Humanities Lectures

Professor Ronald Green, the Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Dartmouth College presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness.

March 22/23, 2011.

Associate Professor David Gerrard OBE, CNZM, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness.

March 22/23, 2011.

Associate Professor Andy Miah, Director of Creative Futures Research Centre, Faculty of Business and Creative industries, University of the West of Scotland presents at the 2011 Future of Fairness Symposium. Whether in the sporting arena, the genetics lab or the exam hall, new technologies present new challenges for ideas of 'fairness' and justice. The Future of Fairness speakers will consider the complex and intriguing relationship between technological advances and ideas of fairness.

March 22/23, 2011.

The New Zealand Law Foundation and the University of Otago Faculty of Law present the New Zealand Law Foundation 2011 Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Emeritus Professor Ben Boer. Professor Boer is Emeritus Professor in Environmental Law at the University of Sydney. Here he delivers a public lecture on the topic of "Climate Change, Biodiversity and Protected Areas: The need for an integrated approach". 19 April 2011.

The New Zealand Law Foundation and the University of Otago Faculty of Law present the New Zealand Law Foundation 2011 Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Emeritus Professor Ben Boer. Professor Boer is Emeritus Professor in Environmental Law at the University of Sydney. Here he delivers a public lecture on the topic of "Climate Change, Biodiversity and Protected Areas: The need for an integrated approach". 19 April 2011.

The Faculty of Law and the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies hosted a panel discussion chaired by Colin Gavaghan, Director of the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies.

In this public lecture Mr Jeffrey Matsuura, Fullbright Senior Scholar and Counsel, Alliance Law Group Washington DC, and Andy Miah, Professor of Ethics and Emerging Technologies from the University of West Scotland, offer their expert perspectives on this vexed and engaging question. March 24, 2011.

The Faculty of Law and the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies hosted a panel discussion chaired by Colin Gavaghan, Director of the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies.

In this public lecture Mr Jeffrey Matsuura, Fullbright Senior Scholar and Counsel, Alliance Law Group Washington DC, and Andy Miah, Professor of Ethics and Emerging Technologies from the University of West Scotland, offer their expert perspectives on this vexed and engaging question. March 24, 2011.

Dr. Dan Bendrups and Dr. Robert Burns, Department of Music with the help of Dunedin band subject2change and Marimba player Pedro Carneiro show us some new directions in jazz.

Dr. Dan Bendrups and Dr. Robert Burns, Department of Music with the help of Dunedin band subject2change and Marimba player Pedro Carneiro show us some new directions in jazz.

He kai kora nui te riri - "War Consumes everything like a raging fire".

Open lecture by Sir Paul Reeves, former Governor General and Archbishop of Aotearoa New Zealand, Chancellor of AUT University.

Sir Paul Reeves' whakapapa is to Taranaki. His talk focuses on Te Whiti's non violent resistance at Parihaka and the subsequent imprisonment and deportation of the resisters to Dunedin. He reflects on what Parihaka and the New Zealand wars mean for New Zealanders' concept of nationhood in the 21st century.

Given on March 17, 2011.