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If History is a Poem, what does it mean?
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If History is a Poem, what does it mean?
<p>Join ten thinkers as they improvise on the theme <em>If History is a Poem, what does it mean?</em> Each brings their own voice to an unfolding conversation about how we interpret the past, live in
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| When | Time | Where | Session Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 Jan 2026 | 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00) | Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney | [What] Can history tell us about the future?" |
| Thu 5 Feb 2026 | 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00) | Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney | If history is poetry, Vedanta is the best guide to this inexhaustible epic |
| Thu 12 Feb 2026 | 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00) | Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney | "I have nature, art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is ?" - Vincent van Gogh |
| Thu 19 Feb 2026 | 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00) | Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney | Ozymandias and The Painted Veil: Shelley, illusion and the nature of life |
| Thu 26 Feb 2026 | 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00) | Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney | 'Humankind - a hopeful history' |
| Thu 5 Mar 2026 | 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00) | Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney | Life is poetry - ambiguous, romantic, tragic. How does this shape the human condition |
| Thu 12 Mar 2026 | 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00) | Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney | Redeeming History Through Art: The Ideas of Walter Benjamin |
| Thu 19 Mar 2026 | 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00) | Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney | History is the great leveller: it puts us in our place. |
| Thu 26 Mar 2026 | 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00) | Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney | Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade |
| Thu 2 Apr 2026 | 9:30am - 11:30am (UTC+11:00) | Classroom TBA - WEA Sydney | Unwritten verses? Pondering the knowns and unknowns of a 'history poem' |