Arts Public Lecture III - Founding Monash: The University and the Promise of Modernity
21st May 2008
'Adopt as your fundamental creed that you will equip yourself for life, not solely for your own benefit but for the benefit of the whole community' -- Sir John Monash.
Leading the discussion was Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor Graeme Davison. Professor Davison presented Monash's founding years, exploring the intentions and plans of its founders in the broader social and cultural expectations of the era, whilst reflecting on the distance which now separates the University of the 1960s from the present.
Professor Graeme Davison is the author of a number of books which include ‘The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne’, ‘The Unforgiving Minute: How Australia Learned to Tell the Time’ and ‘Car Wars: How The Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities’. His current projects include a collaborative history of the Powerhouse Museum and a history of suburban Australia.