Christopher Dawson Society - Audio Library

The Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture was proud to host Dr Philippa Martyr at our Speakers Forum on 2 September. Dr Martyr spoke eloquently on the phenomenon of mental illness in our contemporary society and the insights of the Catholic intellectual tradition, particularly regarding its conception of anthropology, in dealing with issues in this area.

The Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture was honoured by the presence of His Grace, the Most Reverend Timothy Costelloe SDB as presenter at the Speakers Forum event on 8 April 2014. His Grace spoke on the importance of understanding the Church to be the community of the disciples of Jesus, developing the Communio ecclesiology of the Second Ecumenical Vatican Council (1962-65).

The Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture was proud to present the following lecture by Associate Professor John Kinder of the University of western Australia at the Speakers Forum event on 13 May 2014. Assoc. Prof. Kinder gave a account of Dante’s divine comedy as a part of our culture here in Australia in 2014. This lecture also served as an introductory lecture to a new initiative from The Dawson Society, the Paideia Lectures.

Professor Matthew Ogilvie, Dean of the School of Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle campus spoke at The Dawson Society for Philosophy and Culture’s Speakers Forum on 25 February, 2014. His talk, which can be heard and downloaded below draws attention to the fact that ideas have consequences, particularly when those ideas concern our perception of the nature of God and the nature of our own humanity.

Professor Tracey Rowland, Dean of the Melbourne session of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies presented this lecture at the Dawson Society Speakers Forum of 1 October 2013.

Professor Celia Hammond, Vice Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia delivered this lecture at a Dawson Society Speakers Forum on 3 September, 2013.