ISAA

The Independent Scholars Association of Australia Inc is a network of scholars pursuing interests in the broad streams of the humanities and sciences. Their work is produced in a variety of forms including book and journal publications, films and documentaries, script writing and journalism.As an association ISAA has no political affiliations but seeks to encourage all who, independently of institutions, offer well-founded studies of society, in the humanities and the sciences, or ideas of cultural significance.Scholarship and enthusiasm need to be supported, particularly at a time when governments, and therefore government-funded institutions, tend to regard scholarship as an economic commodity rather than the fabric of civilisation.

ISAA welcomes new members

Please click Membership Form to view and/or download a Membership Application. Alternatively, you can contact ISAA at the address below and a Membership Application form will be sent to you.Further information about ISAA is available from:ISAAPO Box 268Canberra City ACT 2601, Australia or via e-mail at: infoATisaa.org.au(to send an email replace the letters AT in this address with the @ symbol.  This is an anti-spam device)Phone: o450 112 501

ISAA 2009 Conference : The National Estate: Cultural Heritage

National Library, Canberra Thursday 15 and Friday 16 October 2009

Marion Halligan, renowned author and cultural commentator will deliver the ISAA Annual Lecture on at 6:00 pm on Thursday 15 October. Further details will appear on the Conference Page.

Outline of State Activities

(See State Chapter Pages for more details)

 

VICTORIA

 Wednesday 27 May State Library of Victoria  6:00 pm

Dr Mimi Colligan: The Entertaining Lives of Mr & Mrs G.B.W. Lewis, 1818-1925: The joys and sorrows of writing biography from public records, advertisements and theatre reviews.

 

 ACT 

Lunch Meetings in the Cafe, High Court of Australia  12:30 pm, Third Tuesday of each month

Thursday Evenings in the Friends Room, National Library 5.00 for 5:30, Second Thursday of each month.

 See ACT Page for further details.

 

NEW SOUTH WALES

  Wednesday 17 June: Newcastle Meeting: the World of Small Places - an exploration of the Human Condition.

Saturday 4 July: Metcalf Auditorium NSW State Library 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Scenes from Childhood: A seminar exploring visual and written representations of childhood from 1840 - 1914. Speakers are David Hill, Margot Riley, Gaynor Macdonald and Sheridan Dudley 

See NSW page for more details