Percy Grainger: Australia's greatest composer? - Professor Malcolm Gillies

What is it to be a great composer? Does Percy Grainger (1882-1961) have it, and if so, why do so few people know of him?

Emerging Markets and Climate Change - Dr Cameron Hepburn

Climate change means that the future will become "low-carbon" sooner or later. What will this mean for global markets? Who is in the best position for this economic shift? Why and how is China leaving the West behind?

Birdsong and Music - David Matthews

A reflection on the relations between music and the natural world and how a composer can be brought closer to one through the other and vice versa. From both a European and Australian perspective.

The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Development in the Western World since 1700 - Professor Bernard Harris

The causes and consequences of changes in human height, weight and longevity within human recent history for health.

How tall can the Eurpopean Convention on Human Rights grow? - The Rt Hon Baroness Hale

Is the European Convention on Human Rights an uncontrollable beast, or does it have its own natural limits? Need we prune it, or be wary of it?

Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World - Michael Walling

Globalisation is a threat not only to other economies, but also to other cultures. This lecture takes a look at how indigenous cultures are under threat, what they stand to lose, and how they are putting up a fight - not least in the arts.

The Politics of Health Reform from a Medieval Perspective - Professor William Ayliffe

Is the NHS medieval? Would this be an insulting claim, to modern hospitals or those of the Middle Ages? Professor William Ayliffe considers modern health reform from the perspective of Tudor medical practice. He provides an overview of some of London's most important mediveval hospitals, including St Bartholomew's, St Thomas' and St Mary's Bethlem.