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September 2019 Newsletter
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Head of School Welcome
The School of Political Science and International Studies has in recent weeks welcomed two new staff members. Dr Glenn Kefford is a specialist in political party campaigning, and is the current recipient of the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award from the Australian Research Council. Dr Katie Brennan is a post-doctoral fellow in the School. Both her doctoral and postdoctoral work focus on digital nonhuman actors like memes, hashtags and algorithms. Her research focuses on the intersection of political theory, popular culture and international relations.
The University of Queensland has performed extremely well in recent university rankings, cementing its position in the top 50 universities globally and improving its rankings in key areas.
I hope you find this newsletter informative. We look forward to welcoming you at one of our events in the near future. |
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International Day of Peace 2019
The International Day of Peace Event took place on Saturday 21 September at St John’s Cathedral. It was a fantastic event with a guest lecture from ABC journalist, Sophie McNeill who made clear the civilian impacts of the many conflicts she has covered in the Middle East and more recently within China. The free public event was supported by UNAA Queensland, St John’s Cathedral, Just Peace, Rotary, Griffith University, UQ, WILPF, and Quakers.
Special thanks to Diana McCluskey and A/Prof Marianne Hanson for coordinating and facilitating the “Celebrating Queensland Agents of Peace” ceremony this year. Thanks also to Rotary representatives and our students from the Rotary Peace Centre for their terrific assistance on the night. There was an excellent turnout, and wonderful to see so our colleagues and students making time to attend. The Agents of Peace recognised this year were Sisters Inside and Mu’ooz Restaurant and Catering, in West End. Both organisations do a wonderful job assisting women in their respective communities and were worthy winners of this year’s awards.
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APSA Symposium: ‘Whose Politics and Which Science? Rethinking the Discipline in Settler Colonial Australia’
The most recent issue of the Australian Journal of Political Science includes a symposium, ‘Whose Politics and Which Science? Rethinking the Discipline in Settler Colonial Australia’.
Professor Sarah Maddison (University of Melbourne) and Dr Elizabeth Strakosch (The University of Queensland) edited this special issue, and three of the four articles are authored or co-authored by Indigenous scholars. Prior to this symposium there were no substantive articles by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander authors in the leading national journal of the Australian Political Studies Association. This symposium aims to reflect on the circumstances that have created this situation, and raise questions about colonialism, decolonisation and race in the contemporary university.
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Inaugural Undergraduate Employability Fair
The School of Political Science and International Studies recently held its inaugural Undergraduate Employability Fair with the aim of helping undergraduate politics students secure work related to their studies after graduating.
Students heard from a panel of industry and University employment specialists, including a keynote presentation by Queensland Deputy Director of DFAT, Nick Williams. The discussion focused on how to impress prospective employers, alternate career pathways beyond traditional graduate programs, and how to bounce back from career disappointments. The panel also answered a number of questions from the student audience, including what prospects exist for jobs related to political science in Brisbane.
Read more
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Graduate Centre in Governance and International Affairs Annual Roundtable
On 30 August the Graduate Centre in Governance and International Afffairs hosted their Annual Roundtable, “30 Years on from the Cold War. What has Changed - What has Not!”
"The end of the Cold War was meant to be the ‘end of history’, with liberal democracy and ‘free markets’ triumphant globally. Instead, democracy is in retreat, right-wing populists are on the march in many societies, and China’s rise appears to offer a new economic model and challenge to the US’ global leadership. Thirty years on, it is time to take stock. What has changed, what has not, and how did we get here?" Read more |
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Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P) Update
The Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P) alongside co-hosts The Habibie Center and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia facilitated a series of workshops and meetings in Jakarta.
The meetings were attended by many local Indonesian and regional partners, representatives from DFAT and Dr Karen Smith the Special Adviser to the Secretary General on the Responsibility to Protect, United Nations. Read more |
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Alternative Visions for Australia’s Future, delivered by The Honourable Kevin Rudd AC
The Honourable Kevin Rudd delivered a public lecture, 'Alternative Visions for Australia's Future' at The University of Queensland on Monday 26 August 2019.
If you were unable to attend this event and wish to view the lecture online, please visit the website by clicking on the link below. Watch now |
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Stay informed about news and events
The School hosts a number of exciting seminars and events including the School's Research Seminar Series, Futures of International Order Seminar Series and the Visual Politics Seminar Series.
Be sure to keep up-to-date with what is happening in the School of Political Science and International Studies. Read more |
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Join the School Alumni Group
The UQ School of Political Science and International Studies Alumni Group aims to build and maintain mutually beneficial and valued relationships between alumni and with the university long past graduation.
With politics and the world ever changing, this group seeks to engage and serve graduates of the UQ School of Political Science and International Studies via a broad range of activities and offerings throughout the year, which will allow alumni to stay up to date on issues of national and international importance, to network with other alumni, and also to identify opportunities to give back to the School, the university and the wider community. Join now! |
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