Live @ Melbourne

The 1939 fires devastated Victoria and, until the fires of early
this year, were the worst in Victoria’s history. The 1939 Royal
Commission witness evidence gives a compelling insight into forest and
fire management at the time.

Inaugural Frank Costigan Oration 2009

The Hon. John Cain presents:
“Corruption: Where to Now?”

Date:  18 November 2009
Location: Melbourne Law School
Time: 6.30pm 

The Narrm Oration and launch of the Murrup Barak

Indigenous Development:  The Academy as a Site for the Transmission of Old and New Knowledge and the Advancement of Indigeneity
Professor Mason Durie – Professor of Māori Research and Development and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Māori and Pasifika), Massey University, New Zealand.

Thursday 5 November 2009, 5.30pm to 7.30pm
‘The Spot’ (Basement Theatre), Faculty of Economics and Commerce, 198 Berkeley Street, Carlton

The Hon. Stephen Charles QC, a former judge of the Victorian Court of Appeal, brings a wealth of experience and an enviable depth of intellectual rigour as he presents the likely impact of the Victorian Charter on issues as diverse as legal aid, cross-examination, jury bias, and laws dealing with terrorism and bikie gangs.

Date:  10 November 2009
Location: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre
Time: 6.00pm 

Brotherton Lecture 2009 – Shaking Hands with a Serial Killer

Speaker: Professor David Winter, University of Hertfordshir

Date: Wednesday 28 October 2009
Location: Carillo Gantner Theatre
Time: 6.30pm 

Downing Lecture - Professor Stephen Jenkins (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, UK)

Spaghetti unravelled: how income varies with age

Date: Thursday 22 October 2009
Location: Copland Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building
Time: 6.15pm

2009 Foenander Lecture: What Makes for Meaningful Work in the 21st Century:
Terms, Conditions and Contexts

Speaker: Professor Barbara Pocock

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Start time: 6:30pm AEST

Speaker: Mr Mark Scott, Managing Director, ABC

Wednesday, August 14, 2009
Start time: 6:30pm AEST  

The Janet Lady Clarke (1851-1909) Oration on Women in Education by Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.