What's On this week

2009 is the International Year of Astronomy (IYA). Monash University Astronomers have developed an exhibition that explores and explains astronomy and how it is done. You can also buy a coffee downstairs and lounge in our relaxing reading area with books to peruse.

SUSAN FEREDAY | MARCO FUSINATO | DONNA ONG | FIONA PARDINGTON | PATRICK POUND | JACKY REDGATE | ELVIS RICHARDSON | FIONA TAN

Curator: Dr Kyla McFarlane

Found or anonymous photographic images and film footage are a fascinating subject for many artists. The snapshot, the amateur photograph, the flea market find, the postcard, videos uploaded to youtube, and the work of the anonymous, jobbing photographer have all provided material fodder, or acted as conceptual springboards for making new work.

Engaging with this material, the artists in Photographer Unknown enact a series of reversals, reprisals and re-workings - bringing the snapshot to the status of the fine art print, calling into question conventions of authorship, quality, the public and private, the nature of the archive and monumentality.

The Library is presenting 'A Doctor's Delights' to celebrate a remarkable gift. Dr Richard Travers is an expert in medical history who has transferred much of his valuable collection of over 15,000 items to the Monash University Library as a gift to future researchers. The current exhibition shows Dr Travers' favourite items from the collection.

The items on display can also be previewed in a virtual exhibition, supplemented by Dr Travers' own explanation of the history and significance of each item.

Presenter: The Honourable Justice Susan Kiefel

Recent cases involving s.92 of the Constitution refer to economic considerations and principles relating to competition. The application of provisions of the EC Treaty having similar effect, by the European Court of Justice, has led to a broader consideration of the effects of State regulation on the ideal of a common market and a lessening of the relevance of domestic protection. It has tested what is permissible State regulation by the doctrine of proportionality. The paper will compare the current Australian perspective.

Presenter: Mr Mathews Thomas, Assistant Lecturer, Department of Business Law and Taxation.