Friends of the Baillieu Library
2013 Programme of Events
2013 Memberships are now due for those who are yet to renew.
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Friends of the Baillieu Library Author’s Night
5.30 for 6.00 pm - Leigh Scott Room, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
Dr Juliet Flesch - Talk on "Discovering Life’s Logic"
The Friends will receive further information about each event nearer to the time. As well, during the year, you will also receive invitations from the Baillieu Library to talks and other events built around its exhibitions programme. The Committee welcomes suggestions for other events; please speak to one of us at a meeting.
The first proposal to establish a Medical School at the University of Melbourne was made by Anthony Brownless just 18 months after he joined the University Council in 1855. Before that, prospective medical students from Australia were obliged to travel to the United Kingdom for medical studies after they completed their Arts degrees. The arrival of George Britton Halford in Melbourne at the end of 1862 as Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology enabled them to study in Melbourne., Life’s Logic, tells the story of the Department of Physiology at the University of Melbourne since its establishment in 1862. In her talk, Juliet Flesch will describe some of the people and discoveries that have made this department internationally renowned.
Juliet Flesch’s publications include: Love Brought to Book (1995); 150 Years/150 Stories: Brief Biographies of One Hundred and Fifty Remarkable People Associated with The University of Melbourne, with Peter McPhee (2003); Minding the Shop: People and Events That Shaped the Department of Property & Buildings 1853-2003 at the University of Melbourne (2005). From Australia with Love, based on her 2002 PhD thesis was published in 2004. Spanning the Centuries: a History of AE Smith & Son Pty Ltd, with Rosemary Francis, was published in 2008.
Juliet, who is a professional librarian, has worked at the University since 1978, when she was the foundation Principal Librarian (Collections). She is a Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne, where she has worked as a librarian and Research Assistant. She was Executive Secretary of the Friends of the Baillieu Library for nine years, and organised all the Friends' functions during that time. She is an Honorary Life Member of the Friends.
Juliet is currently engaged with Peter McPhee in a revision and expansion of 150 Years /150 Stories that will be published this year, and a 75-year history of the University’s Department of Biochemistry that will be published in 2014.
Suggested donation - $5.00
RSVP by Friday 19th April 2013 to:
Leanne McCredden
tel.: 03 8344 5997 fax: 03 9347 8627
e-mail leannelm@unimelb.edu.au
Past Events for 2013
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Friends of the Baillieu Library Annual General Meeting
5.30 for 6.00 pm - Leigh Scott Room, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
Dr Katrina Dean, University Archivist – "Protest : Archives from the University of Melbourne"
Following the business meeting, the University Archivist, Dr Katrina Dean, will present a talk on "Protest: Archives from the University of Melbourne" that will also serve as an introduction to the exhibition of materials from the University of Melbourne Archives currently on display in the exhibition space adjacent to the Leigh Scott Room. Dr Dean has provided the following abstract of her talk:
From the 1960s, the growth of the social movements internationally and the public profile of student activism brought campuses to the very centre of protest. |
Dr Katrina Dean was appointed University Archivist in 2011. She studied history at the University of Tasmania and the Australian National University and holds a PhD in the history of science from the University of Cambridge. She has worked at the National Archives of Australia and the British Library. She has published several articles on the history of science and on archives. A forthcoming book co-edited with Mirjam Brusius and Chitra Ramalingam William Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond Photography, is coming out with Yale University Press in 2013.
Suggested donation - $5.00
RSVP by Friday 8th March 2013 to:
Leanne McCredden
tel.: 03 8344 5997 fax: 03 9347 8627