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The Price of Fear

Dialogue 2010 Volume 29 Number 2.

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September 1, 2010 Announcement

2010 Annual Symposium ASSA

Registration for ASSA's 2010 Annual Symposium - Family Fortunes and the Global Financial Crisis - can now be conducted online. Please note that payment by credit card or PayPal is required at the time of registration.

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August 30, 2010 Announcement

Alien Fears: Politics and Immigration Control ASSA

An extract of the above article by Professor Mary Crock, Professor of Law at the University of Sydney, which appeared in Dialogue, Vol 29, 2/2010 was recently published in the Sydney Morning Herald. The extract entitled "Scapegoating boat people a true-blue Au...

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August 26, 2010 Announcement

The Australia India Institute invites Expressions of Interest ASSA

The Australia India Institute invites Expressions of Interest for funding projects of up to $50,000 which support the Institute's key priority areas to strengthen research cooperation, professional links and cultural understanding between Australia and India.

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August 23, 2010 Submission

ASSA Submission to the Research Workforce Strategy ASSA

ASSA has recently submitted its response to the Australian Government’s Research Workforce Strategy consultation paper, ‘Meeting Australia’s Research Workforce Needs. A Consultation Paper to Inform the Development of the Australian Government’s Researc...

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August 16, 2010 Announcement

AJF calling for applications for Australia-Japan projects ASSA

The Australia-Japan Foundation is currently calling for applications for grants of up to $15,000 for projects, including research projects, which increase Australian-Japanese mutual understanding. The closing date is 17 Sept 2010.

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August 6, 2010 Dialogue

The Price of Fear ASSA

In an age when the Western world is preoccupied with fears about weapons of mass destruction in terrorist hands, in many parts of the world terrorist groups are turning to a more basic device as the weapon of choice - the life itself.

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August 5, 2010 Announcement

FP7 Calls added in July ASSA

Fellows and other social scientists are advised that new Calls for Proposals, inlcuding three addressing socio-economic sciences and the humanities, were added the European Commission's Seventh Framework Program 7 (FP7) in July 2010 for the 2011 FP7 Work Programme.
More details on FP7 Calls for Proposals.
More information on the FP7 Socio-economic sciences and the humanities (SSH) programme.

 

August 2, 2010 Announcement

ASSA International Grants Schemes Now Open ASSA

The Call for Applications for travel in 2011 under ASSA's NETHERLANDS, FRANCE and CHINA schemes is now open, and will close on 8 October 2010.

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July 28, 2010 Announcement

ASSA submission to National Research Infrastructure Council ASSA

ASSA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the discussion paper regarding the National Research Infrastructure Council's (NRIC) process to identify and prioritise Australia's Landmark Research Infrastructure Needs.

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July 19, 2010 Announcement

Photos from the 2010 Paul Bourke Lecture ASSA

Photos, from the 2010 Paul Bourke Lecture, of speaker - Associate Professor Mark Bellgrove and ASSA President Barry McGaw.

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July 9, 2010 Occasional Paper

Occasional Paper 2010 Number 5 ASSA

Racism and the tertiary student experience in Australia - Professor Adam Graycar. This paper is a report of a workshop held on 31 March 2010. Public policy does not stand still, and a dynamic area such as this has continual policy adjustments and prog...

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July 8, 2010 Announcement

Professor Fay Gale video UA

A streaming video - Professor Fay Gale AO: an outstanding career at The University of Adelaide - presented by Professor Kay Anderson. Podcast download also available.

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Globalization
2010. Edited by Charles Lemert, Anthony Elliott, Daniel Chaffee, Eric Hsu

Expected to become a classic in the field and the classroom standard for teachers and their students, this book offers the most comprehensive, engaging selection of classic and contemporary readings on globalization currently available. ...

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