Australian Academy of the Humanities; Humanities Research Centre, ANU; The University of Melbourne; Trinity College, University of Melbourne
Inaugural Symposium on
PHILANTHROPY AND THE HUMANITIES
Sunday 23—Monday 24 September 2007
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How much do scholars in the humanities know about the work of foundations and private benefactors? How can they make the value and excitement of their research apparent to those who might wish to support it? How can potential benefactors gain an informed view of the range and quality of current work in the humanities in Australia? How can universities and cultural institutions in Australia learn to expand and diversify their sources of income, giving greater support to imaginative ventures within the humanities? This Symposium set out to explore such questions as these, bringing together an invited group of sixty participants from foundations, universities, cultural institutions, from the business world, from politics, and other areas of public life. Keynote presentations were given by distinguished speakers from Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Generous time was allowed for panel sessions and open discussion.
The Symposium began at Trinity College, University of Melbourne, at 5 pm on Sunday 23 September with a keynote address by Mr Peter Goldmark, Director of the Climate and Air Program for Environmental Defence, New York; former President of the Rockefeller Foundation, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Budget Director for the State of New York, and CEO of the International Herald Tribune, Paris. Mr Goldmark was introduced by the Vice‐Chancellor of Melbourne University, Professor Glyn Davis. The Vice‐Chancellor of Queensland University, Professor John Hay, responded. This session was followed by a reception and dinner at Trinity College.
The Symposium resumed at 9.30 am on Monday 24 September at the Woodward Conference Centre, Law School, University of Melbourne, with a keynote address by Professor David Cannadine, biographer of Andrew Mellon and
former Director (now Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Professor in Modern British History) at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.
Topics for discussion included:
‐‐ Philanthropy and the humanities: historical and geographical perspectives;
‐‐ Private and public partnerships;
‐‐ What can we learn from the arts?
‐‐ Academic fundraising.
The Symposium concluded at 4.30 pm on Monday 24 September.
Other participants included Dr Joseph Meisel (Programs Officer, Mellon Foundation, New York), Professor James Chandler (Director, Franke Institute, University of Chicago), Dr Gerard Vaughan (Director, National Gallery of Victoria), Ms Krista Slade (Executive Director, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, Asia‐Pacific), Ms Clare Pullar (Director of Advancement, Melbourne Business School), Ms Elizabeth Cham (Senior Research Fellow in Philanthropy, University of Melbourne), Mr Morry Schwartz (Black Inc., Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd), Mr Sam Lipski (CEO Pratt Foundation), Professor Malcolm Gillies (Vice‐Chancellor‐elect, The City of London University), and others.
Enquiries:
Conveners:
Professor Ian Donaldson ido@unimelb.edu.au M: 040 5931 325
Ms Elizabeth Cham echam@unimelb.edu.au
Ms Clare Pullar c.pullar@mbs.edu