Mystery and Crime lecture with Celine Van Golde
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Mystery and Crime lecture with Celine Van Golde

Dr Celine van Golde joins us for the SMSA Mystery & Crime Lecture 2024.

By Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (SMSA)

Date and time

Tuesday, May 14 · 12:30 - 1:30pm AEST

Location

Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

Henry Carmichael Theatre Level 1, 280 Pitt Street Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia

About this event

  • 1 hour

Dr Celine van Golde, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney, joins us for the SMSA Mystery & Crime Lecture 2024. After her fantastic & hugely popular talk at SMSA in 2023 on the Psychology behind pardons and wrongful convictions we have invited her back for another lecture at SMSA.


About Celine van Golde

Dr Celine van Golde is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on the reliability of eyewitness memory in children and adults, both for one-off and repeated events. Specifically, how interviewing techniques in forensic settings, such as those used by police, lawyers and judges can affect memory accuracy. She gives annual guest lectures within the NSW Police Force Detective Training Program, as well as advising judges and lawyers on issues related to eyewitness memory.

Celine is also the founder and director of Not Guilty: the Sydney Exoneration Project, which assesses cases of potential wrongful convictions.

Twitter: @Celine Van Golde


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Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (SMSA)

Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (SMSA)

Since 1833, the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts has served Sydney's community, connecting its members with literature, science and the arts. It is the oldest operating School of Arts in Australia, constituted under its own Act of Parliament. Today, the School continues to operate the longest-running lending library in Australia and runs a robust public program of talks, seminars and screenings. It is the home of the Tom Keneally Centre and offers affordable venue hire in the Sydney CBD.