Key events

• Date
  Time
  Event
• 30 July 2018
  10.00am - 5.00pm
  
  

  Bookstall Company

  UNTIL 25 JANUARY 2019. Between 1904 and 1946 the NSW Bookstall Company released 234 books. Rare Books and Special Collections hold many of the publications, contracts, and 153 original book cover designs and illustrations.

• 2 August 2018
  9.00am - 5.00pm
  
  

  The Art of Mathematics: Rare works from the Fisher Collection 1500-1800

  UNTIL 10 FEBRUARY 2019. This exhibition showcases Fisher Library's impressive collection of mathematical works from the years 1500 to 1800. It charts a course beginning at the close of the 1400s and relates a comprehensive narrative about the developments of mathematics through to the 19th century.

• 4 September 2018
  8.30am - 6.00pm
  
  

  Centenary of Architecture Exhibition

  The Library wishes the Faculty of Architecture a Happy 100 Year Anniversary! With the introduction of an Architecture degree at the University of Sydney in 1918, opportunities were created for Australians to contribute to the architectural landscape.

• 24 September 2018
  12.00pm - 1.00pm
  
  

  Book review: Truth without fear & The sky leader

  Join us to review and discuss the work of noted Indonesia poet, Sastri Bakry.

• 24 September 2018
  3.30pm - 6.00pm
  
  

  Nursing career and networking session

  We offer specialist postgraduate nursing degrees that build on the knowledge you have gained as a registered nurse and solidify the theoretical foundations of your practice. At this session, you will be able to speak to our course coordinators to help you plan the next step in your nursing career.

• 24 September 2018
  6.00pm - 7.30pm
  
  

  Sydney Ideas - Professional obligations in an age of climate change

  Are our ethical codes and standards doing enough to slow down climate change? This panel will consider these and other profound questions facing all professionals in the age of global warming.

• 25 September 2018
  5.30pm - 6.30pm
  
  

  Homophobia in Indonesia

  Were the reports on Indonesia’s alleged LGBT friendliness too optimistic? Join Saskia Wieringa from the University of Amsterdam to discuss and reflect upon the recent wave of homophobia in Indonesia.

• 25 September 2018
  6.30pm - 8.00pm
  
  

  Sydney Ideas - Why the Large Hadron Collider is a game changer

  Theoretical physicist Peter Skands takes us on a tour of the experiments performed at The Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

• 26 September 2018
  10.00am - 5.00pm
  
  

  Experiences of Dementia: Stories from those who care

  Co-presented by the Department of Anthropology and Western Sydney University, this one day symposium and book launch event invites you to share your experiences of dementia, and help explore new ways of thinking about dementia in a caring society.

• 26 September 2018
  1.30pm - 1.30pm
  
  

  Rare Bites: Something Spanish, a glimpse into the Liturgical Music Manuscript Collection

  Since 2002 University of Sydney Library has been building a collection of Spanish liturgical chant manuscripts dating from the thirteenth century. On the surface these books seem to present just a collection of often barely decipherable dots on parchment they all originally had lives of their own.