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2008 HRC Seymour Lecture in Biography
Richard Holmes
'Biography: The Past has a Future'


The renowned biographer Richard Holmes OBC is the author of Shelley: The Pursuit,
Coleridge: Early Visions and, most recently, The Age of Wonder. He is a Fellow of the
British Academy and was Professor of Biographical Studies at the University of East Anglia.


Richard Holmes will discuss the importance of the great tradition of popular biography
both in Britain and Australia, and the growing influence of 'life writing' as it has currently developed.



This is a free lecture, open to the public.


Location and dates:
Canberra: National Library of Australia - 10 September
Sydney: University of Technology - 12 September
Melbourne: University of Melbourne - 17 September
Brisbane: State Library of Queensland - 20 September



For more information, including bookings, e-mail convenor Dr Paul Pickering - Paul.Pickering@anu.edu.au
or visit the website http://www.anu.edu.au/hrc/




 

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