The Ann Moyal Lecture is given by a distinguished speaker on a contemporary question that draws on such fields of knowledge as science, environment, ecology, history, anthropology, art, and technological change.

Dr Ann Moyal AM FAHA (1926–2019) was a Petherick reader, a Harold White Fellow and an established historian of science and technology. As a champion of independence in research and scholarly pursuits, she established the Independent Scholars Association of Australia in 1995 during the ‘Against the Grain’ conference, held at the Library.

The Ann Moyal Lecture has been established with a generous bequest from the late Dr Moyal and her estate.

Ann Moyal Lectures

Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla, 2024

Professor Genevieve Bell, 2023

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