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Dear alumni and friends,
Welcome to the July edition of eSydney. This month’s edition brings you a wide variety of events, lectures and exhibitions – many of them free!
In addition, do keep an eye out for our new-look website. It will be launched in the coming weeks, and will coincide with the introduction of AlumniOnline – your new web community which will bring many online benefits for alumni, wherever you may be.
Finally, for those considering further study, find out what the University can offer you at the Graduate Options Expo on Thursday, 3 September.
Kind regards,
Tracey Beck | Director, Alumni and Community Engagement
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| Devil Rock: Save the Tassie Devil |
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Devil Rock, a fundraising campaign to save the Tasmanian devil was launched at the University of Sydney on Thursday 2 July by Peter Garrett, the Federal Minister for the Environment Heritage and the Arts, and veteran rocker Jon English. Read more |
| Sydney Festival and the University join forces |
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A dynamic creative partnership is being forged between two of Sydney's leading cultural organisations. Under an exciting new arrangement, the University of Sydney will join Sydney Festival as a Leadership Partner for the next three years. Read more |
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| Sydney Ideas | Trick or Treatment? |
| Wednesday 15 July (6.30pm) |
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Simon Singh, a renowned UK writer, journalist and television producer, puts alternative medicine – from acupuncture to homeopathy – on trial. Singh’s conclusions about effectiveness vary from good to bad, including downright dangerous. More …
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| Lecture | A Republican Law of Peoples |
| Thursday 16 July (5 to 7pm) |
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Taking states as they are (at their best), what shape should international order have if the guiding value is not as austere as non-intervention among states and not as rich as cosmopolitan justice. More …
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| Debate | Dr Karl and Adam Spencer |
| Monday 20 July (6pm) |
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To mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, 'Sleek Geeks' Dr Karl and Adam Spencer will deliver a special presentation to tackle the myths surrounding man's first voyage to the moon. More …
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| Sydney Ideas | Professor Jill Tarter |
| Tuesday 21 July (6.30 pm) |
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In 1990 we discovered the very first planetary worlds in orbit around a body other than the Sun in 1990. Since life-as-we-know-it is so extraordinarily hardy, might it exist today (or in the past) on any of the exoplanets that are being found? More …
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| ISS 2009 Gala Reception |
| Wednesday 22 July (6 to 8pm) |
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Alumni and friends are invited to the Professor Harry Messel International Science School with MC for the night, Julius Sumner Miller Fellow, 'Sleek Geek' & Media Personality, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. More...
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| Lecture | Reasonableness in Law and Politics |
| Tuesday 28 July (5.30 for 6pm) |
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The concept of "reasonableness" is deeply ingrained both in legal theory and in political philosophy, however these two currents are not considered jointly but rather constitute two parallel currents of thought. In this lecture, Professor Wojciech Sadurski will attempt to find points of convergence. More...
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| Sydney Ideas | Why History Matters: The Past in the Present |
| Tuesday 28 July (6.30pm) |
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Does history matter? How does the past shape the present? Should history play a role in shaping politics today? Join former Premier of NSW Bob Carr and prominent Australian and American scholars for this open discussion. More …
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| Education and Social Work | Disciplines of Inquiry |
| Thursday 30 July (5 to 6.30pm) |
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The Faculty of Education and Social Work invites you to participate in the launch of a colloquia series on new approaches to research and interdisciplinarity across the education and social work domains. More …
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| Lecture | Keeping Up With Nuclear Armageddon |
| Friday 31 July (2.15 to 4pm) |
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A large nuclear war would produce enough smoke to block most sunlight from reaching the Earth's surface. Join the Centre for Peace and Conflict studies for this lecture by Steven Starr. More …
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| Concert | Open Academy Rising Stars |
| Saturday 1 August (11am) |
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Come and hear tomorrows' great performers today as they perform in the Open Academy Rising Stars concert series. More ...
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| Sydney Democracy Forum | Ben Kiernan - Yale University |
| Wednesday 5 August (5 to 7pm) |
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In this illustrated lecture, Professor Kiernan examines the ideologies behind outbreaks of mass violence from the classical era to the present – focusing on worldwide colonial exterminations from the Caribbean to Korea. More …
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| Lecture | Reconstructing Human Nature |
| Tuesday 11 August (5.30 for 6pm) |
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The idea of human nature is the locus of longstanding disputes about the relevance of the biological sciences to the humanities and social sciences. But the ideas of 'human nature', 'instinct' and 'innateness' are not derived from the biological sciences. More …
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| Alumni Theatre Group | Norm & Ahmed / Shafanna & Aunt Sarinnah |
| Thursday 13 August (7 for 8pm) |
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For the first time ever back to back, Alex Buzo’s classic and Alana Valentine’s new work explore racism and generational tension. Special alumni rate at the Seymour Centre of $32 includes a pre-show drink from the bar, light refreshments and the chance to meet the cast afterwards. More ...
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| Concert | Sydney University Graduate Choir |
| Sunday 16 August (3pm) |
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SUGC presents Haydn's timeless oratorio The Seasons, a continuation of his magnificent oratorio The Creation, both musically and thematically. More…
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| Hong Kong | Harbour Cruise |
| Saturday 25 July (9.30am to 6pm) |
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All alumni and friends are warmly invited to join the University of Sydney Hong Kong Alumni Association for a harbour cruise on Saturday 25 July. More ...
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| UK Young Members Group | Networking Drinks |
| Thursday 6 August (from 7pm) |
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Alumni and friends are invited to USUKAA Young Members Group Networking Drinks to be held at the Loop Bar. More ...
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| US | SUGUNA Annual Conference |
| Thursday 20 to Sunday 22 August |
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The 2009 SUGUNA Conference will be held in Los Angeles, with a great line-up of presentations and social events to meet fellow Sydney alumni. More ...
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