Ngā kaupapa e heke mai
Thursday, 8 September 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Union St East, Dunedin
Professor Brent Lovelock delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: “Invasive Alien Species: Bad nature … or simply new nature in mid-Exocene Aotearoa?”
Thursday, 8 September 2022
at 5:30pm
- St David Lecture Theatre, St David Street, Dunedin
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ and the University of Otago are proud to present the inaugural Fred Hollows Public Lecture. Join us in celebrating 30 years of Fred Hollows capturing the hearts of people across the world with his vision of helping people see.
Thursday, 8 September 2022
at 7:30pm
- Archway 2 lecture theatre, University of Otago Dunedin campus.
On the topic, “Martin Luther on Refugees: Lessons for Today from a Sixteenth-Century Reformer”.
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
Professor Peter Adams delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: Why music matters to me, and why it should matter to you.
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
at 5:15pm
- Archway 1 Lecture Theatre, Union Street East, Dunedin.
Professor Merilyn Hibma delivers her Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled, “Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer: A translational research success story”.
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
at 6:00pm
- Burns 2 Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor Arts Building, Albany St, Dunedin
The lecture describes the contribution made to Medicine and Science by the Islamic Golden Age from 760–1200 in Baghdad, which became an unrivalled intellectual centre between the fall of the Roman Empire and the early Renaissance.
Thursday, 15 September 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 2 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
Professor Mik Black delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: Genomics by the numbers: adventures in the data-verse.
Thursday, 15 September 2022
at 6:45pm
- Ground Floor Seminar Room, Kōwhai G.01, 310 Great King Street, Faculty of Denistry, University of Otago, Dunedin
Dr Jill McIlraith will be sharing her experiences within her role as a MEDSAC doctor; discussing her work undertaking forensic sexual assault examinations and reviewing current trends of non-fatal strangulation and sexual assaults in Dunedin.
Friday, 16 September 2022
at 12:30pm
- Rolleston Lecture Theatre, University of Otago Christchurch, 2 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch.
Chris Pemberton’s talk will cover a wide range of study areas (including his Masters) and will include caterpillars, an attempt to rewrite a small part of the textbooks, how to tell if someone has dodgy coronary arteries and a side hustle involving COVID.
Monday, 19 September 2022
at 5:15pm
- Archway 3 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
English poet John Keats once referred to the earth as "the vale of soul-making". For Joy, soul-making is a way of talking about spirituality and describing life's journey. Soul-making is not about becoming more spiritual; it is about becoming more human.
Monday, 19 September 2022
at 5:15pm
- Archway 2 Lecture Theatre, University of Otago Dunedin campus.
The 2022 Suffrage Lecture will be presented by Melissa Lama.
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
Professor Chris Hepburn delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: Restoring marine ecosystems for what will be.
Thursday, 22 September 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
Professor Simon Stebbings delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: Therefore the moon … washes all the sky
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
Professor Zhiyi Huang delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: Computer systems and X – a pilgrim's journey
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
at 7:30pm
- Via Zoom, Dunedin
Join Dr Richard Davis for his lecture – Decolonial Settler Theology: A Pakeha Theological Proposition
Thursday, 29 September 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
Professor Karen Nairn delivers her Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: Fierce hope and research with young people
Thursday, 29 September 2022
at 5:30pm
- Burns 1 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the lives of history in Aotearoa New Zealand
Thursday, 29 September 2022
at 6:00pm
- Burns Lecture Theatre 2, University of Otago, 95 Albany Street, Dunedin North
Mr Wang Genhua, Deputy Chief of Mission and Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China will speak on China's policy towards the Asia Pacific region.
Friday, 30 September 2022
at 12:00pm
- Online
What constitutes the core values, tenets, cultural, historic, and ideological parameters of secularism in international contexts? Join us to hear Associate Professor Ann Black speak to her new co-edited volume, "Religious Freedom in Secular States".
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
Professor Siân Halcrow delivers her Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: Sensitive little souls: Insights into our past
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, University of Otago Dunedin campus
Professor Jonathan Broadbent delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled, “Getting long-itudinal in the tooth: caries, trajectories, and disparities”.
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
Professor Anita Gibbs delivers her Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: “The criminalisation of children and youth with neurodisabilities in Aotearoa New Zealand”.
Thursday, 13 October 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
This event has been postponed due to COVID-19 Alert Levels
Friday, 14 October 2022
at 12:00pm
- Room 1.19, Level 1, Otago Business School, corner Clyde Street and Union Street East, Dunedin.
Professor Ananish Chaudhuri provides a critical perspective on the role of cognitive biases in decision-making during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
Friday, 14 October 2022
at 4:00pm
- RMOOT (Moot Court, 10th Floor Richardson Building), and via Zoom, Dunedin
Professor Rita Raley of the University of California at Santa Barbara will present the 2022 Margaret Dalziel Lecture, which is titled: In the wake of Ovid's unicorn: Critical and Artistic Engagements with Machine Learning/AI.
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
at 12:30pm
- Rolleston Lecture Theatre, University of Otago Christchurch, 2 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch
Professor Philippa Seaton delivers her Inaugural Professorial Lecture titled: “Nursing an ambition? Innovation and research in Nursing at Otago”.
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
at 5:30pm
- Rolleston Lecture Theatre, University of Otago Christchurch, 2 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch
Professor Tim Eglinton delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: “Surgery in Evolution: Technology, Trials and Training”
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
at 5:30pm
- Ombrellos Kitchen and Bar, 10 Clarendon Street, Dunedin Central, and online via Zoom
Save the date for October's Thirst for Knowledge event, with Dr Gaya Gnanalingam from the Department of Marine Science at the University of Otago.
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
at 4:00pm
- Barnett Lecture Theatre, Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin
A public lecture delivered by Nobel Prize winner Professor Martin Chalfie.
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
at 5:30pm
- Te Wao Nui, Otago Business School, 60 Clyde Street, Dunedin
Professor Chris Bullen will present ideas for how, through multidisciplinary, international partnerships and drawing on lessons learned from global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, we might turn the tide on the pandemic of tobacco-related impacts.
Thursday, 17 November 2022
at 5:30pm
- Moot Court, 10th Floor, Richardson Building, Corner Union and Castle St, Dunedin
Julian Agyeman (Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University, Boston) will deliver a public lecture entitled “Just Sustainabilites in Policy, Planning and Practice”
Monday, 21 November 2022
at 5:30pm
- Burns 1 Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Dunedin
‘Structure and switches — Cancer signalling at the molecular level’, presented by Associate Professor Peter Mace.
Thursday, 24 November 2022
at 5:15pm
- Barnett Lecture Theatre, First Floor, Dunedin Hospital and online via Zoom
In mythology the liver was the seat of life, with religious and mystical properties including regeneration. This talk looks at how knowledge of the structure and function of the liver has progressed through history.
Thursday, 24 November 2022
at 5:30pm
- Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Union St East, Dunedin, Dunedin
Professor Patricia Priest delivers her Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: Life through an epidemiological lens
Monday, 28 November 2022
at 5:30pm
- Archway 1 Lecture Theatre, Union Street East, Dunedin 9016
Professor Tim Cooper delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: “Why Richard Baxter matters (to me)”.
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
at 5:30pm
- Ombrellos Kitchen and Bar, 10 Clarendon Street, Dunedin
Previously scheduled for Tuesday 26 July 2022.
Come and hear Dr Florian Beyer from the Department of Mathematics unravel the mysteries of the young universe.Tuesday, 6 December 2022
at 5:30pm
- Hunter Centre, Room G30a/b, Cnr Great King Street and Frederick, Dunedin
The Department of Surgical Sciences invites you to a public lecture presented by Professor Doug Seals, a Distinguished Professor of Integrative Physiology and Medicine at the University of Colorado
