Monthly lectures from previous years
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6 Feb 1996
Dr. Mark Newbrook (Linguistics, Monash University) -
"Whorf and Deconstruction: Language, Science and Logic"
February 1996 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 42 kB)
| 5 Mar | Prof. Tony Coady (Philosophy,
University of Melbourne) "The Enigmas of Nationalism" |
| 2 Apr | Prof. Padmasiri de Silva (Philosophy,
Monash University) "Sadder but Wiser: Existentialist Perspectives in Buddhism and Kierkegaard" |
| 7 May | Assoc. Prof. Philip Ayres (English,
Monash University) "The Existentialist in History" |
| 4 Jun | Kate Hughes (Cultural Studies,
Victoria University) "The Generation Gap: Why Don't Young Women Call Themselves Feminists?" |
| 2 Jul | Dr. Muhammad Kamal (Islamic Studies,
University of Melbourne) "The Master-Slave Relationship in Hegel's Dialectic Philosophy" |
| 6 Aug | Assoc. Prof. Brian Scarlett (Philosophy,
University of Melbourne) "The End of Alienation" |
| 3 Sep | Dr. Millicent Vladiv-Glover (Slavic
Literature, Monash University) "Dostoyevsky, read through Freud and Lacan: ('The Brothers Karamazov')" |
| 1 Oct | Colin Goodwin (Victorian College
of the Arts) "The Beginnings of the Universe: Hawking versus Aquinas" |
| 5 Nov | Melbourne Cup Day Lecture Dr. Robert Miller (Communication Studies, RMIT University) "Introduction to Baudrillard: Postmodern Blues or State of Grace?" |
| 3 Dec | Dr. Mat Gelman (Psychiatric Registrar,
Monash Medical Centre) "Viktor Frankl's Contribution to Existentialist Psychotherapy" |
| 1997 | |
| 4 Feb | Howard Dossor (Author of 'Colin
Wilson: The man and his mind') "Smart Love and Existential Integrity" |
| 4 Mar | Prof. Colin Duckworth (French
Studies, University of Melbourne) "Illusion and Reality in Beckett's Theatre" |
| 1 Apr | Dr. Purushottama Bilimoria (Social
Inquiry, Deakin University) "The Role of the Fool in Philosophy" |
| 6 May | Douglas Kirsner (Social Inquiry,
Deakin University) "Human all too Human: R.D. Laing's Life and Work" |
| 3 Jun | Prof. Allan Patience (Political
Science, Victoria University) "Charles Birch and the Secularism in Australia's Hard Culture" |
| 1 Jul | Dr. Robert de Caen (Australian
College of Education) "Getting Rid of Dimensions" |
| 5 Aug | Prof. Seumas Miller (Social Science,
Charles Sturt University) "Professional Autonomy in Universities, Corporations and Other Modern Institutions" |
| 2 Sep | Vera Butler (Political Science,
University of Melbourne) "Heidegger's Concept of Fear in International Politics Theory" |
| 7 Oct | Prof. Alastair Davidson (Politics,
Monash University) "Globalism and Citizenship Re-assessed" |
| 4 Nov | Melbourne Cup Day Lecture Dr. Mark Newbrook (Linguistics, Monash University) "Language and Reality: The Status of Linguistic Description" November 1997 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 56 kB) |
| 2 Dec | Michael Hudson (Classical Studies,
University of Melbourne) "Schopenhauer and Gnosticism" |
| 1998 | |
| 3 Feb | Dr. Robert Miller (Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology) "Postmodernist Ethics" |
| 3 Mar | Graham Jones (Communication Studies,
Victoria University) "The Truth is Out There? The X-Files and the Postmodern Detective" |
| 7 Apr | Marie Cook (Dramatist) "A Lie in Existentialist Theatre" |
| 5 May | Prof. Richard Freadman (English,
La Trobe University) "Existentialism and Autobiography: The Case of Simone de Beauvoir" |
| 2 Jun | Dr. Muhammad Kamal (Language Studies,
University of Melbourne) "Heidegger and the Enigma of Defining Human Essence" |
| 7 Jul | Dr. Neil Levy (Philosophy, Monash
University) "Thinking the Other: Some Continental and Anglo-American Approaches to Difference" |
| 4 Aug | Howard Dossor (Author of 'Colin
Wilson: The man and his mind') "Culture and Consciousness" |
| 1 Sep | Prof. Gabriel Donleavy (Victoria
University of Technology) "Existentialism and Authenticity in Management" |
| 6 Oct | Joe Rubinstein (Australian Skeptics
and Existentialist Society) "Existentialism and the Nature versus Nurture Debate: David Williamson's 'Heretic' Reassessed" |
| 3 Nov | Melbourne Cup Day Lecture Patrick Hutchings (Philosophy, University of Melbourne) "Shaffer's 'Equus' and the Concept of Worship" |
| 1 Dec | Melissa McMahon (Philosophy, University
of Sydney) "The Beautiful and the Sublime: From the Modern to the Postmodern |