Past events
Public lectures
Panel discussion: International responses to Democratisation in the Arab World
This was the first in a series of Q@A style panel discussions to explore topical issues relating to the Graduate School’s teaching programs.
Watch or download this event at Live@Melbourne.
Australians have closely followed recent moves toward democratisation in North Africa and the Middle East. These events have once again tested the international community’s capacity to balance national sovereignty with the preservation of human rights, and in particular its responsibility to protect populations from grave violations of these rights. Our panel of experts explored the consequences of regime change in Tunisia and Egypt, and uprising in Libya and Bahrain, for international relations.
Expert panellists included
- Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AO QC Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne.
- Professor Hilary Charlesworth AM Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Director, Centre for International Governance and Justice, the Australian National University.
- Mr Daniel Flitton Diplomatic Editor, The Age.
- Dr Sally Totman Senior Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
- Dr Timothy Lynch Lecturer in American Politics, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
- Professor Robyn Eckersley (Moderator) Convenor of the Master of International Relations program at the University of Melbourne
This event was hosted in partnership with Australian Institute for International Affairs Victoria.
One Just World: Who should get what and why? Financing economic justice for the world's poor.
The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences joined with OneJustWorld series partners World Vision Australia, AusAID, the International Women’s Development Agency and Oxfam Australia for a forum to discuss the financing of economic justice to the world’s poor.
This event was held Tuesday 22 February 2011.
Watch or download this event at Live@Melbourne.
Speakers included:
- The Hon Emilia Pires - Minister for Finance, Timor-Leste
- Mary Ellen Iskenderian - President and CEO Women’s World Banking
- Ross Buckley - Professor of International Finance Law, University of NSW
- Andrew Hewett - Executive Director, Oxfam Australia
The event was moderatored by Liz Jackson - Reporter, Four Corners, ABCTV
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