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ONLINE Lectures 2025
Immerse yourself in a world of art, culture, history and more...
all from the comfort of your own home.
Online, one-hour at a time, new lectures are held on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays of each week.
Can't make the lecture time below? Don't worry... you can ‘Watch on Demand’ for 30 days after the lecture is broadcast!
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The Venice in Peril Fund
Preserving the Floating City
| Dr Susan Steer |
For our first lecture in 2025, learn about an organisation which raises funds for at-risk monuments, buildings and artworks across Venezia, with all lecture proceeds going to the charity itself.
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Syria (and Beyond) Under the Seleukids
Part I: Alexander's Greatest Legacy
| Dr John Tidmarsh |
Discover what came after Alexander the Great with this fascinating look at the rise of a powerful Greek empire that dominated West Asia during the Hellenisitic period.
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Lake Mungo
The Treasures
| Dr Chris Carter |
Immerse yourself in the atmospheric beauty and incredible archaeological remains of a lake in New South Wales which boasts 50,000 years of Aboriginal settlement.
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Syria (and Beyond) Under the Seleukids
Part II: In Search of ‘Lost’ Cities
| Dr John Tidmarsh |
Discover the spectacular archaeological remains of a multinational empire that once stretched from Thrace to the border of India and included Babylonia, Syria, and Anatolia.
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La Traviata
Verdi, Opulence and Forbidden Love
| Sandy Burnett |
In the wake of a special encore season at the Sydney Opera House, immerse yourself in the beloved operatic classic based on Alexander Dumas' novel La Dame aux Camélias.
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Yayoi Kusama
Polka Dots, Pumpkins and Beyond
| Kenneth W. Park |
Marvel at the unique worldview of one of the world's most celebrated living artists spotlighted in a blockbuster exhibition at the NGV this summer.
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Portugal
Part I: The Birth of a Nation
| Dr Jeni Ryde |
Learn about the fascinating genesis of the oldest nation-state in Europe that went on to command a vast colonial empire during the late Middle Ages.
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Ancient Greek Sculpture
Beyond the Elgin Marbles
| Byron Comninos |
Be mesmerised by one of the world's greatest and most influential artistic traditions: the stone carvings of Ancient Greece.
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Portugal
Part II: Borderlands and Rivalry with Spain
| Dr Jeni Ryde |
Discover the utterly charming historic villages along the Spanish and Portuguese frontier which loom large in the Portuguese psyche.
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Federico Fellini
His Life and Work
| Dr Jeni Ryde |
Explore the Italian filmmaker considered one of the greatest directors of all time, whose distinctive work mixed fantasy and baroque excess with gritty social critique.