Geosciences Seminar Series
The School of Geosciences hosts three regular seminar series:
Geo.talks 2012
The Geo.talks series comprises of fortnightly research presentations by staff and students within the School, as well as by eminent visiting scholars. Talks are normally held at 11pm on Wednesdays in the Madsen Conference Room (Rm 449, Madsen Building), and are nominally 30-40 minutes in length followed by discussions. Geo.talks provides an opportunity to share research being performed in the disciplines of geography, geology and geophysics. In-depth analysis of specific research programs is common, although speakers are also encouraged to present the broader societal and public policy relevance of their research through the series to appeal to the diverse interests contained within the School of Geosciences. Senior Postgraduate students are particularly encouraged to present advanced research findings as part of the series.
| Date | Speaker/s | Title | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 February | Yingjie Yang | Ambient noise surface wave tomography - acquisition & applications | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 |
11-12pm |
| 2 March | Derek Fairhead | An integrated plate tectonics, stratigraphy, gravity and magnetic study of the Muglad basin, Sudan, with emphasis on early opening of the South Atlantic | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 11 April | John Alroy |
Paleobiology Database |
Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 20 April | Dr Gideon Rosenbaum (UQ) | The New England Oroclines: Fact or Myth? | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 9 May |
Stefan Sobolev |
Modeling global plate dynamics and collision in Tibet | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 23 May | Laura Alisic | Geodynamic modeling with Rhea | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 30 May | A/Prof Gavin Birch | Sabbatical talk | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 6 June | Dr Thomas Landgrebe | Fracture zone intersections with subduction zones and significant earthquakes | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 20 June | Madeline Kobler and Robyn Gardner | Continental affinity of Batavia and Gulden Draak Knoll in the Perth Abyssal Plain | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 4 July | Prof Murray-Wallace (UoW) | Neotectonism of southern Australia in the Quaternary | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
Click here to view the archive of 2010 GEO.talks.
Southeast Asian Seminar Series
The Australian Mekong Resource Centre (AMRC) Southeast Asian seminar series, is run in conjunction with the Chair of Southeast Asian Studies in the Faculty of Arts. It is held fortnightly at 12:30pm on Thursdays in the Madsen Conference Room (Rm 449, Madsen Building), with speakers from the AMRC and the wider community and is designed to bring together those with interests in Mekong Region environment and development issues. If you would like to be on the mailing list for this seminar series, please email
Please click here for a list of Southeast Asian seminars in 2011.
The EarthByte Talks
| Date | Speaker/s | Title | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 January | Dr Simon Williams | Indian Ocean Cruise summary | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 |
11-12pm |
| 25 January | Maral Hosseinpour | SGTSG conference practice talk | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 22 February | Kevin Hill |
Eastern Australia petroleum prospects |
Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 7 March | Nathaniel Butterworth | PhD research update | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 21 March |
Michael Rubey |
PhD research update | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 28 March | Nick and Jonathan |
Nick: Kinematic models, vertical motions and sedimentary response around Australia's passive margins. Jonathan: Dynamic Topography in Continental Rift basin evolution: A Global and Australian perspective |
Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 4 April | Ben Dickinson | Porphyry deposits and the subduction of hotspot trails along western North and South America |
Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 2 May | Jack Healy | Honours Talk | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 16 May | Gemma Roberts | PhD Proposal | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 31 May | Marie and Cecile | Metamorphic sole complexes in numerical models | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 13 June | Kara Matthews | 100 Ma global plate reorganization event | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 27 June | Dr Maria Seton | New Jurassic-present sea-level curve | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 11 July | Ana Gibbons | Indian Ocean plate tectonic reconstructions | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 25 July | Kara Matthews, Sabin Zahirovic | IGC Practice Talks | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
| 28 November | Dr Thomas Landgrebe | Opals and data mining | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 11-12pm |
Thinking Space: Human Geography Seminar Series 2012
These sessions explore current issues and debates in human geography and the social sciences through presentations about key thinkers, cross-cutting themes, skills, methodologies, and current postgraduate research. All welcome!
All sessions take place on Wednesdays 4:00 pm in the Madsen Conference Room (Rm 449). Presentations will normally take up 30-45 minutes, leaving plenty of time for comments and discussion. Most of the sessions will be recorded and distributed to those interested.
For more information, or if you want to be included on the mailing list, please email
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August | Kurt Iveson | Big Thinkers: Lefebvre | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 8 August | Bill Pritchard | Big Thinkers: Amartya Sen | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 15 August | Kathie Gibson (UWS) | Guest Seminar: Gibson-Graham | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 22 August | Bob Fisher | Big Thinkers: Elinor Ostrom | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 29 August | John Connell | Writing good journal articles | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 5 September | Philip McManus | Human-animal geographies | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 12 September | Josephine Gillespie | Law and Geography | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 19 September | Jeffrey Neilson | Global value chain framework and development strategies |
Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 26 September | - | Mid-semester break | - | - |
| 3 October | Philip Hirsch | Writing about land | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 10 October | Mark Vicol/Rafiuddin Palinrungi | Postgrad presentations #1: Value chains and livelihoods in India/Global Value Chain and the role of state in Indonesian cocoa industry |
Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 17 October | Michael Valli/Worawan Sukraroek | Postgrad presentations #2: The geographic interpretation of water trading in the Murray-Darling Basin/- | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 24 October | Chetan Choitani/Leonardo Valenzuela | Postgrad presentations #3 | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |
| 31 October | Erin Smith/Lada Phadungkiati | Postgrad presentations #4: Property rights for water/- | Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 | 4-5pm |