University Events Calendar

15 September, 2016

Chris Herzfeld's Superheroes: Toxic Debris

Date/Time: Thursday, 28 July 2016 - Monday, 31 October 2016

Location: Level 3, The Hub

Cost: Free

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A sequel to Superheroes: Golden Vengeance, this photographic comic strip by Chris Herzfeld is on display on level 3 Hub until 31 October 2016 during Barr Smith Library hours.

Superheroes: Golden Vengeance and its sequel Superheroes: Toxic Debris are Parallax Graphic collaborations and form a collection focused on heroes.

The work analogises good vs evil and the archetype of heroes, and brings to the fore the daily bombardment of imagery and the interplay between sacred stories and crass consumerism in modern culture.

Contact: Ms Elizabeth Pascale, Email: elizabeth.pascale@adelaide.edu.au, Project Officer, University Collections, Business: The University of Adelaide, Other: 8313 3714

Exhibition: Have Book, Will Travel: Mapping Provenance in Rare Books & Special Collections

Date/Time: Thursday, 1 September 2016 - Monday, 31 October 2016

Location: Barr Smith Library, Rare Books & Special Collections, Level 1

Cost: Free: All Welcome

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From America, England, Europe and even Antarctica, many of the books held in Special Collections have travelled far and wide to get here.

This exhibition showcases just how far some of these books have come, based on the inscriptions and bookplates found inside their covers.

This exhibition is both physical and virtual. By visiting https://goo.gl/wvbbdq you can explore the map of all the books featured in the exhibition and many more.

Contact: Ms Cheryl Hoskin, Email: cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au, Special Collections Librarian, Business: (08) 8313 5224

Health Issues in Two Disadvantaged Communities

Date/Time: Thursday, 15 September 2016, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Location: Florey Lecture Theatre, Medical School South, Level 1, Frome Road, Adelaide

Cost: FREE

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Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide Executive Dean's Public Lecture Series presents: Health Issues in Two Disadvantaged Communities

The mainly indigenous population of the Kimberley area of northern WA is separated from the people of Ermera district of Timor Leste by the Timor Sea, which is the subject of a sovereignty dispute between the governments of Australia and East Timor. The two communities share the problem of social and economic disadvantage. While there are similarities between the public health problems in each community there are also some areas of contrast. In this presentation Dr Gun will compare and contrast the public health concerns of the two communities.

About the presenter:
Dr Richard Gun AO graduated in Medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1960. He is a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Public Health, having retired as Senior Lecturer in Occupational and Environmental Health in 2002. He has published over 50 papers on subjects such as cancer rates in veterans of the British nuclear tests in Australia, cancer rates in the petroleum industry, occupational injury prevention, occupational heat stress and whiplash injury. He is a former Censor in what is now the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Dr Gun served as Chairman of the Interim National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, 1983-84. He was Member of the Australian Parliament from 1969 to 1975. Since retiring from occupational medicine in 2007 Dr Gun has made several visits to East Timor working in a rural health centre, and to the Kimberley area in WA working in a mainly aboriginal community.

Contact: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Email: fhs.events@adelaide.edu.au

Fiona Roberts & Jacqui Way: Calendar of Cakes

Date/Time: Thursday, 15 September 2016, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Location: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library

Cost: $5

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Lamingtons, anyone? Homemade, we mean, and created with love from the South Australian Country Women's Association's near century of baking wisdom. Or perhaps it's a big day. How about a jaw-dropping five-layer pink ombre cake? Berry pavlovas and peach cakes in summer, fig tortes and plum streusel in autumn, winter's marmalade cake and spring's strawberry sponge.

These recipes have been passed down through generations and perfected over years. Come along to our next Friends event and meet the authors of this beautifully presented new book, Calendar of Cakes: recipes, tips and tricks from the SACWA.

Bookings by Tuesday 13 September to: friends_library@adelaide.edu.au
Telephone: 8313 4064
Open to the public, all welcome.

Contact: Friends of the University of Adelaide Library, Email: friends_library@adelaide.edu.au