Alfred Deakin Research Institute: Recent Episodes
Deakin University
Researchers at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute undertake research relating to key themes, Leadership, Development and Governance in Australian and international perspectives. Professor David Lowe is the director of Deakin University's 'Alfred Deakin Research Institute', a promising leader of humanities and social science research which helps to inform both policy and practice. David is the co-founder of the Australian Policy and History network and a member of the Australian Department of foreign Affairs and Trade Editorial Advisory Board.
Alfred Deakin: duty and devotion explores the private world of a very public man. This new exhibition has been commissioned by the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library, Deakin University Library.
The Alfred Deakin Research Institute will generate and promote research that will inform public debate and public policy. Research will feature cross-disciplinary and problem oriented approaches, based on collaborative relationships within Deakin University and with external partners, including government entities. From its foundation in the humanities, social sciences, and education, the Alfred Deakin Research Institute will promote research that integrates knowledge generated from a broad range of disciplines in ways that address problems of local, national and international importance.
Deakin University's Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library focuses on federation, the growth of the Australian nation, and the development of the Australian constitution. The Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library is the latest addition to an informal association of Prime Ministerial Libraries around Australia. It houses Alfred Deakin's research collection and materials related to Western Victoria. A full set of Deakin's personal papers is available on microfilm with online access to sections of the papers which have been digitised by the National Library of Australia.
The Australian Policy History Network is a network which consists of co-founders, people from the University of England, the Australian National University, the History Council of NSW and also the boarder community. David Lowe illustrates that developing the Australia Policy History Network is a timely effort, because it remains significantly important for historians to speak on promising issues in order to remind the community of histories importance.
Percy Spender was an Australian diplomat, foreign minister and was a part of the international court of justice and was one of the most global Australians of the 20th century. Spender's life achievements linger distinctively in his 16 months as the external affairs minister he laid the foundation for Australia's modern foreign policy. Spender was the chief architects of the industry and continued to be very influential with setting up the Colombo plan for South East Asia and presented the changing influential relationship between Australia and South East Asia. David Lowe has just released an observant biography on the 'Life of Percy Spender', an exceedingly influential Australian minister from external affairs in the 1950s.