Thursday, 23 May 2013
Tiffin Talk: India and China: Rivals, Friends or Foes?
India and China today represent world’s two largest and fastest growing economies and societies. Even the continued global...
Thinking with Rome: Space, Place and Emotion in the Making of the First World Religion
What happened to Rome and the idea of Rome in the age of the CounterReformation and of the missions to America and the Ind...
Monday, 27 May 2013
Florence at the dawn of the Renaissance: painting and illumination 1300-1350
Dr Ursula Betka, Research Fellow at La Trobe University, will talk on the exhibition and symposium held at the J. Paul Get...
Obama's Foreign Policy: Second Term Success or Failure?
Public Debate Obama’s Foreign Policy: 2nd Term Success or Failure? An American presidential electionstyle debate over th...
Festival of Ideas 2013 Preview Event - Is medicine broken? Featuring Ben Goldacre (UK)
Exclusively for the Festival of Ideas 2013, Ben Goldacre will deliver a compelling talk touching on his two favourite issu...
Presenter(s)
U.S. Policy Priorities and the 'Rebalance' to the Asia-Pacific
Asialink, The U.S. Consulate General, Melbourne, The U.S. Studies Centre at the University of Sydney along with ACBC and C...
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
From Technology to Sight - looking into the future of the bionic eye
The story of the bionic eye has captured the imagination of people all over the world. Following the announcement of Austr...
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Strawberries and port wine: disorders of vascular development
Vascular anomalies are localised disorders of the blood vessels that predominantly affect children. They range from simple...
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Do Indians really face racism in Australia? A journalist's perspective with Sushi Das
Since stories of dodgy colleges and violence against Indian students came to light a few years ago, accusations of racism ...
Beneath the surface: bravery and beauty in Afghanistan
There is an Afghanistan beyond the headlines of war and atrocities, a place of anonymous heroes and wild beauty. In 1991,...
Sunday, 2 Jun 2013
2:30–4:00PM
A Wayward Girl - the early life of Ella Grainger
In 1928 Percy Grainger married his ‘Nordic Princess’ Ella Viola Ström in front of 25,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl. The...
Tuesday, 4 Jun 2013
Governing Financial Crisis in East Asia
East Asia’s burgeoning importance within the global political economy requires greater understanding of the peculiarities ...
Demystifying the Chinese Economy - The David Finch Lecture 2013
China’s rise is the most intriguing economic phenomenon of our time. One of the world’s poorest economies at the end of th...
Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013
Thomas Demand's 'Pacific Sun'
Dean's Lecture Professor Michael Fried Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore In 2011 the German artist Thomas Demand made ...
Wednesday Lecture hosted by Raimond Gaita - Obligation to Need
Deepening political instability in many regions of the earth, compounded by the effects of climate change, will probably c...
Thursday, 6 Jun 2013
The Disappearance of Emotion? Violence, Affect, and the Post-Traumatic Subject
An assessment of the latest twists in affect theory today. Among the questions to be posed are: If the 20thcentury was the...
Tuesday, 11 Jun 2013
Cannabinoids - The good, the bad and the ugly
Depending on who you listen to, cannabis is either a relaxing, benign herb that not only will not hurt its users, but has ...
Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013
Wednesday Lecture hosted by Raimond Gaita - Belonging to Country: Aboriginal Dispossession
Deepening political instability in many regions of the earth, compounded by the effects of climate change, will probably c...
Thursday, 13 Jun 2013
Tiffin Talk: The caste system and women entrepreneurs in India
Over the last few decades, India has gained popularity across the world. A hallmark of Indian society is the caste system....
Malaria parasites: sex, drugs and blood
Every year, falciparum malaria causes an estimated 1.2 million deaths. With current vaccine trials showing only limited pr...
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013
Wednesday Lecture hosted by Raimond Gaita - What kind of human will live in the Anthropocene?
Deepening political instability in many regions of the earth, compounded by the effects of climate change, will almost cer...
Wednesday, 26 Jun 2013
The Truth about Cannabis Use
Despite its illegality, most of the Australian population is exposed to cannabis use at some stage of our lives. There is ...
Wednesday, 3 Jul 2013
Wednesday Lecture hosted by Raimond Gaita - Asylum: ‘A Community of Nations?’
Deepening political instability in many regions of the earth, compounded by the effects of climate change, will probably c...
Wednesday, 10 Jul 2013
The hidden Earth – How mathematics helps us see into our planet
Except for a thin layer at the surface, all of our knowledge of the physical properties of the Earth at depth is based on ...
Thursday, 11 Jul 2013
Archaeological Lessons from the Battlefield
Protecting cultural heritage in conflict zones from a military perspective. In this fascinating lecture Dora Constantinid...
Thursday, 5 Dec 2013
5:00–6:00PM
What happened to Richard Wagner’s first offspring Isolde? An insider look into the Swiss branch of the Wagner dynasty
This lecture (with powerpoint) will focus on the family Beidler, starting with Wagner's first daughter Isolde, her marriag...