Myths and Misconceptions
A free public lecture series examining key myths
Semester 2, 2009
5 August 2009
Prof Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of Chicago
Greg Dening Memorial Lecture
When and What was Postcolonialism?
The distinguished historian Dipesh Chakrabarty returns to the University of Melbourne to deliver the second Greg Dening Memorial Lecture and launch the School of Historical Studies' Free Public Lecture Series for Semester 2 2009.
12 August 2009
A/Prof Richard Pennell
Pirates and Disorder
19 August 2009
Prof Graeme Davison
Rethinking the Australian Legend
26 August 2009
Dr Ika Willis, University of Bristol
The Fires of Pompeii: Doctor Who and Stones that Speak
2 September 2009
Dr Rebe Taylor
Busting Myths and Misconceptions: The Tasmanian Aborigines
9 September 2009
Dr Louise Hitchcock
Barbarians at the Gates of Troy or Who are you calling a Philistine?