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An International Lecture Series
Some states fall apart. Some reach new definitions.
To celebrate the centenary of Australia's federation six distinguished guests examine national unity and national tensions in their world regions. Over the next five months speakers from Indonesia, North and South America, Europe, the United Kingdom and Africa will visit Australia and will each present their ideas on what factors unite and divide nations.
The broadcasts of these public lectures are a partnership between Radio National and the NSW Centenary of Federation Committee.
Bookings: You can attend the lectures in person in Sydney.
Transcript and Audio of each lecture will be available after broadcast.
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Wednesday 9.05pm
11 July 2001
Dr Mamphela Ramphele
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An African Perspective
[Transcript]
Dr Mamphela Ramphele started her career in the 1970s as a student
activist in the Black Consciousness Movement, and she has been
honoured widely for her contribution to the struggle against apartheid.
From 1977 to 1984 she was banished by the South African Government
to the remote township of Lenyenye near Tzaneen.
Dr Ramphele took up the position of Vice-Chancellor of the University
of Cape Town in 1996, becoming the first black woman to hold this
position at a South African university.
She is currently a Managing Director of the World Bank.
12 for 12.30pm, Tuesday, 10 July 2001
Venue:The City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney. Bookings
The Radio National broadcast of this lecture is at 9.05pm, Wednesday, 11 July, 2001.
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Wednesday
25 July 2001
Wimar Witoelar
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An Asian Perspective
[Transcript]
Wimar Witoelar is currently a spokesperson for the President of the Indonesian Republic.
Wimar Witoelar hosts and produces talk shows on television and radio, including the famous Selayang Pandang, on Indosiar TV, and has written columns for numerous major newspapers. He appears frequently on international television such as ABC, SBS, Channel Nine, BBC, CNN and NBC as a political commentator. Mr Witoelar also publishes books and Indonesian Business, an English language monthly magazine. His tongue-in-cheek book Towards an Ordinary People's Party is now in its second edition.
He has a BSc in Electrical Engineering, an MSc in Systems Analysis, and an MBA in Finance and Investment.
12 for 12.30pm, Tuesday, 24 July 2001
Venue: The City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney. Bookings
The Radio National broadcast of this lecture is at 9.05pm, Wednesday, 25 July, 2001.
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Wednesday
8 August 2001
Dr Paul Okalik
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A North American Perspective
[Transcript]
Paul Okalik
was chosen by his peers as the first Premier of Nunavut on March
5, 1999. The territory of Nunavut, located in the Arctic, is the newest member of the Canadian federation. During the 1980s, Mr Okalik participated as a member of the negotiating
team for the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement, the largest land claim
in Canadian History, signed in 1993. Mr Okalik has a degree in Political
Science and Canadian Studies and a law degree. Nunavut is one fifth the size of Canada. and its government operates on a
consensus model, with no political parties and with voting on
a simple majority.
12 for 12.30pm, Tuesday, 7 August 2001
Venue: The City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney Bookings
The Radio National broadcast of this lecture is at 9.05pm, Wednesday, 8 August, 2001.
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Wednesday
22 August 2001
Dr Norman Davies
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An English-Irish-Scottish-Welsh Perspective
[Transcript]
Professor Norman Davies, author and academic, is also a well known lecturer and broadcaster. He made his name in the academic world with several works on Poland and Russia including White Eagle, Red Star and God's Playground: A History of Poland. A Professor at the School of Slavonic Studies at the University of London, he has been a visiting professor at numerous prestigious universities around the world. More recently he has written Europe: A History (1996), a ground-breaking work which became an international bestseller and The Isles: A History (1999) which has made a major contribution to the debate on Britishness.
12 for 12.30pm, Tuesday, 21 August 2001
Venue: The City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney Bookings
The Radio National broadcast of this lecture is at 9.05pm, Wednesday, 22 August, 2001. The transcript and audio on demand will be available immediately after broadcast.
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Wednesday
31 October 2001
Dr Vigdis Finnbogadottir
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Cancelled due to the September U.S. Attack
A European Perspective
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was the fourth President of Iceland and the first woman to be elected a constitutional Head of State. She held the Presidency for four terms from 1980 until 1996. During her period in office she devoted herself to the cultivation of Iceland's language, its distinctive culture and its youth. She is a founder and patron of the "Save the Children" Association in Iceland and a dedicated spokesperson for human rights. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is currently Chair of the UNESCO Board for Ethics in Science.
12 for 12.30pm, Tuesday, 30 October 2001
Venue: The City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney Bookings
The Radio National broadcast of this lecture is at 9.05pm, Wednesday 31 October, 2001. The transcript and audio on demand will be available immediately after broadcast.
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Wednesday
8 November 2001
Professor Ariel Dorfman
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A South American Perspective
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Ariel Dorfman, is the Chilean author of numerous works of fiction, plays, poems, essays and films in both Spanish and English. He holds the Walter Hines Page Chair of Literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University and his books have been translated into more than 30 languages. Professor Dorfman is expatriate from his country, and he has actively defended human rights for many decades, including addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations.
12 for 12.30pm, Wednesday 7th November, 2001
Venue: The City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney Bookings
The Radio National broadcast of this lecture is at 9.05pm, Thursday 8 November, 2001. The transcript and audio on demand will be available immediately after broadcast.
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The
Holding Together Program is part two of Symposium
2001 a year-long discussion program in Sydney and regional NSW to
celebrate the centenary of the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Also part of Symposium 2001 are The Barton Lectures, named after Australia's first Prime Minister, Sir Edmund Barton. These ten often controversial lectures investigate aspects of unity and diversity in Australia.
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