Monash University - Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Arts, Public Lecture Series

The Arts public lecture series showcases the work of leading public intellectuals, scholars and writers.

General Information

Monash Faculty of Arts public lecture series features leading public intellectuals, scholars and writers from around the world.

Introducing the series at the inaugural lecture in April 2007, Professor Rae Frances, Dean of Arts said, “Monash is Australia’s most international university… we have a strong and proud record of community outreach. The idea behind this lecture series is that we build bridges, to the wider community and throughout the world, across disciplines and across cultural institutions… The series will showcase the work of leading public intellectuals, scholars and writers and address issues of key importance to contemporary society. This series complements the many seminars and public lectures hosted by individual programs and centres within the Faculty of Arts.”

Public Lectures

Audio & Video of the lectures is available further down the page you can view the blog here.

Links to individual lecture summaries are listed below:

  1. Lecture I – War and Remembrance
  2. Lecture II – Radical Forgiveness: Beyond Hannah Arendt
  3. Lecture III – Founding Monash: The University and the Promise of Modernity
  4. Arts Public Lecture IV – Democracy and Climate Change: Finding the Common Interest
  5. Arts Public Lecture V – Should We Use Technology to Change our Genetic Destiny?
  6. Arts Public Lecture VI – Understanding Ethics
  7. Arts Public Lecture VII – Surviving the Global Economic Downturn: The View From Indonesia

Video and Audio of the Arts Public Lecture Series

Video/Audio of the public lecture series in a variety of formats are available from the lecture summaries linked above. They are also available from Monash University Lectures Online, as a free Podcast free podcast from the iTunes store and Vodcast free vodcast from the iTunes store from the iTunes Store, or by subscribing to the RSS feeds associated with this page.

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