<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;History Lab Live&lt;/em&gt; presents the 2025 David Scott Mitchell Oration, delivered by Kim Williams at the State Library of New South Wales.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A passionate advocate for the arts, media, and public institutions, Williams—currently Chair of the ABC—offers a sweeping and deeply personal reflection on the role of libraries and memory institutions in preserving truth, fostering democracy, and inspiring creativity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The episode is brought to you in partnership with the &lt;a href="https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;State Library of New South Wales&lt;/a&gt;. Williams delivered his oration at the Library, on Gadigal land, on 25 June, 2025.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kim Williams AM&lt;/strong&gt; has had a long involvement in the arts, entertainment and media industries here and overseas and has held various leadership positions since the late 1970s, including as Chief Executive at News Corp Australia, Foxtel, Fox Studios Australia, the Australian Film Commission, Southern Star Entertainment and Music Viva Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;History Lab is an &lt;a href="https://impactstudios.edu.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Impact Studios&lt;/a&gt; podcast, made in collaboration with the &lt;a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/research/centres/australian-centre-public-history" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Australian Centre for Public History&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;UTS&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

History Lab

Impact Studios

38. Kim Williams on Memory, Institutions and Freedom

DEC 17, 202555 MIN
History Lab

38. Kim Williams on Memory, Institutions and Freedom

DEC 17, 202555 MIN

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History Lab Live presents the 2025 David Scott Mitchell Oration, delivered by Kim Williams at the State Library of New South Wales.A passionate advocate for the arts, media, and public institutions, Williams—currently Chair of the ABC—offers a sweeping and deeply personal reflection on the role of libraries and memory institutions in preserving truth, fostering democracy, and inspiring creativity.The episode is brought to you in partnership with the State Library of New South Wales. Williams delivered his oration at the Library, on Gadigal land, on 25 June, 2025.Kim Williams AM has had a long involvement in the arts, entertainment and media industries here and overseas and has held various leadership positions since the late 1970s, including as Chief Executive at News Corp Australia, Foxtel, Fox Studios Australia, the Australian Film Commission, Southern Star Entertainment and Music Viva Australia.History Lab is an Impact Studios podcast, made in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS.