No images? Click here Hi , Thank you for your continued interest in Public Lectures from the University of Tasmania. The University provides a broad offering of events for the Tasmanian community and we are very pleased to share our 2020 program. A selection of public lectures taking place in the next month is included below. Visit the Events Calendar at www.utas.edu.au/events to view the full list of events hosted by the University. Making Art with Maths and Evolution See how mathematics and evolution can create art with international guest Professor Daniel Ashlock. This talk will introduce, in non-technical terms, a number of examples of mathematical systems that can locate complex and hopefully aesthetically pleasing images. 25 Feb Tuesday 6.00pm Sandy Bay campus #EachforEqual: International Women's Day Forum International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. A panel of Tasmanian women leaders will discuss this year's theme: An equal world is an enabled world, or #EachforEqual. 05 March Thursday 6.00pm Sandy Bay campus Democracy in a Changing Climate University of Tasmania experts in law, international relations and geography discuss the risks to political and social stability posed by climate change. 10 March Tuesday 6.00pm Sandy Bay campus The Notion of Humanity as a Constraint on the Conduct of War Professor Tim McCormack will discuss the mid-19th Century emergence of the notion of humanitarian constraint and demonstrate that although motivations may have been genuine, they were also exclusionary. Professor McCormack is the Dean of the University of Tasmania Law School and the Special Adviser on War Crimes to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. 13 March Friday 8.00pm Newnham campus |