VIDEOS
Due to the Coronavirus outbreak the planned book launches in Australian capital cities have been postponed. In the meantime, Terry and Dr Rowan Cahill filmed a discussion on The Fatal Lure of Politics - The Life and Thought of Vere Gordon Childe, on 2 May 2020.
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDE – WRITING THE BOOK – THE NEO-LIBERAL UNIVERSITY – PETER GATHERCOLE
THE BOOK’S STYLE – THE FIRST GENERATION OF BRITISH LABOUR HISTORIANS – RADICAL HISTORY – CHILDE’S USE OF NON-ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
CHILDE’S REACTION TO AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH AND U.S. SPOOKS – GEORGE ORWELL FINGERS HIM AS DISLOYAL – BENEDETTO CROCE AND CHILDE’S MARXISM
JACK LINDSAY – WESTERN MARXISM – PREMATURE NEW-LEFTISM – PSYCHOANALYSIS – SEXUALITY – POSH CARS
CHILDE’S LAST YEARS – HIS SUICIDE NOTE – SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR HISTORICAL MATERIALISM – A RADICAL INTELLECTUAL LIFE – DAVID MARTIN’S POEM
FROM THE RISING TIDE TO GOVETT'S LEAP: THE SOCIALIST LIFE OF GORDON CHILDE
BLACKHEATH HISTORY FORUM - VERE GORDON CHILDE ANNUAL LECTURE 2020 - TERRY IRVING
Originally streamed live: 14 November 2020