First cohort has a taste of Plato and Shakespeare

Credit: SMH excerpt Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation has run its first course for 30 mostly high school students at a secluded ...

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 ...

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

Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney  by  Simon Haines            There has been a lot of publicity this year around the Ramsay Centre’s ...

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 ...

Distinguished Speaker Lectures

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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 Civilsation

Henry Ergas – Distinguished Speaker

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

Summer Program set for January 2019

The Ramsay Centre is holding our inaugural Summer Program on 20-22 January 2019 for students in 11 and 12. The 2 ½ day residential ...

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

John Carroll lecture

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?

Prof. Greg Melleuish  The question regarding the nature of Western civilisation is not an easy one to answer, not  ...

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 Speakers Program

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

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

David Malouf – Distinguished Speakers Program – transcript

An Engineering student, Catherine Priestley reflects on the mission of the Ramsay Centre, on Western Civilisation and why we should study it

Elizabeth Stone, member of the Ramsay Centre board of directors, reflects on the mission of the Centre, on Western Civilisation and why we should study it

Hon John Howard OM, AC reflects on the foundations of Western Civilisation, Australian democracy, Christianity, and the mission of the Ramsay Centre

Professor Simon Haines, CEO, reflects on the achievements of Western Civilisation and the mission of the Ramsay Centre

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 Speakers Program

On Wednesday 4 April, 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 ...