1998-99 North American Speaker Series

 

The following speakers visited North American during 1998-99.

 

Patrick Quilty, PhD
Deputy Director (Research), Australian Antarctic Division
"The Global Significance of Antarctica & Antarctic Research: an Australian Perspective"
September 27 - October 10, 1998
Visited the University of Texas at Dallas, Southeast Missouri State University, South Dakota State University, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, Pennsylvania State University, State University of New York at Oswego, and the University of Colorado at Denver.
 
Annabelle Sheehan
Head of Teaching, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
"Film Education & the Industry: an Australian Perspective" and film screenings
October 4 - 17, 1998
Visited the University of British Columbia, the Australian High Commission in Ottawa, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of Missouri at St Louis, and California State University at Sacramento.
 
Wayne Hudson, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Arts, Griffith University
"Changing Australian History" and "Republicanism & New Australian Identities"
November 2 - 13, 1998
Visited the University of British Columbia, the Australian High Commission in Ottawa, College of Notre Dame in Maryland, Georgetown University, and East Carolina University.
 
Rowl Twidale, PhD
Reader, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, University of Adelaide
"Various topics dealing with Australian geomorphology, land form analysis and desert land forms"
February 14 - March 20, 1999
Visited Northern Arizona University, Bucknell University, Juniata College, Plymouth State University, University of Arkansas, a special event at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
 
John Olynyk, MD
Sr. Lecturer and Head of Gastroenterology, Fremantle Hospital, Univ. of W.A.
"Preventive Medicine: an Australian Perspective" and "Healthcare Policy in Australia"
March 14 - 27, 1999
Visited St Louis University, Old Dominion University, Georgetown University, and California State University at Sacramento.
 
Kate Grenville
Award Winning Fiction Writer
"Contemporary Australian Writing: An Author's Perspective" and readings from her new book due in April
April 4 - 17, 1999
Visited the AAALS Conference, the University of Utah, and special events at the Salt Lake City Library as part of their "Writers Live at the Library".
 
John Goldlust, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Sociology, LaTrobe University
"Australian Identity Towards the Twenty-first Century"
April 11 - 17, 1999
Visited University of British Columbia, Ohio State University, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, University of Montana, and the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.

 

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