Civil Society and Ageing

Comments delivered at the Conference ‘Aging, Family, Civil Society, Politics’, Dresden, 1st February 2008. To read more click here.

 

The strange origins of representative democracy

11 November 2007 - Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations - Aga Khan University. London. Read more and download audio here

 

The Twenty-First Century Enemies of Democracy

Sydney Democracy Forum. Thursday 11 October 2007. 6.30 pm. The Twenty-First Century Enemies of Democracy. Venue: Footbridge Theatre, Parramatta Road, University of Sydney. read more and download audio here

 

Is democracy a universal ideal?

Conferência Gulbenkian Que valores para este tempo? - 27 October 2006. The full text of this talk in English can be downloaded here - in PDF format.

 

What's happening to democracy?

The Sydney Ideas Public Lecture, 24 July 2006 - To read more and download the audio of this talk click here

Does Democracy have a violent heart?

Talk delivered at the conference WAR, CULTURE AND DEMOCRACY IN CLASSICAL ATHENS, 4-6 July 2006, University of Sydney. Read, Watch and listen to John Keane presenting his talk click for Text here. Audio and Video here.

 

Humility and Democracy: a History to Invent the Institutions of Democracy

Professor John Keane visited UIN Jakarta and gave a lecture on Humility and Democracy at two places, CSIS and UIN Jakarta, June 2006. Read more here

 

The Challenge to Democratic Consolidation

Public Lecture delivered to the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy , Taipei. 31st May 2005

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Why Democracy?

Delivered as the B.N. Ganguli Memorial Lecture, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies , Delhi, 25 February 2005

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Reflexions o Imperio e a Transicion A Democracia

Lecture prepared for the II Encontros de Mondariz Balneario - Organized by Fundación Carlos Casares . Second Session - Tuesday 21st September 2004

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Can Civil Societies Become More Civil?

A Place for All? Comparing Civil Societies in Scotland and Northern Ireland , Wednesday 8th September 2004

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Reflections on the Transition to Democracy

Draft lecture prepared for the 9th Open Society Forum, Democracy in Europe, in America, in the World, 23 April 2004, Tallinn, Estonia.

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Whatever Happened to Democracy?

Institute for Public Policy Research, London, 27 March 2002

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Transitions to Democracy

Plenary session addressed by Professor John Keane during the Symposium: "Democracy: Contested Futures"

23 March 2004 at the Centre for Democracy Studies, Oxford Brookes University. The Centre ran a one-day symposium which looked at some the contemporary challenges and issues related to democracy and democratic theory. Download the audio file of this lecture here.