Aquinas Memorial Lectures Collection

The Aquinas Memorial Lectures date back to the 1940s. In March 1944, eleven years after the opening of the Aquinas Library, the inaugural Aquinas Lecture, entitled "Aquinas and Modern Practices of Interest Taking", was delivered by Mr John P. Kelly in the rooms of the Aquinas Library with the Chief Justice of Queensland, Sir William Webb, as Chairman. From then until 1950 an Aquinas Lecture was delivered each year. A new series of the Aquinas Memorial Lectures was established in 1979 by the Aquinas Library and continued by the Australian Catholic University McAuley Campus. The lecture series was originally published by Aquinas Press in Brisbane, the Aquinas Library from 1979 and then continued by the Australian Catholic University, McCauley Campus.

阿奎那纪念讲座（Aquinas Memorial Lectures）的历史可追溯至20世纪40年代。1944年3月，在阿奎那图书馆（Aquinas Library）开馆11年后，首届阿奎那讲座以《阿奎那与现代计息实务》为题，由约翰·P·凯利先生（John P. Kelly）在阿奎那图书馆馆内发表演讲，昆士兰州首席大法官威廉·韦伯爵士（Sir William Webb）担任讲座主席。自此至1950年，每年均举办一场阿奎那讲座。1979年，阿奎那图书馆发起全新系列的阿奎那纪念讲座，后由澳大利亚天主教大学麦考利校区（Australian Catholic University McAuley Campus）接续承办。该讲座系列最初由布里斯班的阿奎那出版社（Aquinas Press）出版；1979年起改由阿奎那图书馆负责出版工作，后又由澳大利亚天主教大学麦考利校区（Australian Catholic University McCauley Campus）接续出版。