University of Tasmania, Australia

What does accounting have to do with Venice, a city which has mesmerised poets and lovers throughout the ages?

This question takes us to the heart of Renaissance Italy, into the life of Franciscan monk, magician and mathematician Fra Luca Pacioli, who taught Leonardo da Vinci mathematics and was probably his lover. It takes us to the ruins of Mesopotamia where writing was invented (by accountants) - and to the pottery works of Josiah Wedgwood, Roosevelt's New Deal and Wall Street circa 2008.

The secret life of accounting and accountants is not only riveting, but it turns out accountants might be the superheroes of our times - because in 2013 they alone wield the power to save the planet.

This public lecture is sponsored by the School of Accounting and Corporate Governance.

http://www.events.utas.edu.au/2013/march/public-lecture-by-writer-and-editor,-jane-gleeson-white