Seminar series

Each semester, the Centre hosts a seminar series across two campuses: Nathan and Gold Coast. These seminars provide university students, faculty members and interested publics with the opportunity to hear notable local, national and international academics speak on a range of topics and meet with them following their presentation. The seminar usually takes the format of a 40 minute presentation and 20 minutes of question time followed by an informal discussion over a light lunch provided by the Centre. To attend any of the below seminars, please rsvp to the events coordinator, Ms Jill Jones: j.jones@griffith.edu.au

Seminar series 2010

The seminar series will resume in mid March, 2010. Please check the website again in February for confirmation of dates and speakers.

Past seminars 2009

Nathan campus seminars (Wednesdays 12pm-2pm)

04/11/2009
Dr Fiona Allon, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney. “The Redistribution of Risk: You can bet your house on it!" (PDF 544kb).
N72_1.18 (Business 2 meeting room)

07/10/2009
Paul Barclay, journalist and presenter on ABC Radio National and panel members Dr Jacqui Ewart, Dr Susan Forde and Dr Cathy Jenkins (Griffith University). "A public conversation on public culture" (PDF 271kb).
N54_2.01 Bray Centre

23/09/2009
Dr Bronwyn Labrum, Director of the Research Centre for Material and Visual Culture at Massey University, Wellington. "Everything and the kitchen sink: Constructing the everyday material worlds of postwar New Zealand" (PDF 243kb).
Business 2 meeting room (N72 1.18)

Gold Coast campus seminars (Thursdays 10am-12pm)

19/11/2009
Mary Fogarty, Institute for Performing Arts Development, University of East London
G23_3.01 (Multimedia Building, GC)

12/11/2009
Dr Margaret Gibson, School of Humanities, Griffith University. "Death, Technology and Media Culture" (PDF 244kb).
G23_3.01 (Multimedia Building, GC)

29/10/2009
Dr Peter Wise, School of Humanities, Griffith University. “Describing the Shakespeare machine" (PDF 249kb).
G34_2.02 (The Chancellery, GC)

15/10/2009
Dr Benjamin Isakhan, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University. "The cultural and historical destruction of Iraq: Implications for social cohesion and democracy" (PDF 251kb).
G23_3.01 (Multimedia Building, GC)

08/10/2009
Dr Tim Humphrey, School of Humanities, Griffith University. "Tunnel noise in Hokkaido:Naïve road-trips, famous novels and infamous disasters" (PDF 333kb).
G23_3.01 (Multimedia Building, GC)

24/09/2009
Professor Paul Tacon, Centre for Public Culture and Ideas, Griffith University. "Changing pictures of the past: New rock art and contact archaeology initiatives in Australia,Malaysia, China and India" (PDF 389kb).
Multimedia building (G.23 3.01)