Broadcaster, filmmaker, author, archaeologist, social commentator and satirist, Phillip Adams is one of Australia’s 100 National Living Treasures and is presenting this year’s James Martineau Memorial Lecture.
The annual James Martineau Memorial Lectures provide insights into developments in moral theory and religion.
The thirty-year-old series was made possible by a bequest from the estate of Samuel Lovell (1851-1936). Born in New Norfolk, Tasmania, Lovell began his career as a rural teacher and was later an inspector of schools.
Lovell’s bequest was intended for the study of the philosophy of James Martineau (1805-1900), who “was regarded as the foremost spokesman of Unitarianism in England”.
During the thirty years of Martineau Lectures,this has been interpreted loosely by the School of Philosophy as encompassing topics from philosophy of religion to moral philosophy.
Broadcaster and social commentator Phillip Adams was elected one of Australia’s 100 National Living Treasures by the National Trust, and in 2006 selected by 200 senior academics as third in the top 40 most influential Australian intellectuals.
When: Tuesday 14 September 6pm
Where: UTAS Cradle Coast campus, 16-20 Mooreville Rd, Burnie