AAP Public Events

The Australasian Association of Philosophy holds Public Events, including public lectures and media days.

Forthcoming public events and lectures

2010 Simone Weil Lecture on Human Value
"To Whom Must we Answer? Responsibility, Community and Criminal Law"
by Anthony Duff
Australian Catholic University
Sydney
Monday 2nd August, 5.30 for 6.00pm

Barry Taylor Memorial Lecture
Copeland Lecture Theatre, Economic & Commerce building
University of Melbourne
Tuesday 3rd August 2010, 6.00-7.30pm
Lecture flyer (105 KB)

WHO'S AFRAID OF INTERNATIONAL LAW?

For 6 weeks, at 6.30pm in the Mercy Lecture Theatre, at the Australian Catholic University, St Patrick's Campus, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy Melbourne.

Wednesday 16 June Gerry Simpson Who's Afraid of International Law?
Wednesday 23 June Robyn Eckersley Who's Afraid of a Climate Treaty?
Wednesday 30 June Tim McCormack Who's Afraid of the International Criminal Court?
Wednesday 7 July Sundhya Pahuja International Law and its Poor
Wednesday 14 July Raimond Gaita A Common Humanity and Universal Law
Wednesday 21 July Martin Krygier The Rule of Law. Why, What and Where?

All lectures are free. No bookings required
For More Information: http://www.acu.edu.au/61940

It’s all about me! A public discussion on philosophy of the self

Wednesday 7 July, 6pm for 6.30pm (2 hour duration maximum)
Eugene Goossens Hall – ABC Ultimo – 700 Harris St, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW

Join Alan Saunders, presenter of ABC Radio National's The Philosopher's Zone, for a night of philosophy and fun with guests in town for the Australian Association of Philosophy Conference* including:
* Candace Vogler, You owe it to yourself
* Philip Pettit, The Self in Society
* Graham Priest, Ideas of ‘self' in the East and West
All guests will then take part in a conversation with Alan on those seemingly simple philosophical questions that keep us awake at night.
Bring a pen with you to take part in a short quiz to work out your personal philosophy.
BOOKINGS ONLINE AT www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone

Some past public lectures & events:

'Knowledge and Prejudice', by Professor Miranda Fricker
The Simone Weil Lectures on Human Value 2009
State Library of NSW
Tuesday 18th August, 2009

2009 John Passmore Lecture
'Sentiments and Spectators: Adam Smith's Moral Psychology, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (Morehead Alumni Distinguished Professor UNC/Chapel Hill
Tuesday, 11th August 2009 - 5.00 pm

2009 Free Public Lecture Series Gaza: Morality, Law and Politics School of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University For seven weeks (every Wednesday) at 6.30pm, commencing Wednesday 10 June 2009 The Christ Lecture Theatre, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne (St Patrick’s Campus) 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy.

Adelaide Festival of Ideas
'Pushing the Limits'
9-12 July 2009

Annual Jack Smart Lecture 2009
'Why Consciousness Does Not Extend Outside The Brain', Ned Block (Silver Professor, Department of Philosophy, NYU)
Tuesday, June 30th - 4.00 pm

2009 Inaugural Festival of Ideas
'Climate change, Cultural change'
University of Melbourne
15-20th June 2009

Sydney Writer's Festival 2009
'Philosophy in Sydney'
18-24 May 2009

Philosophy @ Melbourne Writer's Festival
August 22-31 2008

• Philosophers on Love
  Jeanette Kennett, Australian National University
  23 August 2008, 4-5 pm
• Why Asian Philosophy?
  Graham Priest, University of Melbourne
  24 August 2008, 4-5 pm
• Whose Reality?
  John Armstrong & Robert Drewe
  27 August 2008, 6.30-7.30 pm
• Time and Politics
  Jack Reynolds, La Trobe University
  30 August 2008, 4-5 pm
• Philistines, Barbarians and the Death of Intellect
  Andrew Brennan, La Trobe University)
  31 August 2008, 4-5 pm

'Groups and Networks: Their role in the evolution of cooperation', Lecture by Professor Brian Skyrms (University of California Irvine)
presented by The Australasian Association of Philosophy and the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science
Old Geology Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney
Thursday 31st July, 6.00pm

'Uprootedness, narratives and national conflict', by Professor Jonathan Glover
The Simone Weil Lectures on Human Value 2008

The Christ Lecture Theatre, ACU National, Melbourne Campus (St Patrick’s), 115 Victoria Parade Fitzroy
Tuesday 5 August 2008, 6pm for 6.30-pm
Free but bookings advised. See link above.
&
Metcalfe Auditorium, Entrance Level, State Library of NSW, Macquarie St.Sydney
Wednesday 6 August 2008, 6pm for 6.30-pm
Cost: $22, $20 (seniors) $15 (students), includes light refreshments (Booking is essential. See link above.)

The Annual Jack Smart Lecture 2008
'Game Theory, Evolution and the Social Contract', by Professor Brian Skyrms
Sparke Helmore Theatre 1, Fellows Road, Australian National University
Tuesday, 22 July 2008, 4.00-6.00 pm

2008 John Passmore Lecture
'Illuminating Egalitarianism', by Professor Lary Temkin
Sparke Helmore Theatre 2, Fellows Road, Australian National University
Wednesday, 11 July 2008, 5.00 pm

'Rethinking our Place in Nature'
School of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
4 June - 9 July 2008
Wednesdays 6.30 pm

Public Debate, 'Is God Necessary for Morality?'
Professor Raimond Gaita and Professor John Haldane, chair: Phillip Adams
Presented by the University of Notre Dame
Seymour Centre, Sydney
Thursday 26 June, 2008, 7-30-9.00pm
Bookings: $5.00

poster for the event (507 KB pdf)

The 2007 Templeton Lecture
'Alan Turing and the Curious Birth of Artificial Intelligence' by Professor Jack Copeland
The Centre for the Human Aspects of Science and Technology
University of Sydney
Thursday 6 December 2007, 6.30pm

A Historical Overview of Melbourne Philosophy from the 1880s to the present
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by Professor C.A. (Tony) Coady
University of Melbourne
Wednesday 5 December 2007, 6.00pm

The Lives of the Philosophers
melbourne school of continental philosophy (MSCP) & School of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
15 August - 17 October
Wednesdays 1.00 - 2.00pm

The New National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research
Associate Professor Chris Cordner
Newman College, University of Melbourne
Monday 8 October 2007, 6.00 - 7.00pm

2007 Passmore Lecture
'Considerateness', Professor Edna Ullmann-Margalit
Australian National University
Friday 12 October 2007, 5pm

2007 Jack Smart Lecture
'Ethics after Darwin', Professor Philip Kitcher
Australian National University
Wednesday 8 August 2007, 4pm

Whatever Happened to Reconciliation?
Australian Catholic University
Fitzroy, Melbourne
13 June -18 July 2007
Wednesdays 6.30 - 8.00pm

Edge of Reason
A lecture and discussion series jointly organised by Heart of Philosophy and the AAP
18 and 25 March 2007

Food for Thought: Ethics Series Program
Sydney Mechanics' School of Art
7 February - 7 March 2007
Wednesdays 12.30pm - 1.20 pm

Multiculturalism in Perspective: The Academy and the Community
'Community, Autonomy and Respect'
Centre for Public Philosophy, Monash University School of Philosophy and Bioethics
Melbourne Town Hall
Saturday 17 February 2007, 2pm -5pm

Multiculturalism in Perspective: The Academy and the Community
'Multicultural Solidarity: Global & National Issues
Centre for Public Philosophy, Monash University School of Philosophy and Bioethics
Melbourne Town Hall
Saturday 3 February 2007, 2pm -5pm

Multiculturalism in Perspective: The Academy and the Community
State, Society and Community
Centre for Public Philosophy, Monash University School of Philosophy and Bioethics
Melbourne Town Hall
Saturday 20 January 2007, 2pm -5pm

Lives of the Philosophers
hosted by the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy
University of Melbourne
3 August - 19 October 2006
Thursdays 1.00-2.00 pm

2006 Key Thinkers Lecture Series
hosted by the Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Sydney
16 August - 18 October 2006
Wednesdays 6.15 pm

'Fundamentalism and Terrorism: The Contemporary Religious Challenge'
by Associate Professor Douglas Pratt
Catholic Institute of Sydney
29 September 2006 7.30 pm

Hannah Arendt Centenary Symposium
The University of Melbourne
13 October 2006, 9.00am - 5.30pm