Melbourne University Live

The origin of life: from Darwin to the metabolome of primoridial soup

bkl — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:54:10 +1100

Speaker: Professor David Penny, Theoretical Biologist, Alan Wilson
Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Massey University,
Palmerston North, New Zealand

Date: 22 October 2009
Location: Sunderland Lecture Theatre
Time: 6.30pm

Duration: 116 min 0 sec

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Lost and Found: 1939 “Black Friday” Bushfires Royal Commission Evidence

bkl — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:43:18 +1100

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.

Duration: 88 min 0 sec

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Inaugural Frank Costigan Oration 2009

bkl — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:32:52 +1100

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

Duration: 44 min 45 sec

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Narrm Oration and launch of the Murrup Barak

bkl — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:34:18 +1100

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

Duration: 68 min 42 sec

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Chancellor's Human Rights Lecture 2009

bkl — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:37:39 +1100

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

Duration: 65 min 0 sec

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Brotherton Lecture 2009 – Shaking Hands with a Serial Killer

bkl — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:46:06 +1100

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

Duration: 61 min 0 sec

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Downing Lecture: Spaghetti unravelled: how income varies with age

gmctigue — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:07:00 +1100

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

Duration: 56 min 0 sec

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

bkl — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:16:11 +1100

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

Duration: 59 min 43 sec

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AN Smith Lecture in Journalism

bkl — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:27:01 +1100

Speaker: Mr Mark Scott, Managing Director, ABC

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

Duration: 51 min 27 sec

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Women in Education Lecture - Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce

bkl — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:38:53 +1100

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.

Duration: 31 min 51 sec

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Knowledge Transfer Awards 2009

bkl — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:10:56 +1000

2009 Vice-Chancellor's Knowledge Transfer Awards

23rd September, The Spot Theatre

Duration: 120 min 10 sec

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Meeting survival needs of the world’s least healthy people

gmctigue — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:41:16 +1000

Internationally respected global health and pandemics scholar
Professor Lawrence Gostin will deliver the 2009 Miegunyah Public
Lecture at the University of Melbourne on Wednesday, September 16.

Duration: 49 min 0 sec

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Community Development - Testing the Entrepreneurial Approach

gmctigue — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:57:55 +1000

Community Development - Testing the Entrepreneurial Approach
Speakers: Ms. Rudo Kwaramba, National Director, World Vision
Uganda, Rev. Tim Costello, CEO, World Vision Australia and Dr. David
Lansley, Senior Economist, World Vision Australia

Duration: 111 min 0 sec

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Law Week Oration 2009 - Gareth Evans

bkl — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:33:20 +1000

The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All

Duration: 67 min 0 sec

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2009 Tertiary Education Policy Seminar #3

gmctigue — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:04:12 +1000

Quality, Standards and Regulation: The start of a new era

Duration: 78 min 33 sec

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2009 David Finch Lecture: Sir Howard Davies "Pricking Bubbles in the Wind"

bkl — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:07:18 +1000

Pricking Bubbles in the Wind: could central banks have done more to head off the financial crisis?

Now in its twelth year, the annual Faculty of Economics and
Commerce lecture focuses on the subject of evolving practices and
principles and related issues pertaining to international monetary,
financial, fiscal and trade integration and cooperation.

Duration: 47 min 58 sec

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Politicians and Journalists: Adversaries or Bedfellows?

bkl — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:31:42 +1000

This public panel discussion is a follow-up to the Centre for Advanced Journalism’s major public lecture delivered by former prime minister John Howard on Tuesday 4 August.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Start time: 6pm AEST

Duration: 59 min 1 sec

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Politics and the Media: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

bkl — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:40:22 +1000

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard will examine the
relationship between politics and the media in a lecture hosted by the
University of Melbourne’s Centre for Advanced Journalism.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Start time: 6pm AEST

Duration: 72 min 0 sec

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2009 Tertiary Education Policy Seminar #2

bkl — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:28:22 +1000

Participation and Equity: What are the cross-sectoral implications of the Bradley targets for expansion and equity?

Duration: 91 min 12 sec

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2009 Melbourne Conference on China - In Search of A Chinese Model of Socialism

bkl — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:57:48 +1000

In Search of A Chinese Model of Socialism
Professor Shaoguang Wang

Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Start time: 2:00 pm AEST

Duration: 40 min 39 sec

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2009 Melbourne Conference on China - The PRC Beyond 60: A Paradox of Hope and Fear

bkl — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:55:08 +1000

The PRC Beyond 60: A Paradox of Hope and Fear
Professor Cheng Li

Monday, July 13, 2009
Start time: 9:30 am AEST

Duration: 29 min 14 sec

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Public Lecture: “The Intervention: Some Reflections Two Years On”

bkl — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:46:09 +1000

Professor Pat Anderson - Co-chair, Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse in the Northern Territory and co-author, Little Children are Sacred Report

University of Melbourne Annual Social Justice Lecture - Wednesday 24 June 2009

Introduction by Dr Jeremy Moss, Director, University of Melbourne Social Justice Initiative

Duration: 68 min 28 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - In Defence of the Novel/The Role of the Novel in interesting Times

bkl — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:03:26 +1000

In Defence of the Novel/The Role of the Novel in interesting Times

Saturday, June 20, 2009
Start time: 1:30 pm AEST

Duration: 100 min 47 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - 'Prophesize with your pen: can poets change the times they live in?'

bkl — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:24:39 +1000

'Prophesize with your pen: can poets change the times they live in?'

Saturday, June 20, 2009
Start time: 10:00 am AEST

Duration: 113 min 31 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - Keynote: Writers in a Time of Change

bkl — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:40:43 +1000

Keynote: Writers in a Time of Change
Proudly Supported by Trinity College, University of Melbourne

Friday, June 19, 2009
Start time: 7:00 pm AEST

Duration: 72 min 6 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - The Rise of Contemporary Chinese Art

bkl — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:48:27 +1000

The Rise of Contemporary Chinese Art

Contemporary Chinese art has become the dominant international avant-garde as
stealthily as China has become an economic super-power: What does
contemporary Chinese art tells us about China?

Friday, June 19, 2009
Start time: 3:30 pm AEST

Duration: 89 min 59 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - China and the New Economic Order

bkl — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:10:44 +1000

China and the New Economic Order

Is China the best investor in Australia?

Friday, June 19, 2009
Start time: 1:30 pm AEST

Duration: 86 min 51 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - China and Australia: The ‘Real' Special Relationship?

bkl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:08:57 +1000

China and Australia: The ‘Real' Special Relationship?

Will Australia have to choose between Beijing and Washington?
Can China have its “peaceful development” and simply be China?
Will China as a super-power be content to exist within its own frontiers?

Friday, June 19, 2009
Start time: 10:00 am AEST

Duration: 118 min 54 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - Keynote: China and the West: The Puzzling Past/The Uneasy Present

bkl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:43:09 +1000

Keynote: China and the West: The Puzzling Past/The Uneasy Present
Proudly Supported by Trinity College, University of Melbourne

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Start time: 7:00 pm AEST

Duration: 75 min 29 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - The Rise of Islam and the Australian Experience

bkl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:11:14 +1000

The Rise of Islam and the Australian Experience

How does the Islamic community see itself as part of Australia?
How do Australians view the Islamic community?

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Start time: 3:30 pm AEST

Duration: 84 min 22 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - Europe: Farewell to an Idea?

bkl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:47:10 +1000

Europe: Farewell to an Idea?

Can the EU act as a counterweight between East and West, between American dominance and emerging global powers?
Is an economically stressed Europe pre-occupied with its own interests?
Does 'Europe' still connote 'civilization'?

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Start time: 1:30 pm AEST

Duration: 119 min 18 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - American Perspectives: Hope Springs Eternal?

bkl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:42:27 +1000

American Perspectives: Hope Springs Eternal?

Has the USA lost the leadership of the western world or can it recover its reputation as the world's 'last, best hope'?
Can it bail out the world?

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Start time: 10:00 am AEST

Duration: 114 min 38 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - The Future of the West and The Rise of the Rest

bkl — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:11:03 +1000

Keynote Lecture: The Future of the West and The Rise of the Rest

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Start time: 7:00 pm AEST

Duration: 82 min 0 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - The New Generation and Climate Change: Repairing the Ills of the Old

bkl — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:58:40 +1000

The New Generation and Climate Change: Repairing the Ills of the Old

What are the perspectives of future leaders to current issues and challenges of climate change?
What cultural changes might we learn from our young people who have visions for a sustainable future?
How do we remedy our current status from ills of the past?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Start time: 3:30 pm AEST

Duration: 99 min 4 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - The Suburb Redeemed and the End of the Quarter Acre Dream

bkl — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:03:11 +1000

The Suburb Redeemed and the End of the Quarter Acre Dream

How do we create in the suburbs centres of interest, excellence and exchange?
How do we make them productive?
How do we give them a touch of 'urbanity'?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Start time: 1:30 pm AEST

Duration: 86 min 31 sec

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The Architect and the Art of Architecture: Victims or Heroes of Climate Change?

bkl — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:16:37 +1000

The Architect and the Art of Architecture: Victims or Heroes of Climate Change?

Can architecture re-tool itself as a discipline and shape the clean, green, responsible environment?
Do the imperatives of climate change spell the end of of an architecture individuality and expression?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Start time: 10:00 am AEST

Duration: 123 min 0 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - The Responsive City: Urban Change in a Time of Climate Change

bkl — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:46:25 +1000

Keynote: The Responsive City: Urban Change in a Time of Climate Change

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Start time: 7:00 pm AEST

Duration: 62 min 36 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - Home-Grown Remedies for Global Ills

bkl — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:20:13 +1000

Home-Grown Remedies for Global Ills

Can Australia act alone to save itself?
Can Australia become the laboratory of the world?

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Start time: 3:30 pm AEST

Duration: 80 min 50 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - Food Fights/Food Security

bkl — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:41:29 +1000

Food Fights/Food Security

Is the looming food crisis at the sharpest end of climate change?
Can Australia change its farming habits and its appetites in order to survive and thrive?

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Start time: 1:30 pm AEST

Duration: 90 min 28 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - Climate Change and Australia: Trauma or Transformation?

bkl — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:01:38 +1000

The Warning of the Warming World

Can Australia be cured of its carbon addiction from brown coal for electricity to petrol for its transport system?
Will the change be traumatic or transformative?
Can we afford to make the change? Can we afford not to?

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Start time: 10:00 am AEST

Duration: 121 min 57 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 - Keynote: Climate Change/Cultural Change

bkl — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:37:56 +1000

Fanfare to Festival – "Havaiki" by Lia Avene of Tuvalu.

Keynote: Climate Change/Cultural Change

Monday, June 15, 2009
Start time: 7:00 pm AEST

Duration: 86 min 38 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 Launch - vodcast version

kp — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:16:28 +1100

Launch of the Festival of Ideas 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Start time: 10:30 am AEST

Duration: 26 min 14 sec

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Festival of Ideas 2009 Launch

kp — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:23:20 +1100

Launch of the Festival of Ideas 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Start time: 10:30 am AEST

Duration: 26 min 9 sec

Vice-Chancellor's 2008 End-of-Year Address

kp — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:31:54 +1100

Prof Glyn Davis delivers his end-of-year address to staff.

Duration: 10 min 20 sec

Peak (Super Computing) Launch

Site Admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:21:57 +1100

Peak (super) Computing Launch event on June 18, 2008.

Duration: 9 min 21 sec