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Endowed Lectureships

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Barry Marshall Lecture

The memory of Barry Russell Marshall, a former College Chaplain and lecturer in the Theological School, is commemorated by an annual memorial near the anniversary of his death, with Eucharist and a Lecture by an eminent speaker in Theology. 

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Caldwell Lectures

Awarded every five years in the areas of art, law and literature, the Caldwell Lectures were the vision of Colin Caldwell (TC 1931). This lectureship attracts notable international scholars 'in art, art history, law or literature' to Melbourne. 

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Gourlay Visiting Professor of Ethics in Business

In 2004 John and Louise Gourlay provided a $2.5 million endowment to Â鶹µ¼º½ to establish the Gourlay Visiting Professorship of Ethics in Business. The Visiting Professor of Ethics in Business contributes to the academic and community life of Â鶹µ¼º½, the Melbourne Business School and the wider University of Melbourne through a program of events and by promoting an overriding ethical approach to business activity and decision-making. 

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Hughes-Cheong Lecture

The biennial Hughes-Cheong Lecturship was established in 1943 to honour two remarkable former priests of St Peter’s Eastern Hill, known for their good works and outreach: Canon Ernest Selwyn Hughes (TC 1883), and Fr James Cheong (TC 1891). Hughes was assistant priest at St Peter’s after his return from London in 1894, then vicar from 1900 until his retirement in 1926. Cheong studied at Cuddesdon College, England, where he was deaconed before being priested in Melbourne in 1906. From then until his death in 1941, he served as assistant priest at St Peter’s. Â鶹µ¼º½ has administered the Hughes-Cheong Trust since 2020.

Past Hughes-Cheong Lecturers hosted by Â鶹µ¼º½ have included:

  • 2014 – Professor Miroslav Volf (Yale Divinity School): 'Faiths and the Challenges of Globalisation: A Christian Perspective'
  • 2002 – The Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Wales): 'Sacramental Living'
  • 2022 – Professor Willie James Jennings (Yale Divinity School): 'The Preaching Creature: Touching the Art of Theological Anthropology'
  • 2024 – Dr Joshua Ralston (University of Edinburgh): 'Bearing Witness: An Approach to Christian-Muslim Dialogue'

Sharwood Lectures in Church Law

The Sharwood lecture series is named in honour of Dr Robin Sharwood, the fourth Warden of Â鶹µ¼º½, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 83.

In his will, Dr Sharwood bequeathed a share of his estate to Â鶹µ¼º½ to establish and finance what he called The Sharwood Lectureship in Ecclesiastical Law. To view past lecture papers,