Seminars & Events
2010 MARY KEHOE SATURDAY SEMINAR SERIES
February 20 2010
'Modern Day Slavery'
Speaker: Mr Roscoe Howell,
The year from March 2009 marks the two hundred and second anniversary of the abolition of slavery by the British Parliament. The Act eventually suppressed slavery and the slave trade in the British Empire and on the seas. However slavery did not end 200 years ago. There are 27 million slaves in the world today - poor and vulnerable people who are owned, bonded or trafficked - children, women, child soldiers, sex slaves, debt slaves. The speaker describes how Australians may encounter modern slavery and what we might do to avoid its continuation.
March 20 2010
U3APP 6th AGM.
Speaker to be announced
April 17 2010
'Life with Gough: E.G. Whitlam abd the politics of reform'
Speaker: Dr Race Mathews
Race Mathews has been chief of staff to Gough Whitlam when Leader of the Opposition, a federal MP, a state MP and minister, a municipal Councillor and an academic.
May 17 2010
'Muscles, exercise and whole body health: an investment in the future
Speaker: Prof Gordon Lynch
Prof Lynch is Head of the Basic and Clinical Myology Laboratory. His research is focussed on the study of mus-cle wasting particularly understanding the mechanisms responsible for altered skeletal muscle structure and function as a consequence of aging, muscle injury, neuromuscular diseases, and cancer cachexia. He is passion-ate about translating his research and knowledge to the community, promoting the benefits of physical activity to people of all ages. He gets this important message out to the community in a variety of ways including via the radio as the ABC 774 Overnights' Health and Fitness expert, where he can be heard every Tuesday morning promoting the benefits of good nutrition and physical activity to people of all ages.
June 19 2010
'The order of Malta: past and present'
Speaker: Prof Mary Galea, Dame of the Order of Malta
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta commenced as a mo-nastic community, the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem dating back to 1048, from which time the knights of the Order cared for pilgrims, the sick and the needy. With the responsibilities of military defence of the sick and the Christian territories, the Order evolved into both a religious and a military chivalric Order. The Order played a key role in some of the mightiest battles in Europe, built dispensaries, hospitals and medical centres, invested in medical research, and has been a patron of the arts. In the 21st century the Order still actively demonstrates the humanitarian and medical commitments that inspired the founding of the Order.