future is radically different. Taleb's contention is that we often bring our intuition from Mediocrist
Brink Lindsey on the Age of Abundance
Brink Lindsey, of the Cato Institute and author of The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the interaction between culture and politics and prosperity. Lindsey outlines the nature of prosperity in America in the 20th century, then focuses on the last half of the century when cultural change was perhaps as dramatic as economic change. The conversation concludes with a discussion of Lindsey's essay, "Paul Krugman'
