Events

How do media portrayals shape public views of mental illness and what happens when violence makes the headlines? Join our expert panel of journalists, researchers and people with lived experience as we unpack the challenges of reporting on conditions like schizophrenia and psychosis, the impact on stigma, and how we can shift the narrative toward more accurate, ethical and compassionate storytelling.

This special World Mental Health Day PsychTalks event is presented by the Mental Ill-Health Stigma Researchers Australia Network (MISRA), the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, and the Melbourne School of Global and Population Health.

Illuminating Minds celebrates the legacy of Professor Emerita Margaret Manion IBVM, AO, FAHA (1935-2024), Herald Chair Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne from 1979 to 1995, and internationally recognised expert in the field of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts.

This exhibition highlights her extraordinary contribution to art history and to the study of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, with a focus on research, teaching and advancements in the study of art history.

The exhibition also explores Professor Manion’s contributions to the humanities and public life through objects and texts sourced from the University’s Archives and Special Collections, the Visual Culture Research Centre, and the Loreto Archives of the Sisters of Loreto Australia and South East Asia.

Curated by University of Melbourne researchers Associate Professor Christopher Marshall, Dr Callum Reid, Dr Alice Helme and Dr Alison Inglis AM from the Art History and Art Curatorship Program of the Faculty of Arts in collaboration with the University’s Potter Museum of Art.