Boyer Lectures
In a series of four orations delivered by noted musicians, the 2024 Boyer Lectures will explore the state of classical music in Australia in the contemporary age.
the anthology of four lectures will be delivered by Professor Anna Goldsworthy, Lyn Williams AM, founder and director of Gondwana Choirs, Iain Grandage, leading Australian composer and former Artistic Director of the Perth Festival and accomplished violist, conductor and composer, Aaron Wyatt.
Since 1959, the ABC's Boyer Lectures have sparked conversations about critical ideas.
Latest episodes
Oct 4, 2017 • 29min
Fast, smart and connected: All technology has a history (and a country)
Professor Genevieve Bell reveals how new technologies change life, but rarely in the ways we anticipate. How might the origin stories of the typewriter, the robot and electricity equip us to invent the future?
Oct 3, 2017 • 26min
Fast, smart and connected: Dealing lightning with both hands
Professor Genevieve Bell looks at how personal computers and the internet have reshaped our lives, and the possibilities we’ve imagined for ourselves and each other.
Oct 2, 2017 • 27min
Fast, smart and connected: Where it all began
Professor Genevieve Bell explains why she’s returned home after decades in Silicon Valley, and explores Australia’s role in building our current digital world.
Sep 4, 2017 • 2min
Introducing 2017 Boyer Lecturer, Prof Genevieve Bell
What does it mean to be human, and Australian, in a digital world?
Jan 12, 2017 • 29min
Social justice and health: making a difference
There are examples from around the world, of community and government actions that make a difference to health inequalities. Creating the conditions for individuals to take control over their lives will enable social flourishing of all members of society.
Jan 11, 2017 • 29min
Living and working
Unemployment is bad for health, but work can damage health, too. When work is no longer the way out of poverty, health suffers.
Jan 10, 2017 • 29min
Give every child the best start
Absence of the nurturing and presence of the harmful are important for the whole of life and are strong contributors to inequalities in adult health. There is much we can do to make things better at both the level of national policy and at the local level supporting families and children.
Jan 9, 2017 • 29min
Health inequality and the causes of the causes
There are large inequalities in health within and between countries. To explain this we have to look at the social determinants of health—the conditions in which people are born, grow, live work and age; and inequities in power, money and resources.
Sep 24, 2016 • 29min
Social justice and health: making a difference
Explore global community actions that tackle health inequalities and empower individuals for social flourishing. Discover the urgency of redirecting wealth for health equity and hear about the concerning rise of inequality in Australia, particularly around Indigenous issues. Learn about the role of community empowerment in mental health for Indigenous youth. Lastly, dive into the moral imperative for social justice in health, blending idealism with a compelling personal narrative, highlighting the path to achieving fair health equity.
Sep 17, 2016 • 29min
Living and working
Unemployment is bad for health, but work can damage health, too. When work is no longer the way out of poverty, health suffers.
