Centre for Ideas | UNSW Sydney

Past Events

9 Nov Past event

Ashton Applewhite: Age Pride

We all want long lives, so why are we so afraid of growing old?

8 Nov Past event

Reza Aslan: World Without Religion

Are we in the midst of a new war of religion asks #1 New York Times best-selling author Reza Aslan.

8 Nov Past event

Mona Eltahawy: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

If women and girls want to dismantle the system, they will need to embrace the qualities they have been trained to avoid.

7 Nov Past event

Future Imperfect | SOLD OUT

FREE EVENT | What happens when we look a lifetime into the future? Will we have fixed today’s problems or sunk under their weight?

7 – 9 Nov Past event

A series of live talks exploring the questions we haven’t asked, the futures we can avoid and the unexpected realities yet to come.

31 Oct Past event

William Dalrymple: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

“We still talk about the British conquering India, but that phrase disguises a more sinister reality.” – William Dalrymple

23 Oct Past event

Nathan Filer: The Language of Madness

Acclaimed novelist and former mental health nurse re-imagines care, calling for a radical rethink of mental health labels and anti-stigma campaigns.

15 Oct Past event

Renata Salecl: On Anxiety

This event has been cancelled.

15 Aug Past event

The Einstein Lecture: Elisabetta Barberio on Dark Matter

The search for dark matter – how to find something we cannot see.

14 Aug Past event

Women and the Internet

VICE reporter Claire L Evans reveals the feminist history of the internet with cultural anthropologist and futurist Genevieve Bell, best-selling author Ginger Gorman, and science journalist Natasha Mitchell.

13 Aug Past event

Paul Davies: The Demon in the Machine

Despite stunning advances in biology, we still don’t know what life is or how it really began.

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