Existentialist Society, Melbourne, Australia: 2002-2004

Monthly lectures from previous years

5 Feb 2002
Howard Dossor (Author of 'Colin Wilson: The man and his mind'): "The Heroic Existentialist"
5 Mar 2002
Mary Anne Ghaffurian (PhD student, La Trobe University): "The Western Mind: Psycho-Technologies of Consciousness"
2 Apr 2002
Assoc. Prof. Kim Sawyer (Finance, University of Melbourne): "Whistleblowing and The Trial: A Kafka'esque Experience"
7 May 2002
Brent McAuslan (Atheist Society): "Schopenhauer's Influence On Nietzsche"
4 Jun 2002
Dr. Judith Glonek (Gerontology, University of South Australia): "Time, Space, Mind and Mindless-ness"
2 Jul 2002
Catherine McDonald (Philosophy, La Trobe University): "Biology And Technology: Are We Trying To Play God?"
6 Aug 2002
Dr. Guy Petterson (Philosophy, University of Melbourne): "Into the Abyss: Nietzsche and the 'I Ching'"
3 Sep 2002
Dr. Millicent Vladiv-Glover (Literature, Monash University): "Terrorism In The Light Of Dostoyevsky's Novels, 'The Possessed' And 'Crime And Punishment'"
1 Oct 2002
Dr. Ian Weeks (Social Inquiry, Deakin University): "Existentialism and Religion"
5 Nov 2002
Melbourne Cup Day Lecture
Assoc. Prof. Gideon Polya (Biochemistry, La Trobe University): "Jane Austen and the Black Hole of British History"
3 Dec 2002
Dr. Mat Gelman (Psychiatry Registrar): "Viktor Frankl and Friends"

4 Feb 2003
Anastasia Liveriadis (Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis): "The Philosophy Of Martin Buber"
February 2003 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 130 kB)
4 Mar 2003
Assoc. Prof. Stan van Hooft (Philosophy, Deakin University): "Philosophy As Therapy"
March 2003 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 134 kB)
1 Apr 2003
Rev. Prof. Christiaan Mostert (Theology, University of Melbourne): "Paul Tillich: Existentialist And More"
6 May 2003
Dr. Inna Semetsky (Philosophy, Monash University): "Gilles Deleuze and Psychoanalysis"
3 Jun 2003
Mammad Aidani (Poet, Playwright and Philosopher): "What Did Nietzsche Learn From Zarathustra?"
1 Jul 2003
Guy Rundle (Arena Magazine): "Post-marxist communism?"
5 Aug 2003
Dr. Francoise Hobby (Author, "Symbolism of Euphemisation in Albert Camus' Work"): "The Theme Of Madness In Marguerite Duras' Work"
2 Sep 2003
Geoff Forster (Existentialist Society): "Religious Existentialism: Kierkegaard And Tillich"
7 Oct 2003
Dr. Philipa Rothfield (Philosophy, La Trobe University): "Phenomenology, Culture And The Body"
4 Nov 2003
Melbourne Cup Day Lecture
Dr. George Vassilacopoulos and Dr. Toula Nicolacopoulos (Co-authors, "Hegel and the Logical Structure of Love: An Essay on Sexualities, Family and the Law"): "Hegel And Modernity"
2 Dec 2003
Dr. Douglas Kirsner (Author, 'The Schizoid World of J-P. Sartre and R.D.Laing'): "Politics and Ethics in Psychoanalysis"

3 Feb 2004
Anne Seitz (Sociology, Swinburne University): "Is Science The New Fundamentalism?"
2 Mar 2004
Tim Moore (Languages, Monash University): "Language And Responsibility"
6 Apr 2004
Howard Dossor (Author, 'Colin Wilson: The man and his mind'): "Self-Actualization as Existential Revolt"
4 May 2004
Purushottama Bilimoria (Stony Brook, New York. 'Sophia', Melbourne): "Post Colonial Doubts About Postmodernism And Its Own 'Native Informants'"
1 Jun 2004
Silvio Bonazinga (Atheist Society): "The Practice of Freedom: Nietzsche and Oakeshott on Tradition and Individuality"
6 Jul 2004
Dr. Inna Semetsky (Philosophy, Monash University): "The Fool's Journey: The Phenomenology of Tarot"
Inna's Sense
3 Aug 2004
Dr. Guy Petterson (Philosophy, University of Melbourne): "Nietzsche's Flatlands: 'What Is Common?'"
7 Sep 2004
Sylvia Lawson (Author, 'How Simone de Beauvoir Died in Australia'): "Simone de Beauvoir and a Feminist Ethics"
5 Oct 2004
Dr. Stephen Curkpatrick (Melbourne College of Divinity and Monash University): "Levinas' Ethics and the Face as Commodity"
2 Nov 2004
Melbourne Cup Day Lecture
Dr. Gordon Preece (Ethics, Ridley College, University of Melbourne): "How Do You Post To Postmodernity?"
7 Dec 2004
Dr. Robert Miller (Philosophy, Applied Communication, RMIT University): "Baudrillard's Philosophy Of Seduction"
December 2004 lecture transcript (Adobe Acrobat format, 40 kB)