CIS Crisis Commentary Roundtables -
Observer Seats Available for CIS Members
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
The Ban on Short Selling: Help or Hindrance?
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Depositor Protection and Government Bailouts
Monday, 8 December 2008
The End of Capitalism? Exploring the Global Financial Crisis
As the world watches the financial crisis with bated breath, The Centre for Independent Studies will present a series of roundtables to discuss the underlying causes of the global financial crisis, appropriate regulatory responses, and the future of Australian and global markets.
Australia is arguably in a strong position compared with the rest of the world, and our financial house is in reasonably good order. But with daily references in the media and on the street to the Great Depression, is it likely that we will experience a downturn of such dramatic and dire proportions? Walt Disney’s famous animated film of 1933, The Three Little Pigs, was widely touted as an allegory for the Depression; seventy-five years on, is the wolf at our door again?
Join economists, business leaders, academics, and financial commentators for these critical and in-depth discussions of the crisis, with short formal presentations to stimulate discussion amongst all participants. Please note that this event will be filmed, and attended by the media.
A publication of the proceedings will be produced.
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Flight of the Kiwi: Perspectives of NZ/Australian Migration
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
A forum for NZ expats that asks (in the nicest possible way!) the question: What would it take for you to move home? We’ll discuss why you left your home country and what changes would need to occur before you would consider moving back. The forum will cover the wage gap between Australia and New Zealand, career development, infrastructure and social issues.
Venue and time TBC. Full details will be available shortly. To register your interest in attending, please email CIS Events Assistant, Holly Hamilton, at hhamilton@cis.org.au.
Protecting the Legacy of Freedom: The Ideas of The Enlightenment in the 21st Century
Proudly presented by the Centre for Independent Studies in association with the Sydney Opera House
Monday 4 August, 2008
This year’s forum centres on the ideas of The Enlightenment in the 21st century, and features a distinguished international panel: Ayaan Hirsi Ali (US) Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, author of the bestselling memoir Infidel, Chief Justice James Spigelman of the Supreme Court of NSW, Professor Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology at the University Kent in the UK, Dr Arthur Herman, author of The Scottish Enlightenment and Gandhi and Churchill, Dr Jonathan Le Cocq, Senior Lecturer on the History and Philosophy of Music, and of Lute Studies, at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
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In association with the Constant Reader, and Random House Australia, The Centre for Independent Studies is pleased to present a literary event with:
Dr Arthur Herman
Author of Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Monday, 4 August 2008
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Stanton Library
234 Miller Street, North Sydney
Bookings not required
Event enquiries to (02) 9438 1763
Media enquiries to lphillips@cis.org.au
Churchill and Gandhi were bitter enemies throughout their lives. Gandhi and Churchill reveals for the first time how that rivalry shaped the twentieth century and beyond. For more than forty years, from 1906 to 1948, they were locked in a tense struggle for the hearts and minds of the British public, and for world opinion. Although they met only once, their titanic contest of wills would decide the fate of nations, continents, peoples, and ultimately an empire.
Dr Herman will provide fascinating insights to these two great men of history, and will be happy to answer readers’ questions after his talk. Copies of Dr Herman’s book will be available for purchase and author signing.
For additional information please visit the Constant Reader’s website at: https://www.constantreader.com.au/events.php
About Arthur Herman
Dr Herman grew up in Wisconsin and received his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Minnesota in 1978. He went on to earn his Masters and PhD at the Johns Hopkins University History Department. He taught at several universities, including Georgetown and George Mason University, before becoming Coordinator of the Western Heritage Program for the Smithsonian’s Campus on the Mall from 2000 to 2005.
Dr Herman is the author of five books to date. The Idea of Decline in Western History appeared in 1997 and has been translated into German, Spanish, Chinese, and Portuguese. Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America’s Most Hated Senator appeared in 1999 and was the subject of a front-page article in the New York Times Magazine.
In November of 2001 his third book, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, became a New York Times bestseller. It was nominated for several book prizes, including England’s Samuel Johnson Prize. The Wall Street Journal called it "absorbing" and in the New York Review of Books Professor Gordon Craig dubbed it "a well-argued tribute to Scottish creative imagination and energy." To date, 400,000 copies have been sold around the world, and the paperback edition has entered its thirteenth printing. It has also been translated into Turkish and Chinese. As a result of writing How the Scots Invented the Modern World, Dr Herman was made an honorary member of the board of the Scottish Arts Council, from 2004 to 2006.
His fourth book, To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World, received critical acclaim from the Guardian and The Spectator, as well as the New York Times and Washington Post, and was nominated for the UK’s Mountbatten Prize for the best book in naval history for 2005.
His latest book, Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age, was released in May 2008. Andrew Roberts described it in the Wall Street Journal as "researched meticulously and written fluently" and Richard Langworth, editor of the Churchill Centre’s magazine Finest Hour, called it a "balanced and elegant account" that "must become the standard work on the subject."
Dr Herman also writes frequently for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, Commentary magazine, and Wall Street Journal Asia. In 2006, he delivered the annual Bonython Lecture for the Centre for Independent Studies in 2006, entitled "History as the Story of Liberty."
In April 2007, he also returned to the Johns Hopkins University to deliver the annual Patrick Henry Lecture, entitled "A Scottish Descent: The Origin of American Politics."
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