Archive of past events
Annual Lecture on Bigotry and Tolerance
Each year the Foundation has an annual Freilich Foundation Lecture
on Bigotry and Tolerance.
1997, Phillip Adams, "Bigotry and the Bunyip".
1998, Fr Frank Brennan, "The Wik Debate - A Legitimate Quest for
Workability and Certainty or Just Downright Intolerance? "
1999, David Marr, "Bigotry in Australia Today: The Role of the
Churches".
2000, Les Murray, "Countermeasures".
2001, Dr Evelyn Scott, "On
the Evil of Tolerance and the Virtue of Intolerance".
2002, Archbishop Peter Carnley, "Beyond
Mere Tolerance: The Vocation of the Three Abrahamic Faiths in Creating
the Conditions for World Peace".
2003, Professor Ben Kiernan, "Genocide and Resistance in Cambodia
and East Timor".
2004, Stephen Crittenden, "Defending the Enlightenment: Liberalism
and Religious Intolerance".
2005, Rev Dorothy McRae-McMahon, "What
Price Bigotry? Undermining the Rich Foundation of Humanity."
2006, Morris Gleitzman, 'Small Bodies Big Hearts: Why I write children's
books.'
2007, Professor Raymond A Winbush, 'The 3Rs: Racism, Reparations and Reconciliation in the 21st Century?'Listen to
the Lecture here (mp3 67mb)
2008, Dr Marion Maddox 'The Elusive Inclusive Republic' listen to the lecture here
Alice Tay Lecture on Law and Human Rights
Most recently the Foundation has inaugurated a new series of lectures
in memory of Professor Alice Tay, fomer Board member of the Foundation
and President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission on
the theme of "Human Rights and Law". The first lecture was
co-sponsored by the Foundation and HREOC and took place in Parliament
House on May 25, 2005.
2005, Jim Ife, "A
Culture of Human Rights and Responsibilities"
Listen to this lecture here
2006, Larissa Behrendt 'AS
GOOD AS IT GETS OR AS GOOD AS IT COULD BE? Benchmarking Human Rights
in Australia'.
2007, Professor John McMillan, 'Human Rights Charters - how important to improving government?' Listen to
the lecture here (mp3 17 mb)
2008, Dr Penelope Mathew 'Where is our Place? Seeking a Home in Time of Insecurity' Listen to this lecture here
Eminent Lecturer Series
Every two years, the Foundation invites an internationally recognosed
scholar to be its Eminent Lecturer and to deliver four thematic lectures
over a month.
1999, Professor Henry Reynolds, "Sovereignty, Indigenous Australia
and Human Rights".
2001, Professor John C. Turner, "Rethinking the Nature of Prejudice:
From Psychological Distortion to Socially Structured Meaning".
2003, Professor Donald Harman Akenson, "Intolerance: the E.Coli
of the Human Mind". Professor Akenson's lectures are available
as a book published by the Foundation and available free. Please contact
the Foundation to be sent a copy.
2005, Dr Carmen Lawrence, "Fear and Public
Policy". These lectures are now availiable in hard copy. If
you would like a free copy of Fear and Politics please contact
the Foundation.
2007, Professor Susan Mendus, 'Religious Toleration in an Age of Terrorism'
Follow this
link for more information on this lecture series and to
listen to the lectures
Occassional Lecture
Occasionally, the Foundation invites specific people to deliver
a public lecture on an important topic.
2000, Professor Marilyn Lake, "No Distinction of Any Kind: Modern
Definitions of Human Rights," in association with the "Human
Rights, Human Wrongs" conference.
2001, Sir Tipene O'Regan, "The Evolution of The Tribe : The Challenge
for an Old Culture in a New Century," in association with the
Consortium of Humanities Centres and Institutes of Australia meeting.
2002, Dr Paul Connolly, "Growing Up in Bigotry: Northern Ireland,"
Professor Mapule Ramashala, "Growing Up in Bigotry - South Africa",
in association with the "International Perspectives on Reconciliation"
conference.
2007, Dr Paul Collins, 'Negotating a Most Difficult Relationship:
Christianity & Islam' This lecture can be heard in the following
ways:
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