FASS Public Lecture Series
The Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at UNSW is pleased to offer
So, what? Public Lectures in contemporary humanities and social sciences.
This progressive public lecture series showcases the work of leading UNSW researchers and research collaborators. The series aims to challenge and inform public debate and understanding by pushing the boundaries of academic discourse.
2012 Lecture Series
16 July Professor Vanessa Lemm, Head of School - School of Humanities UNSW
30 August Professor Quentin Skinner, Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities,
Queen Mary University of London, UK
'So, what does freedom mean?'
For more information on the series, contact William Balfour t: (02) 9385 8512 e: so.what@unsw.edu.au
Past Lectures
2012
10 May 2012 - Teaching Matters: the role of universities and education systems in lifting educational quality (Professor Michele Bruniges)
15 March 2012 - Grand Stakes: Australia's future between China and India (Rory Medcalf)
2011
15 September 2011 - Disabling justice: Social Justice, human rights and mental and cognitive disability in the criminal justice system (Professor Eileen Baldry)
21 July 2011 - Beyond the magic bullet: Social and behavioural approaches to the complexities of HIV prevention in an evolving epidemic (Professor John de Wit)
26 May 2011 - Modernism, Now and Then (Professor Julian Murphet)
14 April 2011 - Urban justice and the crisis of Neo-Liberalism (Professor Scott Lash)
24 February 2011 - Who cares? Migrant workers in the transnational care economy (Professor Fiona Williams)
2010
17 November 2010 - Beyond Ireland: cultures of encounter and exchange (Professor Ronan McDonald)
21 October 2010 - The minor fall, the major lift Music, powerand the composer's black art (Professor Andrew Schultz)
23rd September 2010 - Always with me: how mobile and social media are changing us (Associate Professor Kate Crawford)
20th May 2010 - Innocent victims, Illegal migrants or political pawns? Examining the fate of 35 million desperate people (Dr Eileen Pittaway)
25th March 2010 - Power and love: a theory and practice of social change (Adam Kahane)
2009
24th September 2009 - The heritage of Aboriginal Sydney: placing lost histories (Dr Grace Karskens)
20th August 2009 - Dialogue and nation building in contemporary Australia (Professor Patrick Dodson)
16th July 2009 - Can we support care and gender equality? (Professor Ann Orloff)
2008
8th October 2008 - American Empire, past present and future: the uses of history (Scientia Professor of History Ian Tyrrell)
4th September 2008 - Human decency: an impossible dream? (The Honourable Bob Carr)
16th July 2008 - Building a nation (Professor Michael Pusey)
15th May 2008 - Too Much, Too Young? Young people and new media (Professor Catharine Lumby)
7th March 2008 - New approach to child care and maternity leave (Professor Deborah Brennan)
