Public Lecture Series

2009-2010 provides a number of important anniversaries related to Australia’s Antarctic endeavours. These anniversaries provide a backdrop to exploring Australia’s connection to Antarctica, and particularly the way in which the humanities and arts provide visions of this connection. A series of public lectures will be presented exploring these issues.

Antarctica: a Unique International Culture
Presented by Sir Guy Green, AC, KBE, CVO
Date: Wednesday 12 August
Time: 6pm
Venue: Dechaineaux Theatre, Tasmanian School of Art, Hunter Street, Hobart
Chair: Professor Daryl Le Grew, Vice-Chancellor

Envisioning the Sublime: New Representations of the Antarctic in the Information Age
Presented by Dr Peter Morse (Computer Visualisation Consultatn for the Mawson's Huts Foundation)
Date: Thursday 1 October
Time: 6pm
Venue: Stanley Burbury Lecture Theatre, Churchill Avenue, University of Tasmania
Chair: Karena Slaninka, Director, Screen Tasmania

The Intriguing History of Antarctic Civilization
Presented by Professor Tom Griffiths (ANU)
Date: Thursday 12 November
Time: 6pm
Venue: Hadleys Regency Room, Murray Street, Hobart
Chair: Dr Tony Press, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre

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