Go8 - Harvard Graduate Symposium
Climate:
Science + Humanities
Graduate Perspectives from Australia, China, and the
US
Information for Applicants
www.usyd.edu.au/graduate_studies_office/about_us
From James Lovelock’s Gaia thesis to Tim Flannery’s
historical work, global discussion on climate and climate change spans the
humanities and the sciences. This symposium will bring together c35 graduate students to exchange global
perspectives from three very different national bases: Australia, China, and
the US. It aims to highlight and sharpen work which displays genuine
disciplinary crossover, and to extend local perspectives on global concerns. 16
Australian students will be selected and funded, one science and one humanities
student from each University in the Group of Eight.
Convenor: Professor
Alison Bashford, Chair of Australian Studies, Department of the History of
Science, Harvard University, 2009/10.
Date: 3-4 March
2010
Venue: Dudley
House, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA
Funding: 2
students from each G08 University will be funded, each to total of AUD2,500
travel + AUD800 accommodation.
Selection Criteria:
Excellence and innovation in research
Capacity to connect science and humanities on climate
issues, broadly conceived.
Evidence of potential for research leadership
Eligibility:
Students must be enrolled in a research degree at a G08
University. Eligible students include those currently under examination.
Process:
3 copies of application form (from your School) + CV + 500 word
abstract to be sent in hard copy to “Harvard Symposium” c/- Alison Bashford,
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, A14, University of Sydney, NSW
2006. A selection committee chaired by Professor Bashford will notify
successful applicants by 1 August 2009.
Application Due: 1 July 2009. Late applications will not be considered.
Associated Conference:
“Climate: Science + Humanities” will be followed by “Changing Climate:
historians and hemispheres in conversation” (5-6 March). Confirmed speakers include Professors Warwick
Anderson (Sydney), Peder Anker (Oslo), Joyce Chaplin (Harvard), Tom Griffiths
(ANU), David Livingstone (Queens University, Belfast), Iain McCalman (Sydney),
Libby Robin (ANU), Charles Rosenberg (Harvard).
I started my academic life doing a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics at UWA before going to Oxford to complete an MSc and a DPhil, also in Mathematics. I then spent three years in Paris at l'Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, continuing research in mathematical analysis and going to lots of movies before returning to UWA to work as a research mathematician.
I have lectured in Maths and Computer Science at UWA, as well as for short periods at Berkeley, The University of Canterbury in Christchurch, and Prince Songkla University in Thailand. My research has focussed on computer vision, including feature detection in images, 3D shape measurement, image understanding, and representation.