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Robert Phiddian

Robert Phiddian is a professor of English at Flinders University. His particular interest is political satire, from Jonathan Swift to John Clarke, and his words appear in media from academic journals and university presses to Australian Book Review, the Conversation and radio. He was the founding director of the Australasian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres, and has been involved with the Adelaide Festival of Ideas since the event’s inception in 1999, thrice chair of the programming committee.

Robert Phiddian

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    Julian Meyrick, Robert Phiddian and Tully Barnett

Events

  • Eat Drink Think: Lucy Ridge at SEQ Food Summit 2026

    Food Connect Shed Corner of Commerce St &, 8 Textile Cres, Salisbury, QLD, Australia

    Grab a drink and gather fuel for your next dinner party conversation (and menu) - we're bringing together 5 insiders with unique stories on culture, celebration and what makes our...

    $20
  • Saskia Beudel in conversation with Mireille Juchau (NSW)

    Ashfield Library - Civic Centre Level 3/260 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield, NSW

    Saskia Beudel was in her late fifties when she decided to take on a serious alpine cycling challenge. Peaking is her account of those 111 days. The training, the history...

  • Climate & Cartography: Tim Flannery & Sarah Hamylton with Claire O’Rourke

    Thirroul District Community Centre 352/358 Lawrence Hargrave Dr, Thirroul, NSW

    Tim Flannery’s A Brief History of Climate Folly looks at the history of the ways humans have been trying—or claiming—to influence the weather for millennia and asks if we can...

  • An evening with Lelia Green (Books@Stones, QLD)

    Books@Stones 360 Logan Road, Stones Corner, QLD

    Join us at Books@Stones on Monday 3 August, 6:30pm for an in-conversation event with Lelia Green and Susan Danby discussing The Digital Child. Adults spend an average of 44 hours...