Professor Devoney Looser : The Making of Jane Austen
How did Jane Austen, a no-name author in her own day, become an international literary icon? It started long before Colin Firth’s wet-white-shirt Darcy. Devoney Looser will introduce you to some of th...
20 Jul 201753min
Portraits and Place
This forum explores the shifts in assumptions, mindsets and ways of thinking that are required to achieve gender equality and how symbols, such as portraits may assist. The topics are discussed by Pr...
19 Jul 20171h 6min
Millennials Strike Back
Millennials, those born in the final decades of the twentieth century, have come of age in an unsettled world – one that offers few clear or established pathways to a secure future. But what exactly a...
12 Jul 20171h 28min
Dr Ruth Harley: my life and times in the trans-Tasman screen trade
Our culture is our identity. It is multiple expressions of plural identities. Nobody owns it. We share it with each other. More…or less. The stories that resonate, the luminous moments, are our inheri...
7 Jul 201733min
Fusion: the perfect energy source
Fusion power is one of a very few sustainable options to replace fossil fuels as the world's primary energy source. Although the conditions for fusion have been reached, much remains to be done to tur...
6 Jul 20171h 1min
The extraordinary life of Hanna Neumann, Australia’s first female professor of mathematics
A phenomenal mathematician, Hanna Neumann achieved her success in the face of the Nazis, an imprisoned husband, and entrenched misogyny. She arrived in Australia in 1963 to take academic positions at ...
5 Jul 201748min
The War in Syria: abuses of human rights and the destruction of culture
The civil war in Syria has entered its seventh year. With death toll estimates ranging from 220,000 to 400,000 casualties and more than 11 million civilians internally displaced or seeking refuge abro...
27 Jun 20171h 56min
Anna Greenberg: Women in politics
What is the impact of Hillary Clinton's loss and will it discourage or motivate women to become more politically engaged? In conversation with Geraldine Doogue, current host of ABC Radio National’s S...
21 Jun 201759min
