Rethinking Insecurity War and Violence
Rethinking Insecurity, War an d Violence: Beyond Savage Globalization? is a collection of essays edited by Dr Damian Grenfell and Professor Paul James of the Globalism Research Centre, which seeks to rethink the mainstream security paradigms.

The Rise of the Global Imaginary
In his exciting new book The Rise of the Glo bal Imaginary , Globalism Research Centre Director, Professor Manfred Steger, explores how deep-seated ideas of community and identity are increasingly becoming global.

Globalization, Trade Liberalization, and the Transnationalization of Higher Education
Seminar by Professor Clyde Barrow, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

Saskia Sassen Public Lecture: Reassembling the Urban at a Time of New Global Challenges
World-renowned scholar on globalization and the emergence of Global Cities Professor Saskia Sassen will speak at RMIT University on Thursday 2 October as a special guest of the Global Cities Institute and Globalism Research Centre.

Community Security and Sustainability in Timor-Leste
Kampung Baru is a semi-urbanised community on the western outskirts of Dili. Originally built to house Indonesian civil servants, the suburb was occupied post-independence by people from across the new nation, and was the site of significant violence in 2006 and 2007. This seminar will present research undertaken in Golgota, an aldeia within Kampung Baru, so as to both critically appraise ‘Human Security’ and begin to articulate an argument for ‘Community Security’.

2008 Food and Thought Mela
The Second International Food and Thought Mela is part-celebration, part-dialogue about critical issues and practical local responses to food production, climate change and a sustainable future. ‘Mela’ is the Sanskrit word for a festival or fair. In this tradition, the Food and Thought Mela is a chance for people to come together to share good food and talk.