[Nettime-bold] ADELAIDE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS 2003 - HOPE & FEAR

[ben moretti <bmoretti@chariot.net.au>]

# this has been excellent the last few years. b


http://www.adelaidefestivalofideas.com.au/

ADELAIDE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS 2003 - HOPE & FEAR

We live in dangerous times. War and terror are no longer things which 
only affect 'other people' and distant locations. Increasingly, media 
messages encourage insecurity and fear, and many feel that we risk 
losing our compassion for others. Are we at the edge of an abyss, 
contemplating a protracted global conflagration?  Are there forces at 
play, cynically exploiting our inner fears and prejudices?  What kind 
of a world will we leave our children? Is there a viable alternative to 
economic liberalism and global markets?

Truths conflict with each other in the unsettled reality we share, and 
yet there is also much that offers hope.

For three days and four nights this July, Adelaide will come alive with 
challenging speakers and buzz with the adrenalin of intellectual debate 
and speculation. Join us for a journey beyond the ten second sound 
grabs. Turn your mind toward the future. Celebrate the power of ideas 
and the joy of thinking aloud together!

Greg Mackie OAM
Founder and Chair
Adelaide Festival of Ideas Advisory Committee

The over-arching themes for 2003 are HOPE and FEAR.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Overseas speakers include:

Amy Dean  (USA) - Modernizing trade union leader
Unity Dow  (Botswana) - High Court Judge, novelist and human rights 
lawyer
Tahmeena Faryal  (Afghanistan) - A spokesperson for The Revolutionary 
Association of the Women of Afghanistan
Robert Fisk  (UK) - Middle East Correspondent, The Independent, London
Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza  (USA) - Krister Stendahl Professor of 
Scripture and Interpretation, Harvard University
J Budi Hernawan  (Indonesia) - Franciscan friar, Office of Justice and 
Peace in West Papua
George Monbiot  (UK) - Author, Guardian columnist and non-conformist 
political commentator
Redmond O'Hanlon  (UK) - Editor, Natural History, Times Literary 
Supplement and travel writer
Ziauddin Sardar  (UK) - Cultural critic, Muslim scholar
Seth Shostak  (USA) - Astronomer, Search for Extra Terrestrial 
Intelligence Institute, California
Philippe Van Parijs  (Belgium) - Professor of Philosophy, Hoover Chair 
of Economics and Social Ethics, Catholic University of Louvain
Erik Olin Wright  (USA) - Professor of Sociology, University of 
Wisconsin, Convenor Real Utopia Project

Australian speakers include:

Dennis Altman - Professor of Politics, La Trobe University, AIDS expert
Peter Beilharz - Professor of Sociology, La Trobe University
John Braithwaite  - Professor of Criminology, ANU and Australian 
Research Council Federation Fellow
Frank Brennan  - Priest, lawyer, activist
Lois Bryson  - Emeritus Professor, Research Centre for Gender and 
Health, University of Newcastle
Richard Butler  - Arms control expert
Max Coltheart  - Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology and Australian 
Research Council Federation Fellow
Stephanie Dowrick  - Writer, psychotherapist
Ghassan Hage  - Anthropologist, Senior Lecturer, Sydney University, 
specialising in globalisation and migration
Margo Kingston  - Journalist, Web Diarist, Sydney Morning Herald
Humphrey McQueen  - Historian, independent scholar
Robert Manne  - Professor of Politics, La Trobe University
Susan Maushart  - Social scientist and columnist, The Australian 
Magazine
Michael Pusey  - Professor of Sociology, University of New South Wales
Moira Rayner  - Lawyer, Acting Equal Opportunity Commissioner, WA
Greg Sheridan - Foreign editor, The Australian newspaper
Margaret Simons  - Freelance journalist and novelist
Fiona Stanley  - Director of the Telethon Institute for Child Health 
Research, 2003 Australian of the Year

Speakers' biographies and photographs will be posted to the website 
over the coming months.

FULL PROGRAM

A free detailed program of events with information on all sessions and 
participating speakers will be available online and in hard copy 
through selected bookstores in June. To receive news and updates, join 
our email listhere or to have a copy of the program posted to you, join 
the mailing list by sending an email to 
lwagstaf@adelaidefestival.net.au.

VENUES

Sessions will be programmed across various venues along North Terrace, 
Adelaide, SA.


BOOKINGS

Daytime sessions will be free. Tickets for evening keynote 
presentations will be available from BASS in June, phone 131 246 or 
visit www.bass.net.au



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ben moretti
bmoretti@chariot.net.au
http://www.chariot.net.au/~bmoretti

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