Professor Simon Tormey (School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney) returns to a prominent theme of Agnes Heller's political thought: the relationship between modernity and democracy. Heller's work displays a notable ambivalence not about democracy, but about what form democracy should take.

Introduced by Professor Peter Beilharz.

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Agnes Heller and the Future of Democracy

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What are the issues of safety and social inclusion experienced by migrants? This lecture discusses how migrants access housing, work and study, and how they use public urban spaces, locating these everyday practices within the context of local planning and social policy. 

Featuring Dr Julie Rudner (Planning, La Trobe University) and Noemi Cummings (Executive Officer, Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services)

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Migrants' Sense of Safety in Bendigo

Professor Peter Murphy (School of Creative Arts, James Cook University) argues that technology and medicine produce research that makes exciting promises but delivers fewer real results. This lecture will discuss the cultural and social forces driving this desertification of the imagination.

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The Collapse of Creativity

Dr Ian Coller (European History, La Trobe University) talks about the 'disease of the soul' and how different researchers - historians, social scientists, anthropologists, neurologists, and scientists of different backgrounds might be able to come together to start to bring insights into this question that we've never had before.

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Why do we Hate?

Bernie Geary OAM (Principal Commissioner for the Commission for Children and Young People) on how  young people make a life after school and their need to make meaningful connections in their community.

The 2013 Kerferd Oration, delivered on 28th July in Beechworth.

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Agnes Heller and the Future of Democracy

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