Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics - University of Adelaide

INTO THE WOODS, presented by the 2025 Graduating Class of Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre! 🐺 Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods will be staged at the Scott Theatre for four performances only from Thursday 24 – Sunday 27 April 🪵 Buy tickets: https://lnkd.in/gCtH5e-5

Ready to shape the future of the global wine industry, food, and agribusiness? 🌍🍇 Join us for an info session on our Master of Wine Business and Master of Economics & Resource Policy programs, focusing on the dynamic Global Food and Agribusiness specialisation! 📅 Wednesday, 26 March ⏰ 6 – 7:30pm 📍 MBA Lounge, Level 7, Nexus 10 or Via Zoom Register: https://lnkd.in/gHZ3ZxR8

Weekly wellbeing walks with Adelaide Law School are back ☀️ Members of the University community, on Tuesdays during semester, meet in the Adelaide Law School (Ligertwood) foyer at 1pm and enjoy a 30 minute walk!

"At the University of Adelaide we stand on the shoulders of powerhouse woman scholars, trailblazers who rewrote the rule books. Women who faced barriers from every corner of society and pushed forward anyway. Their grit and courage are the reason we get to dream bigger today." On International Women's Day 2025, we shine a light on these women and their achievements 🌟 Read the article by University of Adelaide staff member, Jo Herraman: https://lnkd.in/gbUrXWer

The University of Adelaide today unveiled a bronze statue of ABLE alum, Professor Fay Gale AO, making her the first woman in the University’s history to receive such an honour ⭐ The late Professor Gale was a champion of women’s rights in Australia and a pioneering scholar in Aboriginal studies. She was the University of Adelaide’s first Honours graduate in Geography, and she was the first woman to hold a senior management role at the University of Adelaide. Her impact continues today through ABLE’s Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender. Professor Gale’s statue celebrates female scholars in the University's past, present, and future, and was created by figurative sculptor and bronze worker Meliesa Judge of Liquid Metal Studios 👏 Read more about Professor Gale and the statue: https://lnkd.in/gT5K8ZPV

Our film experts recap the 2025 Academy Awards! 🏆 They discuss the most and least deserved awards, the biggest snubs, the best dressed, and of course, Adrien Brody and chewing gum-gate! 👄 Thanks to our experts from the School of Humanities - Robert Boucaut, Lisa Cooper, Peter C Pugsley, and Ben McCann!

This International Women's Day, The University of Adelaide is proudly unveiling its first female statue on campus, of Professor Emerita Fay Gale AO (1932 - 2008) 🎓 Join us as we celebrate the achievements of female scholars past and present. 📅 Friday 7 March, 10 -11:30am 📍Barr Smith Lawns, University of Adelaide Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gYswS5uT Sculpture by Meliesa Judge of Liquid Metal Studios.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Ben McCann who was awarded a 2024 Australian Award for University Teaching! 🎉 Ben was recognised 'for innovative, culturally rich learning and teaching strategies that promote a sense of belonging to their discipline and subsequent job readiness for Film Studies students.'

Our Music Theatre graduate Sascha Debney-Matiszik has been cast in 'Definitely NOT A Hungry Game: A Parody Musical’ for the Adelaide Fringe! 🏹 “Getting cast was such a whirlwind of emotions. I had never taken on the responsibility of covering multiple roles and was a bit nervous, but with such a fun and hilarious show supported by a great cast the process has been so fun. I can’t wait for Adelaide to join us at the games and see who will be crowned winner!”, Sashca says. 👉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gKp5kRHT

"The Two Georges: Boolean AND anti-Boolean," a public lecture by Professor Peter D. McDonald (University of Oxford), ASH Fellow in our School of Humanities 📣 Four days after ChatGPT was released, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, posted on Twitter: i am a stochastic parrot, and so r u At every level—message, idiom, medium, role, and more—this is an exchange of and for our times. Yet it is also only the most recent twist in a long-running debate about the possibility and desirability of automating language. 📅 Tuesday 25 February, 5 - 6:30pm, Napier G04, University of Adelaide Register for free: https://lnkd.in/gQQs2QJH