Samaria (Crete) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Level 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Solahudin .

In the aftermath of defeats of ISIS in Syria-Iraq and Marawi, concerns have been raised about fighters and their families, including some 600 Indonesians who were with ISIS in the Middle East, coming back and conducting terror attacks at home.

Indonesia has experience with returnees from overseas training coming home and becoming involved in terrorism. About 42 of the 300 Indonesians who trained on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border from 1985 to 1994 – known as 'Afghan alumni' – became involved in terrorism after their return. About 50 'Moro alumni' who trained in Mindanao became terrorists, as well as at least two 'Kashmir alumni' who trained with Laskar-e-Taiba in 2001.

In this public lecture, Faculty of Arts Indonesia Initiative visitor Solahudin will assess the danger of Indonesian returnees from Syria-Iraq and the Philippines.

Light refreshments will be served prior to the lecture. The lecture will begin at 6.00pm.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu9DduJfN8g

Creating an Emotion Revolution: From Schools to Workplaces to Society

Venue: Theatre Q230, Level 2, Kwong Lee Dow Building

Presenters: Professor Marc A Brackett

Emotions matter. They inform our thinking, decisions, creativity, relationships, mental and physical health, and everyday performance. The skills of emotional intelligence, including the ability to recognise and regulate emotions, are especially important for our success and wellbeing.

In this presentation, Professor Brackett will discuss the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence's studies on the role of emotions and emotional intelligence in key personal and organisational outcomes. Marc will also discuss the Center’s evidence-based approach to teaching social and emotional learning, which has been adopted by over 2000 schools across the US and around the world, including Australia. Practical tools and strategies to develop emotional intelligence also will be shared.

This event is the first in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education Dean's Lecture Series 2018.

Please note that this event was originally scheduled for 14 March.

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https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/10111-creating-an-emotion-revolution-from-schools-to-workplaces-to-society

Tales of the Tigerman

Venue: The Forum Theatre 153, Level 1, Arts West

Presenters: Professor Desmond Kharmawphlang

The sacred forests of Meghalaya, India are believed to be protected by a spiritual tutelary deity called U Ryngkew U Basa who, whenever he makes himself visible, takes the form of a tiger.

In many of these forests, religious ceremonies in the form of rituals and spring dances are performed in honour of the Ryngkew, who is perceived as master of the wilderness.

Apart from the elaborate and complex religious discourse associated with the sacred forest, there is also a huge corpus of tiger lore that has been generated for hundreds of years and is still in circulation. Tigers occupy a very significant role in Khasi mythology. While the tiger is admired, respected and revered, it is also feared.

Khasi folklore suggests a subtle convergence of several perceptual and emotional features of the relationship between humans and tigers. Often portrayed as a bitter enemy of humans, he is also believed to be their greatest benefactor. This has given rise to a spectacular belief in the weretiger or tigerman, this power being an attribute of rngiew, one of the components of the complete human embodiment.

This lecture will draw on Professor Kharmawphlang’s many years of fieldwork in the jungle villages of North Khasi Hills, where he has encountered men and women who are reputed to have the power to become tigers.

Image: Jim Corbett's Man Eaters of Kumaon

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https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/10113-tales-of-the-tigerman

Why Equality Matters: Leading Change in the Workplace

Venue: Theatre 1, 221 Bouverie Street, Theatre 1

Presenters: Ms Catherine Fox, Dr Victor Sojo, Professor Cordelia Fine

For women, 2017 was in many ways an extraordinary year. The allegations of sexual harassment in the film industry drove the already existing #MeToo movement to global prominence and catalysed efforts to address “systemic inequality and injustice in the workplace that have kept underrepresented groups from reaching their full potential” (Time’s Up, 2018). The Women’s Marches, both 2017 and 2018 editions, were some of the most multitudinous demonstrations in record. Women are rallying in an unprecedented way. In this environment, defining an agenda for the future is a critical move.

Join the Centre for Workplace Leadership's notable panel of male and female leaders including Professor Cordelia Fine (University of Melbourne), author and journalist Catherine Fox and Dr Victor Sojo (Centre for Workplace Leadership) for a discussion about the most pressing and strategic actions for the gender equality movement in Australia and worldwide.

Canapes and drinks will be served after the panel.

Please note: The centre counts on and appreciates the strong interest in this topic from female attendees. At the same time, we are committed to encouraging men, especially senior managers, to listen, learn, and include their voice in the discussion around gender equality. As we look to drive change in organisations, this event strongly encourages male and female attendees to bring a male colleague (partners and relatives excluded) to ensure engagement in this subject is as widespread and inclusive as possible.

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https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/10095-why-equality-matters-leading-change-in-the-workplace

Angkor Thom (Cambodia) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Kerri-Lee Krause, Andrew Norton, Andrew Harvey, Martin Doel

Australians believe we live in a fair and egalitarian country. We believe in a fair go: in equality of opportunity. We also believe that accessible education and training is a fundamental right and it facilitates prosperity, social mobility and a richer and more engaged economy.

Are these beliefs about who we are based in fact? While access to higher education has increased dramatically over the past 30 years, income and wealth inequality is also on the rise. This seeming contradiction challenges our most fundamental believes about intergenerational mobility.

Is the education system a cure or a curse? Are the biggest beneficiaries of the current system the wealthiest and most advantaged members of society? Has the higher education system been colonised by the rich to benefit the rich?

Evidence of increasing inequality, intergenerational unemployment, failure to address rural and regional disparities, falling performance in international standardised school testing, static social mobility despite expansionary higher education policies, a vocational education system in the iron-clad grip of a policy and funding crisis suggests we need to confront some major questions.

Should we see a return to the pre-Dawkins college of advanced education (CAE), or a modernised version of it: the polytechnic? What about new models, such as the degree apprenticeship being trialed in the UK? How open should we be to experiments that might fail? How do we make tertiary education more affordable and accessible to disadvantaged groups while ensuring they benefit personally and economically from their education? Are universities running a cartel? How do we integrate the tertiary education sector when it has never been more segregated?

Chaired by Professor Kerri-Lee Krause, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at La Trobe University.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23ykVKiAhuk

UVic snow

Venue: Level 1 Multifunction Room, Ian Potter Museum of Art

Presenters: Professor Emeritus Frank Sear

Join world-renowned architectural historian and former Chair of Classics at the University of Melbourne, Emeritus Professor Frank Sear, as he uncovers the rich archaeological history of theatres across the world.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0-mvxRRhvY

Detecting Rare Events

Venue: Ground Floor, Peter Doherty Institute

Presenters: Professor Svetha Venkatesh

This lecture will explore the prediction of rare events, and what can be done when current predictions for these events are poor. It will argue that, instead of rare event classification, the focus should be on identifying the riskiest events with minimal error – as such events are likely precursors to outliers of interest.

Professor Svetha Venkatesh is the Director of the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Data Analytics at Deakin University. Her work on outlier detection is used in surveillance and has been tested at Barwon Health to predict suicide risk.

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https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/10084-detecting-rare-events