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6 September, 2016

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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


 

Free Public Lecture - Professor Fiona Stanley: "Before the Bough Breaks"

Date/Time: Tuesday, 6 September 2016, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Location: The Braggs lecture theatre, North Terrace campus

Cost: Free

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2016 Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture

Before the bough breaks: guarding the future of our children with data and research by Professor Fiona Stanley.

About the Speaker:

Professor Fiona Stanley AC, FAA, FASSA is the Founding Director and Patron of the Telethon Kids Institute (formerly Telethon Institute for Child Health Research), Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Western Australia and Vice Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Melbourne where she was Director, 2013 Festival of Ideas.

Professor Stanley has spent her career researching the causes and prevention of major childhood illnesses and birth defects.
Her research spans population, epidemiological and public health research; maternal and child health in Aboriginal and Caucasian populations; the developmental origins of health and disease; linking research, policy and practice; and strategies to enhance health and well-being in populations. She pioneered the development, linkage and analysis of population level data and record linkage in Western Australia as a research and evaluation capacity.

For her research on behalf of Australia's children and Aboriginal social justice, she was named Australian of the Year in 2003 and in 2006 she was made a UNICEF Australia Ambassador for Early Childhood Development.

In this Lecture Professor Stanley will put forward a compelling case for the power of epidemiology. Understanding the patterns, causes and effects of health and disease conditions must be the cornerstone of public health and preventive healthcare, to provide cost-effective health advice and service to children and families. She will advocate that investment in large cohort studies and health data linkage is fundamental to generating solutions for pressing societal problems, and to combat the major challenges that future generations will face.


This event is free and open to all but please register.

Organised by the Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide.


Contact: Sarah Eley, Email: sarah.eley@adelaide.edu.au, Marketing and Communications Manager, Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide