Rare Bites is a series of informal and entertaining 30 minute lunchtime talks held monthly during semester in 2017 and beyond. If you want to learn about some of the treasures and lesser-known gems within Rare Books & Special Collections at the University Library, this is your opportunity. Audience attendance is free for all.
Bring your lunch and be entertained, informed and inspired – Places are limited, so please register to secure your spot.
Schedule Semester 1:
| Date and location | Speaker | Title |
| Tue, 28 Mar
12.30-1pm Fisher Library Seminar room Lvl 2 |
Dr Richard White
Hon Assoc.; Discipline of Psychiatry, Central Clinical School, University of Sydney |
Report on Lunatic Asylums by Dr Frederick Norton Manning (1868) |
| Wed, 3 May
1-1.30pm New Law School Annex Seminar Rm 340 |
Assoc Prof Ivan Crozier
ACR Future Fellow, Department of History please register here |
Sexual inversion. By Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds (1897) |
| Tue, 23 May
1-1.30pm Fisher Library F03 Seminar Room Level 2 |
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
Julius Sumner Miller Fellow, Science Foundation for Physics Please register here |
Isaac Newton’s Principia (First Edition, 1687) |
You can download all speakers bios and abstracts as PDF.
Watch this space for updates on the Semester 2 program!