Friday, 24 May 2013
Monetary Policy and the Exchange Rate at the End of the Mining Boom: Two Different Views
Two speakers, Professor Ross Garnaut AO and Dr Peter Jonson will each present their views followed by panel discussion and...
Monday, 27 May 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Epigenetic regulation of virulence genes and antigenic variation in protozoan parasites
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
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...
5:30–7:00PM
Cultural and Global Mental Health Film Initiative-Film Screening: Hidden Pictures
Please come join the Cultural and Global Mental Health Film Initiative in our second monthly film screening! This month we...
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
11:00AM–12:00PM
The art and science of Biomedical Animation
Two of the worlds leading biomedical animators, Graham Johnson from the University of California, San Francisco (USA) and ...
Launch of the Australian Centre
Please join us to celebrate the launch of the Australian Centre. The Centre will be launched by Dr Chris McAuliffe. The ...
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...
Boosting your Brain Power - The Hype and the Hope
The Melbourne Neuroscience Institute and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health are pleased to present 'Bo...
6:30–8:00PM
Focus on IT
The world is awash with information. In the last five years, we’ve produced and recorded more information than in the prev...
6:30–8:00PM
Focus on Engineering
Do you love creating solutions to problems and want to make a difference to the world? Come along to find out how to study...
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
11:00AM–12:00PM
Author copyright and licensing - what is it, why does it matter and what might you need to know?
Dr Dugald McGlashan is Publisher at Nature Publishing Group and responsible for the Australasian Society for Immunology's ...
1:00–2:00PM
Plasma cells from beginning to end
This seminar forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Wednesday seminar series running from March to December thi...
Making non stick coatings out of thin air. Guiding science through to technology with the Australian Synchrotron
Non stick coatings are everywhere in nature and these have inspired numerous practical applications. For example leaf surf...
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...
Meet Melbourne Hamilton
We will be holding an information evening for you and your families in Hamilton as part of our Meet Melbourne program. Ple...
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,...
Mineral Resources Rent Tax - will it work?
Designing a mining tax that leaves enough incentive for future investment, treats past and future investments fairly, deal...
Meet Melbourne Warrnambool
We will be holding an information evening for you and your families in Warrnambool as part of our Meet Melbourne program. ...
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...
Monday, 3 Jun 2013
12:00–1:00PM
Nuclear structure, paraspeckles and long non-coding RNA
This lecture forms part of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute postgraduate lecture series running from March to August th...
3:00–4:00PM
On Wind Energy: It is About Turbulence. A Melbourne Engineering Research Institute (MERIT) Seminar
In order to improve the understanding of the vertical transport of momentum and kinetic energy across a boundary layer flo...
Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Student Research Symposium 2013
The Student Symposium has proven to be a friendly environment for students to gain confidence in presenting and answering ...
Tertiary Education Policy Seminar - Students and Money
The University of Melbourne’s series of Tertiary Education Policy Seminars is an important platform for discussion and deb...
Tuesday, 4 Jun 2013
11:00AM–12:00PM
Assembly of Therapeutic Carriers for Sustained Delivery of Neurotrophins to the Cochlear
Gradual degeneration of auditory neurons following sensorineural hearing loss is normally caused by depleted supply of neu...
12:00–1:00PM
What is CAP and What Can It Do?
Nanoscale polymeric films and interfaces are central to a broad range of advanced materials and emerging nanotechnologies,...
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
12:30–1:30PM
Why hasn’t the mental health of the population improved?
Over the past two decades, there have been large increases in the provision of mental health services to the Australian po...
1:00–2:00PM
Refining murine models of osteosarcoma
Dr Walkley completed a Bachelor of Pharmacy at the University of South Australia in 1999 and completed a PhD at the Peter ...
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
College (Un)Bound: The Future of Higher Education
The fouryear college experience is as American as apple pie. So is the belief that education offers a ticket to a better l...
Symposia on Contemporary Issues in Urban Landscape - Event 1 Edible Landscapes
In 2013 the University of Melbourne’s Burnley Campus is celebrating the 150th year of its historic gardens. Today, Burnley...
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...
On the Liberal Arts in Asia
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, in conjunction with the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne,...
Thursday, 23 May 2013
21 May – 7 Jun 7:30PM–9:00PM
Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Ensemble Series
Featuring works for all manner of ensembles, these concerts are always popular. The Ensemble Series will run from 21 May t...
17 May – 14 Jun 9:00AM–5:00PM
Architecture, Building and Planning Alumni Survey Exhibition
This winter The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP) plays host to an exciting exhibition which gives rare...