Seminars
2010
Isolated Cases?
100 Years of Medical Research in Australia
21 February 2010
Marking the centenary of the establishment of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, this one-day colloquium encompassed the history of medical research in Australia from the 19th century to the present.
Conference Chair: Dr Claire Hooker, University of Sydney
Honorary Address: Prof. Donald Metcalf AC FRS, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Historical Comment: Emeritus Prof. Rod Home FAHA, University of Melbourne
Isolated Cases?
Exploring the Medical Humanities in Australia
20 February 2010
This symposium marked the inaugural meeting of the Association for the Medical Humanities (Australia and New Zealand). Inspired by practitioners from around the country, this one-day symposium discussed Australian interests and projects in all aspects of the Medical Humanities.
Convenor: Dr Claire Hooker, coordinator, Medical Humanities, and President, AMH (ANZ).
2009
Securitizing Life
A one-day workshop on biopolitics, biosecurity and warfare
11th November 2009
Presenters:
Professors Mitchell Dean and Michael Dillon, A/Profs Anthony Burke and Ian Kerridge, and Drs Melinda Cooper, Catherine Mills, Niamh Stephenson and Jeremy Walker
Law in the Time of Anthrax
Presented by Dr Christian Enemark, Centre for International Security
12th March 2009
In 2009 Australia will adopt a new scheme to regulate the possession, handling, transfer and disposal of so-called ‘security-sensitive biological agents’. The scheme is modelled on U.S. ‘select agents’ regulations which were strengthened after the anthrax attacks of late 2001. Laboratory research on pathogenic micro-organisms is a difficult subject of security-oriented attention because, on the one hand, it vitally informs medical and public health responses to infectious disease threats of natural or deliberate origin. On the other hand, biological agents, and the knowledge of what makes them dangerous, can be diverted and used for malign purposes. Drawing on U.S. experiences, this presentation explores some of the dilemmas which arise when a government chooses to ‘securitize’ infectious disease threats using regulatory mechanisms. The challenge for biosecurity regulation, implemented to address concerns about biological weapons use, is to maximise security benefits while minimising interference with legitimate scientific research conducted for therapeutic ends.
2007
The 2007 NSW Mental Health Act – The Patient, the Community and Values
27th November 2007
Speakers: Drs Michael Robertson, Matthew Large, Martyn Patfield, Professor Timothy Lambert, Associate Professors Colleen Loo and Merrilyn Walton
Living, Imagining and Controlling Bodies
17th August 2007
Speakers: Professors Jane Ussher, Grant Gillett, Catherine Waldby, Carl Elliott, Paul Komesaroff, Associate Professor Rosalyn Diprose
2005
Diversity of Discourse Communities in Health: Power, Politics and Risk
Joint conference with COMET- held jointly at Macquarie and Sydney Universities
1st – 2nd July 2005
Speakers: Profs Ian Anderson, Rob Barrett, Nancy Dubler, David Henry, Paul Komesaroff, Dr Jim Martin
Colloquia included: R Aldrich, J Allwood, C Angelelli, E Armstrong, M Awang, H Barnes, E Barton, J Bernheim, W Blood, D Briffa, P Butow, C Candlin, K Chater, P Cheung, B Chow, R Clerehan, G Cortese, J Crichton, M Crouch, H Daey, J Elliott, R Fahey, A Ferguson, A Firkins, R Forsyth, P Harper, F Hawthorne, D Hemmings, P Hobbs, S Holm, L Howell, W Hu, N Ibrahim, R Iedema, F Irvine, T Johnston, J Kealey, B Kokkinn, H Korner, E Koritschoner A LeCouteur, M Legg, S Lewis, B Liang, M Lirola, M Little, D Long, A Lyons, T Lysaght, C McGrath, P McGrath, S McKay, J McPhee, E Merghati, M Mitchell, G Mooney, A Moore, J Napier, C Newman, A Ngah, K O’Doherty, S Panozzo, L Prior, G Roberts, H Robertson, W Rogers, T Rosenfeld, S Sarangi, C Schryer, P Schulz, K Smith, A Storey, M Stubbe, H Tebble, J R Travaglia, L Trevena, K Valentine, R Wette, S Winch, H Worth
Clinical Ethics in Australia: the First National Workshop
30th June 2005
Speakers: Profs Nancy Dubler, Grant Gillett and Paul Komesaroff, A/Profs Ian Kerridge and Cameron Stewart, Dr Peter Saul and Ms Julie Letts
2004
Policing Virtue?
28th May 2004
Speakers: Profs Mary Chiarella and Lawrence Schneiderman, A/Profs Ian Kerridge and Kathleen Montgomery, Dr Cameron Stewart
2003
Global History, Human Nature and the New World Order
29th August 2003
Speakers: Hon. Justice Michael Kirby, Prof. Raimond Gaita, Rev. Tim Costello, Dr Michael Carey
2001
Death Sentence – a Reflection on the Ethical Aspects of Palliative Care
A Public Lecture presented by Prof. Paul Komesaroff
2000
“Yes, But What Does the Community Want?” Discourse Ethics, Stakeholdings and Public Opinion
9th June 2000
Speakers: Prof. Miles Little, A/Prof. Kathleen Montgomery, Mr Chris Jordens and Miss Emma-Jane Sayers
1999
What’s Your Evidence? Defending Arguments in a Pluralist World
5th – 6th August 1999
Speakers: Profs Arthur Frank and Miles Little, Dr Alexandra Barratt, Ms Nancy Dubler, Ms Lucie Rychetnik and Mr Chris Jordens
1998
Ethics Fatigue – The Fracturing of Medical Ethics
16th October 1998
Speakers: Profs Donald Evans, Miles Little and Ross Sheil, A/Prof. Paul McNeill, Clinical A/Prof. Michael Fearnside, Ms Mary Chiarella and Mr Chris Jordens
1997
Humane Values in Medical Education
29th - 30th September 1997
Speakers: Profs Robin Downie, Stephen Leeder, Miles Little and Gavin Mooney, A/Prof. Jill Gordon, Drs Milton Lewis, Stanley Galston, Robert Cummings, Norman Swan and Kim Paul, Rev. Ross Clifford, Ms Mary Chiarella, Ms Patricia Lyons and Mr Christopher Jordens
1996
Equity, Rationing in Health
Opening of the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine by Dame Leonie Kramer and ensuing seminar
11th November 1996
Speakers: Profs Uffe Juul Jensen, Stephen Leeder and Gavin Mooney, Miles Little, Drs Rob Simon and Robert Young, and Ms Julie Hamblin