Members of the public are invited to attend the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library Anniversary Lecture, presented by Emeritus Professor Tom Griffiths AO, on Tuesday, 24 October 2023. This year’s lecture is titled “The world after John Curtin: Geopolitics and the planet”.
| Event Details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Tuesday, 24 October 2023 |
| Time | 4:30pm to 6:30pm |
| Venue | Tim Winton Lecture Theatre (B213) |
| Cost | Free |
| RSVP | Register here Register by 17 October. |
Abstract
John Curtin’s famous declaration at the end of 1941, when he pivoted Australia towards America, is celebrated as a cool assessment of geopolitical realities at a moment of existential peril for the nation. Eighty years later, in the third decade of the twenty-first century, what would visionary Australian leadership see as the greatest threat to our national security? Recognising it requires planetary thinking, a whole new revolutionary consciousness that has developed in our own times. After Curtin died in office in 1945, the world – indeed, the planet – changed dramatically in ways that no-one could foresee or even imagine.
