A History of Terrorism
Noah Bassil (Politics and International Relations)
9th September 2008 11am- Noon Macquarie University, Room 107, W6A Bookings: lisa.featherstone@humn.mq.edu.au
Free. Bookings essential.

Greek Currents in Australian Waters: Greek-Australians and the Sea
Leonard Janiszewski and Effy Alexakis
12th September 2008 10.30am -11.30am Macquarie University Art Gallery, Building E11A Bookings: rdavis@vc.mq.edu.au
Free. Bookings essential.

IUEU Visiting Research Fellow Dr. Hervé Glevarec will be at Griffith University in September for several events.  Dr. Glevarec is a Senior Researcher with CNRS (Centre national del la recherche scientifique).

The Orange Trees of Baghdad

Listen to Leilah Nadir in conversation with Professor Kay Ferres from Griffith University.

Leilah Nadir is a freelance writer who has written and broadcast political commentaries for the CBC, The Globe and Mail and the Georgia Straight, and published a feature article in Brick magazine. She has a master's degree in English literature from the University of Edinburgh and a joint honours bachelor's degree in English and history from McGill University. She has worked in London and Vancouver in the publishing industry. The Orange Trees of Baghdad is a detailed exploration of life in Baghdad filtered through the voices and memories of the Iraqi diaspora.

For more information on Leilah Nadir please visit http://www.leilahnadir.com/

For more information on the Brisbane Writers Festival visit:

http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/

The Innovative Universities European Union Centre (IUEU) – with support from the local community, the EU (through the Delegation of the European Commission to Australia in Canberra) and its Member State embassies, La Trobe University, and Monash  European and EU Centre - will bring the European Union to Greater Bendigo between the 24 and 26 September. The organisers hope to provide a better understanding in the Bendigo region of the EU and its global role in areas such as trade, investment, tourism, climate change, public health and education by running public forums, lectures, speeches, workshops, competitions and information stalls.

Join Noah Bassil, Acting Director of the Centre for Middle East and North African Studies, as he examines the implications of rendition and torture and the claims that the actions of the United States and its allies, such as Australia, are part of a civilising mission. Delve into the world of espionage, covert operations and the secret 'war on terror', and consider whether security or civil rights should be considered paramount. Bassil will discuss rendition and the issue of civil rights in the wider context of the age of counter-terrorism as a way of understanding the impact of such policies on the possible success of the 'war on terror'.

The IUEU Centre has invited Anouska Perram a member of Amnesty International's NSW Branch Council, the Legal Network and the International Security Network, to speak briefly on legal issues and answer questions from the audience at the screening of Rendition as part of Movies @ Macquarie.

From Migrant to Citizen: testing language, testing culture. In December 2008 the IUEU Centre and Macquarie University are supporting a conference on the issues of citizenship testing and national identity.

The events of 9/11 intensified a new set of security challenges within the Asia-Pacific. Among the perceived challenges are the emergence of radical Islamic movements confronting state authority, the heightened risk emanating from weak or fragile states and the influence of ethnic separatist movements...

The contact person for this event is Tamara Dent, if you have further queries please contact at t.dent@murdoch.edu.au

A three-day international conference featuring contributions from academic researchers and practitioners from the Pacific Rim, the European Union, Asia and North America. The conference will provide a forum for the sharing of ideas and knowledge about the value of creativity as a means of engendering social inclusion and will allow academic researchers, practitioners and organisations to explore aspects of commonality in their pursuits with the possibility of collaboration both within Australia and in international contexts...