School of History & Politics Seminar Program - Semester 2, 2009

History Seminars (Stretton Room, Room 420, 4th Floor, Napier Building)

Monday 17 August
Joan Maria Thomas - Professor of History, University Rovira-Virgili of Tarragona (Spain)
"The Spanish Civil War: Myths and Realities"
Professor Thomas is an expert on the Spanish Civil War. She is the author of numerous books and articles on the subject, including Roosevelt and Franco: From the Spanish Civil War to Pearl Harbor (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).

Monday 2 November (9.10 - 11.00am)
Dr Claude Fischler
The meanings of eating: A survey in six (Western) countries

Dr Claude Fischler is an eminent French sociologist and co-director of the Centre Edgar Morin, associated with the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. He is the author of L'Homnivore (1990) and Manger: Français, Européens et Américains face à l’alimentation (2008). His research has included cross-cultural studies of attitudes to food, pleasure and health and perceptions of foodborne risks.
                                                                                      

For further information contact Barbara Santich via email at barbara.santich@adelaide.edu.au

Politics Seminars (Stretton Room, Room 420, 4th Floor, Napier Building 11.30 - 1.00pm)

Monday 24 August
Professor Joan Maria Thomás
Universitat Rovira-Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
‘USA-Spain Relations During the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War’.

Monday 14 September
Professor Lisa Hill
University of Adelaide

Monday 12 October (Time: 11:00- 12:30)
Professor Carol Johnson
University of Adelaide
The Hawke Government: A Retrospective

Monday 26 October
Associate Professor Louise Chappell
University of Sydney

Monday 9 November
Associate Professor Chris Beasley
University of Adelaide

Monday 23 November
Associate Professor Paul Corcoran
University of Adelaide