Join the professorial lectures in Melbourne

The Professorial Lecture Series is now in its second year, arising from the review of the Academic Promotions Policy and Procedures. The series is designed to provide our university community with an opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge those promoted to the role of professor.

In June and July, we'll gather at the St Patrick’s Campus in Melbourne to celebrate the success from the 2023 Academic Promotions round of: Professor Catherine Bell, Professor Michael Champion, Professor Matthew Crawford, Professor Stuart Cormack, and Professor David Opar.

Join us at either, or both, upcoming events to hear our newest professors speak about their impactful work in teaching, research and service, with the opportunity to ask each presenter questions.

Professorial lecture in June

Professor Catherine Bell

Professor Catherine Bell is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator and Professor of Visual Art from the Faculty of Education and Arts. Professor Bell will present on how modes of inclusive, relational, and collaborative art practice can address the formidable challenges health, disability, ageing and social care face.

Professor Matthew Crawford

Professor Matthew Crawford has served as Director of the Program in Biblical and Early Christian Studies in the ACU Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry since 2018. Professor Crawford will share his research on a thousand-year-old Greek manuscript that contains a doctrinal treatise by a famous Christian teacher in the fourth century named Didymus the Blind.

Professor Michael Champion

Professor Michael Champion directed ACU’s node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions and helped develop the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry. Professor Champion studies the ancient Mediterranean up to Byzantium, with expertise in early Christianity, late-antique Gaza, and histories of emotion, education, philosophy, and violence. Professor Champion will be presenting on ‘Exploring Late Antique Gaza’.

Professorial lecture in July

Professor Stuart Cormack

Professor Stuart Cormack is the Deputy Director and Performance lead of the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre. Professor Cormack has been involved in high performance sport as both a practitioner and researcher for more than 25 years. Professor Cormack will share his presentation on, ‘Well…who would have predicted that?’

Professor David Opar

Professor David Opar is the Director of the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre. In addition, Professor Opar is also the Injury Research Program Lead for SPRINT and will be sharing some of the lessons learnt across his career so far.

Event details

All staff are welcome and encouraged to attend these events either in person at our Melbourne campus or online via MS Teams. The details of both events and registration details are listed below.

June lecture hybrid location details

Wednesday 5 June, 10am. Light refreshments will be offered at the conclusion of the event.

In person: St Patrick’s Campus (Melbourne), Greg Craven Centre, level seven Saint Teresa of Kolkata building.
Virtually: via MS Teams

Wednesday 5 June lecture registration link

July lecture hybrid location details

Thursday 4 July, 10am. Light refreshments will be offered at the conclusion of the event.

In person: St Patrick’s Campus (Melbourne), Greg Craven Centre, level seven Saint Teresa of Kolkata building.
Virtually: via MS Teams

Thursday 4 July lecture registration link

When you register, you will receive a registration confirmation. If you register to attend virtually, the registration confirmation will contain the MS Teams link to join.