Ideas and Society Program

Ideas and Society Program

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Ideas and Society Program episodes

  • The Cold War and Intellectuals
    Dr Stefan Auer (European Studies, La Trobe University) chairs a panel of papers on 'The Cold War and Intellectuals'.
    Martin Krygier - Intellectuals, Communists, and Prefixes: Pre, pro, anti, antianti, and post.
    Mark Aarons - Cold War Thinking: Dealing With Our Shibboleths
    William Maley - Two Models of Anti-Communism: Populism and Public Intellectual Engagement
    Peter Beilharz - Teaching the Holocaust
    This lecture was part of 'Thinking for Yourself: A Conference in Honour of Professor Robert Manne'
    Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
    1 hr 24 min
  • My Life With Robert Manne
    Professor Raimond Gaita (University of Melbourne) about his long experience as a friend and colleague of Robert Manne.
    Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
    44 min
  • In Conversation with Mick Dodson
    Professor Robert Manne (Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University) discusses indigenous politics with Professor Mick Dodson (Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies, Australian National University), including issues on the Stolen Generations’ Report, Bringing them home; the Northern Territory Intervention; and the proposed Constitutional Referendum among other topics will offer insight into the complex world of Indigenous politics and its struggle to be heard in mainstream politics.
    This lecture was part of 'Thinking for Yourself: A Conference in Honour of Professor Robert Manne'
    Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
    1 hr
  • The Cold War and Intellectuals
    Dr Stefan Auer (European Studies, La Trobe University) chairs a panel of papers on 'The Cold War and Intellectuals'.
    Martin Krygier - Intellectuals, Communists, and Prefixes: Pre, pro, anti, antianti, and post.
    Mark Aarons - Cold War Thinking: Dealing With Our Shibboleths
    William Maley - Two Models of Anti-Communism: Populism and Public Intellectual Engagement
    Peter Beilharz - Teaching the Holocaust
    This lecture was part of 'Thinking for Yourself: A Conference in Honour of Professor Robert Manne'
    Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
    1 hr 24 min
  • My Life With Robert Manne
    Professor Raimond Gaita (University of Melbourne) about his long experience as a friend and colleague of Robert Manne.
    Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
    44 min
  • Universities, Challenged
    What do we expect from a 21st-century university? Which ideals have survived the transition to our brave new education world? And what does it mean when students become customers? Moral philosopher Raimond Gaita, politics professor Robert Manne and University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis come together in the ultimate brains trust, to debate the meaning (and future) of new-millennium universities. Chaired by Margaret Gardner.
    Republished with permission from The Wheeler Centre.
    Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
    1 hr 33 min
  • The Future of the Left in Australia
    Does the future of the parliamentary Left in Australia rest now not simply with the Labor Party but with the relationship between Labor and the Greens? Professor Robert Manne (Politics, La Trobe University) discusses left issues with Adam Bandt (Greens MP) and Andrew Leigh (Labor MP).
    Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
    1 hr 24 min
  • Thinking Football: Mick Malthouse
    Mick Malthouse (former AFL coach and Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at La Trobe University) and Martin Flanagan (senior sports journalist at The Age) discuss current issues in AFL football and Mick's career.
    Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
    1 hr 23 min

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The Ideas and Society programme is a series of debates and public lectures convened by Professor Robert Manne. The aim of the programme is to bring students, staff and the general public together to…