Public lectures

Two prominent speakers will give public lectures hosted by the University of Adelaide early next month.

Media

Award-winning journalist, author and commentator, Robert Fisk will give the inaugural Edward Said Memorial Lecture at 5pm in Elder Hall on Saturday, October 1.

Fisk, the highly regarded Middle East correspondent for The Independent newspaper in the UK, is one of the few Western journalists to have interviewed Osama Bin Laden.

The Lecture has been established by a cross-faculty steering committee of academics with an interest in Said, regarded as one of the leading literary critics in the last quarter of the 20th Century.

Entry is $10 for adults, and $5 concession. The lecture is sponsored by The Australian Friends of Palestine Association.

Law

University of Adelaide graduate and prominent law academic Professor Ivan Shearer is the speaker for next month's James Crawford Biennial Lecture Series on International Law.

Professor Shearer will give his lecture, entitled "Australia, America, and the Rule of Law in International Affairs: Comparisons and Contrasts", at 7pm on Friday, October 7 in Law Lecture Theatre 2, Ligertwood Building.

The lecture series is named in honour of well-known international lawyer Professor James Crawford, also an Adelaide graduate, who, among other career highlights, was the first Australian to serve on the United Nations International Law Commission.