Seminar Program
'Fireside Chats' Seminar Series
Trinity is privileged to have, at any one time during semester, up to 5 international visiting scholars, including Nobel laureates and other distinguished academics in a variety of scholarly disciplines, in residence at the College.
Trinity encourages students to come along each Wednesday for an hour to listen to such scholars talk on topics of interest to them – try it and you may find yourself inspired and fascinated!
Information about the careers of our visiting scholars is on our portal. If you wish to meet a scholar in an area of interest to you, ask Dr Sally Dalton-Brown, who co-ordinates this program.
The series is for alumni and current students only. If you are interested in attending but from outside the College community, please contact Dr Sally Dalton-Brown on +61 3 9348 7100 to find out if there are spaces available.
These all take place on Wednesdays at 7.30 in the SCR, unless otherwise stated.
| Semester One 2009 | |
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Wed 25 February |
Professor John Armstrong (University of Melbourne), 'In the beginning' [philosophy]
In the JCR |
| March 4 | 'Press Release', Poetry reading by Premier's Award Winner Dr Lisa Gorton (TC 1990) |
| March 11 | Gary Murray, 'Identity' [Indigenous culture] |
| March 18 | Lucy Larkins, Anna Martin, 'The ethics of death row' [Legal ethics - the work of 'Reprieve Australia'] |
| Wed 25 March | Professor Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck), 'Violence and masculinity' [cultural history] |
| Wed 1 April | Professor Don Markwell (UWA), 'The Rhodes Scholarship' |
| Wed 8 April | Professor Jean-Marc Olivier (University of Toulouse), 'Clock-making and soft industrialization in the Jura (Switzerland and France), 1600-1900' [economic history] |
| 10-19 April | Easter break |
| Wed 22 April | Thomas E. Mann (Brookings Institute), 'The early days of the Obama administration' [politics] - in the JCR |
| Wed 29 April | Professor Sir James Mirlees (Cambridge/Hong Kong Universities), 'The psychology of the global financial crisis' [economics] |
| Wed 6 May | Kate Legge (The Australian) 'On becoming a journalist, then and now' [journalism] |
| Wed 13 May | Trinity play |
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Wed 20 May |
David Tan (National University of Singapore), 'Public figures, private lives: An intimate look at a supermodel, a princess and a footballer' [celebrity law] |
| Semester Two 2009 | |
| Wednesday 29 July | Professor Peter McPhee (University of Melbourne) 'The French Revolution Today' [History] |
| Wednesday 5 August | Stephen Mills (Sydney University), 'Polls, Pollies and Politics' [Politics] |
| Wednesday 19 August | Dr Shaun Flint 'Epidemics, refugees and public health; Socioeconomic determinants, medical issues, and different careers in medicine' [Medicine] |
| Thursday 20 August | Professor Warren Bebbington ’Life with/after music?’ [Graduating with a music degree] (Sharwood Room) |
| Wednesday 26 August | Professor Ross Garnaut 'Climate Change: Is the World Going to Make it at Copenhagen?' [Climate Change] - in the JCR |
| Monday 31 August | The Wigram Allen Essay Competition - hosted by the Dialectic Society - Applicants will read their papers - in the JCR |
| Wednesday 2 September | Professor Gary Stager (Pepperdine University) 'The Education Revolution' [Education] |
| Wednesday 2 September | Dr Clifford Jones (University of Aberdeen) 'Energy Supply: From the Industrial Revolution to the present' [Energy] - JCR |
| Wednesday 9 September | Professor Ken Hinchcliff (University of Melbourne) 'What Should Vets Be? Revising the Curriculum at Melbourne University' [Veterinary Science] |
| Wednesday 16 September | Professsor Peter Barta (University of Surrey) 'The Culture of Failed Imperialist Desire'? From the texts of 'Junges Deutschland' in the early 19th century to present-day Islamic Occidentalism(s) [Literature] |
| Wednesday 7 October | Professor Ed Freeman 'Ethics in Business' [Business] - JCR |
| Wednesday 7 October | Jenny Home Marika and Nina Waters 'The Significance of the Marika Collection at Trinity' [Indigenous Art] |
| Wednesday 14 October | Gourlay Social Change Project - Judging Panel [Ethics] - JCR |
| Wednesday 21 October | Professor Fred Lange (University of California) 'It's a Materials World' [Engineering] |
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Wednesday 21 October
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Professor Larry Gostin (Miegunyah Fellow) 'Why Rich Countries Should Care About the World's Least Healthy People' [Global Health Policy] - JCR |