MALTHUS BICENTENARY CONFERENCE 1998
Malthus and his legacy: The population debate after 200 years
National Library of Australia, Canberra, 17–18 September 1998
Conference program
THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER
Professor Margaret Clunies Ross, FAHA
President, National Academies Forum
Keynote address
Professor Glenn Withers
Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
Understanding and misunderstanding Malthus
Professor John Pullen
Standing between two worlds: why Malthus is so easily misunderstood
Sir Tony Wrigley, FBA (to be delivered by Professor Anthony Low, FASSA, FAHA)
Malthus in his time
Dr Clara Tuite
Conversations with Malthus
Dr Suzanne Rickard
Malthus and his influence
Professor John Poynter, FASSA, FAHA
Malthus and charity
Dr Michael Roberts
Moral issues and practical matters
Professor Roger Short, FRS, FAA
The micro-effects of unconstrained fecundity on women's lives
Dr Janet McCalman, FAHA
The worldwide impact
Professor John C. Caldwell, AO, FASSA
Pestilence and population: past plagues and new viruses
Professor Sue Serjeantson
FRIDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER
Ian Castles, AO, FASSA
Malthus, Darwin and Huxley
Professor Iain McCalman, FASSA, FAHA
Australia's population capacity
Professor Michael Roe, FAHA
Malthus and the mathematics of population – post-war and beyond
Dr Christabel Young, FASSA
The continuing legacy
Professor Geoffrey McNicoll, FASSA
Empty or full: the debate over the population of Australia
Professor Jonathon Stone, FAA
Summing up
Professor Peter Karmel, AC, FASSA
Conclusion
Warren Horton
Director-General, National Library of Australia