Institute of Advanced Studies
Lectures held in 2009
| January | |
|---|---|
| Approaches to muscular dystrophy therapy: the partnership between patients, clinicians and biotechnology | Professor Dame Kay E Davies, CBE, FMedSci, FRS |
| March | |
| Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture 2009: Journeys of Love and Activism: Aboriginal women sharing the caring | Dr Tamara Mackean, Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health, UWA |
| The Obama Administration: What might it mean for Australia? | Panel |
| Joseph Gentilli Memorial Lecture 2009: Grand Swings in Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Trends across Time | John E. Kutzbach, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| The John Toohey Lecture 2009: The Prospects for International Criminal Justice | Justice Richard Goldstone |
| Strategic Challenges for Israel in the Middle East | Dr Jonathan Spyer, Center for Global Research in International Affairs, Israel |
| Picturing Innocence: Children and representation | Professor Catharine Lumby, UNSW |
| What does a climate emergency look like? | David Spratt |
| April | |
| Good Rhythms? On the survival value of Circadian rhythms in physiology and behaviour | Professor Menno Gerkema, Professor of Chronobiology, University of Groningen & UWA Distinguished Visitor in Neurobiology, School of Animal Biology. |
| Self/Representation: Biography in Film | Safina Uberoi, filmmaker, writer, director |
| From Campaigning to Governing: Politics and Policymaking in the new Obama Administration | Dr Thomas Mann, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies and The W. Averell Harriman Chair, The Brookings Institution, Washington DC |
| May | |
| What type of Energy for the future of humanity? | Professor Federico Rosei, Canada Research Chair in Nanostructured Organic and Inorganic Materials, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université du Québec and 2009 Gledden Senior Visiting Fellow, UWA |
| The Ethics of Science Policy in the Post-Genomic World: Broadening the Discussion | Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D, Director, Indiana University Center for Bioethics and 2009 IAS Professor-at-Large |
| The Summer Exercises: making a town from photographs and silence | Ross Gibson, Professor of Contemporary Arts at Sydney College of the Arts |
| UN International Day of Peacekeepers Address | The Hon. Stephen Smith, MP, Australia and by The Hon. Bernard K Membe, MP, United Republic of Tanzania |
| June | |
| Home - the new film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand Yann Arthus-Bertrand | |
| Prospects for a Palestinian state | Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi, executive director of Brussels' Transatlantic Institute |
| The 2009 Karrakatta Club Lecture: Can we make weak babies strong? | Dr Kristen Nowak, Research Fellow, WA Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR), and the Centre for Medical Research, UWA |
| Journeys of Enlightenment: Changing perceptions of Terra Australis | Myra Stanbury, Curator, Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Museum |
| Energy, Minerals and Climate Change – a healthy mix for Australia? | Professor Robin Batterham, President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |
| July | |
| Why is it important to study estuaries? | Professor Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida and 2009 Gledden Senior Visiting Fellow, UWA |
| Apocalypse When? | Panel |
| The Mirror Test: Humans, Animals and Sentience | Sherryl Vint, Associate Professor at Brock University in St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada |
| The Sustainability of Global Ecosystems: Re-evaluating the Current Paradigm | Michael A. Huston, Department of Biology Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas and IAS Professor-at-Large 2009 |
| How to think about the structure and dynamics of the brain using mathematics | Professor Jack Cowan, Mathematics Department, University of Chicago |
| Asia-Pacific Universities in the New Era | Dr Antonette Palma-Angeles, Associate Professor, Philosophy Department, Ateneo de Manila, Philippines |
| August | |
| The 2009 Western Australia Disability Collective Lecture | The Hon Bill Shorten, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services |
| 2009 George Seddon Lecture - Revisiting Sense of Place in a rapidly changing world | Stephen D. Hopper, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, and School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia |
| Evicted from Eternity-The Restructuring of Modern Rome | Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University |
| Epigenetics Explained | Emma Whitelaw, NHMRC Australia Fellow at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research |
| September | |
| The 2009 Clay-Mahler Public Lecture: Cosmic Distance Ladder | Professor Terence Tao, Professor of Mathematics, UCLA |
| Globular Clusters | Ken Freeman, Duffield Professor and E3 Distinguished Professor, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University and IAS Professor-at-Large 2009 |
| The Origin and Consequences of Dangerous Climate Change | Andrew Glikson, Earth and Paleo-climate Scientist at the Australian National University, Research School of Earth Science and School of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Achieving local harmony by celebrating the UN International Day of Peace | Film screening - The Day After Peace |
| October | |
| Native Title for Sale? | David Ritter, Greenpeace, London |
| 2009 Ian Constable Lecture - The 21st Century Pandemic | Professor Anne Kelso, Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza |
| From the Civil Rights Movement to the Present: The role of African-American women in black political organisations | Dr Belinda Robnett, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine |
| From Backyard to Senate: how everyday Australians can affect the Government’s approach to climate change | Simon Sheikh, National Director, GetUp! |
| 10 Years of the Scottish Parliament - The Evolution of Devolution | A presentation by a cross party delegation of Members of the Scottish Parliament |
| Challenges in Materials Science for Sustainable Energy | Professor Klaus Ploog, Paul Drude Institute, Germany |
| Questioning Hanrahan: Environmental optimism and realism in the 21st century | Professor Richard Hobbs, Australian Laureate, Professor of Restoration Ecology, UWA |
| 20 years after the Convention on the Rights of the Child – Are children any better off? | Chris Sidoti, Human Rights Lawyer, Activist and Teacher |
| Uranium and nuclear energy in WA: technical, security, economic, social points of view | Dr Ian Duncan DPhil (Oxon) FTSE, FAusIMM, FIEAust |
| November | |
| From Mars to Earth: a journey fostered by Science, Technology and Fascination | Dr Paulo de Souza, Tasmanian ICT Centre, CSIRO |
| Tony Kevin, discusses his new book Crunch Time, in conversation with Dr Carmen Lawrence | Tony Kevin and Carmen Lawrence |
