During my first encounter with him, in Prague in 1984, when everything seemed hopeless, I was struck by the man's hedgehog resilience. Here was a rarity: an unusual figure, intense but witty, a clear-headed thinker and a wonderful writer, a...
Read MoreSBS World News Australia presenter Anton Enus talks to John Keane, Professor of politics at University of Sydney, 19 December 2011. ...
Read MoreAn interview about Vaclav Havel with The World Today's Eleanor Hall, ABC Radio, 19 December 2011 Transcript As mourners gather in Prague's Wenceslas Square to pay respect to their late former president, tributes to Vaclav Havel have been pouring in from leaders...
Read MoreJohn Keane was guest of Radio Australia (ABC) on 21 November 2011 to talk with Isabelle Genoux about the global occupation movement. ...
Read More55 years ago the British government commenced nuclear testing in the South Australian outback. It was named "Operation Buffalo" and it took place at the remote Maralinga site. Four fission bombs were tested and British and Australian servicemen were exposed to the fallout. Today the...
Read MoreWhen making sense of the weird things happening in the northern hemisphere one trend should not escape our notice: a deepening crisis caused by bankers’ greed is beginning to rip the guts out of democracy. Here’s what the textbooks say: in...
Read MoreThis is a lecture delivered by John Keane on May 18, 2011 at University of Melbourne. Read the full text of the talk. In this lecture, John Keane explores these conflicting trends and asks: when judged in terms of the democratic...
Read MoreIn the aftermath of the Norway mass killing many people are pondering whether modern democratic communities might have to re-think some of their nostrums about what's said out loud, and how it's said: about whether certain tendencies within communities can...
Read MoreProfessor John Keane is in conversation with Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Australian Greens. This conversation is not meant to be a traditional political interview. It is a discussion between a leading academic and a senior elected representative about...
Read MoreWelcome to “In Conversation”, the first in a series of discussions between leading academics and major public figures in Australian life. Today Politics Professor John Keane is in conversation with Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Australian Greens. John Keane is Professor...
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