Institute of Advanced Studies

These lectures were presented by the IAS in 2007.

• Charles Dickens: the journalist as novelist, the novelist as journalist; Professor Lyn Pykett, English, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
• A Regional state of mind: Making art outside metropolitan Australia; Lyndon Terracini, former director of the Queensland Music Festival
• Technology as a tool or tyrant; Professor Judyth Sachs, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Provost, Macquarie University, Sydney
• Peace and war in the 21st century; Brian Walker, former Director-General Oxfam; Daphne Sanders, Author.
• Migrant workers and labour rights in Australia and Asia; Panel
• Environmental justice and green cities; by Professor John Coleman SJ, Professor of Social Values, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
• Sustainability in water-stressed environments in Israel and its neighbours;  Shimon Tal
• Human rights and democracy in Australia; Julian Burnside QC
• Australia's engagement with Asia: Past, present and future; Panel
• From despair to hope; by Mrs. Tova Ben-Dov, Chairperson of World WIZO
• His Master's Voice: The corruption of public debate under Howard; David Marr
• What has happened to sustainability; Panel
• Public private partnerships for research and development;  Dr Peter W.B. Phillips, Professor of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan
• The impact of global warming on Western Australia; Dr Ray Wills, Chair of the WA Sustainable Energy Association Inc.
• International corporations and governments showing leadership on reducing greenhouse gas emissions; Rupert Posner, Founder of The Climate Group (Australia)
• Climate Change and Trust; Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Author and scientist
• Building the Teaching Commons: Pedagogical Communities and Trading Zones; Dr Mary Taylor Huber, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, USA
• Teaching through Performance: Shakespeare and Integrated Learning; Professor Helen Ostovich, McMaster University
• The Israeli gastronarrative: Food in Hebrew fiction; Nancy Berg, Associate Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
• The Australians: Insiders and Outsiders on the National Character since 1770; John Hirst, Historian and social commentator
• Blood, sex, and salvation: Methodist spirituality and the wounds of Christ; Professor Phyllis Mack, History, Rutgers University
• Cancer, and what we can do to prevent it; by Professor Ian Frazer, Director of the Diamantina Institute of Cancer Immunology and Metabolic Medicine
• Anecdote and the real Alexander; by Professor Brian Bosworth, University of Western Australia
• French political institutions and Europe; His Excellency Mr Francois Descoueyte, Embassy of France Canberra
• Progressive politics in Australia; by David McKnight, Associate Professor in Humanities, University of Technology, Sydney
• Adapting to the climate challenge; by Professor Klaus Regenauer-Lieb, Professor Kadambot Siddique, Professor David Pannell
• This is my body, This is my software: between Western and non-Western cultures; Orlan