Sir John Graham Lecture 2026
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Maxim Institute warmly invites you to this year’s Sir John Graham Lecture as we mark 25 years of independent research and public engagement.
THE LECTURE:
Something in our cultural moment has shifted. Across the globe, people feel disconnected. They’re unsure of where they belong, yet paradoxically more tribal. Education is shaped by ideology. Politics infuses every sphere. We struggle to disagree well.
These are symptoms of what Dr Sarah Irving-Stonebraker calls our “Ahistoric Age.”
The past is often treated as irrelevant, discarded in favour of narratives of self-fulfilment and self-creation. As our historical understanding dims, so too does our ability to comprehend the present. We become foreigners in our own time.
At this year’s Sir John Graham Lecture, Dr Irving-Stonebraker explores what it means to steward history. She explains how recovering lost and overlooked stories can restore a sense of belonging and inheritance.
When we can’t remember the past, not only are we condemned to repeat it; we actually lose what holds us together.
THE LECTURER:
Dr Sarah Irving-Stonebraker is an Australian-based historian who specialises in British history and the intersection of religion, science, and politics. She received her PhD in History from Cambridge University and held a Junior Research Fellowship at Oxford University. Dr Irving-Stonebraker is the author of two books, Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age and Natural Science and the Origins of the British Empire.
EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Friday 17 July 2026
Time: 6pm
Venue: Pullman Hotel, Auckland
Tickets: Single ticket: $196 | Student: $170 | Table (10 guests): $1900
PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS AT:
events.humanitix.com/sir-john-graham-lecture-2026
THE LECTURE:
Something in our cultural moment has shifted. Across the globe, people feel disconnected. They’re unsure of where they belong, yet paradoxically more tribal. Education is shaped by ideology. Politics infuses every sphere. We struggle to disagree well.
These are symptoms of what Dr Sarah Irving-Stonebraker calls our “Ahistoric Age.”
The past is often treated as irrelevant, discarded in favour of narratives of self-fulfilment and self-creation. As our historical understanding dims, so too does our ability to comprehend the present. We become foreigners in our own time.
At this year’s Sir John Graham Lecture, Dr Irving-Stonebraker explores what it means to steward history. She explains how recovering lost and overlooked stories can restore a sense of belonging and inheritance.
When we can’t remember the past, not only are we condemned to repeat it; we actually lose what holds us together.
THE LECTURER:
Dr Sarah Irving-Stonebraker is an Australian-based historian who specialises in British history and the intersection of religion, science, and politics. She received her PhD in History from Cambridge University and held a Junior Research Fellowship at Oxford University. Dr Irving-Stonebraker is the author of two books, Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age and Natural Science and the Origins of the British Empire.
EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Friday 17 July 2026
Time: 6pm
Venue: Pullman Hotel, Auckland
Tickets: Single ticket: $196 | Student: $170 | Table (10 guests): $1900
PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS AT:
events.humanitix.com/sir-john-graham-lecture-2026
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