Upcoming events

Free Mozart Opera Screening: Don Giovanni

Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Braggs Lecture Theatre

The first screening in the Alliance Francaise Free Screenings: Operas de Mozart series is the comic melodrama, Don Giovanni. In this new production, the energy of the young cast melds into Jean-François Sivadier’s theatrical mise en scene under the artistic direction of Jérémie Rhorer, in what is a veritable show of seduction, desire and demise. Introduction by Luke Dollman, Deputy Director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music, who will put the opera in an historical context, talk about the performers and the points of interest in this particular production as well as the Aix en Provence Festival and its place in the music world. Refreshments provided.

Free Mozart Screenings: Cosi Fan Tutte

Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Braggs Lecture Theatre

The second screening in the Alliance Francaise Free Screenings: Operas de Mozart series is Cosi Fan Tutte. In this new production, filmmaker and stage director Christophe Honoré explores the power relationships between the characters who are ruled by desire. Introduction by Luke Dollman, Deputy Director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music, who will put the opera in an historical context, talk about the performers and the points of interest in this particular production as well as the Aix en Provence Festival and its place in the music world. Refreshments provided.

Women in Leadership: The Fay Gale Centre's Celebration of International Women's Day

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location: Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library

The Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender invites you to our Celebration of International Women’s Day 2020. Em. Prof. Carol Johnson will present her new research on women in leadership, contrasting depictions of women leaders from different nations. Discussion will revolve around questions of equity and diversity in leadership, alternative models of leadership and strategies to increase women’s participation in leadership.

Words and Music for Iris

Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Mead Hall at Flinders St Baptist Church

The J. M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice presents the Fringe show "Word and Music for Iris". This concert consists of a programme of songs mentioned in Iris Murdoch's novels—from Shakespeare songs to Mozart arias, from folk songs to jazz standards—with associated readings from favourite novels like The Sea, the Sea, The Philosopher's Pupil, The Bell and more. This event is adapted from a programme presented in July 2019 at the Iris Murdoch centenary conference in Oxford.

Food Values Research Group seminar: "Male Farmer Distress and Suicides: The subject enmeshed in political and moral economies, ordinary ethics and more-than-human encounters"

Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library

The Food Values Research Group seminar series, now in its fifth year, brings together researchers from diverse fields with an interest in food production and consumption.

Online concert Elder Conservatorium of Music

Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020, 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm
Location: https://arts.adelaide.edu.au/music/engage/concert-series

Helen Ayres violin
Anna Goldsworthy piano

Live Online Taichi Lesson with the Confucius Institute

Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Online

To help celebrate UN Chinese Language Day, which is designed to promote multilingualism and cultural diversity around the globe, the Confucius Institute at the University of Adelaide is conducting an Online Live Taichi lesson via Zoom.

Jane Austen: The French Connection

Date: Sat, 16 May 2020, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Reading Room, Barr Smith Library

This concert is a unique performance of pieces from Jane Austen’s rich collection of manuscript music books in the grandiose setting of the Reading Room (Barr Smith Library).

Water sharing in the Murray-Darling Basin: An online discussion with Mick Keetly

Date: Tue, 26 May 2020, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Online

Reduced water availability in the Murray–Darling Basin affects many stakeholders: producers of food and fibre, irrigators, and people involved in recreation and tourism. Communities and livelihoods are at stake, and environmental issues are significant.

World Environment Day Fay Gale Lecture - Gender and Climate Change

Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020, 12:00 am
Location: Online

The gendered implications of climate changes have been evident across the globe, drawing attention to the way gender inequalities translate to significant and exaggerated disadvantages during major crises.