Jane Franklin Hall Summer School Program January 2015

JANE FRANKLIN HALL

SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM

JANUARY 2015

The Venue Jane Franklin Hall has been hosting summer schools since 1992. Several hundred people have come to Jane each January over these 22 years to enjoy a wide range of interesting programs and the company of like-minded (and not so like-minded) people from all over Australia and New Zealand. The Jane Summer Schools offer an opportunity for a happy and stimulating summer break in pleasant surroundings. Those who stay in College will enjoy community life: meals are excellent, and all rooms have a fine view of the River Derwent or Mt Wellington. College rooms are single study- bedrooms with shared facilities. Please enquire about special requests.

Program Content The course will run for five days with three or four sessions per day, starting at 9.00 am and finishing at about 3.00 pm. Most of the teaching is done in the mornings, when concentration is best.

Program Includes  6 nights’ accommodation in single rooms with shared facilities.  All meals are provided.  Services of a study leader and lecturers.  Lectures and handouts as indicated.

Program Excludes  Return economy class domestic airfares to and from Hobart  Transportation from the airport to the college and return.  Departure taxes applicable to the standard itinerary.  Comprehensive Travel Insurance  Costs of a personal nature

There is a discount of $300 per school for participants not wishing to reside in College. However for non-residents the Sunday night reception, all lunches throughout the week, and the closing dinner are included.

A further discount is available for Jane alumni. Note that in the summary list below all the summer school dates are expressed as Sunday to Saturday, i.e. from the check-in to the check-out date for resident participants. However teaching takes place only during the five days Monday to Friday. There will be a Welcome Reception on each Sunday night of the summer school period and a Closing Dinner on each Friday.

WEEK ONE - 4-10 JANUARY 1. Medieval and Church Latin – David Daintree 2. Aboriginal Anthropology – Basil Sansom 3. The Egyptians – Michael O’Donoghue 4. Pugin in Tasmania – Brian Andrews

WEEK TWO - 11-17 JANUARY 5. Convicts and Emigrants in Early Tasmania – Perry McIntyre 6. Air and Space Law – Mark Harrison and Joseph Wheeler 7. Biology of Marsupials – Randy Rose 8. The Golden Age of Athens – Philip Dutton 9. From Plato to Postmodernism – Brendan Triffett

WEEK THREE - 18-24 JANUARY 10. Climate and Climate Change - Facts and Fallacies – Garth Paltridge, Ian Allison and Mike Pook

12. Medieval Chivalry – Knights and Ladies – Philip Caudrey 13. Italian Opera – Jennifer Martin-Smith and David Daintree

For further information about any of our summer schools contact David Daintree, Director of Programs – [email protected].

Bookings can be made directly through Odyssey at https://www.odysseytraveller.com/homes/destination/odyssey- schools.

DETAILED PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS IN ORDER

1. MEDIEVAL AND CHURCH LATIN, 4-10 JANUARY 2015 PRICE: $1100

Top 5 things we'll experience:

1. There will be a strong emphasis on the sound of Latin: even a so-called ‘dead’ language comes alive when spoken aloud. 2. Guided reading of great passages from some of the greatest Medieval poets, historians and story-tellers. 3. Guided reading of some important Church writings, including Scripture, Hymns, theology and philosophy 4. A side-glance at the `classical tradition' in the Middle Ages and its influence on English literature. 5. An introduction to palaeography, with an opportunity to handle original medieval manuscripts.

Latin is arguably the mother-tongue of Europe. Its literature is immensely rich. It did not die with Julius Caesar, but original work continued to be written in the Latin language up to modern times. Latin is a doorway that can lead you to wonderful delights. Designed for those who have done some Latin before (or who are prepared to work hard on the basics between now and the start of the course!), this Jane Franklin Hall Summer School will introduce you to important texts from world literature which are too often neglected.

In this course we shall read selections from the work of some of the outstanding writers in verse and prose, religious and secular, from that immense period between the end of pagan Rome and the birth of modernity. We shall look at scripture and philosophy, hymns and love poetry. No participant will ever be embarrassed by their shaky Latin: the teaching method leaves the entire task of translation and exposition to the Lecturer. This approach has been useful to relative beginners in Latin as well as those who are highly experienced in reading the language.

MONDAY General introduction to Late and Medieval Latin. We read excerpts from liturgy (the Sarum form of the Eucharist) and Scripture.

TUESDAY Latin Prose Narrative (extracts from Bede, Einhard, the anonymous `Brendan Voyage', St Isidore of Seville, Robert Grosseteste)

WEDNESDAY Hymnody and religious poetry (extracts from St Ambrose, Venantius Fortunatus, Hildegard of Bingen, St Thomas Aquinas).

THURSDAY The Classical Tradition and secular poetry - how the writers of the ancient world continued to be read throughout the centuries (extracts from Virgil and Alcuin, the Carmina Burana.

FRIDAY Philosophy, the Fathers of the Church and scholastic theology (extracts from St Augustine, St Benedict, St Patrick, Dante, Thomas a Kempis). There will be a Farewell Dinner in the evening.

THE LECTURER In 1992, David Daintree offered the first Latin Summer School and 22 people came from all over Australia to participate. Almost every year since he has taught similar courses, not only in Hobart but also in Sydney, Perth, Hamilton (NZ) and Rome. David is a native of Sydney. He took a BA from the University of New England, and an M Litt from Cambridge. He completed his PhD in Tasmania. His academic background is in Classics, but he is primarily a medieval Latinist. He left school early, working in advertising and public relations before going on to university. He then he taught for four years at Geelong Grammar School’s Timbertop, and was subsequently Senior Classics Master at St Peter’s College, Adelaide. David was Principal of Jane Franklin Hall from 1984 to 2002. He has been a visiting professor at both the Universities of Siena and Venice, and a visiting fellow at St. John's College, University of Manitoba, Canada. From 2002 to 2008 he was Rector of St John’s College in the University of Sydney, and served as President of Campion College, Australia’s only Liberal Arts college, from 2008 to 2012. Early in 2013 he was appointed an Honorary Life Fellow of Campion College. He is currently the Director of the Christopher Dawson Centre for Cultural Studies in Tasmania. David is married to Elizabeth and they have three grown-up children, and four grandchildren. Their family home is in Colebrook, Tasmania.

2. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 4-10 JANUARY PRICE: $1100

Top 5 things we’ll experience:

1. Aboriginal languages and the traditional social formation 2. Aboriginal warfare, sex and violence 3. Hunter-gatherers as having ‘the original affluent society’ 4. Aboriginal art, religion and aesthetics 5. Land rights and current issues

The course relies on accounts of Aboriginal life that have been provided by anthropologists who have conducted long stints of fieldwork in Aboriginal communities. Aborigines of the Darwin hinterland feature prominently in the course because that’s where Basil Sansom did the fieldwork reported in his book: The Camp at Wallaby Cross.

MONDAY Such Quantities of Tongues Aboriginal Arms control (absence of the bow and arrow) Shallow genealogy, brief histories: the social construction of time and eternity

TUESDAY ‘Ol’ fella and young girl marriage’ Aboriginal Gerontocrats Gender, Matrifocality and the Velocity of Sex

WEDNESDAY The Original Affluent Society Western Desert versus the Rest Money and Booze: ‘Livin longa grog’

THURSDAY The Dreaming Aboriginal Aesthetics: the Wrong, the Rough and the Fancy. The Land Rights and Native Title story

FRIDAY Aboriginal Art: 1. Desert iconography Aboriginal Art: 2. Northern representations Afternoon: Visit to the ‘Art Mob’ shop (bus required)

THE LECTURER Basil Sansom is Emeritus Professor in the University of Western Australia and works as a consultant to the courts in native title cases. He recently won the Australian Anthropological Society annual prize for the year’s best essay – his topic was the dynamic of male initiation ceremonies. Basil’s first fieldwork was done in Sekhukhuneland (South Africa). While a lecturer at Manchester University (1962-1973), he researched among Bedouin in Libya and among Druze villagers in Lebanon. In 1973 he came to Australia to take up a three-year research fellowship with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and subsequently was appointed to a chair in anthropology in W.A.

3. ANCIENT EGYPTIANS – FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS LIVES,

4-10 JANUARY

PRICE: $1100

Top 5 things we’ll experience:

1. Participate in the ‘official’ inquiry into the cause of the death of Tutankhamun. 2. Enjoy (sympathise with!) the plight of the accused in the trial of the conspirators in the ‘Harem Conspiracy’. 3. Play the detective in assessing the evidence for the life of Akhenaton and his wife Nefertiti. 4. Participate in a reassessment of the reputation of Cleopatra. 5. Immerse ourselves in the lives and experiences of the ancient Egyptians.

Enter the world of Ancient Egypt through the lives of some of the extraordinary people who lived there. Explore the monuments they left behind, the Egypt they inhabited and the hieroglyphic and other texts that recount their eventful and sometimes scandalous lives.

Investigate the life and times of Hatshepsut, the queen who ruled as pharaoh and of her friend(!?) Senenmut. What drove Akhenaton, the pharaoh whose physical form and religious revolution have puzzled historians? And what of Nefertiti his beautiful wife? Who were the workers who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings and who robbed these same tombs? What can we say about the ordinary people of ancient Egypt? Was Tutankhamun murdered? Was Ramesses II all he claimed to be on his extensive monuments? What was the outcome of the harem conspiracy against Ramesses III? What was life like for the last Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, in the great city of Alexandria? These and other topics will be covered during the course.

The sessions will be richly illustrated with images and enlivened through original sources which throw light on their stories.

MONDAY An introduction to the history and geography of ancient Egypt. Life in ancient Egypt. Hatshepsut – the woman who ruled as pharaoh

TUESDAY Akhenaton – the heretic pharaoh and his beautiful wife Nefertiti and his successor Tutankhamun.

WEDNESDAY The people of the tomb workers’ village including the notorious Paneb and other tomb robbers.

THURSDAY Ramesses II, his wars, his wives, his monuments and his temples. The harem conspiracy against Ramesses III.

FRIDAY Cleopatra, Alexandria and Rome.

THE LECTURER Michael O'Donoghue recently retired from a senior lecturer position at the University of South Australia. He is also Honorary Research Associate in Egyptology at the South Australian Museum. As well as teaching about ancient Egyptian religion he has taken ten study tours to Egypt. He has published articles on the Egyptian Column at the South Australian Museum and Egyptian ‘Letters to the Dead’. He works with a small group of enthusiasts to translate hieroglyphic texts.

4. PUGIN’S AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE, 4-10 JANUARY PRICE: $1300

Top 5 things we’ll experience:

1. The unfathomable creativity of a man on a par with a Mozart or a Leonardo da Vinci who could conjure up thousands of original designs in just fifteen years. 2. The great beauty of Pugin’s works and their creation, in the case of Tasmania, for those on the bottom rung of colonial society. 3. How he used design techniques for his Tasmanian buildings which were never used anywhere else, by him or by others, and the reason for this. 4. An ability to look at and ‘read’ many buildings around us with fresh eyes. 5. An in-depth appreciation of a designer whose revolutionary writings gave birth to ‘one of the greatest social and artistic movements of the Victorian age’.

You will be introduced to the prolific and stunningly beautiful work of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–52), England’s greatest early- Victorian architect, designer and theorist, who had a revolutionary impact on the entire course of nineteenth-century design. Although Pugin is best known for having designed the exterior detail and the entire interiors of the British Houses of Parliament in London, it has only been in recent years that his remarkable, and in many ways unique, body of work in Australia has been re-identified. It is the only coherent collection of his works outside Britain and Ireland, and most of it is in Tasmania. You will learn about Pugin’s seminal role in the Gothic Revival, that great nineteenth-century movement which touched the buildings and furnishings of settlements right throughout the British Empire. Because his legacy is fundamentally visual the course will offer you many hundreds of beautiful images, along with an analysis, of his designs. You will be amazed by the huge output of this genius as you are presented with examples of his buildings, precious metalwork, silk textiles, stained glass, carved wood and stone, illustrated books and much more. And you will experience at first hand some of his Tasmanian works.

MONDAY The grammar and vocabulary of English Gothic and the ecclesiology of medieval English churches. The background to the Gothic Revival in England. An introduction to Pugin and his life. Pugin’s writings and their impact on nineteenth-century design.

TUESDAY Pugin as a designer and the industrial firms who manufactured his work. A select survey of Pugin’s English and Irish works An introduction to Bishop Willson and his friendship with Pugin. WEDNESDAY The extraordinary heritage of Pugin’s works in Tasmania and how it all came about: Pugin’s Tasmanian church designs and their implementation. Pugin’s Tasmanian stained glass, silk textiles, carved stone and woodwork. Pugin’s Tasmanian metalwork and book illustrations.

THURSDAY Pugin’s buildings for Archbishop Polding of Sydney Pugin’s objects for Polding, Davis, Goold & Sillitoe. Afternoon excursion to Pugin sites in Hobart

FRIDAY Day excursion to Pugin sites in Southern Tasmania

THE LECTURER Brian Andrews is Executive Officer of the Pugin Foundation, an Australian non-profit organisation which assists in the conservation of Pugin’s Australian works. His passionate involvement in Pugin’s magnificent Australian heritage comes straight out of left field, for his ‘first’ career was over 33 years in Defence research and development. But his curiosity about Pugin goes right back to his engineering undergraduate years at the University of Adelaide during the 1950s. And it steadily grew until it took over his life from the late 1990s. Why? Because he had discovered that Australia is home to a magnificent treasure trove of Pugin’s works in stone, stained glass, carved wood, precious metals, silk textiles and more. In 2002 Brian curated the major travelling exhibition Creating a Gothic Paradise: Pugin at the Antipodes for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, its catalogue winning for him the 2003 William M.B. Berger award for excellence in British art history. He has over sixty-five publications in the cultural heritage field and was recently made a life member of the Association of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand.

5. CONVICTS AND EMIGRANTS IN COLONIAL TASMANIA - WITH A FOCUS ON WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES, 11-17 JANUARY PRICE: $1300

Top 5 things we’ll experience:

1. Introduction to the settlement of Tasmania. We examine the reasons Britain decided to send convicts to this far-flung part of the world. 2. An introduction to those who ran the colony and the early infrastructure. 3. Some new reflections on the nature of convicts sent to Tasmania. Were they different from those in other colonies over time and space, if so how? 4. Who were the women convicts and how did they fare? Where they the perceived ‘prostitutes and whores’ or something else altogether? 5. Free emigration in a convict world. Here we look at young, free single women from Great Britain and Ireland who freely chose to emigrate in the 1830s. This module will also look at convict family reunion

Do we really understand the reasons Great Britain decided to send convicts to the antipodes? Was it just shovelling offenders out of crowded gaols in England, Ireland and Scotland or was something else going on in the global world of the British Empire? We all know Australia began as a convict colony but this course will open a greater understanding to the background to this decision to settle ‘the great south land’. The course will focus on the specific case of Tasmania and its similarities and differences from the ‘mainland’. Local and national historians will open your eyes to new work being undertaken on the early white settlement of Tasmania. We will go to some settlement sites and see them through the eyes of those who have spent years unravelling the unique nature of the most remote settlement in the Empire. The human story of the people who were transported or freely chose to emigrate is an exciting one beyond the over-dramatisation of the frequently depicted mad, bad and depraved. All our presenters will share their years of academic work with you but it will be anything but dry and tedious lectures!! We will visit Port Arthur and the Female Factory at Cascades, sing some local ballads have a great time while learning about thing you may have thought you knew.

Our schedule will incorporate lectures and excursions on a daily basis. We are co-coordinating with local historians to get the best people to give you the best experiences both in the class room and during our excursions. There will be a full day outing to Port Arthur where you will gain non-tourist insights.

THE LECTURER Dr Perry McIntyre is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Sydney and has worked extensively in convict and emigration, particularly from Ireland. For many years she has lectured widely in Australia and overseas to academic and community groups. She regularly spends time in Ireland on research trips and this year spent 2 months in Ireland working through primary documents in archives for a new project on convicts. Her PhD on convict family reunion was published in Ireland in 2010 as Free Passage: the reunion of Irish convicts and the families in Australia 1788-1852. She has co-authored several books on single free female emigration with Elizabeth Rushen and they are still working on this aspect of colonial emigration to Australia. Their book on the pilot scheme for this emigration, Fair Game: Australia’s first emigrant women, included an analysis of the Princess Royal which brought women to Tasmania in 1832. Perry is the Chair of the Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee and is working on 4114 women who left the workhouses of Ireland during the famine, a task which includes managing the website of biographies of these women [www.irishfaminememorial.org]. She has served on many historical committees including, the Royal Australian Historical Society, the Australian Catholic Historical Society, Society of Australian Genealogists and the History Council NSW (2 years as Chair). She worked for six years as the Archivist at St John’s College within the University of Sydney and has wide interests in colonial Australian history.

6. INFINITY AND BEYOND – CONTEMPORARY AIR AND SPACE LAW, 11-17 JANUARY PRICE: $1300

Top 5 things we’ll experience:

1. A broad understanding of how international aviation is regulated; 2. An understanding of the way in which international law deals with the use of force in aviation – rules on hijacking, air rage and the use of military force against civil aviation; 3. An understanding of the law relating to liability of airlines for injury or death resulting from aviation accidents. 4. An understanding of the way in which Australian Customs and Immigration laws conform to international practice and how they are applied to travellers entering and leaving Australia; 5. An appreciation of the issues concerning the use of outer space for both military and peaceful purposes, including the dawning of the era of tourism in space.

A former Customs Senior Executive and current lecturer in International Air Law and Customs Law, and a practising solicitor from Shine Lawyers, the only law firm in Australia that has a specialised aviation law section, will provide an in depth look into many aspects of international air and space travel. They will attempt to answer those nagging questions that you may have about travelling by air: What is the purpose of all the bureaucratic processes at the airport? Why doesn’t my preferred airline fly where I want to go? What powers does the crew have to deal with the drunken passenger beside me? How can I make the best use of my duty free concession? Is travelling into outer space really going to happen for the average punter? The School will examine the many international conventions which make international air and space travel one of the most carefully regulated and controlled aspects of human activity. It will also explore the way in which Australia plays its part in making international air travel as safe and secure as it can be. Topics include:  How air routes, fares and capacity are determined for all scheduled flights;  The powers of Governments to act against terrorism and air rage – and how effective are they?  The circumstances in which a Government might lawfully take military action against civil aircraft;  The liability of airlines for death and injury to passengers;  Customs methods of operation and techniques for finding prohibited goods  Duty free goods and tax refunds – how they work.  The prospects for commercial space travel

The course will include a field trip to Hobart Airport’s international terminal to see what makes it “international”.

THE PROGRAM Each course will comprise presentations each morning and workshops in the afternoon on each of the five days, from Monday to Friday, starting at 9.00 am. Expect the workshops to finish no later than 3.00pm in order to free up the rest of the afternoon for private study and other activities. Should the group wish to continue the workshops for longer, that can be done as there is no shortage of material to work with.

MONDAY TO FRIDAY Morning Presentations and discussions, with short breaks and morning tea Afternoon Workshops and unscripted Q&A sessions plus some practical ways to make your travel more rewarding

THURSDAY AFTERNOON Visit to Hobart Airport

THE LECTURERS Adjunct Professor Mark Harrison is an experienced consultant and lecturer in international customs, trade and aviation law. Mark has a Masters Degree in International Customs Law and Administration from the University of Canberra and a Graduate Diploma in International Law from ANU. He is currently Principal Consultant with the Centre for Customs and Excise Studies (which is affiliated with both the University of Canberra and Charles Sturt University). Mark teaches International Customs Law, International Air Law and International Trade Law in the Centre’s Masters programs. Mark graduated from the Australian National University with an Honours degree in Law in 1976. From 1976 until 1989, he served in the Australian diplomatic service, with postings in Moscow (1977-1980) and Vienna (1987- 1989). In 1989 he joined the Australian Customs Service as Director of the International Section, and then served as a senior manager and later Senior Executive Service Officer in Passenger Processing, Anti-Dumping and Commercial Compliance branches. He received the Chief Executive Officer’s Award in 2000 for his contribution to the introduction of Tax Reform into Customs. He has worked as a consultant on Customs matters in Jordan, Dubai, Kenya, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Timor Leste and Australia. He has taught at the East China University of Science and Technology (Shanghai) and Ningbo University (China) and at Muenster University (Germany). Mark also taught International Air and Space Law at ANU from 1998 until 2006. Mark currently lives in Woodbridge, Tasmania but teaches face-to-face intensive classes in Canberra every semester. He is Senior Fellow at Jane Franklin Hall and a Member of College Council

Joseph Wheeler’s interest in aviation law began as a law student in 2003, when he learned how to fly, and after which he undertook unpaid internships at US law firms in 2006-07 to learn how to conduct aviation litigation from both the claimant and the defendant (airline/insurer) perspectives. After commencing practice in Australia, he undertook advanced study in international aviation law at the McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law (Montreal, Canada) where he was a lead speaker on the McGill University team (first winning international air law moot team, Dubai, 2011). Joseph was the first lawyer to be awarded a Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) Centennial Scholarship in London to complete his studies at McGill University, in recognition of his aptitude and dedication to aviation law. Joseph acts for claimants and their families in international and domestic aviation accident cases. These cases involve passenger injuries in accidents of charter, general aviation, and airline operations in Australia and overseas, and encompasses compensation claims for dependants of deceased passengers and crew. Joseph has been in practice since 2008 and his case work has included acting for the families of deceased passengers in the Lockhart River air crash in Queensland (Australia’s worst modern air disaster), as well as flying training accident cases, and domestic and international claims. He has worked as an aviation regulator within the Australian Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure and Transport, and regularly teaches and lectures on aviation law. These experiences ensure he can adeptly define and deal with issues in all varieties of aviation cases in order to seek justice for family members under Australian and international law.

7. BIOLOGY OF MARSUPIALS AND THE ECHIDNA AND PLATYPUS , 11-17 JANUARY PRICE: $1300

Top 5 things we’ll experience:

1. What are Marsupials, from what, when and where did they evolve? 2. How does their biology compare with that of other mammals particularly in regard to their reproduction and pouch life 3. What are some of the Conservation issues in particular: the Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) 4. Tasmania’s Marsupial fauna –visit some and note why some species have persisted in the Island State 5. The Platypus and Echidna; our own uniquely strange egg-laying mammals

Although found elsewhere (eg South America and PNG), Marsupials are the definitive animals of Australia. This course will delve into their fascinating history, showing how and when and where they evolved; how they arrived in Australia. Kangaroos have a specialised form of locomotion that is extremely energy efficient allowing them cover great distances. It is their unique form of reproduction utilising a pouch mainly rather than their uterus to maintain and nourish their young with a dynamically changing milk that suits them so well to the Australian environment. Tasmania is fortunate in having several species only found here and we will discuss some in detail including ‘the Devil’. We shall learn of the unique egg-laying biology of the echidna and platypus, and the unusual poisonous spine found in the platypus. The fauna of Tasmania will be demonstrated in the lab and at a Wildlife Park and at a night outing! Inevitably we will see some videos of the animals we are dealing with. Over 100 years ago (1909) TT Flynn (Errol’s father!) was appointed the first Professor of Zoology at the University of Tasmania and we may hear of his exploits…

THE PROGRAM Each course will comprise two morning lectures a day on each of the five days, from Monday to Friday, starting at 9.00 am. We will have two lectures each morning with a short break and a morning tea (with goodies!) in between, A short video before lunch and afterwards visit to the Museum, University Zoology department and a local Wildlife Park and weather permitting a night trip to watch wallabies, possums etc. doing their ‘thing’

THE LECTURER Associate Professor (retired) Randy ROSE (BSc Hons UNSW; PhD UTAS). Taught and researched Zoology - University of Tasmania (1970-2006 retired) Published 100+ scientific articles on Tasmanian marsupials and birds. Co-authored the book on ‘Bettongs’ published by CSIRO, awarded prize by Royal Zoological Society of NSW as ‘best book in the Natural History category’ 2008. Chief Examiner in Matriculation Biology Tasmania 1989-95 Senior Lecturer to Australian Science Olympic Team Editor of the Journal of the Australian Mammal Society 1998-2003 He has been a fellow of Jane Franklin Hall for 20 + years. Nominated many times for University of Tasmania Teaching Merit Award. Continues to lecture to the University of the Third Age, giving his fifth lecture course at present. Given many talks to Rotary, Probus and School for Seniors. Supervised over 50 honours/Masters students and 12 PhD students, Delivered the introductory talk at the exhibition in the University Library of Prof. TT Flynn’s (Errol’s father) time at UTAS 2009. Most recently became a volunteer adult literacy teacher, helping adults who for various reasons failed to learn to read/write during their life who now wish or need to.

8. THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS, 11-17 JANUARY PRICE: $1100 This course examines the history of the Ancient Greeks from Mycenaean and Minoan times until the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404BC with the modern, ongoing and serious purpose of studying our western cultural, political and philosophical development ever since – in effect the creation of western civilisation as we know it from its deepest roots.

Top 5 things we’ll experience:

1. who were the Greeks and where did they come from; 2. the growth of the polis; 3. the contrast between Spartan society and Athenian culture within Greece; 4. the development of democracy within Athens in the 6th and 5th centuries including the resistance to outside conquerors from Persia; and 5. the Golden Age and how it arose and became the model for modern democracies.

A longstanding teacher of history at both secondary and tertiary level who specialises in Ancient Greek History will deliver this course through a variety of media and presentations commencing with a seeding lecture each morning and after lunch on alternate days. The course will also include a histological group challenge where we consider a challenge to long established wisdom and blindly accepted interpretations of history.

Participants will be exploring the very roots of western civilization as it formed over a millennium in the eastern Mediterranean, the Greek mainland and the Aegean from 1600BC to 400BC.

TUESDAY The Dark Ages and the rise of Sparta

WEDNESDAY The Polis and Athens

THURSDAY Athenian Democracy and the Persian Wars FRIDAY Delian League or Athenian Empire?

THE LECTURER Dr Philip Dutton is the Principal of Burgmann College at the Australian National University known to previous groups for presenting a biographical history of the Life and Art of Charlie Chaplin. The study of the ancient Greeks down to Alexander the Great has been an academic pursuit for Philip since 1965 since he undertook Ancient History at university. His love for Chaplin has been more a personal hobby and an artistic interest but, as a teacher and lecturer focussing upon the Ancient Greeks, this course covers the development of an ancient people and culture and its resounding effects upon our own longstanding institutions and way of life.

9. PHILOSOPHY: LOVE AND THE GIFT, FROM PLATO TO POSTMODERNISM, 11-17 JANUARY PRICE: $1100

Top 5 things we’ll experience:

1. Discover what the giants of Western philosophy—Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas and Hegel—have to say about love. 2. Grapple with perennial questions of love and existence, using philosophical concepts and distinctions. 3. Appreciate how phenomenology and postmodernism have shaped contemporary thought on love, and why the notion of ‘gift’ is central in these movements. 4. Compare the approaches of outstanding contemporary thinkers Jean-Luc Marion, John Milbank, Dietrich von Hildebrand 5. Learn what Marcel Mauss discovered in his ground-breaking anthropology of gift-exchange, why Jacques Derrida famously denied that gifts are possible, and how Milbank exposed Derrida’s sophistry.

Are all human interactions motivated solely by self-interest? Or are some acts truly generous? One might think that there is true generosity whenever a gift is given. But in practice there are all sorts of obligations and social expectations attached to the gifts we offer. Do such obligations and expectations make our gifts false, insincere? Derrida and Marion think so. Milbank disagrees: the exchange of gifts in reciprocity is what the gift is all about. Love and generosity are embodied perfectly in community rather than in an individual’s one-way self-sacrifice.

One root of the controversy is a disagreement over the meaning of generosity. Is generosity essentially about self-sacrifice—giving with no expectation of thanks, enjoyment, or reward? Does it require even that we give of ourselves without hope of entering into a meaningful relationship with the other? Or is generosity essentially a movement toward mutual recognition and community? Von Hildebrand’s careful phenomenology promises to reconcile both sides of the argument. He delineates the special characteristics of each form of love. The giving of self that is highlighted in ‘love of neighbour’ is distinct from the giving of self that is highlighted in marriage (and in friendship).

Those attending this course will be given a selective overview of the history of the philosophy of love in the West. This, along with a summary explanation of phenomenology, will then serve as background for an extended exploration of the contemporary debate on love and gift. No formal background in philosophy will be assumed.

MONDAY Plato and Aristotle Augustine

TUESDAY Aquinas Hegel

WEDNESDAY Marcel Mauss and Jacques Derrida Jean-Luc Marion

THURSDAY John Milbank FRIDAY Dietrich von Hildebrand Summary

THE LECTURER Dr Brendan Triffett received his doctorate in Philosophy in 2011 through the University of Tasmania. One of his supervisors was Marcelo Stamm, who was supervised by someone who was supervised by Hans-Georg Gadamer ... and the chain goes back to Immanuel Kant. The title of his thesis was “Gift and Participation in the Theo-ontology of John Milbank.” He has published an article in The Heythrop Journal on Milbank and Neoplatonism and is working on several articles on metaphysics, Aquinas and the Trinity. He currently lectures in Critical Thinking and in Ethics at Tabor College, Hobart. He dreams of being able to play every Chopin nocturne and of eventually recording some of his piano compositions. He lives in Kingston, Tasmania with his wife and two daughters.

10. CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE – FACTS AND FALLACIES, 18-24 JANUARY PRICE: $1230

Top 5 things we’ll experience:

1. A broad understanding of Earth’s climate system and of the science behind the global warming issue; 2. An understanding of the processes of reconstruction of past climate and the forecasting of future climate, and an appreciation of the difficulties and uncertainties associated with both; 3. An appreciation of the difficulties and uncertainties associated with defining and forecasting the economic and social impacts of any future climate change, and with proposals for mitigating those impacts. 4. An understanding of the extent to which natural variability plays a role in Australian climate in particular and global climate in general; 5. An appreciation of the enormous scale of climate-relevant science within the major research precincts of Hobart.

Three internationally-recognized scientists from the field of climate research will give a series of lectures and Q&A sessions on a broad range of topics concerned with climate change. Among other things they will address such matters as the definition of weather versus climate; how and why Earth’s climate has changed in the past; cyclones, depressions, lows and troughs and how they are relevant to the climate-change story; the greenhouse effect and feedbacks in the climate system; the role of the oceans; how Antarctica and the Southern Ocean impact on Australian and global climate; rainfall projections for Australia; how numerical models operate; how models are used to make climate forecasts and how they attempt to overcome problems of uncertainty; how climate models may have their problems, but the problems of economic models required to assess the impact of climate change are inherently much worse; issues of public policy; and the sceptic versus establishment debate. All three of the lecturers will be present at all of the lectures so that, in the Q&A sessions, there should be plenty of argument. On the fifth and final day of the “school” it is hoped that there can be visits to two or three of the relevant government and university research institutions.

THE PROGRAM

MONDAY TO THURSDAY Morning: Three 55-minute lectures plus morning tea break Afternoon: A 55-minute lecture or a Q&A session.

FRIDAY Visits to research institutions

THE LECTURERS: Ian Allison is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania, an Associate of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC and the former leader of the Ice, Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate program at the Australian Antarctic Division. He has studied ice and climate for over 45 years and participated in or led 25 research expeditions to the Antarctic. Ian has published over 120 peer-reviewed papers on Antarctic science on topics including ice shelf - ocean interaction; Antarctic weather and climate; sea ice; and the mass budget of the Antarctic ice sheet. He was co-Chair of the ICSU/WMO Joint Committee that organised and coordinated the International Polar Year 2007-2008, a polar research program involving 50,000 participants from 60 countries. He has been a Lead Author of both the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and is the Past President of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. In 2012 he was awarded the Medal for International Scientific Coordination from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Mike Pook is an Honorary Research Fellow at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) and an Associate of the University of Tasmania. Prior to his retirement, he was a Senior Research Scientist at CMAR working in the Seasonal Prediction and Climate Variability Group within the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research. He began his career with the Bureau of Meteorology in Brisbane in 1967 while completing a BSc at the University of Queensland. After postgraduate training in Melbourne, Mike worked as a weather forecaster in Perth and Port Hedland before taking up a position as meteorologist at Pearce RAAF Base. A short stint in Port Moresby, PNG, was followed by a four-year posting to RAAF Base, Point Cook, as meteorology instructor to Defence Force pilots. Mike then worked as a senior forecaster in Hobart from 1978 to 1985. He spent the 1983-84 summer at Casey in Antarctica. After completing a PhD at the University of Tasmania in 1994 he worked as an academic, science communicator and administrator at the Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre until taking up a position with CMAR in 2002. Mike was also ABC Tasmania’s TV weather presenter for approximately 18 years from 1985 to the end of 2002. Garth Paltridge is an atmospheric physicist and was a Chief Research Scientist with the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research before taking up positions at the University of Tasmania (UT) as Director of the Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies and as the founding Director/CEO of the Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre. He is currently an Emeritus Professor at UT and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University. His early research ranged over topics as diverse as the optimum design of plants to the economics of climate forecasting. He is best known internationally for his work on atmospheric radiation and the theoretical basis of climate. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Garth spent various separate years overseas in postings concerned with research or research administration - in the UK, Geneva, New Mexico, Colorado and Washington D.C. In Geneva in 1975 he was involved in the early development of the World Climate Program. In Washington in 1989/90 he was with the US National Climate Program Office at the time of the establishment of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. He published a book for the general reader entitled “The Climate Caper” in 2009.

12. KNIGHTS AND LADIES: THE REALM OF MEDIEVAL CHIVALRY, 18-24 JANUARY PRICE: $1100

Top 5 things we’ll experience:

1. an introduction to the fascinating and compelling world of medieval chivalry 2. an introduction to the fabled tales of romance and courtly love 3. the opportunity to read and discuss famous literary works, from Chaucer’s Knight, to Lancelot and Guinevere, to the Legends of Robin Hood. 4. the opportunity to read and discuss original medieval documents, including an introduction to the technique of palaeography (reading medieval handwriting!) 5. an appreciation of why chivalry was taken seriously despite the gruesome violence of medieval warfare.

In 2014 knights and ladies returned to Australia. Doubtless their role will be largely symbolic. In the Middle Ages, however, knights and ladies stood at the very heart of aristocratic society. The mounted knight astride his stead, galloping into battle in full armour with sword in hand, represents the quintessential image of medieval warfare. This school tells the story of medieval knights and their ladies. It separates the myths of medieval chivalry from its realities. It explains why men could commit atrocities that by today’s standards were tantamount to war crimes, yet still consider themselves honourable warriors. It explains how aristocratic ladies became symbols of virtue, reflections of male heroism, and ideals of beauty requiring adoration: tropes that are still alive and kicking in modern Hollywood.

This school also tackles the key themes of medieval chivalry: romance and courtly love; the crusades; heralds and heraldry; tournaments, jousts and melees; and that most popular of all medieval tales, The Robin Hood Legend. It will combine entertaining and informative lectures with a hands- on approach that allows participants to engage with the world of medieval chivalry. We will read and discuss extracts from the Paston Letters (a remarkable collection of surviving private correspondences between members of a fifteenth-century knightly family); we will explore A Knight’s Tale by the great Geoffrey Chaucer; and together, we will sample an original medieval document: depositions taken before the English Court of Chivalry from 1386, which are as close as one can come to an oral history of medieval chivalry. Finally, we will consider what chivalry means to us today, how its meaning has gradually evolved over the last five-hundred years, and how we perceive and misconceive the original world of knights and ladies!

THE PROGRAM These topics are subject to time limitations and the availability of material. The mornings will be taken up with lectures, the afternoons with seminars and films. We shall cover the following topics:

 What Is Medieval Chivalry?  Romance and Courtly Love  Chivalry in Action: Myth versus Reality on the Battlefield!  Chroniclers and Warfare  The Crusades  Orders of Chivalry: Templars, Hospitallers, Garter Knights and More!  The Robin Hood Legend  Chaucer’s Knight  Heralds and Heraldry  Tournaments, Jousts and Melees  The Court of Chivalry  The Paston Letters  The Decline of Chivalry?  Modern Chivalry: From D’Artagnan to the Somme!  FILM VIEWINGS: The Adventures of Don Juan (1949), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), At Sword’s Point (1952)

THE LECTURER: Philip Caudrey was awarded his PhD in Medieval History in 2010. His doctoral thesis was entitled, ‘War and Society in Medieval Norfolk: The Warrior Gentry, c. 1350-c. 1430’. He has three published journal articles and is currently in negotiations for a book deal with Boydell & Brewer in the UK. His research interests include: the Hundred Years War (1337-1453), aristocratic and gentry society, war and chivalry, chivalric literature, and the relationship between war and memory. He has worked extensively on the archives of the English Court of Chivalry in a regional context, and is currently pursuing his research in this field with a national focus. Dr Caudrey is an Honorary Research Associate in the School of History & Classics at the University of Tasmania. He has tutored extensively and presented lectures in Medieval European and British History, Early Modern European and Imperial History, and Twentieth-Century European History.

13. ITALIAN OPERA, 18-24 JANUARY PRICE: $1100

A study of Puccini’s La bohème for lovers of Opera and the Italian language

Top 5 things we'll experience:

1. Guided by your lecturer, read the whole of Luigi Illica’s libretto 2. Get inside the process of composition and enhance you appreciation of the brilliance of Puccini’s music 3. Learn language skills that are transferable to all other operas in the Italian repertoire 4. Improve your knowledge and appreciation of the sounds of spoken Italian 5. Enjoy a private viewing of the whole opera in the company of your fellow aficionados!

You don’t have to be good at Italian to appreciate this course. The Lecturers will take you through the Libretto word by word, translating and explaining, and familiarizing you with the style of a well-written opera that will form a basis for your deeper appreciation of all Italian operas. Nobody will be put on the spot and asked to translate. Some prior knowledge of Italian, even if self-taught, is recommended, but whatever the current standard of your Italian we guarantee that it will be better at the end of the week!

Moreover you will see inside the mind of Puccini and appreciate his technique as a composer.

At the end of the week we shall watch the whole opera on DVD.

THE PROGRAM Each course will comprise four lectures a day on each of the five days, from Monday to Friday, starting at 9.00 am. There will be only one lecture after lunch each day, in order to free up most of the afternoon for private study and other activities. MONDAY xxx TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Special ‘gala’ performance of La bohème on DVD There will be a Farewell Dinner in the evening. SATURDAY Program ends after breakfast.

THE LECTURERS Jennifer Marten-Smith grew up in Tasmania and at age 12 was invited to study with Professor Gediga-Glombitza at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. At age 16 she made her public debut with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra as soloist in Schumann’s A minor Piano Concerto, having previously recorded the Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto with the TSO. Two years later she performed the Rubinstein Piano Concerto No 4 with the TSO and, that same year, was the youngest graduate of the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, where she was awarded a high distinction as a double major in piano performance and accompaniment. Other concertos in her repertoire include works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dohnányi, Mozart, Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky, and she has appeared as soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover. In 1989 she began work as a répétiteur with the State Opera of South Australia and subsequently joined the Victorian State Opera Young Artist Programme. Between 1997 and 2001 she was répétiteur at the Staatsoper Hannover and was also a member of the chamber group Trio Médard. She was a full-time member of the music staff with Opera Australia from 2001 to 2012. She has more than 90 operas in her repertoire. Jennifer is now living in Hobart and is in demand as a vocal coach and accompanist.

David Daintree is a native of Sydney. He took a BA from the University of New England, and an M Litt from Cambridge. He completed his PhD in Tasmania. His academic background is in Classics, but he is primarily a medieval Latinist. He left school early, working in advertising and public relations before going on to university. He then he taught for four years at Geelong Grammar School’s Timbertop, and was subsequently Senior Classics Master at St Peter’s College, Adelaide. David was Principal of Jane Franklin Hall from 1984 to 2002. He has been a visiting professor at both the Universities of Siena and Venice, and a visiting fellow at St. John's College, University of Manitoba, Canada. From 2002 to 2008 he was Rector of St John’s College in the University of Sydney, and served as President of Campion College, Australia’s only Liberal Arts college, from 2008 to 2012. Early in 2013 he was appointed an Honorary Life Fellow of Campion College. He is currently the Director of the Christopher Dawson Centre for Cultural Studies in Tasmania. David is married to Elizabeth and they have three grown-up children, and four grandchildren. Their family home is in Colebrook, Tasmania.