Triebel Lecture
Celebrating achievement in modern European languages
The study of languages is a key focus of the humanities, particularly the connections between language, culture and heritage. The Triebel Lecture celebrates research related to modern European languages.
Namesake & history
Louis A. Triebel FAHA (1890–1985) was one of the Academy’s Foundation Fellows and has funded this lecture through a bequest.
During the tenure of his office as Professor of Modern Languages from 1943–56, Louis Augustus Triebel exalted the French presence in Van Diemen’s land above all, and in Australia in general
Keith Sinclair, Triebel Lecture, 1986
Since its beginning, we’ve hosted a lecture every three years.
2024 Triebel lecture
Past lectures
Eleventh lecture
The place of European languages, languages and multilingualism in Australia before and after COVID: the view from Higher Education
Professor John Hajek FAHA
25 November 2021, online
Tenth lecture
Myth-making for the Empire: Germany’s “model colony” in China (1897-1914)
Professor Yixu Lu FAHA
28 November 2017, Adelaide
Ninth lecture
Transforming university language learning in the 21st century: Is there a special role for European languages?
Professor Anne Pauwels FASSA
26 November 2015
Eighth lecture
Creating a languages future: How Australia can be world best practice in languages’ education
Professor Glenn Withers AO FASSA
26 September 2011, Melbourne
Seventh lecture
Can we afford to be without multilingualism?
Professor Peter Høj FTSE
16 February 2009, Melbourne
Sixth lecture
Globalisation, piecework and the future of the humanities
Professor Cary Nelson
18 November 2005, Canberra
Fifth lecture
From de Sade to Stephen King: The literary aesthetics of evil
Professor Anthony Stephens FAHA
7 November 2001, Sydney
Fourth lecture
The perfect match? Information technology and the modern language curriculum
Dr Marie Thérèse Barbaux-Couper
11 February 1997, Sydney
Third lecture
Interpreting Baldr, the dying god
Professor John Lindow
4 September 1993, Sydney
Second lecture
Europe between the languages
Professor Gerhard Sauder
21 September 1990, Sydney
Inaugral lecture
Laplace at Hobart Town and Sydney Town in 1831: The humanism of a French naval captain
Professor Keith V. Sinclair
11 July 1986, Hobart