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UNSW x Sydney Writers' Festival 2024

20 – 26 May 2024
8.00am – 8.00pm AEST
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UNSW Sydney is the exclusive university sponsor and proud Premier Partner of the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Featuring UNSW academics and researchers on Sydney Writers’ Festival stages, and events at the UNSW Kensington Campus, this partnership brings together a shared vision of creativity, curiosity and thought leadership.

Explore the Sydney Writers’ Festival events featuring UNSW academics and researchers below, and don’t forget to register for the UNSW Kensington Campus event, Refuge: Viet Thanh Nguyen & Shankari Chandran.

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22 May 2.00pm 3.00pm
Literary Legends
Sydney Writers' Festival | Unearthing the lives and letters of Clift, Hazzard and Harrower.
Art and Culture
Humanities and Social Sciences
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23 May 10.00am 10.30am
Brigitta Olubas and Susan Wyndham on Writing Letters
Sydney Writers' Festival – Curiosity Lecture | Uncover the letters between eminent novelists Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower.
Art and Culture
Humanities and Social Sciences
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23 May 11.00am 12.00pm
Australia's Place in the World
Sydney Writers' Festival | Reimagining Australia’s international identity.
Humanities and Social Sciences
Law
Politics and Society
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23 May 5.00pm 6.00pm
Abraham Verghese: The Covenant of Water
Sydney Writers' Festival | An epic family saga of love, faith and life in South India.
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23 May 6.30pm 7.30pm
Refuge: Viet Thanh Nguyen & Shankari Chandran 
Sydney Writers' Festival | Two prize-winning novelists on the refugee’s search for sanctuary.
Campus events
Centre for Ideas
Humanities and Social Sciences
Law
Politics and Society
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23 May 8.00pm 9.15pm
SWF Great Debate: Artificial Intelligence is Better Than the Real Thing
Sydney Writers' Festival | Man vs machine – an intellectual battle royal.
Engineering
Humanities and Social Sciences
Politics and Society
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24 May 11.00am 11.30am
Richard Holden on Money in the 21st Century
Sydney Writers' Festival – Curiosity Lecture | How will your wallet fare in this digital age?
Business and Economics
Politics and Society
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24 May 6.00pm 7.00pm
History of Sex
Sydney Writers' Festival | Leading sexperts look back at hot and heavy history.
Humanities and Social Sciences
Politics and Society
Science
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25 May 3.30pm 4.00pm
Joel Pearson on Intuition
Sydney Writers' Festival – Curiosity Lecture | How to trust your gut, supported by trailblazing research.
Humanities and Social Sciences
Science
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25 May 5.00pm 6.00pm
The Housing Crisis with Alan Kohler
Sydney Writers' Festival | How did property come to determine the Lucky Country’s wealth?
Business and Economics
Politics and Society
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26 May 12.30pm 1.30pm
Fragile Democracy
Sydney Writers' Festival | Life, liberty and the pursuit of bilateral diplomacy.
Business and Economics
Humanities and Social Sciences
Law
Politics and Society
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26 May 3.30pm 4.30pm
Dark Technologies
Sydney Writers' Festival | Exposing the technology of modern warfare.
Humanities and Social Sciences
Politics and Society

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