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Seminars, events and conferences

      Internal seminars

      Monday 03 Mar 2008 - Friday 28 Nov 2008

      Flinders holds a range of seminars internally throughout the academic year.

      Refer to seminar series for the 2008 schedule.

       



      Borrow launch

      3pm - 5pm, Friday 17 Oct 2008

      Noel Stockdale Room, Central Library

      The Borrow Collection, a large and varied collection of material covering the early life of colonial South Australia, will be launched by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professsor Andrew Parkin.

      Donated to the Library by Keith Borrow in 2005, the collection includes more than 2000 books and periodicals, with historical letters and photographs relating to the State’s founding families, as well as the notebooks of BT Finniss, the State’s first premier, who was Keith Borrow’s great-great grandfather.

      Admission is free and all are welcome.


      ELFORD LECTURE 2008

      5:30 PM Thursday 23 Oct 2008

      The 2008 Elford Lecture entitled THE ESSENTIAL AUSTRALIA VOICE presented by Ms Susan Mitchell will be held in the Matthew Flinders Theatre, Flinders University.

      Click here to register or contact Lindy Dodd on 8201 3624.


       


      Adult Experience Day

      9:00am - 5:00pm, Wednesday 29 Oct 2008

      It's Never too late to start Uni....?
      Experience your life at Flinders

      Adult Experience day gives you the opportunity to experience life as a Flinders student for a day. Choose from a range of activities including the chance to sit in on a lecture of your choice or take part in a campus tour. Staff from the Prospective Students Office will be on hand all day to answer your questions about admissions and applying, and Student Ambassadors will also be present to talk about their experience of returning to study as an Adult.

      Numerous lectures, tours and information sessions run throughout the day from 9am.

      Please register your attendance so we can forward you a program and campus map.

      For further information contact the
      Admissions/Prospective Students Office
      P: 1300 657 671
      E: admissions@flinders.edu.au

       


      FLINDERS ASIA-PACIFIC INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

      9.00 AM - 4.30 PM, Friday 31 Oct 2008

      Gender Consortium, Centre for Development Studies and  
      Flinders International Asia-Pacific Institute [supported by AusAID’s Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) - Fellowships Program] presents Whose Security? Women's Safety and Child Protection in Local and Global Contexts.
       
      This symposium is for practitioners, policy makers, researchers and interested individuals to share knowledge and experiences in promoting the safety of women and protection of children.  It will be held in the Conference Room, Function Centre, Flinders University.
       
      Keynote speakers:

      • Elisabeth Porter - Head of School, School of International Studies, Magill Campus, University of South Australia
      • Pat Anderson - Chairperson, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Co-author of the Little Children are Sacred report.
      • Ted Mullighan OAM - Commissioner of the Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry in South Australia.
      • Bernadette McMenamin AO - Chief Executive Officer, Child Wise (ECPAT in Australia).
      • Sandy Pitcher - Director, Office for Women, South Australia.
      • Visiting AusAID ALA Fellows from Vietnam and Indonesia

       
      For enquiries and registration by Friday 24 October 2008 please contact Mary Lyons on 8201 5115.
       
      Morning tea, light lunch and afternoon tea is provided. All catering is halal. Please advise of any other dietary requirements.


       


      2008 INVESTIGATOR LECTURE

      7:00 PM Wednesday 19 Nov 2008

      Flinders 2008 Investigator Lecture entitled LAW AND CHANGE will be presented by The Hon Murray Gleeson AC, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia at the Adelaide Town Hall, King William Street, Adelaide.

      Click here to register or contact the Marketing & Communication Office on 8201 3707.


       


      ABR ANNUAL LECTURE

      2:00 PM Sunday 07 Dec 2008

      The Australian Book Review Annual Lecture is presented in conjunction with Flinders University. Entitled  Journeying across 'that very vast sea': scenes from the life of Manning Clark the lecture will be presented by Emeritus Professor Brian Matthews at Flinders University.

      Click here to register or contact Lindy Dodd on 8201 3624.