2001-2004 Senior Common Room Seminars

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2001-2004 Senior Common Room Seminars

• ‘Curiosity and identity’ [http://www.beswick.info/psychres/CuriosityIdentity.htm] by Dr David Beswick, a Fellow of St Hilda’s.
• ‘A discussion of FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS’ led by Kate Gaffney, 2003 Pam Todd Scholar, PhD. Candidate, Department of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
• ‘Multi-Culturalism in Australia’ with Ms Pratima Francis, Vice President of Australia India Society of Victoria Inc. Melbourne andDr Peta Stephenson, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Australian Centre, The University of Melbourne
• ‘Rape Myths and Sports Culture’ by Tammy Gurvits, Dept. of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
• ‘Film & our Society - What is this Relationship?’ by Dr Justin Shaw, a Lecturer in Cinema & Cultural Studies at Central Queensland University
• Science-Pseudoscience: Is there a difference? by Kirsten Walsh, a postgraduate Masters student in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne
• ‘Feminism and Harm’ by Dr Wei Leng Kwok, Former Lecturer in Political Science and Head of Women’s Studies at the University of Tasmania
• ‘The Philosophy of Terrorism’ by Assoc. Prof. Igor Primoratz, Centre of Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics
• ‘Australia’s Place in a Globalising World’ by Prof. Ian Harper, Sidney Myer Professor of Commerce & Business Administration - Assistant Director of the Melbourne Business School
• ‘Surviving the BT Global Challenge’ by Jasmine Brammer, who took part in the gruelling BT Global Challenge in 2000-2001
• ‘Beach Crossings: How An Anthropological Field Trip to the Marquesas Islands Changed My Life’ by Professor Emeritus Greg Dening, Department of History, The University of Melbourne
• ‘The Art of Self-Defense’ by Patricia Petersen, Tutor, St. Hilda's College
• ‘The Art of Story’ by David C. Barrow, Tutor, St. Hilda's College, 2002 Pam Todd Research Scholar
• ‘The International Criminal Court : a Quiet revolution in Australian Criminal Law’ by Professor Gillian Triggs, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne
• ‘Jurassic Park: Could it Really Happen?’
• ‘World Record Cold: Laser Cooling and Atom optics’
• ‘The Absent Parent?: the State as Protector of Children’
• ‘The Evolution of Public Policy: The Case of Whistleblowing’
• ‘How to Sell Parenting Strategies To Parents’
• ‘Speculations on the Evolution of Music’ by Dr. John Geake, Gifted Education Unit, The University of Melbourne
• ‘What You Ferment Depends on Where You Live’
• ‘The Making of "Winter Harvest" : A 20 min Film Odyssey’ (with Interactive DVD-Like Commentary)
• ‘Happiness’ by Professor Lorraine Dennerstein AO, Office for Gender and Health, Department of Psychiatry, Royal Melbourne Hospital
• ‘Curiosity’ by Professor Emeritus David G. Beswick, Principal Fellow, Centre for Applied Educational Research
• ‘Science or Pseudoscience?: The Face on Mars and Other Stories’