Colloquium

The 2026 Dawson Centre Colloquium 

July 10-11, St Peter's Church, Parish Centre, Toorak, Victoria

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'Can the decline of Western Civilisation be arrested? And if so how?'

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Based on all reasonable measures of integral human flourishing the West has been in a period of severe decline, over the last 10-15 years. The Tenth Annual Colloquium of the Christopher Dawson Centre will focus on reasons for this decline and whether there is any hope of turning this situation around. ​​

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Keynote Address

Senator Ralph Babet

7:00pm, Friday, 10 July 

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Colloquium presentation of papers

9:00am-4:00pm, Saturday 11 July 

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Colloquium Dinner

6:00pm, Venue TBC

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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We invite proposals from persons interested in addressing the topic.  Speakers should not only identify particular aspects of the decline they believe has taken place, but offer practical solutions either to turnaround the decline or outline what they believe are the best alternative responses. 

 

Papers should not exceed 30mins, and there will be 10 minutes for questions after each paper. With the consent of the presenter, proceedings will be filmed and posted on the Dawson YouTube site, and a written copy of the talk published late in 2026 or early 2027.

 

Proposals, or questions about the call for papers, should be sent to Alexander Sidhu, Director, Christopher Dawson Centre for Cultural Studies director@dawsoncentre.org. 

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The closing date for proposals is 30May. Places for papers are limited and therefore therefore proposals will be considered on a first come, first served basis. 

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