Graeme Turner AO was Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland. He published 30 books and his work has been translated into 11 languages. He served as president of the Academy of the Humanities, was a former Federation Fellow and was the only humanities scholar to have served two successive terms as a member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council. He had extensive engagement with higher education policy, research assessment and commentary, including prominent roles with the Australian Research Council, the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and the Learned Academies. He co-authored ‘Mapping HASS’, the landmark 2014 study of the state of the humanities, creative arts and social sciences disciplines in Australia.
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Diana Thorp at the Manly Writers’ Festival
Manly Life Saving Club
Ashburner St &, S Steyne, Manly, NSW
When institutions fail or protect themselves, the consequences are rarely shared equally. In this extended roundtable, Ainslie Harvey, Tracey Holmes, Ee Ling Quah, and Diana Thorp examine how power operates...
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Nadia Wheatley at the Manly Writers’ Festival
Sky Theatre
56 Raglan Street, Manly, NSW
In very different places and circumstances, Clever Men by Martin Thomas and Strange New World by Nadia Wheatley begin at moments of supposed benevolence: a grand scientific expedition to Arnhem...
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Lachlan Strahan at the Manly Writers’ Festival
Manly Youth Centre
Kangaroo Street, Manly, NSW
What does diplomacy really look like behind closed doors? The former Foreign Minister and three former diplomats lift the veil on the pressures, responsibilities and moral complexities of representing Australia...
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Defiantly Queer: Panel with Dennis Altman and Jill Bree. Chaired by Paula Gerber.
Tin Shed
67 Fraser Street, Clunes, VIC
Throughout history, queer people have struggled for equal rights and recognition. Trans rights are currently under siege globally, with gay and lesbian rights in peril throughout history. Human rights lawyer...
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No One Knows Their Destiny – Inside the Dunera Story with Tonia Eckfeld and Seumas Spark
Lamm Jewish Library of Australia
304 Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield South, VIC
No One Knows Their Destiny by Tonia Eckfeld, tells the story of the ‘Dunera boy’ brothers Reinhold and Waldemar Eckfeld from Kristallnacht in Vienna to V-E Day in Melbourne. Newly...
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Diana Thorp at the Manly Writers’ Festival
Manly Life Saving Club Ashburner St &, S Steyne, Manly, NSWWhen institutions fail or protect themselves, the consequences are rarely shared equally. In this extended roundtable, Ainslie Harvey, Tracey Holmes, Ee Ling Quah, and Diana Thorp examine how power operates...
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Nadia Wheatley at the Manly Writers’ Festival
Sky Theatre 56 Raglan Street, Manly, NSWIn very different places and circumstances, Clever Men by Martin Thomas and Strange New World by Nadia Wheatley begin at moments of supposed benevolence: a grand scientific expedition to Arnhem...
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Lachlan Strahan at the Manly Writers’ Festival
Manly Youth Centre Kangaroo Street, Manly, NSWWhat does diplomacy really look like behind closed doors? The former Foreign Minister and three former diplomats lift the veil on the pressures, responsibilities and moral complexities of representing Australia...
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Defiantly Queer: Panel with Dennis Altman and Jill Bree. Chaired by Paula Gerber.
Tin Shed 67 Fraser Street, Clunes, VICThroughout history, queer people have struggled for equal rights and recognition. Trans rights are currently under siege globally, with gay and lesbian rights in peril throughout history. Human rights lawyer...
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No One Knows Their Destiny – Inside the Dunera Story with Tonia Eckfeld and Seumas Spark
Lamm Jewish Library of Australia 304 Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield South, VICNo One Knows Their Destiny by Tonia Eckfeld, tells the story of the ‘Dunera boy’ brothers Reinhold and Waldemar Eckfeld from Kristallnacht in Vienna to V-E Day in Melbourne. Newly...
