Introduction / John Bigelow -- 1997 Public Lecture. Our cultural heritage: parliament and the constitution / David Smith -- Humanities Old and New: New things under the sun / Tony Coady; Captain Cook's Shoes (from Professor to administrator: a journey in need of a compass and a clock) / Terry Threadgold; Truth and beauty in our times / Meaghan Morris; Crisis in the humanities / Virginia Nightingale -- Schools and Scholars: World history for schools / Wayne Hudson -- The Politics of Creativity: Music's millenial fever / Malcolm Gillies -- Asian Studies: Explorings and reflections on southeast Asian history / Michael Pearson, et al -- Classical Studies / Brian Bosworth, Pauline Allen -- English / Clive Probyn, Ken Ruthven -- Philosophy, Religion and the History of Ideas / Stephen Gaukroger, Wayne Christensen and Cliff Hooker -- The Arts / Sharon Bell, Mark Gordon, Stephanie Burridge
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"Papers from the 1997 Symposium of the Australian Academy of the Humanities"
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