Institute of Advanced Studies

Public lectures


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The Institute of Advanced Studies hosts a selection of public lectures by prominent local, national and international speakers.

Upcoming lectures

August 
3 August  6.00pm Chemistry in the Courtroom Joel Bernstein, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev  
5 August  6.00pm  From Einstein’s photon to Wheeler’s delayed choice experiment: illuminating the inner mystery of quantum mechanics  Alain Aspect, Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l’Institut d’Optique, Palaiseau, France 
12 August  6.00pm Our Galaxy, the Milky Way Ken Freeman, Duffield Professor of Astronomy, ANU 
18 August  6.00pm  How many people can Australia eat? The Politics of Population and Consumption  David Ritter, Commentator, Academic and Campaigner
25 August  6.00pm The Clearing House Blues, or “Numbers” in Harlem Shane White, Challis Professor of History, University of Sydney 
September 
2 Sept  6.00pm Glamour and the Mystique of Fashion Stephen Gundle, Professor of Film and Television Studies, Warwick University
21 Sept  6.00pm 2010 New Critic Lecture: Murdering Stepmothers  - the sensational trial and execution of Martha Rendell Anna Haebich, Research Intensive Professor, Griffith University 
23 Sept  6.00pm  Film Screening - A Good Man, followed by discussion with Director, Safina Uberoi  Fundraising Event with Western Australian Disability Collective
28 Sept  6.00pm  2010 Ian Constable Lecture: On Regulation of Immunity and Immunopathology by Antigen  Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Nobel Laureate and Professor Emeritus of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich
30 Sept  6.00pm  Literary Reading with Peter Rose, author and editor of the Australian Book Review   
October 
6 Oct   6.00pm Subsurface Geo-Engineering - Band-aid or enduring solutions to the looming prospects of peak oil and climate change Derek Elsworth, Professor of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering, Penn State
13 Oct   6.00pm Quest for the Hobbit ancestors: recent research in Flores and Sulawesi, Indonesia Mike Morwood, Professor of Archaeology, University of Wollongong 
14 Oct   6.00pm Art and the Evolution of Culture Robert H. Layton, Professor  of Anthropology, University of Durham
  • Many public lectures are recorded. Visit our archive of past lectures to hear them.