October 2023 Meeting
The third EBC meeting for 2023 will be held on Friday 20 October at the Melbourne Savage Club- arrive at 6:00pm for a start at 6:30pm.
The topic of discussion will be the significance of education in our current cultural conflicts. We will draw on the expertise of those engaged in educational scholarship.
The RSVP date is Tuesday, 17 October.
The next EBC meeting will be held on Friday 28 July at the Melbourne Savage Club- arrive at 6:00pm for a start at 6:30pm.
The topic ‘Religion and Free Speech: an uneasy relationship.’ This paper will be published in August in an edited collection based on the 2022 Dawson Centre Colloquium on “Freedom of Speech and Religion.” When posted online by the Dawson Centre, I’ll send through a link for those who may be interested in exploring the whole collection.
The RSVP date is Tuesday, 25 July.
The next EBC meeting will be held on Friday 2 June at the Melbourne Savage Club- arrive at 6:00pm for a start at 6:30pm.
Dr Martin Black will give a talk on The human soul: ancient and modern. Dr. Black has presented for the Club before and runs the Melbourne Independent School of Philosophy ( https://www.independentschoolofphilosophy.org/ )
I hope you will be able to attend this interesting discussion. We will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant after the meeting. The RSVP date is Wednesday 31 May. Please reply to this email if you plan to attend.
Dress code:
Tie & jacket for men/Equivalent for ladies.
Our fourth meeting for the year will have a guest speaker. Peter Westmore, former President of the National Civic Council, will speak on the war in Ukraine. Peter has a long-standing interest in Eastern European affairs and has been publishing a podcast throughout the year on the war.
The meeting will be held on Friday, 9 December at the Melbourne Savage Club (12 Bank Pl, Melbourne). 6PM arrival for a 6:30PM start.
The RSVP date is Tuesday 6 December.
Our next meeting will be held on Friday, 21 October at the Melbourne Savage Club with dinner to follow afterwards. The start time is 6:30PM. The RSVP date is Tuesday, 18 October.
The topic of our meeting will be an exploration of the ‘voice’ from a conservative perspective.
There have been many critiques of the ‘voice’ in The Australian, the Herald Sun and other publications; all of them are very strong; they are often focused quite correctly on the collision between the principles of the ‘voice’ and liberal principles. We will explore a more conservative approach.
The General Meeting is on Friday, 19 August 2022. The meeting will begin at 6:30pm.
The title of the talk is ‘National conservatism: a fresh start from libertarianism’
After the meeting we will go to a nearby restaurant. The RSVP date for the meeting is Tuesday, 16 August. Please email.
The second EBC general meeting for 2021 will be held on Friday 9 July at the Melbourne Savage Club- arrive at 6:00pm for a start at 6:30pm.
The presentation will continue to be on Christopher Olaf Blum’s compilation of French counter enlightenment thinkers, Critics of the Enlightenment: Readings in the French Counter-Revolutionary Tradition. The final three thinkers in the text will be covered.
We will be having dinner at a nearby restaurant after the meeting. The RSVP date is Tuesday 6 July.
Dress code:
Tie & jacket for men/Equivalent for ladies
The Edmund Burke’s Club of Australia Inc. will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2020-21 on Friday, 4th December, 2020 at the Savage Club in Melbourne. The business of the AGM will involve the conduction of elections for the forthcoming year on the Club executive. Members and guests are asked to arrive by 6 pm for drinks and finger food. The meeting will then commence at 6:30 pm sharp.
Following this, Dr Martin Balck will be presenting on “The Post-Modern World: The Enlightenment Gone Mad”, developing a theme from his last presentation.
Dinner will then take place at the Savage Club immediately following the meeting.
The RSVP date is Wednesday, 2nd December, which can be made via our email address at edmundburkeclub@gmail.com.
A reminder that the dress code for the Savage Club is tie & jacket for men and the equivalent for ladies.
Finally, members can renew their membership for 2020-21 (or for those who joined us recently as guests or visitors) that this can be done via electronic funds transfer using the following details:
BSB: 083-781
Acct No: 142948446
Acct Name: EDMUND BURKE’S CLUB AUSTRALIA (INC)
Transaction Description: (Member’s Name)
Membership fees are as follows:
Entrance fee (once only) $25.00 Annual membership fee: $50.00 Student membership yearly flat fee: $25.00 (no entrance fee)
For those wishing to be by cash, the Treasurer will be available before the meeting to accept cash payments.
The Edmund Burke’s Club of Australia Inc. will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2019-20 on Friday, 15th November 2019 at the Savage Club in Melbourne. The business of the AGM will involve the conduction of elections for the forthcoming year on the Club executive. Members and guests are asked to arrive by 6 pm for drinks and finger food. The meeting will then commence at 6:30 pm sharp.
Following this, we will hear from Mr Lucas McLennan on Russell Kirk’s important work ‘The Conservative Mind.’.
Dinner will then take place at the RACV Club afterwards for thos able to stay.
The RSVP date is Tuesday, 12th November, which can be made via our email address at edmundburkeclub@gmail.com.
A reminder that the dress code for the Savage Club is tie & jacket for men and the equivalent for ladies.
Finally, a reminder for all members who haven’t yet renewed their membership for 2019-20 (or for those who joined us recently as guests or visitors) that this can be done via electronic funds transfer using the following details:
BSB: 083-781 Acct No: 142948446 Acct Name: EDMUND BURKE’S CLUB AUSTRALIA (INC)
Membership fees are as follows:
Entrance fee (once only) $25.00 Annual membership fee: $50.00 Student membership yearly flat fee: $25.00 (no entrance fee)
For those wishing to be by cash, the Treasurer will be available before the meeting to accept cash payments.