The Royal Society of Tasmania (South)
2024 Hobart Lecture Series
Lectures will be held face-to-face at the various venues listed. Recordings of each lecture will be available on the RST YouTube channel after each event. Venues will be confirmed closer to the date of the lecture.
Lectures will normally be on a Sunday afternoon in the Geology Lecture Theatre, UTas (Sandy Bay), 3.30pm for pre-lecture refreshments, 4pm for the lecture — events at other times or places are indicated by ☗☗☗ displayed next to the date.
Check this program regularly for the latest information.
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We hope that you will all find this a convenient and enlightening way to spend a Sunday afternoon. As usual, there is something for everyone and everything of value and interest to inquiring minds of all persuasions.
** ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND LECTURE **
☗☗☗ Thu 7 March, 430pm
Professor Cassandra Pybus
“Morton Allport: the resurrection man of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1862-1876.”. Venue: Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. The lecture follows the AGM of the Society.
Sun 7 April, 4pm
Dr Keith Corbett OAM
“Gondwana’s child – the geological making of Tasmania”.
** ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA MEDAL CEREMONY **
☗☗☗ Mon 22 April, 5.30pm
n/a
Royal Society of Tasmania 2023 Medal Presentation. Venue: Government House, Hobart.
Sun 5 May, 4pm
Emeritus Prof. Gustaaf Hallegraeff
“Microbes that shaped our world”.
Sun 2 June, 4pm
Dr John Davidson
“Tasmania and Revival of Continental Drift”.
** MIDWINTER DINNER AND LECTURE **
☗☗☗ Thu 4 July, 6pm
Susannah Fullerton OAM FRSN
“Ten Novels that Changed the World”. Venue: Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, Sandy Bay.
Sun 4 August, 4pm
Heather Sculthorpe
TBC.
** JOINT BEER AQUATIC EVENT FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK **
☗☗☗ Thurs 29 August
TBC
TBC. Venue: Hobart Brewing Company, 16 Evans Street, Hobart
Sun 1 September, 4pm
Dr Matthew Cracknell
“Artificial Intelligence for society and science – why should you care?”.
** PHD SHOWCASE **
Sun 6 October, 4pm
2023 PhD medallist, Dr Tobias Staal, with Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Katie Marx.
Discussion of their current research projects..
Sun 3 November, 4pm
Dr Mel Fitzpatrick
“Decades of Climate Disinformation: A Scientist’s Story”.
** JOINT MEETING WITH TMAG **
☗☗☗ Fri 29 November, 6pm
Visiting Baudin scholar Patrick Llewellyn
“Fleurieu’s unpublished map: why dozens of French names dot the Australian coast” .
** CHRISTMAS DINNER AND LECTURE **
☗☗☗ Wed 4 December, 6pm
Dr Hanne Nielsen
“Antarctica and Popular Culture”. Venue: University Staff Club, Sandy Bay.
