Australians continue to study the celebrated funeral oration attributed to Pericles at school and at university. Often the French are surprised to learn this. For them Australia is simply a distant land with fierce bushfires and very strange animals. Yet studying ancient Greece in Australia dates back to the arrival of Europeans two centuries ago.
The University of Queensland's School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry invites you to join us for the 2023 Ed Conrad Memorial Lecture presented by Emeritus Professor Philip Almond.
