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1 November, 2017

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Word, Image, Song: Celebrating 500 years of Luther's Reformation

Date/Time: Monday, 16 October 2017 - Thursday, 30 November 2017

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

Cost: Free: All Welcome

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On 31 October 1517 the German Augustinian monk, Martin Luther, attached his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. Luther's objections to church doctrine and practices, relating especially to the sale of indulgences, sparked the Protestant Reformation and instigated social and political change on a global scale.

Luther's belief that Scripture alone is the sole authority for Christian belief and practice, and therefore that salvation is dependent on faith alone because of Christ's sacrifice, emphasised the value of the word of God and the need for the word to be available to people in their own language.

Luther's reforms spread rapidly through Europe, and also influenced the colonisation of South Australia and its German immigrants. The recording of Aboriginal languages by German missionaries in order to spread the word of God through the vernacular acted to keep languages alive and establish new traditions of Aboriginal song.

This exhibition will explore the importance of the word, its transmission through the new technology of printing, and its interpretation through images and song.

On display in the Rare Books & Special Collections foyer from 16 October - 29 October 2017 and in the Barr Smith Library Reading Room (level 2) from 30 October - 30 November 2017.

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


 

Executive Dean's Public Lecture series: Transforming endocrine therapy for breast and prostate cancer

Date/Time: Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Location: G030, Ground floor lecture theatre, Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences building

Cost: FREE

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The Executive Dean's Public Lecture series presents Transforming endocrine therapy for breast and prostate cancer, by Dr Luke Selth and Dr Theresa Hickey.

Breast cancer is predicted to become the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in 2017, with one in every eight women estimated to be diagnosed before their 85th birthday.

Prostate cancer diagnosis have decreased over the past five years--yet prostate cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men.

Breast and prostate cancers arise from abnormal hormone receptor activity. The major treatment is to abolish the offending hormone receptor's activity. For some, this treatment is completely ineffective or their cancer becomes rapidly resistant to treatment.

Dr Selth and Dr Hickey will discuss how they leverage the similarities of breast and prostate cancer to make discoveries aimed at revolutionising the treatment of both diseases, by attempting to reprogram the hormone receptors that drive breast and prostate cancer.

We invite you to hear about their innovative research in our final public lecture for 2017.

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