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Waiting for the Barbarians

Date/Time: Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Location: Elder Hall, North Terrace Campus

Cost: Free event

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Public lecture to honour the life and achievements of Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee. Brought to you by the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice in association with the Hawke Research Institute.

Waiting for the Barbarians, a public lecture by Professor Jonathan Lear, University of Chicago. Opening by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide, Professor Warren Bebbington.

Although this is a free event, bookings are essential through eventbrite.

Featuring a reading by Nobel Laureate J.M Coetzee, and musical performances by pianist and author Anna Goldsworthy, the Zephyr Quartet and mezzo-soprano, Elizabeth Campbell.

Contact: Dr Dominique Wilson, Email: dominique.wilson@adelaide.edu.au, J.M Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, The University of Adelaide, Business: +61 8 8313 8132