Events in July
Wednesday24Jul2019
- 24 July - 26 July
Digital Citizens Conference
Booked OutConferenceAI, big data, machine learning, blockchain – how do we design systems, laws and regulation for the future? The Digital Citizens Conference will bring together members of academia, industry and government with an interest in law and technology. Th...
- 22 July - 26 July
Planetary and Global Health
Training/WorkshopImproving global health in the long term requires a deep appreciation of the impact of environmental issues at local, national and global scales. This course focuses on three key public health threats that require complex multidisciplinary solutio...
- 24 July - 26 July
Thursday25Jul2019
- 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Big Tech Antitrust: At War With Itself
OtherA Competition Lore Podcast Live Interview and Breakfast, with Professor Frank Pasquale While policymakers, legislators and regulators in Europe and many other parts of the world have been clamping down on Big Tech for a range of misdeeds, includi...
- 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Research Opportunities with Science Gallery Melbourne
Future Student EventThe University of Melbourne has secured the rights to the Australian node of the acclaimed global Science Gallery network. The node, Science Gallery Melbourne, is focussed on igniting creativity and discovery in young people and exposing the bread...
PresentersDr Niels Wouters - 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
A Million Species at Immediate Risk of Extinction
Free Public LectureShould we all panic about the IPBES Global Assessment report? During the recent federal election campaign, a new landmark report on the state of global biodiversity was released, but went largely unnoticed in the Australian media. The recent IPBE...
PresentersProfessor Brendan Wintle - 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Book Launch: Hindus and Sikhs in Australia
LaunchSince the late 1990s, the Indian community in Australia has grown faster than any other immigrant community. The Indian Diaspora has made substantial contributions to the multiethnic and multireligious diversity within Australia. The growth of Hi...
- 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
A Human-Centred Future
OtherHow can we make government policy and the law more accessible, useful and engaging? Join Standford Design Lab Director and Neota Logic Visiting Fellow Dr Margaret Hagan and Head of Policy Lab, UK Cabinet Office Dr Andrea Siodmok as they discuss n...
PresentersDr Margaret HaganDr Andrea Siodmok - 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Engineers: The Drama of its Day in the Climate of its Era
Free Public Lecture2019 Allen Hope Southey Memorial Lecture Who were the heroes of the Engineers’ Case? In this public lecture, The Honourable Justice Stephen Gageler AC reflects on the people behind the landmark decision. There was the young Robert Menzies, couns...
PresentersJustice Stephen Gageler
- 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Friday26Jul2019
- 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Our Disposable Culture
Free Public LectureIf we had a better understanding of innovation in waste management and sustainability, would our disposable culture become a thing of the past? You're invited to attend a free panel discussion focused on the influence a cultural institution can e...
- 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
The Physics of the Apollo Moon Mission in 1969: Do Astronauts Obey Kepler's Laws?
Free Public LectureThe July Lectures in Physics A program of lectures aimed at providing insights into fundamental questions in Physics On this, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon missions, we look at the laws of physics that guided the Apollo astronauts saf...
PresentersProfessor Emeritus Anthony Klein - 26 July - 28 July
Bauhaus Now
ExhibitionGuest curated by Ann Stephen In the year of its centenary the Bauhaus returns to haunt our museums. How do contemporary artists reimagine a relationship to this legendary school? Are they scavengers raiding the ruins of modernism, appropriators o...
- 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Saturday27Jul2019
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Master of Music (Opera Performance) Concerts
PerformanceGraduate students from the Conservatorium’s Master of Music (Opera Performance) program perform signature arias from the classical repertoire in the Prudence Myer Studio. Prudence Myer Studio The last of the building’s flagship performance venue...
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Stables Studios: Artist-Led Tours
OtherOpen to the public for the very first time at Open House Melbourne 2019, following a multimilliondollar makeover, the former Victoria Police Mounted Branch Stables have been reimagined as a bestinclass facility for learning and creative collaborat...
- 10:15 am - 2:15 pm
Ian Potter Southbank Centre Tours
OtherSee the behindthescenes spaces of the new Ian Potter Southbank Centre on a hosted tour with our staff and students. Visit the hidden balconies, backstage, studios and rehearsal rooms of the new home of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Space...
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The Hub Architect Talk
Free Public LectureOpened in 2019, The Hub is now home to the largest performing arts and music library in Australia, combining the Lenton Parr and Louise Hanson Dyer collections to create the Southbank Library. Designed by Lyons Architecture, this extraordinary co...
- 10:30 am - 3:45 pm
Chamber Music Program
PerformanceThe Hanson Dyer Hall is Melbourne’s newest concert hall, with a 400seat, cantilevered auditorium that features stateoftheart acoustic treatment and two newlyarrived Steinway & Sons Concert D Grand Pianos. Sit back and enjoy a series of chamber mu...
- 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
First Commissions Exhibition
ExhibitionFirst Commissions Exhibition On Open House Weekend, you can be among the first to see our landmark exhibition First Commissions in the Martyn Myer Arena, after a successful launch in Florence. The exhibition features 30 of the University of Melb...
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Designing Cultural Spaces and Precincts
Free Public LectureJoin the leading architects behind some of the Melbourne Arts Precinct’s most iconic buildings, as they discuss the evolution of our creative neighbourhood, and reflect upon the art of designing cultural spaces. Presented by the University of Me...
- 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Keith & Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship
ExhibitionThe Keith & Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship is provided to enable graduates from the Victorian College of the Arts to travel abroad during the early years of their professional careers. This exhibition presents works from the 2019 Fellow...
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Sunday28Jul2019
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Stables Studios: Artist-Led Tours
OtherOpen to the public for the very first time at Open House Melbourne 2019, following a multimilliondollar makeover, the former Victoria Police Mounted Branch Stables have been reimagined as a bestinclass facility for learning and creative collaborat...
- 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Master of Music (Opera Performance) Concerts
PerformanceGraduate students from the Conservatorium’s Master of Music (Opera Performance) program perform signature arias from the classical repertoire in the Prudence Myer Studio. Prudence Myer Studio The last of the building’s flagship performance venue...
- 10:15 am - 2:15 pm
Ian Potter Southbank Centre Tours
OtherSee the behindthescenes spaces of the new Ian Potter Southbank Centre on a hosted tour with our staff and students. Visit the hidden balconies, backstage, studios and rehearsal rooms of the new home of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Space...
- 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Designing The Ian Potter Southbank Centre
Free Public LectureProfessor Alan Pert, Director, Melbourne School of Design, will lead a discussion with Kah Fai Lee (John Wardle Architects) to consider the challenges and opportunities that arose during the design and construction of The Ian Potter Southbank Cent...
- 10:30 am - 3:45 pm
Chamber Music Program
PerformanceThe Hanson Dyer Hall is Melbourne’s newest concert hall, with a 400seat, cantilevered auditorium that features stateoftheart acoustic treatment and two newlyarrived Steinway & Sons Concert D Grand Pianos. Sit back and enjoy a series of chamber mu...
- 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
First Commissions Exhibition
ExhibitionFirst Commissions Exhibition On Open House Weekend, you can be among the first to see our landmark exhibition First Commissions in the Martyn Myer Arena, after a successful launch in Florence. The exhibition features 30 of the University of Melb...
- 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Keith & Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship
ExhibitionThe Keith & Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship is provided to enable graduates from the Victorian College of the Arts to travel abroad during the early years of their professional careers. This exhibition presents works from the 2019 Fellow...
- 28 July - 29 August
Fabric Culture
ExhibitionDid you know that Australian composer and innovator Percy Grainger also designed and made his own clothes? Fabric Culture is an interdisciplinary collaboration project, between the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and the Grainger Museum. Through so...
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Monday29Jul2019
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Flamenco Despertares
PerformanceGuitar: Gerard Mapstone Tapping into the past and present of the flamenco world Gerard Mapstone is among the most evocative and dynamic guitarists touring today. His new work Despertares (Awakening) is a reformulation of his own knowledge of flam...
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Discovery of New Antimalarial Drug Candidates
Seminar/ForumIn recent years there has been an increased focus on the discovery and development of new antimalarial combination therapies that improve patient compliance and reduce treatment costs compared to the current threeday dosing regimen. While the bene...
PresentersProfessor Susan Charman - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tales from the Crypt: Investigating Necroptosis and the Death Effector MLKL
Seminar/ForumIn our bodies, there needs to be a balance between whether cells live or die. Too much cell death is found in conditions such as inflammatory and autoimmune disease, and too little cell death is associated with cancer. To keep this balance, and ma...
PresentersMs Annette Jacobsen - 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
Leonardo da Vinci's Portrait of a Milanese Courtesan
Free Public LectureThis talk focuses our attention anew on Leonardo da Vinci's famous Girl with an Ermine, a depiction of Cecilia Gallerani, mistress of the duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. Timothy McCall examines Cecilia's artistic representation within conventions ...
PresentersAssociate Professor Timothy McCall
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Tuesday30Jul2019
- 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Velvet Goldmine: Silk, Gold and Renaissance Masculinity
Free Public LectureThe ruling men of Renaissance Italy wrapped themselves in silks and jewels, feathers and pearls. To dazzle the eye, they wore clothofgold and clothofsilver, but also sometimes gems made of paste, intended to deceive observers. What glittered was n...
PresentersAssociate Professor Timothy McCall - 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Making the Most of Our Emotions
Free Public LectureBrotherton Lecture From time immemorial, we have been deeply uncertain about our emotions. On the one hand, emotions are said to aid in decisionmaking, prepare us for rapid motor responses in times of trouble and facilitate social interactions. A...
PresentersProfessor James Gross - 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
New Voices/Membrane
PerformanceElision Ensemble Artistic Director: Daryl Buckley Australia's worldleading new music ensemble presents a set of premieres by emerging composers coming out of the group's monthly grassroots residency at The Brunswick Green, including Josephine Mac...
- 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Wednesday31Jul2019