OVERLAND PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES 2008

In the Overland Public Lecture Series, writers and public intellectuals with important things to say about Australian culture, literature and society present lectures that engage a broad audience and offer new and often provocative perspectives on cultural and humanitarian issues in Australia. Described by Peter Craven in the Age as “an unambiguously splendid thing”, the Overland Public Lecture Series has been a vehicle through which public debate about Australian culture has broadened. Recent lecturers have included Ramona Koval, John Harms, Mark Davis, Brian Walters SC, Natasha Cica, Malcolm Knox, Christos Tsiolkas, Sylvia Lawson, Veronica Brady, Mary Kalantzis, David Marr, Barry Hill, Martin Flanagan, Phil Cleary, Amanda Lohrey, Bob Ellis, Raewyn Connell, Humphrey McQueen, Stuart Macintyre, Mischa Merz, Marcia Langton and Linda Jaivin.

Recent lectures:

PETER CRAVEN & KEN GELDER
THE FUTURE OF AUSTRALIAN FICTION
delivered 23 May 2008, 2008 Sydney Writers’ Festival, to be published in Overland 192, spring 2008.

RAMONA KOVAL
IN PRAISE OF THE COMMON READER
delivered 21 November 2007, published in Overland 189, summer 2007.

JOHN HARMS
ALL IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
delivered in conversation with Waleed Aly 20 September 2007, published in Overland 188, spring 2007.

MARK DAVIS
MYTHS OF THE GENERATIONS: BABY BOOMERS, X & Y
delivered 26 May 2007, published in Overland 187, winter 2007.

BRIAN WALTERS SC
POWER & THE RULE OF LAW
delivered 29 November 2006, published in Overland 185, summer 2006.

JOEL DEANE
AUSTRALIA’S (RE)AWAKENING
delivered 29 September 2006, published in Overland 184, spring 2006.

NATASHA CICA
THE INCORRUPTIBLES – WHERE ARE THEY TODAY?
delivered 28 June 2006, published in Overland 183, winter 2006.

MALCOLM KNOX
THE FATE OF AUSTRALIAN PUBLISHING
delivered, 7 December 2005, will be published in Overland 182, autumn 2006.

CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS in conversation PATRICIA CORNELIUS
POLITICS, FAITH & SEX
delivered, 31 August 2005, published in Overland 181, summer 2005.

SYLVIA LAWSON
DESECRATION & DEFACEMENT
delivered, 13 July 2005, will be published in Overland 182, autumn 2006.

VERONICA BRADY
THE SPIRIT IN AUSTRALIA: RELIGION & NATIONAL CHARACTER
delivered, 21 March 2005, published in Overland 178.

MARY KALANTZIS
REALITIES AND BANALITIES OF NATION IN THE HOWARD ERA
delivered, 1 December 2004, published in Overland 178.

DAVID MARR
THE SHAPE OF THE ARGUMENT
delivered, 29 September 2004, published in Overland 176.

PHIL CLEARY
FOOTBALL, CULTURE & VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
delivered, 30 June 2004, published in Overland 176.

BARRY HILL
THE MOOD WE’RE IN: circa Australia Day 2004
delivered, 31 March 2004, published in Overland 174.

LINDA JAIVIN
TRUTH ON THE BORDER
delivered, 24 September 2003, published in Overland 172.

MARGARET SIMONS
MYTH, EVIDENCE & CULTURE WARS
delivered, 25 June 2003, published in Overland 172.