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Anna Tibaijuka. Sustainable Urbanisation, Climate Change and the Global Financial Crisis
Today we are faced with many challenges in our quest for sustainable human settlements but among the most compelling ones are rapid and chaotic urbanization, climate change and the global financial crisis. (June 18, 2009. Running time 73 min, 35mb MP3)
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International Forum: The Global Talent Search and Challenge
Deputy Vice Chancellor (International) Professor John Hearn hosts the next installment of the International Forum series on global mobility and the talent shortage. Professor Hearn is joined by Dr Michael Spence, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney, SydneyTalent chief executive Anne Moore, Andrew Banks, Managing Director of recruitment agency Talent2 International and Professor Lesleyanne Hawthorne from the University of Melbourne to discuss the challenges of finding and maintaining skilled talent. (June 16, 2009. Running time 100 min, 47mb MP3)
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Darius Rejali. Torture and Democracy: What Now?
Darius Rejali traces the development and application of one torture technique after another in the last century, and he reaches startling conclusions. As the twentieth century progressed, he argues, democracies not only tortured, but set the international pace for torture. (June 2, 2009. Running time 104 min, 49mb MP3)
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Paul Gilding. Economic Growth Version 1.0 is Finished: The great disruption has begun
Paul Gilding argues that we have entered a period of global ecological crisis and economic stagnation that will last for decades. This will lead to an economic and social transformation of significance in the history of humanity. (April 29, 2009. Running time 81 min, 37mb MP3)
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Annette Gordon-Reed: Barack and Michelle Obama: Rewriting the Narrative of American History
In her Sydney Ideas lecture titled "Barack and Michelle Obama: Rewriting the Narrative of American History," Gordon-Reed, the author of 2008's The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (WW Norton), put a historical spin on the current White House residents in light of America's Founding Fathers, in particular Thomas Jefferson, who had a complicated relationship with African Americans.(April 22, 2009. Running time 86 min, 40mb MP3)
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Bjorn Landfeldt on ISP filtering
Associate Professor Bjorn Landfeldt was part of the government-appointed team that studied implementing ISP-level internet filtering. In this public lecture, he discusses technical and social issues that have not been properly assessed by the Government. He explains how users will be able to bypass the filter, the dangers posed by increasing scope of the ACMA blacklist and the political motivation behind the plan. (April 14, 2009. Running time 64 min, 26.8mb MP3)
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Peter Skilling. Did the Buddha invent Asia?
How did the teaching of one man influence Asia so profoundly? What was the role of Buddhism in the geography of ideas in the pre-modern period? What were the unifying principles or ideologies that brought distant cultures into close relation? The fascinating diversity of Buddhism and its dynamic cultural transformations lead us to examine the role played by Buddhism in the construction and imagination of an interactive trans-regionalism. (April 07 2009. Running time 96 min, 45mb MP3)
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Mark Schapiro. Reporting on the Environment: A study of science or power?
Schapiro, a veteran environmental journalist and Editorial Director of the California-based Center for Investigative Reporting, explores the intersection between two very different forces: the inherent uncertainties of the scientific method and the demand for clarity by those in power. (March 2, 09. Running time 95 min, 44mb MP3)
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The 2009 Rex Cramphorn Lecture by Fiona Winning
Fiona Winning, at Sydney Ideas, discusses the often problematic relationship between the hard and soft infrastructure - of arts buildings and the artists and organisations that work in them. (March 2, 09. Running time 79 min, 36mb MP3)
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Michael Kirby in the Great Hall, transcript
The University of Sydney engaged one of its most prestigious alumni - recently retired High Court judge the Hon. Michael Kirby - to deliver a dinner address at a special evening function in the Great Hall on Saturday, February 28. (February 28, 09. Running time 60 min)
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Michael Ruse at Sydney Ideas
Michael Ruse, Professor of Philosophy from Florida State University, looks at the theory of Darwin's Origin of the Species, asking both about its success and even more how it fares today 200 years after Darwin's birth. (February 17, 09. Running time 85 min)
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Michael Paton - Feng Shui
Dr Michael Paton, an expert in Chinese history and the philosophy of science, will explain the foundations of this influential Chinese cultural practice, as well as examining some of the misconceptions that have arisen in the West concerning this ancient art. (February 11, 09. Running time 60 min)
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OECD Deputy Secretary General - Problems of today, world of tomorrow
The lecture "Problems of Today, World of Tomorrow" was delivered by Mr Aart de Geus, the OECD Deputy Secretary General. Mr de Geus's OECD portfolio is Political Economy of Reform. In his lecture he addressed a broad range of strategic issues arising from the global financial crisis. Read the transcript of the speech. (February 3, 09. Running time 39 min)
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