Debussy - Text and Ideas: The 'Song Triptych', and fin-de-siecle Visual Culture Debussy composed eight sets of three songs between 1891 and...
Voices of the Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua In his solo presentation of traditional instruments (taonga puoro), Richard...
Percy Grainger: Australia's greatest composer? We can think of world-leading Australians in sport (Don Bradman)...
Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures...
Who Am I?: The Dialogical Self in Hinduism and Buddhism Based on texts of the Indian tradition, we will discuss...
Great Britain and the other imperial powers: Conflict over China During the nineteenth century, Great Britain fought two wars, the...
Creating new species: the future of man and his dominion over other animals My lectures have shown that while most human behaviours are...
Confronting the terrorist mind: explaining the repeated failure of intelligence Modern police forces and governments frequently claim victories in the...
The cultural politics of war, peace and sacrifice This lecture delves into how the culture of a society...