Jacques Rancière Keynote Address

Professor Jacques Rancière's will deliver the conference's international keynote address in the Great Hall of the Australian Parliament House. His title is

What Does it Mean to be 'Un'? The Thinking of Dissensus Today.

Jacques Rancière, born in Algiers in 1940, lives and works in Paris. He is Emeritus Professor of Aesthetics and Politics at the University of Paris VIII where he taught from 1969 to 2000. He also taught, as a visiting professor, in various American universities (Rutgers, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Berkeley). He has written many books on politics, aesthetics and their interconnections and contributed to many collections of essays and several catalogues of art exhibitions. He will publish at the beginning of 2007 a book on the politics of literature. He also writes extensively on cinema, notably in Les Cahiers du Cinéma and Trafic . His last books in English include: Disagreement, Politics and Philosophy (1998), Short Voyages to the Land of the People (2003), The Philosopher and his Poor (2004), The Flesh of Words (2004), The Politics of Aesthetics (2005), Film Fables (2006) and The Hatred of Democracy (forthcoming).

Great Hall, Australian Parliament House

Thursday 7th December, at 18.00, for 18.15

To attend:

Professor Jacques Rancière's keynote address is included in the conference registration. Members of the public are welcome to attend for $20. To book, please press here.

Parliament House Cocktail Party

Following Professor Rancière's Keynote Address we will be staging an

UNAUSTRALIA Cocktail Party

Marble Foyer, Australian Parliament House,

Thursday 8th December, 19.15-20.45

Registrations for the Cocktail Party have now closed.

The UNAUSTRALIA conference committee gratefully acknowledges the support of: