Previous Lectures
The inaugural New College lectures were delivered in 1987 by Professor Malcolm Jeeves of the University of St Andrews, Scotland. In subsequent years lecturers have come from Australian and overseas universities as well as the wider community. The New College lectures are now in their 25th year.
Many of the New College Lectures have been published in a variety of ways
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Previous New College Lectures
| Year | Title | Lecturers |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Mind Fields | Professor Malcolm Jeeves |
| 1988 | Can These Bones Live? | Dr Veronica Brady |
| 1989 | Constancy & Change | The Hon Justice Keith Mason |
| 1990 | After Christendom? | Professor Stanley Hauerwas |
| 1991 | History | Professor Geoffery Bolton |
| 1992 | Environment | Professor Peter Newman |
| 1993 | Beyond Self Interest | Professor Robin Gill |
| 1993 | Religion and Current Science | The Rev'd Dr John Polkinghorne |
| 1994 | Economics | Professor Geoffery Brennan |
| 1995 | Beyond Science | The Rev'd Dr John Polkinghorne |
| 1996 | Killing the Black Dog | Mr Les Murray |
| 1997 | Men and Women - Constructed or Created | Dr Elaine Storkey |
| 1998 | What is Truth? | Dr Peter Vardy |
| 1999 | If Christ Came to the Olympics | Dr William Baker |
| 2000 | Writing in Rights | Professor Hilary Charlesworth |
| 2001 | Media Mania | Dr Hugh McKay |
| 2002 | The Rise of Global Capitalism | Professor Craig Gay |
| 2003 | Living by the Sword: The Ethics of Armed Intervention | Dr Tom Frame |
| 2004 | Science & Christianity: Conflict or Coherence? | Dr Henry "Fritz" Schaefer |
| 2005 | Church & State: Exploring views on the relevance of faith to polotics | The Hon John Anderson MP, The Hon Kevin Rudd MP & Rev Dr Andrew Cameron |
| 2006 | Children in the Spotlight: Issues in Early Childhood & Parenting | Professor Kim Oates |
| 2007 | Morally Awake? Admiration and resolution in the light of Christian faith | Professor Oliver O'Donovan |
| 2008 | God and the Artist: Human Creativity in Theological Perspective | Professor Trevor Hart |
| 2009 | Bioethics and Future Hope | Professor John Wyatt |
| 2010 | Music, Modernity & God | Professor Jeremy Begbie |
| 2011 | Theology and the Future | Professor John McDowell, Rev Dr David Starling, Rev Dr Michael Jensen & Dr Greg Clarke |
