2013 Humanities Department Seminar Series
When: 1-2pm on the second Wednesday of each month, March to November
Where: Discovery Centre, Lower Ground Floor, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens
| Date | Seminar Title and Speaker |
| 13 March |
The Meszaros Family Medal tradition
Michael Meszaros, OAM |
| 10 April |
Commemorating World War I at Museum Victoria: Stories from the Collections
Deb Tout-Smith, Liz Bramley & Nina Buchan, Museum Victoria |
| 17 April |
Disease, Culture, and Transnationalism in the Americas
Professor John Rowe, University of Southern California |
| 8 May |
BOOKED OUT Towards a History of Human Settlement at Lake Mungo in south west New South Wales
Dr Nicola Stern, La Trobe University |
| 12 June |
From Papunya to Paris: The Reception of Aboriginal Art in France
Dr Philip Batty, Museum Victoria |
| 10 July |
Creating Order from Chaos: Collecting the Experiences of a UN Refugee Worker in Post-War Germany
Anne Faithfull, Petra Blagojevic & Ilse Matthews, Museum Victoria |
| 14 Aug |
Stories from the archives of MV’s natural history collections
Bec Carland, Museum Victoria |
| 11 Sept |
Re-contextualising Aboriginal Fibre Craft from South Eastern Australia
Antoinette Smith, Museum Victoria |
| 9 Oct |
Rediscovering Stories from the H.V McKay Sunshine Collection
Snjez Cosic, Museum Victoria |
| 13 Nov |
The ethnographic partnership of Micky Dow Dow & Mr Strehlow
Jason Gibson, Museum Victoria |
Free entry, but please book to ensure a seat.
For RSVP please email rsvphumanities@museum.vic.gov.au
For further information please phone
Matthew Churchward, Ph: 8341 7253 / 0407 096 586
Dr Philip Batty, Ph: 8341 7369