20th Law Week event. A is for Arsenic, D Is for Death Cap.
Sir Zelman Cowen Centre, Victoria University, Queen Street Campus Heritage Courtyard Lecture Theatre, 295 Queen Street, MelbourneExploring the many dimensions of poison as the ‘women’s weapon’ will be Chloe Hooper, co-author of The Mushroom Tapes; Linda Glowacki, toxicologist from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine & Angela Savage on Agatha Christie and poisons; and host Vikki Petraitis. Poison was historically considered the archetypal 'woman's weapon' as it required no special strength, only access and opportunity, things generally afforded women in their domestic role. Or is this an old, made-up sawhorse?
$10 – $20