History, politics & current affairs

Anything and everything in History, politics & current affairs from across our archives.

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23 Aug 2014

Past event

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The Fifth Estate

Words and War: A Great and Lasting Trauma / Defence, military & war

With Christopher Clark, Joan Beaumont, and Sally Warhaft

7 Dec 2011

Prime Prime Ministerial Reading Material / Books, reading & writing

By Alex Landragin

We’ve previously covered US President Barack Obama’s reading habits. Now Melbourne’s Grattan Institute has released a suggested summer reading guide for the Prime Minister. The thinktank has suggested Julia Gillard read books it believes “say something interesting about Australia and its future”. The books are Judith Brett’s Quarterly Essay, ‘Fair Share’; Jan Gehl’s Cities for People; Michael Wesley’s There Goes the Neighbourhood…

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I Know You Are, I Said You Are: Gender Stereotypes and Kids / Sex & gender

With Sami Shah, Nelly Thomas, Ro Allen and 1 other

Podcast series

The Fifth Estate / History, politics & current affairs

Podcast episode

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The Fifth Estate

The Collapse of American Power in the Middle East / International relations & diplomacy

11 Nov 2015

Past event

The F Word

Class / Sexism & feminism

With Maxine Beneba Clarke, Anne Summers, and Alice Pung

20 May 2011

Video of Leslie Cannold Speaking on the Problem with Feminists / Sexual & gender politics

By Jon Tjhia

(Click to watch video.)

The problem with feminists, according to Australian Humanist of the Year Leslie Cannold, “is that there aren’t enough of them”. In this video of her recent Lunchbox/Soapbox presentation at the Wheeler Centre, the author and ethicist tackles what ideals should inform how female representation unfolds in the popular imagination. Ultimately, she sees us aspiring to build a world in which…

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Bent Merriment: Queer Comedy / Comedy

With Tom Ballard, Geraldine Hickey, Demi Lardner and 1 other

28 Aug 2013

Past event

In the Soviet Archives / Europe

7 Sep 2015

Past event

A.C. Grayling / Philosophy

With A.C. Grayling and Emily Sexton

9 Sep 2011

The Best & Worst of Career Advice / Non-Fiction

By Alex Landragin

In 2008, young Canadian graduate Jay Bahadur was working a market research job, aching to become a journalist, when - according to his Wikipedia page - he received some telling advice from experienced journalists. He was told to skip journalism school and to work instead as a freelancer in “crazy places”. The advice might well have been unconventional but, as fortune does tend to…

8 Mar 2018

Past event