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

February  
18 Feb  6.00pm Ancient Semitic Goddesses and Modern Feminist Scholarship Dr Peggy L. Day, Chair, Religious Studies Department, University of Winnipeg
March  
2 Mar   6.00pm Salek Minc Lecture: Keeping it real - museums and their collections?   Michael Rush, former Director of the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University 
4 Mar   6.00pm Human Rights – Pre and Post Democracy in South Africa  George Bizos SC, Human Rights Lawyer 
16 Mar   6.00pm Is Physical Reality a ‘Matrix?’  Dr Sylvester James Gates, Jr, John S. Toll Professor of Physics, University of Maryland 
17 Mar   6.00pm Samuel Johnson and the Wide Brown Land  John W Byrne, a Governor of Dr Johnson’s House, London and Bibliophile 
24 Mar   6.00pm Females on the Fatal Shore: Australia's Brave Pioneers Susanna de Vries, author
  • Many public lectures are recorded.