Events

Join us for an evening of music inspired by and responding to the works of Shakespeare.

The School of Communication and Arts is pleased to announce the 2026 Lloyd Davis Public Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Maddalena Pennacchia at Roma Tre University.

The School of Communication and Arts is pleased to announce the 2026 Daphne Mayo Public Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Noël Carroll from City University of New York.

On Wednesday, 22 July, the Walkley Foundation and the University of Queensland will bring together three of Australia’s leading journalists for a candid conversation about what happens next: how a lead becomes an investigation, how difficult stories are pursued, and why reporting in the public interest still matters.

The School of Communication and Arts is pleased to announce the 2026 S.W. Brooks Public Lecture, to be delivered by Professor Porscha Fermanis of University College Dublin.

The annual Tom O'Regan Public Lecture will return in 2026, with travelling Fellow, Professor Marc Steinberg. Professor Steinberg will present on the Aesthetics of Convenience: From Retail to Platforms. All are welcome to attend our free event, registrations required.

Understanding of platform algorithms is central to the creative and strategic work of achieving and sustaining an audience online, as they determine who and what becomes visible in feeds. Platforms have long been criticised for concealing details about their algorithms in ways that limit creators’ agency. This talk extends those critiques by introducing the concept of platform epistemology, an additional vector of platform power shaping creativity, labour conditions, and inequity within promotional cultures.

You are invited to join us for the 2025 Daphne Mayo Public Lecture entitled, "Who Holds the Story? Solidarity, Cinema, and the Spaces Between Words." This lecture opens a constellation of reflections that connect cinema, solidarity, and the poetics of refusal.