Key events

• Date
  Time
  Event
• 4 October 2017
  9.00am - 5.00pm
  
  

  Provocations: Avant-Garde Art in China in the 1980s

  This exhibition introduces materials relating to China’s avant-garde held in the University of Sydney Library collections, including the East Asian Collection and the Schaeffer Fine Arts Library.

• 21 February 2018
  9.00am - 5.00pm
  
  

  Sydney’s Women in the Field: Phyllis Kaberry and the Sepik

  Come and visit this joint exhibition between the Library, University Museums and the University Archives to commemorate the inscription of the Anthropological Field Research and Teaching Records, University of Sydney, 1926-1956 into the UNESCO Memory of the World Australian Register.

• 1 May 2018
  6.00pm - 7.30pm
  
  

  Sydney Ideas - Is the health sector key to a low-carbon world?

  This event brings together a panel of experts to discuss how the Australian healthcare system is a major contributor to the nation's carbon footprint.

• 2 May 2018
  1.00pm - 1.30pm
  
  

  Rare Bites - The circle of Willis and his circle of friends

  In the Library's Rare Bites series Assoc Prof Catherine Storey investigates Thomas Willis’ Cerebri anatome – a book famous for its drawings and new medical concepts. #rarebites

• 2 May 2018
  6.00pm - 7.30pm
  
  

  Sydney Ideas - Reflective Practice as Learning from Experience: Implications for Pre-service Teacher Education Programs

  Tom Russell is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University, Canada. His research focuses on how people learn to teach, with particular attention to how beginning teachers learn from their practicum experiences.

• 2 May 2018
  6.00pm - 8.00pm
  
  

  Works of Faith: New research on the icons in the University Art Collection

  Join us for an evening lecture by Emeritus Professor Sasha Grishin.

• 4 May 2018
  12.30am - 2.00pm
  
  

  Sydney Ideas - Unpacking privilege

  Four panellists explore what it means to 'unpack privilege' from different perspectives, in order to open up a conversation and bring the issues involved to the forefront of everyone's workplace and personal agendas.

• 4 May 2018
  9.00am - 10.00am
  
  

  Diana Temple Memorial Lecture - Sticky Floors and Glass Ceilings

  This annual lecture honours the memory of Dr Diana Temple AM, a former member of the University of Sydney community and an advocate for the role of women in Science. The lecture will be presented by Professor Caprice Greenberg.

• 5 May 2018
  2.00pm - 3.00pm
  
  

  Digging Australia: Tales from the Australian trenches

  Join us at the Nicholson Museum for our 2018 free Saturday lecture series Postcards from the Past.

• 5 May 2018
  3.00pm - 6.00pm
  
  

  Hong Kong Alumni Celebration

  Join fellow University of Sydney graduates and guests for a special alumni networking event in Hong Kong.