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Thursday 10 March
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
For their first issue of 2011, the prestigious literary journal tackles the academy head-on. In the lead essay, John Armstrong, Philosopher-in-Residence at Melbourne Business school, presents a compelling case for radical reform in our universities’ teaching of the humanities.
Featuring
Julianne Schultz
Professor Emeritus Julianne Schultz AM FAHA is the Chair of The Conversation. She was the publisher and founding editor of Griffith Review, and is Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture at Griffith's Griffith Centre ...
Peter Clarke
Peter Clarke is a Melbourne-based writer, webcaster, educator and moderator.
He teaches undergraduate and post-–graduate communication, media and journalism courses at RMIT and other universities.
His essay, ‘The Contemporary Journalistic Interview: A Hollow Dance Looking for New Moves?’ is included in Australian Journalism Today.
Peter pioneered national talkback on Australian radio as the inaugural presenter of Offspring (now Life Matters) on ABC Radio National and is currently writing a book on the history and future of journalistic interviewing.
John Armstrong
John Armstrong is a scholar, writer and speaker on art and culture.
Associate Professor John Armstrong was born in Glasgow and educated at Oxford, Birkbeck and UCL. In 1997, after completing a PhD in Philosophy, he established and directed a research centre in philosophy of art at the School of Advanced Study in London. He also started a business dealing in 18th and 19th Century European paintings and classic Italian cars – although as his writing career has developed this business has taken a back seat.
John moved to Australia in 2001 with his wife, Helen, and two young children. Since 2003 he has been an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. He writes frequently for The Age and The Australian on art and culture. He has given many public lectures, including five series of talks at the National Gallery of Victoria. John is currently the Inaugural Knowledge Transfer Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
He is the author of several internationally acclaimed books: The Intimate Philosophy of Art (2000), Conditions of Love (2002), The Secret Power of Beauty (2004) and Love, Life, Goethe: how to be happy in an imperfect world (2006) and In Search of Civilisation. John’s books have been translated in to Italian, Dutch, Chinese, Korean and Thai. His writing is noted for its elegance, warmth and clarity.
Professor Glyn Davis AC
Professor Glyn Davis AC is a public policy specialist and interim Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. He served previously in the role from 2005 until 2018, prior to which he was Vice-Chancellor of ...