2006 Past Lectures
Robert Fisk
March 6 2006
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UK journalist Robert Fisk is Middle East correspondent for the British Independent newspaper, and author of The Great War for Civilization.
Frank Furedi
Can our belief in humanity survive the 21st century?
April 3 2006
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Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, UK Frank Furedi launched the Sydney Ideas international public lecture series.
Whose History – A Public Forum on Teaching History
April 4 2006
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Particpants included: Kate Cameron, Penny Russell, John Tosh, Richard White and Carmel Young.
The forum was recorded by ABC Radio National’s Hindsight program and broadcast on July 31.
Mathis Wackernagel
Making Sustainability Real with the Global Footprint
April 27 2006
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Mathis Wackernagel is a director of the Global Footprint Network.
Dr. Rowan Gillies
The downside of peacekeeping, development and coordination
May 29 2006
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Australian Dr. Rowan Gillies is International President of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
Dr. Jordi Bonet -
The puzzle of Sagrada Familia Church: How did Gaudi plan to finish it?
June 5 2006
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Dr Jordi Bonet is Architect Coordinator and Director of the Sagrada Familia construction, Spain.
Professor John Keane
What’s Happening to Democracy?
July 24 2006
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John Keane is Professor of Politics, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin and at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster UK.
Bjorn Lomborg
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World A Better Place: Bjorn Lomborg
8 August 2006
Bjorn Lomborg is Adjunct Professor, Copenhagen Consensus Center, Copenhagen Business School
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Tim Flannery
We are the Weather Makers: everything you need to know about global warming.
August 21 2006
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Writer, explorer and scientist Tim Flannery is one of Australia's leading commentators on climate change and global warming.
Professor Paul Ginsborg
Italy Now
August 30 2006
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Paul Ginsborg is Professor of Contemporary European Historyat the University of Florence, Italy.
Socratic Forum
That we should keep religion out of Australian politics
September 14 2006
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Participants included Arthur Chesterfield Evans, David Duffy, Rt Rev Robert Forsyth, Jamila Hussain, Stephen Mutch and Suzanne Rutland.
David J Smith
If the World Were a Village
September 18 2006
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David J Smith is US geography teacher and the author of best-selling and award international bestseller If the World Were a Village: a book about the world's people
Tanya Reinhart
Open Air Prisons: The Israeli occupation of Palestine
October 9 2006
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Tanya Reinhart is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Media Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel and the author of Israel/Palestine: How to end the war of 1948 and The Road Map to Nowhere: Israel/Palestine since 2003.
Gerry Stocker
Politics: Does it matter?
October 30 2006
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Gerry Stoker is Professor of Political Science and co-director of the Institute for Political and Economic Governance at the University of Manchester, UK and author of Why Politics Matters
Is Australia’s Future Nuclear? - A Forum
December 5 2006
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In this public forum, five key thinkers offer their expertise to answer some of the many questions that arise in a debate about the future of uranium mining and nuclear energy in Australia.
Featuring: Dr Andrew Davies, Mr Bob Fry, Ms Julie Macken,
Dr Chris Dey and Prof. Manfred Lenzen. Facillitated by Phillip Adams.