Monthly lectures from previous years
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4 Feb 2014
Paul Daniels (Author, 'Nietzsche and The Birth of Tragedy') - "Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus': Language and Mysticism"
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4 Mar 2014
Dr. Patrick Stokes (Philosophy, Deakin University) -
"A Demanding Universe: The Ethical Thought of K.E. Logstrup"
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1 Apr 2014
Howard Dossor (Author, 'Colin Wilson: The man and his mind') -
"An Existential Reading of Nikos Kazantzakis"
Apr 2014 lecture video -
6 May 2014
Assoc. Prof. Millicent Vladiv-Glover (Comparative Literature, Monash University) - "The Decaying Corpse in 'The Brothers Karamazov' and in Popular Forensics: The Semiotics of Death"
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3 Jun 2014
Dr. Nick Trakakis (Theology and Philosophy, Australian Catholic University) - "Kazantzakis and God"
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1 Jul 2014
Dr. Gordon Preece (Author, 'Bonhoeffer Downunder') -
"God the Intimate Interventionist: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Nick Cave in Dialogue"
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5 Aug 2014
Dr. Muhammad Kamal (Asia Institute, University of Melbourne) -
"Sadra and Heidegger: A Philosophical Turn"
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2 Sep 2014
Dr. Tim Themi (Deakin University, Lacan Circle of Melbourne) -
"Nietzsche, Freud, Lacan: Real Ethics (of the Real)"
Sep 2014 lecture video -
7 Oct 2014
Dr. Mammad Aidani (Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne) -
"What has happened to the Authentic Being in Philosophy?"
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4 Nov 2014
Melbourne Cup Day Lecture
Dr. Petra Brown (Paideia Australia) -
"Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Carl Schmitt and the 'State of Exception'"
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2 Dec 2014
Adjunct Prof. Inna Semetsky (Cultural Studies, Waikato University, NZ) -
"The Edusemiotics of Images: The Art~Science of Tarot"
Edusemiotics: semiotic philosophy as educational foundation by Inna Semetsky and Andrew Stables
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3 Feb 2015
Dr. Colin Goodwin (Independent Scholar) - "Existentialism and Psychical Phenomena"
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3 Mar 2015
Dr. David Rathbone (Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy) - "Why there are no Nietzscheans"
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7 Apr 2015
Dr. Pierre Van Osselaer - "Jacques Derrida: Text and Differance"
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5 May 2015
Dr. A.L. Jones -
"The Gender Vendors: Sex and Lies from Abraham to Freud"
The Gender Vendors: Sex and Lies from Abraham to Freud by A.L. Jones -
2 Jun 2015
Nigel Sinnott (Former editor, 'The Freethinker' UK) -
"Dealing with Major Depression: Managing Malignant Sadness"
June 2015 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 167 kB) -
7 Jul 2015
Sam Green (MA, Monash University) - "Can Moral Nihilism make life more wonderful?"
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4 Aug 2015
Assoc. Prof. Purushottama Bilimoria (Philosophy, Deakin/Melbourne & University of California) -
"Tribute to Hazel Rowley: Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray on America's Civil Wrongs and Gandhi"
August 2015 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 3 MB) -
1 Sep 2015
Howard Dossor (Author, 'Colin Wilson: The man and his mind') - "Ascesis" The Existential Journey - Nikos Kazantzakis' The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel (Youtube)
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6 Oct 2015
Catherine McDonald (Melbourne philosopher) -
"Just War Theory and the Principle of Proportionality - Two case studies: Israel and Vietnam"
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3 Nov 2015
Melbourne Cup Day Lecture
Professor Graham Oppy (Philosophy, Monash University) -
"Why philosophy of religion should be taught in secular universities"
November 2015 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 77 kB) -
1 Dec 2015
David Miller (Existentialist Society) -
"Existentialism: A facetious introduction"
December 2015 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 56 kB)
April 2015 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 103 kB)
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2 Feb 2016
Dr. Vaughan Rapatahana (Writer, poet, critic) -
"Clive Pearson: Australasia's Own Existentialist"
February 2016 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 596 kB) -
1 Mar 2016
Dr. Pierre Van Osselaer -
"Heidegger: Questioning Causality?"
March 2016 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 50 kB) -
5 Apr 2016
Dr. A.L. Jones (Author, 'The Gender Vendors: Sex and Lies from Abraham to Freud') - "Sex and Lies in Neo-Liberal Times"
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3 May 2016
Dr. Colin Goodwin - "Atheism and Theism: Richard Dawkins versus Thomas Aquinas"
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7 Jun 2016
Dr. Kim Sawyer (Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne) -
"The Enigma of the Soul"
June 2016 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 500 kB) -
5 Jul 2016
Assoc. Prof. Hans Baer (Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne) -
"Democratic Eco-Socialism: A Real Utopia"
July 2016 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 500 kB) -
2 Aug 2016
Assoc. Prof. Purushottama Bilimoria (Deakin/Melbourne & University of California) -
"The Missing God of Karl Jaspers"
August 2016 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 209 kB) -
6 Sep 2016
Dr. William Hall (Evolutionary Biology of Species and Organizations) -
"The Angst of Anthropogenic Global Warming: Our Species' Existential Risk"
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4 Oct 2016
Dr. Matthew Sharpe (Author, 'Camus, Philosophe') -
"Cynicism, from Diogenes to Today: A Philosophy to Live by?"
October 2016 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 13 MB) -
1 Nov 2016
Melbourne Cup Day Lecture
Dr. Christopher Gribbin (Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne) -
"Moral Relativism, Socratic Method and the Value of Self-Consistency"
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6 Dec 2016
Dr. Patrick Stokes (Philosophy, Deakin University) -
"Kierkegaard's Critique of the Internet"
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