Pax Romana / Pax Americana: Views of the ‘New Rome’ from ‘Old Europe’
Seminar
The PowerPoint slides of this lecture are now available as a PDF file (as a courtesy to the presenter, please contact him for permission to refer to his PowerPoint notes for the purpose of further research). The citation of the parallels between ancient Rome and modern America enjoyed a…
Australia and Europe in Conversation – number 3: 50 years of EU-Australia relations
Lecture
50 years ago, in March 1962, Sir Edwin McCarthy took up his position as the first Australian Ambassador to the EU. Since then EU-Australia relations have had their ups and downs but today the relationship is broader, deeper and stronger than ever - but many challenges lie ahead. Every month this…
Asia-Europe Meeting: Moving beyond Summits
Seminar
This public lecture is now available as MP3 (please listen to the file below in two parts). The 9th ASEM Summit will take place in Vientiane, Laos in November 2012. Asia’s and Europe’s “rediscovery” of each other was launched with a Summit of 26 Asian and Europeans heads of state and government…
Australia and Germany: Looking beyond 60
Seminar
This public lecture is now available as MP3 (please listen to the file below in three parts). This year marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between Australia and Germany. Cooperation between the two countries has prospered during this period in all areas of common interest. In recognition of…
RMS Titanic and Europe on the eve of the Great War
Seminar
At 2.25 in the morning on 15 April 1912 the stern of the RMS Titanic slid below the icy waters of the North Atlantic taking over 1500 souls with her. In hindsight it is tempting to see the Titanic as a metaphor for Europe on the eve of the Great War, steaming hubristically towards disaster, a…
Postcolonial Nordic
Seminar
This public lecture is now available as MP3 (please listen to the file above in two parts). The presentation grows out of three circles of interconnected work I have been carrying out over the last few years. The inner circle is a manuscript provisionally entitled, Denmark: Tropical colonies,…
Australia and Europe in conversation - number 2: 50 years of EU-Australia relations
Lecture
50 years ago, in March 1962, Sir Edwin McCarthy took up his position as the first Australian Ambassador to the EU. Since then EU-Australia relations have had their ups and downs but today the relationship is broader, deeper and stronger than ever - but many challenges lie ahead. Every month this…