Human behaviour in bushfires – European Union and Australian knowledge exchange project As part of the EU research project called GEO-SAFE we are collaborating with Australian partners and looking for people to take part in our research about human behaviour in bushfires. We call for contribution from everyone who has or has never been confronted by a bushfire emergency to help improve […]

French & Australian Dialogues Presented by the Institute for the Study of French Australian Relations in association with the Alliance Française de Sydney Thursday 17 May, 6.00pm – 8.00pm. Venue: 257 Clarence St, Sydney The Referendum in New Caledonia: what is at stake? By November 2018 New Caledonia will hold a referendum on the future […]

9 May 2018, RMIT University, Melbourne Australia   Today, Europe celebrates Europe Day 2018. This is always an important opportunity to acknowledge the enormous progress which has been made towards securing a lasting peace on the European continent, offering a new form of cooperation among nations which strengthens the capacity of each of them, through […]

2018 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the protests of 1968, when social unrest and desire to change the status quo impacted Europe. Did Europe change after 1968? Was it a turning point in history? Did the Sixties, for which it is often shorthand, change society and culture? In history, it is often suggested that dramatic […]

The Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in Australia presents: ‘Thinking of You’ A film by Anna Di Lellio & Fitim Shala documenting the 12 June 2015 art installation ‘Thinking of You’, by Alketa Xhafa Mripa, which displayed five thousand dresses in the football stadium of Prishtina, Kosovo, to honour the thousands of survivors of […]

The 16th session of the Jean Monnet Seminar will focus on the topic “Blame it on Brussels – EU Law and Distributive Effects of Globalisation”. Paper proposals may cover a variety of areas focusing on two questions raised by the recent political events, particularly Brexit, which shed doubt on the traditional legal narrative of EU […]

  NESA Accreditation Completing the 2018 EU Intensive Short Course for Secondary School Teachers will contribute 12 hours of NESA Registered PD addressing 5.1.2, 6.2.2, 6.3.2, and 6.4.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW. In this course on the European Union you will hear specialists’ views on […]

United States of Europe: Is it a dream? Speaker: Massimo Scialla The event will take place at the Museo Italiano, 199 Faraday Street, Carlton, on Wednesday 14 March 2018, 18:30 Sponsored by The Museo Italiano, Carlton and Swinburne University of Technology

Italy goes to the elections on 4 March in a state of ongoing uncertainty on the back of a protracted “Grand Coalition” government just announced in Germany. Exit polls in Italy indicate that there will be no clear winner and some form of coalition will be required to give Italy a functional government whatever that […]

Geographical Indications (GIs) are expected to be one of the more contentious issues in forthcoming trade negotiations between the EU and Australia and New Zealand. This presentation and panel discussion provides an opportunity to understand the key issues. Presenter Mr John Clarke Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator for the EU–Australia Free Trade Agreement, and Director for […]