Flinders hosts first Australian Irish Studies conference in Adelaide
Flinders is sponsoring and hosting the 22nd Australasian Irish Studies conference from today until Friday 2 December. The event, which is taking place in Adelaide for the […]
University of Love rolls into town
The University of Love swoons into Adelaide this week to give ‘happily ever after’ insights into the $1 billion global market for romance novels.
Aus-NZ criminologists converge at Flinders hosted ANZSOC conference
Home-grown terrorism, border control, cybercrime and miscarriages of justice are being addressed as Flinders hosts the 28th Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference.
Children and the Australian media – getting it right on rights
The majority of parents wouldn’t physically allow a stranger unsupervised access to their kids, yet most Australian children are exposed to the influence of strangers every day through mass media.
Film makers cut to the chase at ASPERA, Adelaide
Australian film schools and universities with a screen and media focus have converged on Adelaide this week (Wed 15- Fri 17 July) for the Flinders University-hosted ASPERA Conference.
Fuelling new ideas in the disability sector
Flinders is keeping delegates alert at the Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability’s Pathways 11 conference.
Raimond Gaita to give public lecture
The concept of the university as a distinctive tertiary institution is now defunct, according to author and philosopher Raimond Gaita. Yet with writer’s festivals, public lecture series and festivals of ideas all flourishing, he says that there is a need to reassess the role of the universities in cultural life more generally.