Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
The Poor Relation: A history of the social sciences in Australia
Speaker: Professor Stuart Macintyre
What are the social sciences? What do they do? How are they practised in Australia? This lecture considers the place of the social sciences in the teaching and research conducted by Australian universities.
The social sciences were constituted as academic disciplines to meet urgent needs as Australia fought the Second World War and prepared for post-war reconstruction. The lecture accordingly explores their contribution to public policy and appraises the arrangements made to support them.
Melbourne 
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Public Lecture and Book Launch by Senator the Hon. Kim Carr
5:50 for 6pm, Tuesday 3 August
Woodward Conference Centre
Level 10, Melbourne Law School
185 Pelham St, Carlton
The University of Melbourne
Free admission, bookings essential
RSVP: www.unimelb.edu.au/public_lectures
Tel: (03) 9035 4350
Brisbane Download the Brisbane flyer
5:50 for 6pm, Wednesday 18 August
Auditorium Room 212, Sir Llew Edwards Building, GPN4
University of Queensland
Campbell Road, St Lucia
Free admission, bookings essential
RSVP: c.mellor [at] uq.edu.au
Tel: (07) 3346 7344
Hobart
5:50 for 6pm, Tuesday 31 August
Location TBA
The University of Tasmania
Free admission, bookings essential
RSVP: karen.edwards [at] utas.edu.au
Tel: (03) 6226 1874
Last modified: 1 March 2011.