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July |
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| Thu 2 Jul | Talk to you never: The writer is not invisible |
| Tue 7 Jul |
A Night by the Fire with Ruth Link |
| Wed 8 Jul |
Yarnin' Time with Uncle Steve Mam |
| Thu 9 Jul | Challenges and Changes at the Iziko Museums in post-apartheid South Africa |
| Thu 16 Jul | Death in the 21st Century |
| Tue 28 Jul | The Griffith University – Tony Fitzgerald Inaugural Lecture with Arthur Chaskalson |
| Thu 30 Jul | Serious play – videogames and education |
| Aug | |
| Tue 4 Aug | Tea and Music: Melodies and Memories |
| Wed 5 Aug |
Fast food philosophy with Ed Halmagyi |
| Sat 15 Aug |
Dancing the Line - script development reading |
Listen to past talks held at the State Library
Deepen the conversation
State Library presents a diverse public program of talks, debates and conversations with leading thinkers, artists and writers of our time. At the heart of this program are conversations – conversations between people, cultures, and generations, conversations about ideas, creativity and knowledge. The aim is to deepen the conversation, on stage and off.
The Griffith University – Tony Fitzgerald Inaugural Lecture with Arthur Chaskalson
The Fitzgerald Report marks a watershed in Queensland and Australia’s political history. In addition to the justice and governance reforms, the report and inquiry served as a catalyst and inspiration to many researchers and practitioners working in these fields.
In order to mark 20 years since the release of the Fitzgerald Report, Griffith University will launch a new initiative to recognise this milestone: The Griffith University – Tony Fitzgerald Scholarship Program and Lecture Series. The Scholarship and Lecture will contribute to the capacity of future practitioners and researchers to maintain the Fitzgerald vision – to keep Parliament in its rightful place at the centre of the democratic system but with the law, community and media entrusted with an active role to keep the system honest and open.
The speaker for the Inaugural Tony Fitzgerald Lecture will be The Honourable Arthur Chaskalson, former President of the Constitutional Court and Chief Justice of South Africa until 2005. As a member of former President Nelson Mandela’s defence team, he was a formidable opponent of the apartheid government and in 1978 established a non-profit organisation, the Legal Resources Centre, as a mechanism to challenge the apartheid by using the law to pursue justice and human rights
Arthur Chaskalson was appointed as a member of the United Nations as a judge for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. In his 2005 State of the Nation speech, South African President Thabo Mbeki acknowledged Chaskalson as a ‘giant among the architects of our democracy’ and paid tribute to his role ‘to shepard us towards the construction of a South Africa that truly belongs to all who live in it.'
At the Lecture, the Tony Fitzgerald Scholarship Program will be announced and applications invited.
When Tue 28 Jul, 6.30pm - refreshments followed by a 7.15pm start
Where slq Auditorium 1, level 2, State Library of Queensland
Tickets $20 plus booking fee.
Ticket proceeds contribute to the Tony Fitzgerald Scholarship Fund
Bookings qtix 136 246 or at The Library Shop
More info www.griffith.edu.au/tonyfitzgeraldlecture
Presented by Griffith University’s Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice & Governance & State Library of Queensland. Griffith University would like to acknowledge the funding received by the Department of Justice and Attorney-General LPITAF Grant and Q150 which made this event possible.
Fast food philosophy with Ed Halmagyi
A firm believer in using food to bring life to conversations, stories and the occasional arguments around the dining table, chef and TV and radio cookery presenter Ed Halmagyi investigates ways to spend less time on preparation and more time with loved ones in his latest offering of recipes, Dinner in 10.
Rather than boring fares or greasy takeaway in place of what should be the most special meal of the day, Ed has developed a collection of hundreds of dishes that require a mere 10 minutes from assembling the ingredients to plating up the inviting offering.
Join Ed as he discusses his food experiences around Australia and the world, his mission to demystify restaurant food, and his advice on how to create a dining experience as part of every meal. His talk will include a cooking demonstration in the enthusiastic style for which he is renowned. Ed Halmagyi is the popular cooking presenter on Better Homes and Gardens TV and radio, and host of his own show, Fast Ed's Fast Food, on Channel 7.
When Wed 5 Aug, 6.30pm
Where slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Tickets $10 plus booking fee
Bookings qtix or 136 246 or at The Library Shop
Tea and Music
Tea and Music: Melodies and Memories
If you were to present your life in pictures, what music would you choose as accompaniment? Come along to Tea & Music in August to hear our delightful chamber ensemble provide the soundtrack to a feast of images from Picture Queensland. Reminisce and enjoy, as the music transports you into the Queensland of days gone by.
When Tue 4 Aug, 10.30am-12noon
Where slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Tickets $11.50
Bookings qtix or 136 246 or at The Library Shop
A Night by the Fire
kuril dhagun, the State Library of Queensland’s Indigenous Knowledge Centre, presents A Night by the Fire. Sit and yarn with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and enjoy the glow of the fire surrounded by city lights.
A Night by the Fire with Ruth Link
Enjoy a night by the fire with Ruth Link, a young Western Gugu Yalanji/Woppaburra woman and junior Aboriginal barrister at the Queensland Bar. Ruth has been lecturing at Griffith University and The University of Queensland in their Law Faculty and Criminology Faculty in the areas of Indigenous legal issues, land law with specific focus on native title, criminal law and administrative law. She provides legal advice to Indigenous communities on a variety of issues and works with youth on leadership.
When Tue 7 Jul, 6.30pm
Where kuril dhagun, Talking Circle, level 1
FREE No booking required
Yarnin’ Time
Connect with local Elders at the monthly Yarnin’ Time. This kuril dhagun program is for Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members, school groups and young people to learn stories, knowledge and culture.
Yarnin' Time with Uncle Steve Mam
Uncle Steve Mam was born in St Paul’s Village on Moa Island in the Western group of the Torres Strait Islands and now lives with his wife and family in Brisbane. He has good status and is a well respected man. He is well known in local, state, national and international circles. He is a life long member and Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service. Uncle Steve helped to establish the Wagga Dance Company and also facilitates Cultural Awareness workshops to schools and universities.
When Wed 8 Jul, 11am
Where kuril dhagun, level 1
FREE Booking required
Bookings 07 3842 9482
Open Source
A new and intimate series of presentations, discussions and events that respond to contemporary questions, designs and people.
Talk to you never: The writer is not invisible
BURN Writers Collective present TTYN: The Writer is Not Invisible, a night of readings, spoken word performances and multimedia that explore what it means to be a writer today.
In the recent telecast of the Academy Awards ceremony, broadcaster Channel 9 decided to omit the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay from the prime time slot. It begs the question: are writers really that invisible? While narratives and stories underpin most popular culture production, the writer often remains absent and relatively nameless.
In an age where the mouthpieces outrank the mouths the Brisbane-based BURN Writers Collective have rallied to the cause. Join them as they descend from their mythical garrets and take centre stage at State Library of Queensland, debunking the idea that writers should remain read and never seen or heard.
In collaboration with digital artists, film makers and designers, writers from the BURN Collective revolt against enduring notions of the writer and revel in a series of multimedia enhanced self-portraits which explore the writer at work, the writer at play, and the writer in life.
The night will also feature special guests from the Australian Poetry Slam and the State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award.
When Thu 2 Jul, 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Where Queensland Terrace, level 2, State Library of Queensland
FREE no booking required
Presented by State Library of Queensland and BURN Writers Collective
Death in the 21st Century
In 1991 British artist Damien Hirst suspended a shark in a tank of formaldehyde. Interestingly, he titled the work “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living.”
Can we, the living, really think about death in a way that fully comprehends its meaning? We certainly try. Death, for all of its bad press, is the perennial subject of our dreams and fears, our art, music, literature and films, our religious beliefs, ethics, laws and politics. Questions about when, how and under what circumstances we will die produce multiple and often contradictory responses.
There are risks too associated with thinking too hard upon death: that one might become morbidly obsessed. And yet this has not always been so. Death has its own curious and eventful histories that reveal dramatically different attitudes towards the end of life, both collectively and individually.
At this intriguing Open Source panel, key thinkers reflect on the question of death and explore the meanings behind artistic, literary and religious representations of mortality; how we understand the aging process and develop end-of-life care; the shape of our legal and ethical responses to death and dying; and the many ways people continue to live with the memory of the dead.
The panel provides a rare opportunity to explore a variety of perspectives on an issue that continues to test, fascinate and move us all.
Featuring: Professor Glennys Howarth (Director of the Centre for Death and Society, UK), Dr Margaret Gibson (Lecturer, Griffith University), Dr Kristin Savell (Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney Law School), Moderator: Dr David Ellison (Lecturer, Griffith University)
When Thu 16 Jul, 6.30pm
Where slq Auditorium 2, level 2, State Library of Queensland
FREE no booking required
Presented by State Library of Queensland & Griffith University
Serious play – videogames and education
Once regarded as incompatible with the business of serious learning, video games are being increasingly harnessed in the classroom and other education contexts.
Many teachers are leading an educational revolution by tapping into young people’s passion for video games to help them become motivated to learn. In addition, many education experts argue that video games offer a whole new way to learn that should be emulated in schools and classrooms, and incorporated into the curriculum.
This talk will present a holistic view on using video games in the classroom, outlining both their numerous positive impacts as well as addressing a few cautions for teachers, students and parents.
QUT media literacy educator Michael Dezuanni will discuss the ways that games can enhance the learning process, how students can learn complex concepts while designing and producing their own games, and learn to critically reflect on their work. Michael will also provide examples of the brilliant new ways games are being incorporated into the classroom, as well as highlight what games cannot do with respect to learning.
Michael Dezuanni is a media literacy educator in the Faculty of Education at the Queensland University of Technology. He explores how media and popular culture can be used to enhance students’ learning across the curriculum. He is the co-author of a textbook for middle years students called “Media Remix: Digital Projects for Students” which outlines 24 projects for using digital media in creative and critically reflective ways. Michael was a high school media educator for 13 years and recently submitted his PhD thesis which focuses on teenage boys learning about video games.
When Thu 30 Jul, 6.30pm
Where slq Auditorium 2, level 2, State Library of Queensland
FREE no booking required
Great pioneering women of Queensland
Lecturer and acclaimed author Susanna de Vries introduces her latest book, “Females on the fatal shore”, an account of some of Queensland’s legendary pioneering women.
Susanna combines painstaking research and evocative writing to bring to life the stories of people such as Mary McConnell, founder and benefactor of the Brisbane Children's Hospital; Brisbane journalist and suffragist Margaret Ogg; the fiery trade unionist, Emma Miller; and the 'Paradise Road' nurses, Sister Sylvia Muir and Joyce Tweddell.
Travelling to far north Queensland, Susanna uncovers women who thrived amongst some of the most physically challenging conditions in the world. Meet pioneer, Evelyn Maunsell, whose experiences parallel those of Baz Luhrman’s ‘Australia’ heroine, Lady Sarah Ashley. In Roma de Vries discovers Mary Spencer, from the family who would later produce Princess Diana, living in a bark-roofed shack while her titled English cousins enjoyed the luxury of their Althorp stately home.
Susanna’s talk will pay special attention to Ingham-born Joice NanKivell Loch, who became Australia's most highly decorated women for her role in assisting the daring escape of 1,000 Jewish and Polish refugees in World War 2.
Do not miss this rare opportunity to learn about the women who shaped every facet of our State’s development. This inspiring talk will highlight the remarkable bravery and fortitude of Queensland’s early women, recounting a rich and little-known history that continues to inspire today.
When Thu 27 Aug, 6.30pm
Where slq Auditorium 2, level 2, State Library of Queensland
FREE no booking required
Dancing the Line - script development reading
Get involved in the development of a new musical theatre production when The Torres Strait Railway History Group presents a script development reading of Dancing the Line for community input and approval.
Since the 1950s the Torres Strait Island community has contributed considerably to the creation of Australia’s rail network. A significant occasion in the railway’s history took place on 8 May 1968.
Whilst constructing Australia’s first iron ore tracks at the Port Hedland to Mount Newman line in Western Australia, the front steel/back steel gang, consisting of mainly Torres Strait Islanders, smashed the previous World Heavy Haul Track Laying Record. They laid, spiked, and anchored 7.25 kms of heavy track in less than 12 hours. To this day, their record has never been broken.
Stories such as this one, along with music and songs have been gathered by The Torres Strait Railway History Group, former Torres Strait rail workers and their families to feature in Dancing the Line.
When Sat 15 Aug, 6pm
Where slq Auditorium 1, level 2,
FREE Bookings required
Bookings phone 07 3842 9482
Challenges and Changes at the Iziko Museums in post-apartheid South Africa With international guest speaker Professor Henry Charles Bredekamp, CEO of Iziko Museums, Cape Town.
South Africa of the 21st century is a nation in the making after an era of almost four centuries of colonialism and apartheid. It is engaged in discussions about re-imagining its non-racial and ethnic identities within the context of post-colonial Africa and a globalising world.
Join Professor Bredekamp for this insightful lecture as he focuses on the importance of historical research and Indigenous knowledge systems in bringing about effective changes and understanding of the notion of Indigenous People in post-colonial Africa.
Professor Bredekamp is the CEO of Iziko Museums of Cape Town, whose mission is to manage and promote its unique combination of South Africa’s heritage collections, sites and services for the benefit of present and future generations.
When Thu 9 Jul, 5.30pm
Where slq Auditorium 1, level 2
FREE No booking required
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