Ros Pesman is Professor Emeritus in the School of Philosophical and Historical Enquiry at the University of Sydney where she was formerly Challis Professor of History and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is a former president of the Australian Historical Association and a former vice-president of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Her many publications include From Paesani to Global Italians. Veneto Migration to Australia (with Loretta Baldassar, University of Western Australia Press, 2005), and The Oxford Book of Australian Travel Writing (edited with David Walker and Richard White, OUP, 1996).
Events
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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...
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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...
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Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival: Lachlan Strahan in Conversation
Empire Cinemas
327 Bong Bong St, Bowral, NSW
Lachlan Strahan is a former diplomat and historian. In his latest book, The Curious Diplomat, Lachlan explores the Australian way of diplomacy and what Australia can do today to forge...
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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...
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The Digital Child: Lelia Green at Gleebooks
Gleebooks
49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales
Adults spend an average of 44 hours on screens every week. How do we set up our kids for a healthy digital future? Digital media is sometimes blamed for stunting...
$15
Events
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Saskia Beudel in conversation with Mireille Juchau (NSW)
Ashfield Library - Civic Centre Level 3/260 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield, NSWSaskia 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...
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Climate & Cartography: Tim Flannery & Sarah Hamylton with Claire O’Rourke
Thirroul District Community Centre 352/358 Lawrence Hargrave Dr, Thirroul, NSWTim 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...
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Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival: Lachlan Strahan in Conversation
Empire Cinemas 327 Bong Bong St, Bowral, NSWLachlan Strahan is a former diplomat and historian. In his latest book, The Curious Diplomat, Lachlan explores the Australian way of diplomacy and what Australia can do today to forge...
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An evening with Lelia Green (Books@Stones, QLD)
Books@Stones 360 Logan Road, Stones Corner, QLDJoin 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...
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The Digital Child: Lelia Green at Gleebooks
Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South WalesAdults spend an average of 44 hours on screens every week. How do we set up our kids for a healthy digital future? Digital media is sometimes blamed for stunting...
$15
