Inaugural Professorial Lectures
The current series of Inaugural Professorial Lectures was established in 1996 with the broad aim of promoting and celebrating the academic reputation of professorial staff.
The series makes an important contribution to the University's role within the wider community by providing a public forum for leading research and enhancing Otago's statutory role as critic and conscience of society.
2011
| Professor | Lecture details |
|---|---|
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Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith |
Biological What? What is biological anthropology and why does it matter? |
| Professor Robert Aldred Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
Mathematics in Plain English: some important problems in Graph Theory readily explained (if not necessarily solved). Thursday 7th April, 5.30pm |
| Professor Ewan Fordyce Department of Geology |
The remarkable history of whales and dolphins. Thursday 19th May, 5.30pm |
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Professor Iain Raeburn |
How the natural numbers freeze. |
| Professor Vernon Ward Department of Microbiology and Immunology |
Scratching the surface of viruses. Tuesday 5th July, 5.30pm |
| Professor Gary Wilson Department of Marine Science |
"Shall we lower the lifeboats? - A marine geological view of warming climates."
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| Profesor Andrew Geddis Faculty of Law |
Of flags and protest: dissent, offence and the limits of free speech.
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Professor John McCall |
Live donor liver transplantation: man on wire. |
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Professor Judy Bennett |
"Somewhere in the Pacific" : History's silences of World War Two. Wednesday 21st September, 5.30pm |
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Professor David Prior |
Mapping crystals to understand gold, glaciers and earthquakes. Thursday 22nd September, 5.30pm |
| Professor Murray Rae Department of Theology and Religion |
Theology and the Pursuit of Truth. |
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Professor Richard Walter |
Challenges and Diversions in Pacific Archaeology. Wednesday 19th October, 5.30pm |
| Professor Margaret Baird Department of Microbiology and Immunology |
This could be the start of something big: initiating the immune response. Thursday 3rd November 2011, 5.30pm |
2010
| Professor | Lecture Details |
|---|---|
| Professor Kath Dickinson Department of Botany |
Thursday 18 March, 5.30pm Archway 1 Lecture Theatre |
| Professor Pauline Norris School of Pharmacy |
Taking Subjectivity Seriously: How can social science help address problems with medicines? Monday 24 May, 5.30pm |
| Professor Andrew Bradstock Howard Patterson Professor of Theology and Public Issues Department of Theology and Religion |
Public Theology?" No thanks, I'll stick with the normal kind Wednesday 2 June, 5.30pm |
| Professor Hank Weiss Director of the Injury Prevention Research Unit (IPRU) Department of Preventive and Social Medicine |
Driving towards disaster Wednesday 9 June, 5.30pm |
| Professor Astrid an Huef Department of Mathematics & Statistics |
How I learned to love the details Wednesday 23 June, 5.30pm |
| Prof Jim McQuillan Department of Chemistry |
From sticky molecules to microbes: Reflections on wet surface chemistry Thursday 22nd July, 5.30pm |
| Professor Peter Herbison Department of Preventive and Social Medicine Dunedin School of Medicine |
Life is full of trials Monday 26 July, 2010 5.30pm |
| Prof Mike Colombo Department of Psychology |
Memory, Gambling, and Planning for the future: Explorations into the Mind of Another Species Thursday 5 August, 5.30pm |
| Professor Indrawati Oey Department of Food Science |
Does processing make your food healthier? Wednesday 30 June, 5.30pm |
| Prof Graham Wallis Department of Zoology |
Putting the History back into Natural History Thursday 2 September, 5.30pm |
| Professor Mauro Farella Department of Oral Sciences |
From orthodontic braces to neurosciences Wednesday 15 September, 5.30pm |
| Professor Kim Economides Director, Legal Issues Centre Faculty of Law |
Measuring Law's Impact: The Future of Socio-Legal Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand Wednesday 22 September, 5.30pm |
| Professor Liam McIlvanney Stuart Professor of Scottish Studies Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies |
Imagining Scotland and the Scottish Diaspora Wednesday 13 October, 5.30pm |
| Professor Janet Hoek Department of Marketing |
Marketing Regulation and Freedom of Choice: Some Modern Day Modest Proposals Wednesday 20 October, 5.30pm |
| Professor Phil Bremer Department of Food Science |
Research at the Interface: Food Science, Microbiology, Marine Science Thursday 18th November, 5.30pm |
| Professor Henrik Moller Centre for Study of Agriculture, Food & Environment |
Science and Mātauranga Māori: a powerful mix? Thursday 25 November, 5.30pm |
2009
| Professor | Lecture Details |
|---|---|
| Professor Lisa Smith University of Otago College of Education Division of Humanities |
Assessment and Astronomy - What do we see? Wednesday 11 March 2009 |
| Professor Philip Hill Division of Health Sciences |
Tuberculosis Control in Developing Countries - Should latent infection be treated? Wednesday 18 March 2009 |
| Professor Michael Reilly Te Tumu - School of Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies |
A Stranger to the Islands: voice, place and the self in Indigenous Studies Thursday 30 April 2009, 5.30pm |
| Professor Keith Gordon Department of Chemistry Division of Sciences |
Of drugs, milk and solar cells; spectroscopy shines its light Wednesday 1 July 2009, 5.30pm |
| Professor Henry Johnson Head, Department of Music Division of Humanities |
Musical Democracy: World Music Encounters Thursday 6 August at 5.30pm |
| Professor Paul Tapsell Dean, Te Tumu - School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies |
Transformations of Pukaki.........the art of genealogy in a nation space Monday 10 August at 5.30 pm |
| Professor Paul Glue Department of Psychological Medicine Division of Health Sciences |
Enhancing Learning in Intellectual Disability - Scientific Advances and Implications for New Treatments Wednesday September 9 |
| Professor Kevin Clements National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Division of Humanities |
Enlarging Boundaries of Compassion:Opportunities and Challenges for Peace Research in the 21st Century Wednesday 23 September at 5.30pm |
| Professor Lyall Hanton Department of Chemistry Division of Sciences |
My Chemical Romance: teaching, functional materials and hazardous substance Thursday 1 October at 5.30pm |
| Professor Kevin Dawkins Faculty of Law Division of Humanities |
Taking Stock of the Jury Thursday 8 October at 5.30 pm |
| Professor Neil Gemmell Department of Anatomy & Structural Biology Division of Health Sciences |
A journey through the narrow roads to the super highways of gene land Wednesday 7 October at 5.30pm |
| Professor Gordon Harold Director, Centre for Research on Children and Families Division of Humanities |
"Home is where the heart (or hurt) is": How conflict between parents affects children's development (biological, psychological and practice considerations) Wednesday 11 November at 5.30 pm |
| Professor Murray Skeaff Department of Human Nutrition Division of Sciences |
A varied diet in research nutrition Tuesday 10 November 2009 from 5.30 - 7.30pm |
| Professor David Bilkey Department of Psychology Division of Sciences |
Hippocampal-cortical communication: from Amnesia to schiZophrenia Wednesday 18 November 2009 at 5.30pm |
2008
| Professor | Lecture Details |
|---|---|
| Professor Glenn Summerhayes Professor of Archaeology Head of Anthropology, Gender and Sociology Department Division of Humanities |
Unraveling the Pacific's Past Wednesday 5 March 2008 at 5.30pm, College of Education Auditorium, Union Street East, Dunedin |
| Professor Amanda Barusch Professor of Gerontology Head of Social Work and Community Development Department Division of Humanities |
Love Stories of Later Life Wednesday 12 March 2008 at 5.30pm, College of Education Auditorium, Union St East, Dunedin |
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Professor Paul Roth |
Child Labour in New Zealand:A Job for the Nanny State? Thursday 27 March 2008 at 5.30 pm, Moot Court, 10 Floor, Richardson Building |
| Professor Bill Harris Professor of Politics |
Reflections on Lebanon Thursday 8 May 2008 at 5.00 pm, Burns 1 |
| Professor Geoff Hall Professor of Law |
"Bloody Idiots!" Have the drunks behind the wheel reached the crossroads? Thursday, May 15 at 5.30 pm, Moot Court, 10 Floor, Richardson Building |
| Professor Chris Ackerley Professor of English |
The Art of Annotation Thursday 22 May 2008 at 5.30 pm, College of Education Auditorium, Union St East, Dunedin |
| Professor Robert Hannah Professor of Classics |
It's about Time Thursday 29 May 2008 at 5.30 pm, College of Education Auditorium, Union St East, Dunedin |
| Professor Peter Kuch Professor of Irish Studies English Department Division of Humanities |
Thinking about Irish studies Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 5.30pm, College of Education Auditorium, Union St East, Dunedin |
| Professor Rex Ahdar Professor of Law Division of Humanities |
Slow train coming: religious liberty in the last days Thursday 21 August 2008 at 5.30 pm, Moot Court, 10 Floor, Richardson Building, |
| Professor Jörg Frauendiener Department of Mathematics and Statistics Department Division of Sciences |
Sightseeing in Einstein's World. Wednesday 27 August 2008 at 5.30pm, College of Education Auditorium, Union St East, Dunedin |
| Professor Robin Grieves Department of Finance and Quantitative Analysis School of Business |
Wednesday 3 September 2008 at 5.30pm |
| Professor Terence Dennis Professor of Music Division of Humanities |
"Bring me my sycamore gusli" - A life of journeys in music Thursday 11 September 2008 at 5.30 pm, Marama Hall |
| Professor Majella Franzmann Professor of Religious Studies Division of Humanities |
The Worlds of World Religions: Manichaeism in Roman Egypt and Medieval China Wednesday 8 October 2008 at 5.30 pm, College of Education Auditorium, Union St East, Dunedin |
| Professor James Higham Professor of Tourism Head of Tourism, School of Business |
Rush to Construction: Globalisation, Tourism and the Great Carisbrook Debate |
| Professor Robert Patman Professor of International Relations |
Strategic Shortfall: the 'Somalia Syndrome' and the March to 9/11 Thursday 16 October 2008 at 5.00pm, College of Education Auditorium, Union St East, Dunedin |
| Professor Jean Fleming Science Communication Division of Sciences |
Wednesday 22 October 2008 at 5.30pm |
| Professor Nicola Peart Professor of Law |
Can your Trust be Trusted? Thursday 23 October 2008 at 5.30 pm, Moot Court, 10 Floor, Richardson Building |
| Professor Kwok-Wing Lai Professor of Education |
The Myths of e-Learning Thursday 6 November 2008 at 5.30 pm, College of Education Auditorium, Union St East, Dunedin |
| Professor Doug Booth Head of Physical Education Department Division of Sciences |
From politics to pleasure: Professing a philosophy of physical education Wednesday 12 November 2008 at 5.30pm |
2007
| Professor | Lecture Details |
|---|---|
| Prof. Thomas S. Bley Head, Design Studies Division of Sciences |
May 16, 2007 |
| Professor Roger Bartlett School of Physical Education Division of Sciences |
How I learned to stop worrying and to love movement variability Wednesday 27 June 2007, at 6.30pm College of Education Auditorium, Union Street East, Dunedin |
| Professor Stephen Duffull Chair of Clinical Studies School of Pharmacy |
Medicines: when is enough too much? Wednesday July 4, 2007, at 5:30pm College of Education Auditorium, Union Street East, Dunedin |
| Professor John Highton Medical and Surgical Sciences Dunedin School of Medicine |
From E to T: Rheumatic Diseases Research in the University of Otago Thursday July 12, 2007 at 5:15pm, Barnett Lecture Theatre, Dunedin Hospital |
| Professor Sally Brooker Chemistry Division of Sciences |
Wednesday August 1, 2007 |
| Professor Robin Taylor Medical and Surgical Sciences Dunedin School of Medicine |
The adventures of Dr NO Wednesday August 1, 2007 at 5:15pm, Barnett Lecture Theatre, Dunedin Hospital |
| Professor Greg Seymour Dean of Dentistry Division of Health Science |
Wednesday August 8, 2007 |
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Professor Kurt Krause |
Meeting the Antibiotic Crisis: Can University Scientists Help Design New Drugs for our Future? Wednesday August 15, 2007 at 5:30 PM Dunedin College of Education Auditorium, Union Street East |
| Professor Barbara Brookes History Division of Humanities |
Shame and its Histories Thursday August 16, 2007 at 5.30 pm St David Lecture Theatre |
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Professor Richard Morgan |
From Orange Boxes, to tsunamis and climate change: realising the potential of impact assessment Friday August 23, 2007 |
| Professor Mike Eccles Pathology Dunedin School of Medicine |
Monday September 3, 2007 at 5:15pm, Barnett Lecture Theatre, Dunedin Hospital |
| Professor David Baxter Dean of School of Physiotherapy. |
[World Physio day Sept 8] Wednesday September 5, 2007 |
| Professor John Dawson Faculty of Law Division of Humanities |
Concepts of liberty in mental health law Thursday September 6, 2007 |
| Professor Peter Anstey Philosophy Division of Humanities |
Footnotes to Plato Wednesday September 12, 2007 at 5:30pm, College of Education Auditorium, Union St East, Dunedin |
| Professor Tim Mehigan HoD Languages Division of Humanities |
Reflections on The Lives of Others and the Current State of Germany's 'Living with the Past' Wednesday September 19, 2007 at 5:30pm, College of Education Auditorium, Union St East, Dunedin |
| Professor Tom Brooking History Division of Humanities |
Grass roots History: Reflections on New Zealand's Changing Landscape Thursday September 27, 2007 at 5:30pm, St David St Lecture Theatre |
| Professor Han-Seung Yoon Pathology Dunedin School of Medicine |
Pathologists' role in diagnosis and research Wednesday Wednesday October 3, 2007 at 5:15pm, Barnett Lecture Theatre, Dunedin Hospital |
| Professor Terry Crooks Educational Assessment Research Unit (E.A.R.U.), College of Education Division of Humanities |
Principles for Intelligent Accountability, with Illustrations from Education Thursday October 4, 2007 at 5.30pm, University of Otago College of Education Auditorium |
| Professor Brendan Gray Dunedin City Chair in Entrepreneurship School of Business |
Cultures of Success Tuesday Wednesday 17 October 2007 at 6:30pm, University of Otago College of Education Auditorium |
| Professor Richard Mahoney Faculty of Law Division of Humanities |
Is it ever justifiable to torture or to even think about that question? Wednesday October 17, 2007 at 5.30pm, Moot Court, 10th Floor, Richardson Building, University of Otago |
| Professor Tony Binns Geography Division of Humanities |
Marginal Lands, Marginal People, Marginal Geographies Wednesday October 24, 2007 at 5:30pm, University of Otago College of Education Auditorium |
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Professor Steve Jackson |
Wednesday October 31, 2007 |
| Professor Ivor Davidson Theology & Religious Studies Division of Humanities |
Theology's Business Thursday November 1, 2007 at 5:30pm, University of Otago College of Education Auditorium |
| Professor Kerry Sheppard Director HEDC |
Teaching and learning in higher education: we teach, but what do they learn? Wednesday November 7, 2007 at 5.30pm, University of Otago College of Education Auditorium |
| Professor Alfred Haug Economics Division of Commerce |
Has Monetary Policy Gone Wrong? Wednesday November 14, 2007 at 5.30pm, University of Otago College of Education Auditorium |
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Professor Jeff Smith |
Museum Pieces: How Cultural Institutions Educate and Civilise Society Wednesday November 21, 2007 at 5:30pm, University of Otago College of Education Auditorium |
2006
| Professor | Lecture Details |
|---|---|
| Phillip Nel Political Studies |
Revisiting global economic inequality: connecting the local and the international. Thursday 27 July 2006 |
| W. Murray Thomson Oral Sciences |
Dentistry: some thoughts from the left. |
| Phillippa Howden-Chapman Medicine and Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences |
Housing and health: the trials of a social scientist in a medical school. |
| Christine Thomson Human Nutrition |
Selovet to selenome: Nutritional requirements for selenium and iodine. Thursday August 24 2006 Castle 1 Lecture Theatre |
| Paul Trebilco Theology |
"Global" and "Local" in the New Testament and in Earliest Christianity. Thursday September 21 2006 |
| Doug Sellman Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences |
Improving treatment for people with addiction problems in Aotearoa New Zealand. Thursday September 28 2006 Christchurch |
| Phillip Harris Marketing |
Machiavelli, Marketing and Management: Ends and Means in Public Affairs. Thursday October 12 2006 |
| Hamish Spencer Zoology |
False Models as Means to Truer Theories. Thursday November 2 2006 |
2005
| Professor Lecture Date |
Chair | Other members of official party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Hilary Radner Communication Studies Thursday 14 July 2005 |
'Making Do': Intersubjectivity, Film, Fashion and Bricolage. | Vice-Chancellor | PVC Humanities Dean School of Social Science HOD Communication Studies |
| Professor Neil McNaughton Psychology Thursday 4 August 2005 |
Fears and Anxieties: a Map of your Dark Side | Vice-Chancellor | PVC Sciences HOD Psychology |
| Professor David Fielding Economics Thursday 18 August 2005 |
Does Aid Work? | Vice-Chancellor | PVC School of Business HOD Economics |
| Professor Jeff Wickens Anatomy & Structural Biology Thursday 15 September 2005 |
Rewiring the brain: dopamine, reward, and neural connections. | Vice-Chancellor | PVC Health Sciences Dean Otago School of Medical Sciences HOD Anatomy & Structural Biology |
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Professor Peter Crampton |
Cakes, iron, maps, marae (and crampons): tracking New Zealand's commitment to fair resource allocation in health. | Vice-Chancellor | PVC Health Sciences Dean, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences |
| Professor George Lees Pharmacology & Toxicology Thursday 6 October 2005 |
Searching for new drugs to treat the ageing/diseased brain: light at the end of the ion channel? | Vice-Chancellor | PVC Health Sciences Dean Otago School of Medical Sciences |
| Professor Bastow Wilson Botany Thursday 13 October 2005 |
What does a plant community look like when it isn't there? | Vice-Chancellor | PVC Sciences HOD Botany |
| Professor Helen Leach Anthropology Thursday 3 November 2005 |
Vice-Chancellor | PVC Humanities Dean School of Social Science HOD Anthropology |
