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
Nov 24, 2013 • 29min
Advance Australia Fair
Looking to the future of Australian Citizenship
Nov 17, 2013 • 29min
Australians at their best
Courage, compassion and resilience in everyday life
Nov 10, 2013 • 29min
Watching the women
The powerful role of Australian Women
Nov 3, 2013 • 29min
Joining the neighbourhood
A personal story of equal rights advocacy
Dec 16, 2012 • 29min
05 | Counting Our Victories: the end of Garvey-ism and the soft bigotry of low expectation
In her final lecture, Professor Langton reflects on the economic transformation underway in the lives of Aboriginal people -- from increasing Indigenous enrolments in higher education, through rising employment in mining and other rural industries, to the explosion of cultural production by Aboriginal people into the Australian mainstream not only on canvas and on the stage, but also in music, literature, cinema and television.
Dec 9, 2012 • 28min
04 | The conceit of wilderness ideology
In her fourth lecture, Professor Langton examines how some beliefs within the nature conservation movement in Australia have perpetuated the idea that Aboriginal people are the enemies of nature, and describes recent examples of Indigenous tractional land practices which combine western ecological knowledge to create sustainable and economically viable custodianship of country,
Dec 2, 2012 • 29min
03 | Old barriers and new models. The private sector, government and the economic empowerment of Aboriginal Australians
In her third lecture, Professor Langton illuminates the experiences of two Aboriginal communities who are levering economic advancement through agreements with mining companies, and examines why it is that the private sector is leading the way in forging new working models with Indigenous Australia while government policies lag far behind.
Nov 25, 2012 • 29min
02 | From Protectionism to Economic Advancement
In her second lecture, Professor Langton examines the confluence of historical, political and social factors which have created entrenched barriers against the economic advancement of Aboriginal people in Australia.
Nov 18, 2012 • 54min
01 | Changing the paradigm: Mining Companies, Native Title and Aboriginal Australians
In this first lecture Professor Langton explores the changing relationship between Aboriginal communities and mining companies since the 1993 Mabo agreement and native title legislation, and asks whether this could offer a model for the economic empowerment of all Indigenous people in Australia.
Dec 11, 2011 • 35min
Lecture 4: A Home in Fiction
It is my great good luck that the words I use are English words, which means I live in a very old nation of open borders; a rich, deep, multi-layered, promiscuous universe, infused with Latin, German, French, Greek, Arabic and countless other tongues. I would not be able to swim so far, dive so deep, in a linguistically isolated language such as Hungarian, or even a protectively elitist one such as French.
