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Curiosity Lecture Series

22 – 23 May 2025
11.00am – 4.00pm AEST
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The Curiosity Lecture Series returns to Sydney Writers' Festival! Featuring UNSW researchers and academics, this free series dives into the most pressing questions of our time covering everything from treating severe depression with Adam Bayes, to the lost years of Australian writer and feminist Miles Franklin with Kerrie Davies, and hate speech and the law with Luke McNamara, plus so much more.

Past Events

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22 May Past event
Toby Walsh on the Six Ideas You Need to Understand AI
Sydney Writers' Festival | Everything to know about the origins and future of artificial intelligence.
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22 May Past event
Adam Bayes on Mind-Altering Mental Health
Sydney Writers' Festival | The cutting-edge medical research and treatment of severe mental illness.
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22 May Past event
Sherine Al Shallah and Lucas Lixinski on Cultural Objects
Sydney Writers' Festival | Is taking an object the best way to keep a community alive?
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22 May Past event
Kerrie Davies on Miles Franklin’s Little-Known Years
Sydney Writers' Festival | Legendary Australian Miles Franklin’s lost years uncovered.
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23 May Past event
Luke McNamara on Hate Speech and the Law
Sydney Writers' Festival | What do we know about the impact of the law on the harms of hate speech?
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23 May Past event
Andrew Leigh and Richard Holden on Inequality
Sydney Writers' Festival | How economics underpins change for the worse and the better.

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