Philosophy Events in Melbourne

Attend the 2025 Sir George Turner Lecture by Professor Siba N'Zatioula Grovogui from Cornell University. Explore the legal, moral, and political foundations of the international order amidst current global crises. The lecture addresses the continuing coloniality in international law and its impact on universalism and humanism.

Join us for the Miegunyah Fellowship Public Lecture featuring Prof Sally Sheldon, Professor of Law at Bristol Law School. The lecture will explore questions around reproductive rights and the regulation of women’s reproductive health. Refreshments will be available following the lecture.

Explore how we can live together harmoniously while celebrating our differences. Join us for a night of dialogue and music as we celebrate World Philosophy Day.

A seminar presented by the Social and Visual Justice Research Cluster at the Melbourne Centre for Cities, with international guest presentations. The event includes a discussion on the role of the concepts of “value” and “asset” in research on justice, images, and creativity in cities.

A conversation on awareness, attention, and the inner life of creative practice. Sophia Szilagyi & Fiona Lynch reflect on how presence becomes a form of artistic intelligence: a way of slowing perception, deepening intuition, and allowing ideas to unfold with quiet precision.