2011 continues well for the Inglis Clark Centre for Civil Society
Next Denison Debate. ‘A New Tasmanian Economy’ is the topic of the third Denison Debate for this year. Leading up to the State budget, many Tasmanians are wondering about our priorities and options. Is Tasmania’s future mendicant or vibrant? Are we the nation’s beggars – or can we be real choosers? Join Saul Eslake (Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute), the Hon Ruth Forrest MLC (Independent Member for Murchison), Margaret Reynolds (State Manager, National Disability Services), Richard Eccleston (School of Government, UTAS) and Peter Poulet (State Architect) in conversation with Natasha Cica, Director of the Inglis Clark Centre. The debate will be held on Monday 6 June from 6:00 – 7:30 pm in the Stanley Burbury Theatre, Churchill Avenue, Sandy Bay campus of UTAS. Entry is free and all are welcome to attend. Listen to Saul Eslake and Natasha Cica discussing similar questions with ABC Radio National’s Peter Mares on The National Interest here: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/nationalinterest/stories/2011/3216535.htm
Previous Denison Debate. ‘What Does MONA Mean?’ played to a capacity crowd in the Dechaineaux Lecture Theatre at the Tasmanian School of Art on 4 April. See the event online at the UTAS website here: http://www.utas.edu.au/channel-utas/
The Hon Michael Kirby delivers the inaugural Sandy Duncanson Social Justice Lecture. Tasmanian lawyer Alexander (Sandy) Duncanson died in June at the age of 37, after surviving cancer for sixteen years. Sandy is greatly missed, and was widely respected for his work in the community legal and housing sectors. Sandy’s family and friends have worked with the UTAS Faculty of Law and the Inglis Clark Centre to establish a fund in his name through the University of Tasmania Foundation. The Sandy Duncanson Social Justice Fund will grant a bursary each year to a University of Tasmania student to help them advance a social justice initiative, encouraging more of our graduates to pursue their careers with integrity – see more here: http://www.utas.edu.au/foundation/sandy-duncanson-social-justice-fund. Please consider making a tax deductible donation to this fund, and thank you to all who have already done so. The fund was formally launched in Hobart on Monday 2 May by the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMB, who delivered the inaugural Sandy Duncanson Social Justice Lecture – entitled ‘My Journey With Social Justice’. Over 700 people attended the lecture, including State and Federal parliamentarians from across the party-political spectrum. See the lecture online at the UTAS website here: http://www.utas.edu.au/channel-utas/
SALON/SOUTH. The first 2011 event in the SALON/SOUTH series took place at the Atrium Café in Launceston on Thursday 12 May, in partnership with Chartley Estate. These invitation-only salons explore ideas and strategies for enhancing the economic, cultural and social vibrancy of Tasmania as we proceed through the twenty-first century. Professor Marcia Langton, Foundation Chair of Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, joined around twenty-five Tasmanian agenda setters across industry, government, academia and the community and philanthropic sectors – exploring questions about CULTURE. The previous evening Professor Langton participated in a discussion with leading Hobart-based UTAS academics in her capacity as member of the Prime Minister’s Expert Panel for Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians, an event generously made possible by Bill and Lea Lawson.
Books For Our Time. The Inglis Clark Centre has partnered with Fullers Bookshop to present a new series of conversations – prompted by books which shape the big ideas of our time. Helen Hayward, the new Associate Editor of Tasmania Style, and Natasha Cica, Director of the Inglis Clark Centre, will lead each discussion, featuring a selected book as a starting point for conversation. All are welcome to attend and participation is free, but RSVP is essential: [email protected]. Numbers in each conversation will be limited to a maximum of 25. The next conversation in Books for our Time will take place at Fullers Bookshop in Hobart on Wednesday 22 June, 6:00 – 7:30 pm. The featured book is Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua – see reviews here: http://www.economist.com/node/17959516 and here: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=11913&page=2
Dr Natasha Cica Director Inglis Clark Centre for Civil Society University of Tasmania
