Monthly lectures from previous years |
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| 2002 | |
| 5 Feb | Howard Dossor (Author of 'Colin
Wilson: The man and his mind') "The Heroic Existentialist" |
| 5 Mar | Mary Anne Ghaffurian (PhD
student, La Trobe University) "The Western Mind: Psycho-Technologies of Consciousness" |
| 2 Apr | Assoc. Prof. Kim Sawyer (Finance,
University of Melbourne) "Whistleblowing and The Trial: A Kafka'esque Experience" |
| 7 May | Brent McAuslan (Atheist Society) "Schopenhauer's Influence On Nietzsche" |
| 4 Jun | Dr. Judith Glonek (Gerontology,
University of South Australia) "Time, Space, Mind and Mindless-ness" |
| 2 Jul | Catherine McDonald (Philosophy,
La Trobe University) "Biology And Technology: Are We Trying To Play God?" |
| 6 Aug | Dr. Guy Petterson (Philosophy,
University of Melbourne) "Into the Abyss: Nietzsche and the 'I Ching'" |
| 3 Sep | Dr. Millicent Vladiv-Glover
(Literature, Monash University) "Terrorism In The Light Of Dostoyevsky's Novels, 'The Possessed' And 'Crime And Punishment'" |
| 1 Oct | Dr. Ian Weeks (Social Inquiry,
Deakin University) "Existentialism and Religion" |
| 5 Nov | Melbourne Cup Day Lecture Assoc. Prof. Gideon Polya (Biochemistry, La Trobe University) "Jane Austen and the Black Hole of British History" |
| 3 Dec | Dr. Mat Gelman (Psychiatry
Registrar) "Viktor Frankl and Friends" |
| 2003 | |
| 4 Feb | Anastasia Liveriadis (Friends
of Nikos Kazantzakis) "The Philosophy Of Martin Buber" February 2003 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 130 kB) |
| 4 Mar | Assoc. Prof. Stan van Hooft
(Philosophy, Deakin University) "Philosophy As Therapy" March 2003 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 134 kB) |
| 1 Apr | Rev. Prof. Christiaan Mostert
(Theology, University of Melbourne) "Paul Tillich: Existentialist And More" |
| 6 May | Dr. Inna Semetsky (Philosophy,
Monash University) "Gilles Deleuze and Psychoanalysis" |
| 3 Jun | Mammad Aidani (Poet, Playwright
and Philosopher) "What Did Nietzsche Learn From Zarathustra?" |
| 1 Jul | Guy Rundle (Arena Magazine) "Post-marxist communism?" |
| 5 Aug | Dr. Francoise Hobby (Author,
"Symbolism of Euphemisation in Albert Camus' Work.") "The Theme Of Madness In Marguerite Duras' Work" |
| 2 Sep | Geoff Forster (Existentialist
Society) "Religious Existentialism: Kierkegaard And Tillich" |
| 7 Oct | Dr. Philipa Rothfield (Philosophy,
La Trobe University) "Phenomenology, Culture And The Body" |
| 4 Nov | Melbourne Cup Day Lecture Dr. George Vassilacopoulos and Dr. Toula Nicolacopoulos (Co-authors, "Hegel and the Logical Structure of Love: An Essay on Sexualities, Family and the Law") "Hegel And Modernity" |
| 2 Dec | Dr. Douglas Kirsner (Author,
'The Schizoid World of J-P. Sartre and R.D.Laing') "Politics and Ethics in Psychoanalysis" |
| 2004 | |
| 3 Feb | Anne Seitz (Sociology, Swinburne
University) "Is Science The New Fundamentalism?" |
| 2 Mar | Tim Moore (Languages, Monash
University) "Language And Responsibility" |
| 6 Apr | Howard Dossor (Author, 'Colin
Wilson: The man and his mind') "Self-Actualization as Existential Revolt" |
| 4 May | Purushottama Bilimoria (Stony
Brook, New York. 'Sophia', Melbourne) "Post Colonial Doubts About Postmodernism And Its Own 'Native Informants'" |
| 1 Jun | Silvio Bonazinga (Atheist
Society) "The Practice of Freedom: Nietzsche and Oakeshott on Tradition and Individuality" |
| 6 Jul | Dr. Inna Semetsky (Philosophy,
Monash University) "The Fool's Journey: The Phenomenology of Tarot" Inna's Sense |
| 3 Aug | Dr. Guy Petterson (Philosophy,
University of Melbourne) "Nietzsche's Flatlands: 'What Is Common?'" |
| 7 Sep | Sylvia Lawson (Author, 'How
Simone de Beauvoir Died in Australia') "Simone de Beauvoir and a Feminist Ethics" |
| 5 Oct | Dr. Stephen Curkpatrick (Melbourne
College of Divinity and Monash University) "Levinas' Ethics and the Face as Commodity" |
| 2 Nov | Melbourne Cup Day Lecture Dr. Gordon Preece (Ethics, Ridley College, University of Melbourne) "How Do You Post To Postmodernity?" |
| 7 Dec | Dr. Robert Miller (Philosophy,
Applied Communication, RMIT University) "Baudrillard's Philosophy Of Seduction" December 2004 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 40 kB) |
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