Ramsay Lecture Series 2019

A series of distinguished visiting speakers will deliver public lectures and small seminars to encourage wider interest in and ...

Les Murray’s ‘second funeral’ and his everlasting poetry

Les Murray will be farewelled today at St Bernadette’s Catholic Church, Krambach, just out of Bunyah. It will be his second funeral. ...

Greg Sheridan AO, Foreign Editor, The Australian on western civilisation and religious belief

Greg Sheridan AO – Distinguished Speaker

On Tuesday 9 April, Greg Sheridan AO, Foreign Editor, The Australian and Author delivered the second Ramsay Lecture for 2019. The title ...

Professor Fiona Wood -Distinguished Speaker Program – transcript

On Tuesday 19 March, national living treasure and former Australian of the Year, Professor Fiona Wood AM, Plastic and Reconstruction ...

Best-selling author and journalist Greg Sheridan to speak at the Ramsay Centre

Sydney, Tuesday 09 April 2019: Can Western Civilisation be sustained without belief? How much do we owe to our Christian tradition, and ...

National living treasure Fiona Wood delivers first Ramsay Lecture for 2019

Sydney, Tuesday 19 March 2019: What is the impact of western science on today’s society? That’s the question world-renowned burns ...

Professor Fiona Wood AM, Plastic and Reconstruction Surgeon, on western civilisation and education

Professor Fiona Wood AM – Distinguished Speaker

On Tuesday 19 March, national living treasure and former Australian of the Year, Professor Fiona Wood AM, Plastic and Reconstruction ...

To blame Ramsay for Christchurch atrocity is facile vilification

By Simon Haines March 25, 2019 — 12.00am The tragedy in Christchurch has understandably produced a variety of responses, most of them ...

Cross-disciplinary path to broader learning

Integrated great books programs fill a major gap There have been various reactions to the idea of Ramsay Centre funded degree programs ...

Ramsay degree fast-tracked for 2020

The University of Wollongong yesterday became the first in Australia to begin marketing a Ramsay Centre-sponsored degree in Western ...

Lively journey across western ideas and art

The University of Wollongong says its new Ramsay Centre-sponsored bachelor degree in Western civilisation is inspired by the idea of a ...

Professor Ann Brewer joins Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation Board

STATEMENT FROM PROFESSOR ANN BREWER I am honoured to accept the appointment to the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation Board. One ...

Professor Ann Brewer joins Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation Board – Statement from Chairman

STATEMENT FROM CHAIRMAN THE HON JOHN HOWARD OM AC On behalf of The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation board, I am pleased to ...

First cohort has a taste of Plato and Shakespeare

Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation has run its first course for 30 mostly high school students at a secluded conference centre at ...

Why I joined the Ramsay Centre, timeless issues are to the fore

Dr Michael Easson AM, writes why he joined the Ramsay Centre Board. The Ramsay Centre is in the headlines again with news about the ...

The books that the West needs to read again

What could have been so subversive? Chased off the campus at the Australian National University and Sydney University, the Ramsay ...

The Ramsay Centre’s 10 books you must read before you die

Forget the politics around the Ramsay Centre. Dive into the politics discussed in these 10 greatest books ever, write Simon Haines and ...

Ramsay Centre and University of Wollongong sign Memorandum of Understanding

STATEMENT FROM CEO PROFESSOR SIMON HAINES As part of a philanthropic gift to the Humanities in Australia, the Ramsay Centre for Western ...

Steel town uni is right for Ramsay’s new degree – by Prof Simon Haines

There has been a lot of publicity this year around the Ramsay Centre’s potential partnerships with universities to create new ...

Henry Ergas -Distinguished Speaker Program – transcript

On Tuesday November 27 Henry Ergas, economist, columnist and author delivered the fifth lecture in the Ramsay Centre Distinguished ...

Henry Ergas reflects on western civilisation

Henry Ergas – Distinguished Speaker

On Tuesday November 27 Henry Ergas, economist, columnist and author delivered the fifth lecture in the Ramsay Centre Distinguished ...

Dr Pano Kanelos – Distinguished Speaker

On Tuesday September 18, Dr Pano Kanelos, President of St John’s College, Annapolis, delivered the fourth lecture in the Ramsay ...

Dr Pano Kanelos -Distinguished Speaker Program – transcript

On Tuesday September 18, Dr Pano Kanelos, President of St John’s College, Annapolis, delivered the fourth lecture in the Ramsay ...

John Carroll reflects on western civilisation

John Carroll – Distinguished Speakers Program – transcript

On Tuesday August 21, John Carroll Professor Emeritus of Sociology at La Trobe University delivered the third lecture in the Ramsay ...

John Carroll – Distinguished Speaker

On Tuesday August 21, John Carroll Professor Emeritus of Sociology at La Trobe University delivered the third lecture in the Ramsay ...

Professor Greg Melleuish, political scientist and historian at the University of Wollongong, explores the question: What is western civilisation?

The question regarding the nature of Western civilisation is not an easy one to answer, not least because of the way in which those of ...

For the sake of humanities, don’t reject Ramsay’s gift

Robert Phiddian: The Australian June 20, 2018 It’s not the gift horse I’d have designed if given a free hand, but it’s not a Trojan ...

Ramsay Centre supports the mission of the Heterodox Academy

There’s an ugly side but it does not diminish western civilisation

Peter Craven: The Australian June 16, 2018 It’s hard to imagine the heat of the western civilisation/Ramsay Cen­tre debate being ...

Revive our cultural memory and ask the big questions

Dr Stephen McInerney writes: The right to free inquiry stems from a long tradition From the ancient Greeks on, Western civilisation is ...

Yesterday on 2GB, Mr Howard said: “The Western cultural tradition, it’s not perfect, no tradition is, but essentially it’s made us who we are, it’s where we came from.

Yesterday on 2GB, Mr Howard said: “The Western cultural tradition, it’s not perfect, no tradition is, but essentially ...

Message from the CEO

Since the Centre and its possible partnerships with universities to create a new degree have been much in the news, we thought you ...

Human epic is about more than university power struggles

John Carroll: The Australian June 9, 2018 The Australian National Univer­sity has just backed off hosting a course on Western ...

Our universities recoil at how the West has won- Editorial

If we believe the “long march through the institutions” has been successful then it follows that any pushback is going to encounter ...

ANU must enlighten us on a strange decision – Editorial

What kind of society undermines itself like this? Our top academic institution the Australian National University has killed off the ...

David Malouf – Distinguished Speaker

On Tuesday May 22, David Malouf, one of Australia’s greatest writers, delivered the second lecture in the Ramsay Centre Distinguished ...

David Malouf reflects on western civilisation, the classical world, and Australia’s British inheritance

David Malouf – Distinguished Speakers Program – transcript

On Tuesday May 22, David Malouf, one of Australia’s greatest writers, delivered the second lecture in the Ramsay Centre Distinguished ...

David Malouf speaks at Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation

Sydney, Tuesday 22 May 2018: Internationally acclaimed author David Malouf will today deliver an address on the voice of women in ...

The Hon Kim Beazley AC resigns as a Director

The Ramsay Centre regrets to announce that the Hon Kim Beazley AC resigned as a Director on 18 May 2018, following his appointment as ...

Prof Geoffrey Blainey – Distinguished Speaker

On Wednesday 4 April 2018, the renowned Australian historian, Professor Geoffrey Blainey, delivered the inaugural lecture in the Ramsay ...

Liberals are undermining western civlisation

Robert Tombs Progressive critics should not abuse the freedoms that our chequered history has given us. An Australian philanthropist ...

John Howard and Geoffrey Blainey to open Ramsay Centre building

John Howard and Geoffrey Blainey to open Ramsay Centre building Sydney, Wednesday 4 April 2018: Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC ...