All future events hosted by Faculty of Arts
Monday21Aug2017
- 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
The Louvre Abu Dhabi and the 21st Century Art Museum
Booked OutFree Public LectureThe Louvre Abu Dhabi is scheduled to open its doors to the public in November 2017 following 10 years of planning and development. One of the most highprofile and eagerly anticipated international museum projects of the past 50 years, this initiat...
PresentersAssociate Professor Christopher Marshall
- 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
Wednesday23Aug2017
- 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Trump and the Death of the Media Class
Free Public LectureTrump has declared open war on 'mainstream' press, banishing many representatives from his briefing room. This lecture will not endorse that hostility, but will contend that the keenest injury to media is produced by friendly fire. Outlets have ...
Presenters Helen Razer - 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Melbourne Masterclass: Turning Points in Cinema to Die For
CancelledSeminar/ForumThe Faculty of Arts regrets to announce that this program has been cancelled. Please be in touch should you have any questions at all about this change: brittany.wilkins@unimelb.edu.au Session Two: Voyage to Italy, Roberto Rossellini, 1954, prese...
PresentersDr Mark Nicholls
- 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Thursday24Aug2017
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Air Transport and Regional Economic Development: Recent Chinese Experience
CancelledSeminar/ForumThis events has been CANCELLED. For more information please contact the event host. Air transport in China has exerted a special influence on the economic development process as it shapes the patterns of business linkages, the mobility of select...
PresentersProfessor Kevin O'Connor - 6:15 pm - 8:15 pm
Melbourne Masterclass – From the Beginning: Antique Papyri to Medieval Manuscripts
Booked OutSeminar/ForumSession One in the Melbourne Masterclass series Classical Manuscripts – Survivals, Rediscoveries and Transformations Papyri and their dissemination throughout the Roman Empire, presented by Dr Andrew Turner Most of our great classical works were...
PresentersProfessor Bernard MuirDr Andrew Turner
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Saturday26Aug2017
Tuesday29Aug2017
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Mass Atrocity, Mass Justice: Illiberal Peacebuilding and Transitional Injustice in Rwanda
Free Public LectureFrom 2002 to 2012, Rwanda put more than one million genocide suspects on trial through local community courts. This legal process took the new global norm of ‘accountability’ to an extreme by challenging its liberal notions of fair procedure and i...
Presenters Lars Waldorf
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Wednesday30Aug2017
- 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Climate Change in the Age of Trump
Free Public LectureJust as it seemed the world was starting to make serious efforts towards halting climate change, the United States – a country always considered essential to an effective international response – has elected a leader openly hostile towards climate...
Presenters Katerina Gaita
- 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Thursday31Aug2017
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Unrest in Tibet: Protest and Conflict and the Dynamics of Political Integration
Seminar/ForumWhat do variations in the incidence of protest and conflict tell us about the dynamics of political integration? In 2008 a wave of political unrest broke out across Tibetan regions in China. Characterised by street protests, intercommunal violen...
PresentersDr Ben Hillman - 6:15 pm - 8:15 pm
Melbourne Masterclass: Materials, Techniques and Preservation of Classical Manuscripts
Booked OutSeminar/ForumSession Two in the Melbourne Masterclass series Classical Manuscripts – Survivals, Rediscoveries and Transformations Codicology and Paleography: The making of the medieval book, presented by Professor Bernard Muir There are surviving examples fr...
PresentersProfessor Bernard MuirDr Andrew Turner
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Monday4Sep2017
- 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
Shifting Global Perspectives on the Private Art Museum: From Private Delectation to Public Benefit and Beyond
Free Public LectureThe Barjeel Art Foundation in the United Arab Emirates (2010) belongs to a new model of private art museums that have emerged in the 21st century and indicate an acceleration of the privatisation of art and culture on a global scale. Founded by Su...
PresentersDr Georgina Walker
- 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
Wednesday6Sep2017
- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Melbourne Masterclass: Turning Points in Cinema to Die For
CancelledSeminar/ForumThe Faculty of Arts regrets to announce that this program has been cancelled. Please be in touch should you have any questions at all about this change: brittany.wilkins@unimelb.edu.au Session Three: La Grande Vadrouille, Gérard Oury, 1966, prese...
PresentersProfessor Véronique Duché Dr Andrew McGregor
- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Thursday7Sep2017
- 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Indonesian Contemporary Art Inside/Out
Free Public LectureIn this public lecture, internationally renowned multimedia artist, Agung Kurniawan, will discuss some of the major developments in the Indonesian contemporary art world in the period 19902017, with a specific focus on the vibrant Yogyakarta art s...
Presenters Agung Kurniawan - 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Global Policing: a Research Agenda for a New Generation
Free Public LectureThe 2017 John Barry Memorial Lecture in Criminology In recent years, there have been radical changes in the form and function of modern policing at both the local and global level. This shift has been brought about by the growth of international ...
PresentersProfessor Ben Bowling - 6:15 pm - 8:15 pm
Melbourne Masterclass: Rediscoveries, Continuities and Transformations in the Study of Classical Manuscripts
Seminar/ForumSession Three in the Melbourne Masterclass series Classical Manuscripts – Survivals, Rediscoveries and Transformations The age of rediscovery in the Renaissance, presented by Dr Andrew Turner The Italian Renaissance saw another great revival of ...
PresentersProfessor Bernard MuirDr Andrew Turner
- 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Tuesday12Sep2017
- 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
An Architect’s Perspective on Cultural Developments in the Middle East
Free Public LectureFor at least the last 150 years, almost all emergent nations and urban developments have sought to establish a cultural and social basis of their presence and value through the creation of cultural precincts and museums and galleries. Whether as r...
PresentersProfessor Donald Bates
- 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
Thursday14Sep2017
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
The Global Drain: China's Groundwater Pollution and Why it Matters to the Rest of the World
Seminar/ForumRecent nationwide surveys of water quality in China have revealed a crisis in the extent and severity of groundwater pollution, in both urban and agricultural regions. Hundreds of millions of Chinese people depend on groundwater for drinking and t...
PresentersDr Matthew Currell
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Wednesday20Sep2017
- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Melbourne Masterclass: Turning Points in Cinema to Die For
CancelledSeminar/ForumThe Faculty of Arts regrets to announce that this program has been cancelled. Please be in touch should you have any questions at all about this change: brittany.wilkins@unimelb.edu.au Session Four: BlowUp, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966, presented...
PresentersMs Kelly Gellatly
- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Tuesday26Sep2017
- 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Languages for Liberty: Figuring Revolutions, Resisting Oppression
Free Public Lecture2017 Walter Mangold Lecture To what extent can languages be a tool for personal and political freedom and one of the most efficient ways to resist oppression and tyranny? The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire offer a privileged example...
PresentersProfessor Jean-Marie Roulin
- 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Thursday5Oct2017
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
The Dawning of a New Global Order? Germany and China in the Trump Era
Seminar/ForumIt has become apparent during the last few months that the unexpected election of Donald Trump has left a vacuum in global affairs. China is attempting to fill this vacuum while Germany is being pushed to become more active in international affair...
PresentersProfessor Klaus Larres
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Wednesday11Oct2017
- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Melbourne Masterclass: Turning Points in Cinema to Die For
CancelledSeminar/ForumThe Faculty of Arts regrets to announce that this program has been cancelled. Please be in touch should you have any questions at all about this change: brittany.wilkins@unimelb.edu.au Session Five: The Turning Point, Herbert Ross, 1977, presente...
Presenters David McAlister
- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Wednesday18Oct2017
- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Melbourne Masterclass: Turning Points in Cinema to Die For
CancelledSeminar/ForumThe Faculty of Arts regrets to announce that this program has been cancelled. Please be in touch should you have any questions about this change: brittany.wilkins@unimelb.edu.au Session Six: Julieta, Pedro Almodovar, 2016, presented by Professor ...
PresentersProfessor Alfredo Martínez-Expósito
- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Thursday19Oct2017
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Climate change and migration in China: New evidence from the Yangtze River Delta and western China
Seminar/ForumIn seeking an improved understanding of climate change impact and adaptation and the development of effective policy in China, Dr Tan has reviewed recent comprehensive studies asserting that climate change will have an increasing impact on future ...
PresentersAssociate Professor Yan Tan
- 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm