November 20, 2009 by thoughtbroker
Shaken and Stirred presents
Why it’s more important to offend than be offended:
The triumph of larrikinism in Australian culture
with Tony Moore
and
Launch Party for the first issue of
Binge Thinking:
a collection of relfections and refutations by Shaken and Stirred participants
Date: Saturday 5 December 2009
Time: 6:30 for 7:00pm start
Venue: Garden of bohemian delights, 437 Darling Street, Balmain
Cost: $35 (includes food, drinks and a copy of Binge Thinking)
RSVP essential: thoughtbroker@gmail.com
About Tony Moore
Dr Tony Moore is a cultural historian who lectures at Monash University. His career spans publishing, journalism and documentary making at the ABC. His first book The Barry McKenzie Movies analysed the cultural significance of the ‘Ocker’ cinema genre of the 1970s and his most recent film was Bohemian Rhapsody: Rebels of Australian Culture. He is inaugural commissioning editor of the new Cambridge University Press series Australian Encounters. A self-confessed libertarian social democrat, Tony is a Fellow of the Centre for Policy Development and former president of the NSW Fabian Society.
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November 17, 2009 by thoughtbroker
Photos from the event and the ad created by Whybin TBWA (Paddy’s face built entirely out of his books, shot 100% in-camera – nothing added or changed in post-production! Immense thanks to Steve Dodds, Janelle Shearer, Garry Horner, Matt Kemsley, John Curnow and Paul Bradbury).
All images can be enlarged by clicking on them.
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November 10, 2009 by thoughtbroker
PADDY MCGUINNESS’ PRIVATE LIBRARY UP FOR SALE
Download the media release here.
The private library of one of Australia’s most controversial and contrarian intellectuals, PP McGuinness, will be up for sale in Sydney on Saturday 21 November 2009.
The thousands of books in McGuinness’ collection describe the broad thinking and eclectic interests of a contrarian and often incendiary thinker.
From Palgrave to poetry, politics to film, PP McGuinness’ private collection spanned all genres of literature and thought, and influenced McGuinness’s contribution to Australian intellectual history.
Paddy McGuinness’s daughter, Parnell, says “There are almost ten thousand books here — more than I can possibly keep. It’s time to distribute the books to people who want them and will appreciate them. There are some rare, out-of-print editions, as well as some which are almost too common. I think there are five copies of Madame Bovary in there.”
The Paddy McGuinness Last Drinks Book Fair will be held in McGuinness’ garden in Darling Street Balmain on Saturday 21 November. Books, BBQ and drinks will be available 10am-4pm.
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October 13, 2009 by thoughtbroker
Shaken and Stirred
presents
Last Drinks in the Paddy McGuinness Private Library
Book Fair and Beer Sizzle
When: Saturday 21 November 09
Where: 437 Darling St, Balmain
Time: 10am to 4pm
On Saturday 21 November 2009, the eclectic collection of one of Australia’s most contrary intellectuals will be on sale to the public. From Palgrave to poetry, PP McGuinness’s private collection spanned all genres of literature and thought. Be there early to nab one of only five copies of Madame Bovary.
All profits will go towards the publication of Binge Thinking, a collection of thoughts from Shaken and Stirred events.
For more about Shaken and Stirred Events, click here: http://thoughtbroker.wordpress.com/about/
For further information, please contact Leonie Phillips and Parnell McGuinness at thoughtbroker@gmail.com
Listen to a radio interview on ABC Canberra here.
Read the mention in SMH Diary here and the Weekend SMH article here.
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August 24, 2009 by thoughtbroker
Shaken and Stirred SUPPER CLUB presents:
John Hirst
on
Why Australia Should Abolish Compulsory Voting
Date: Monday 14 September 2009
Time: 6.30 for 7:00pm
Venue: Pazzo, 583 Crown St, Surry Hills
Cost: $50
RSVP: thoughtbroker@gmail.com
JOHN HIRST is a historian and Scholar Emeritus of La Trobe University and honorary professor of history at the University of Sydney.
He was founding Convenor of the Australian Republican Movement in Victoria and a member of the Prime Minister Keating’s Republic Advisory Committee.
For the Howard government, he was the chair of the Civics Education Group which oversaw the preparation of materials for the ‘Discovering Democracy’ programme in schools.
He has written books on convicts, the origins of democracy in New South Wales, Albert Facey, federation and the republic. He was co-editor of the Oxford Companion to Australian History. His most recent books are Sense and Nonsense in Australian History and The Australians; insiders and outsiders on the national character since 1770 . His latest book The Shortest History of Europe will be published by Black Inc next month.
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July 21, 2009 by thoughtbroker
Shaken and Stirred, the Supper Clubbers, are back.
On Sunday, 9 August 2009, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Foreign Editor of The Hindustan Times, will talk on ‘Asia, Geopolitics and Freedom’ over a leisurely Sunday lunch at Sel et Poivre.
Time: 1:30 for 2:00pm
Date: Sunday, 9 August 2009
Venue: Sel et Poivre
Address: 263 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, Sydney
RSVP to thoughtbroker@gmail.com by Thursday 6 August 2009
About our speaker
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri is the Foreign Editor of The Hindustan Times and a
leading figure in Indian policymaking circles. He was previously an
editorial writer for The Telegraph and The Statesman of Calcutta. Pramit has
a BA in history from Cornell University. More recently, he was a Hubert H.
Humphrey Fellow at the University of Maryland – College Park; media fellow
at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy; South Asia fellow at the Henry
Stimson Centre in Washington DC, and a Visiting Fellow at Cornell
University’s South Asia department. He is a member of the Mont Pelerin
Society, the Liberty Institute of New Delhi and the Aspen Institute Italia.
Pramit has written widely on India’s foreign and international economic
policies. He is a regular talking head on Asian television and radio
stations. This year he has spoken at the Aspen Institute World Economy
Conference, the Centre of Independent Studies annual consilium in Australia
and at Singapore’s Institute for Southeast Asian Studies.
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March 25, 2009 by thoughtbroker
Shaken and Stirred presents a Saturday lunch event on 18 April 2009.
Professor Julian Savulescu
Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
will speak on
Bioliberation or Biothreat?
Time: 12pm – 3:30pm
Venue: Time to Vino, Stanley St, East Sydney
Cost: $35 for food; a selection of wines will be available at extra cost
RSVP: thoughtbroker@gmail.com – places are strictly limited at this event
About our speaker
Professor Savulescu is Head of the Melbourne-Oxford Stem Cell Collaboration, devoted to examining the ethical implications of cloning and embryonic stem cell research. Previously, he was Director of the Ethics of Genetics Unit at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. He was Director of the Bioethics Program at the Centre for the Study of Health and Society at the University of Melbourne and the Chair of the Department of Human Services,Victoria, Ethics Committee. Professor Savulescu is qualified in medicine, bioethics and analytic philosophy, and has been published widely in academic journals and the media. Savulescu’s areas of research include: the ethics of genetics, especially predictive genetic testing, genetic enhancement and gene therapy. Research ethics, especially the ethics of embryonic stem cell research, as well as new forms of reproduction, including cloning and assisted reproduction. He is well known for his work on human enhancement and performance-enhancement in sport.
Click here for an amuse bouche: Supermouse and Superman: The Dawn of Biological Liberation
For further reading, visit the Uehiro Centre’s blog: http://www.practicalethicsnews.com/
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March 22, 2009 by thoughtbroker
On March 4, Michael Costa addressed a room full of new and regular Supper Club guests on the topic of governance. A combination of anecdotes, frank analysis and practical policy, the talk can be accessed here:
Click here for Part 1
Click here for Part 2
The next event, featuring bio-ethicist Julian Savulescu will be announced soon, so keep Saturday April 18 free for a daytime lunch event.
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