Tag: Talk

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A train travelling along a curve in the track seen from outside the window of a back carriage; jagged and snow-topped mountains on the horizon behind.

Slow and Sustainable Travel

A warm and inspiring winter evening of stories, geography and sustainable travel.

Host of Uncomfortable Conversations, Josh Szeps, smiling; red background.

Uncomfortable Conversations: Josh Szeps with Sarah Wilson

A provocative conversation about reckoning with the state of the world.

An oil painting of the French royal family eating a sumptuous feast on the eve of the Revolution, with an audience looking on.

Illicit Pleasures: Food and Feasts in French Art, Literature

Join Sylvia Sagona for a lecture exploring the relationship between French food, art and literature.

A 16th century oil painting of aristocratic men riding horses with the Palace of Versailles in the background.

Feasts and Fantasy at the Table of Louis XIV

Join Dr Samantha Happé for a lecture on feasts and fantasy at the table of Louis XIV.

The book cover of the book, The Especially Awesome Odyssey, with a cartoon pig in a gladiator costume pointing her sword overlaid on the image.

The Epically Awesome Odyssey with R. A. Spratt

Join author R. A. Spratt for an afternoon of myths, jokes and mayhem as she reads from her new book.

View of Melbourne from across the Yarra River

Plain English Speaking Award: Victorian State Final

A line-up of enthusiastic student speechmakers take to the stage to share their words and wisdom.

Grand Tour Piranesi etching of ancient Roman ruins in Renaissance times.

The 'Anxiety of Influence' in the History of Architecture

Join architecture academics for a lively panel discussion inspired by The Grand Tour exhibition.

Portrait of Ed Coper, leading political communications expert.

Ed Coper: Angertainment

Join Ed Coper as he explains how angertainment has co-opted social media and taken over our lives.

Royal portrait of King George IV wearing a heavily embellished scarlet cloak and animal pelt neckdress, his crown resting on the table beside him.

George IV’s Sèvres Porcelain Collection

Join Sylvia Sagona for her lecture on George IV’s Sèvres porcelain collection.

An oil painting from the mid-1600s depicting several cats scrambling amidst a lavish still life of food items.

Taste & Temptation: Walk & Talk with Dr Matthew Martin

Join Matthew Martin as he shares insights about his curatorial process of Taste & Temptation.

Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, slightly smiling for a portrait with a bright but blurred lanscape in the background.

Jimmy Wales: Founder of Wikipedia

Discussing the importance of building trust, knowledge and the internet’s encyclopaedia.

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Provocations: Is It Too Late to Save the Internet?

The internet – what's not to love? It's time to debate its pros and cons.

Crowd of adults sitting and watching a talk.

Learning

Expand your mind with the best talks, lectures, forums and workshops.​​​​

Four young students on a stage standing behind microphone stands with their arms by their sides as they recite original poetry.

OutLoud Slam: Final

Get ready to be inspired by the next generation of Australian poetry.

Three coloured gin-based cocktails with platters of snacks.
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Gin-dulgent High Tea Experience

Take your seat for a guided gin high tea like no other with bottomless sparkling.

View of Melbourne from across the Yarra River

Direct Action and Democracy

A lecture by Sean Scalmer on direct action and democracy.

A group of walkers resting in Triacastela, Spain, during their journey on the Camino de Santiago, with green hills in the background.
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Walking the Camino de Santiago Talk

A free talk on walking the Camino de Santiago by someone who has done it.

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Towards the Study of Latin American Popular Song

A lecture discussing the intermedial study of Latin American popular song of the late 20th century.

Portrait of Shokoofeh Azar, Iranian-Australian author and journalist.

Iran at the Crossroads

An illuminating conversation about the the complexities and dangers of contemporary Iran.

A young woman standing at a podium holding a microphone, in front of a purple digital backdrop.

Top Scribe: Anthology Launch

Celebrating creative writing works by 2025 VCE Literature students from across Victoria.