The Freilich Project organises a range of events including public lectures, conferences and seminars, many of which are free and open to the public. These events draw on the expertise of some of Australia—and the world’s—most prominent intellectuals and public figures on subjects related to bigotry.
ANU Freilich Project Book Club - November 2026
Other
Join us for the November gathering of the Freilich Book Club, previously known as “Beyond the Book” Book Club.This group is for you if you love reading and want to go deeper into some of the social questions you encounter when you read. We welcome the perspectives of all readers, particularly those…
Alice Tay Lecture: Preventing Generated Futures: Indigenous Resistance to Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Lecture/seminar
It is our pleasure to invite you to the 2026 Alice Tay Lecture presented by the Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry, held at the University House Common Room on Thursday 5th November at 5:45, followed by a reception at 6:45. This free public lecture is titled Preventing Generated Futures…
2026 Annual Freilich Lecture - First Nations Peace Poetics
Lecture
Despite the unsettling advancement of weapons technology in the 21st century, storytelling remains one of the most powerful technologies for promoting conflict resolution and peace. This lecture explores the power and potential of First Nations poetry in Australia to contribute to conflict…
Inaugural 'Beyond The Book' Book Club
Seminar
Join us for the inaugural Beyond the Book Book Club. This book group is for you if you love reading and want to go deeper into some of the social questions you encounter when you read. We welcome the perspectives of anyone working in related policy and research areas or engaged in activism on…
Staging Social Change
Panel discussion
Theatre spaces as sites for transformative civic dialogueAt a time of increasing polarisation, how can we create better civic discourse? Could the theatre be a useful place for hard conversations? Historically and today, theatre serves as a rare space where people from different social,…
Freilich Research Seminar: Rebel Sistah Cypher: Research, activism and creative practice
Seminar
This research project collaboratively investigates how women in Khayelitsha, a township on the outskirts of Cape Town, are using hip-hop to address issues of racism, sexism, economic oppression and the lasting effects of colonialism and apartheid. Since 2015 the activist hip-hop crew, Soundz…
Does Intergroup Contact and Attitudes Change Across Time? Results of 14 Person-Centered Latent Trajectory Models
Seminar
Recent high-quality investigations of intergroup contact have failed to detect a temporal and potentially causal association between intergroup contact and attitudes. In turn, scholars have attempted to reconcile why longitudinal effects rarely emerge despite the strong and well replicated cross…