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Ceridwen Dovey on JM Coetzee

Author Ceridwen Dovey discusses her new book, On JM Coetzee, in relation to her suprisingly personal connection to Coetzee's writings.

4 Oct 2018 Duration: 46:20

2018 Australian Poetry Slam: Victorian winner & runner-up

Watch the rousing spoken-word performances that won first and second place in the 2018 Australian Poetry Slam Victorian state finals!

21 Sep 2018 Duration: 04:23

Joelle Gergis on our sunburnt country

In this audio discussion, Dr Joëlle Gergis looks at the long-term history of Australian climate variability.

26 Jul 2018 Duration: 42:04

Jean-Dominique Mellot on policing the Parisian book trade

Presenting the 2018 Foxcroft Lecture, hear Jean-Dominique Mellot discuss police surveillance of the Parisian book trade in the 1750s.

28 Jun 2018 Duration: 59:36

Adrienne Clarke on science and uncertainty in the age of Sir Redmond Barry and today

In the 2018 Redmond Barry Lecture, Adrienne Clarke explores how science and mathematics education can help prepare us for the future.

7 Jun 2018 Duration: 26:02

Christos Tsiolkas on Patrick White: Writers on Writers book launch

Watch a Q&A with author Christos Tsiolkas discussing his love affair with the works of Patrick White.

17 May 2018 Duration: 38:02

Ruth Pullin on Eugene von Guérard

Watch a short video of Ruth Pullin discussing the work of colonial landscape painter, Eugene von Guérard.

28 Mar 2018 Duration: 02:01

Dr Michele Matthews on the Bendigo Regional Archives Centre

Discover the riches of the Bendigo Regional Archives Centre's collection in this Family History Feast 2017 talk by Dr Michele Matthews.

16 Feb 2018 Duration: 29:44

Michelle P Brown on the art of the islands

Listen to a lecture by Professor Michelle P Brown on Celtic, Pictish, Anglo-Saxon and Viking visual culture in Britain and Ireland.

31 Jan 2018 Duration: 01:04:06

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