Gender Institute Event Series
UN Women 2011 Spring Campaign Launch & Film Fundraiser
Film screening
The 2011 Spring Campaign will be launched together with a charity screening of Offside, a comedy about the exclusion of Iranian women from sporting events. This year all money raised money from these evetns will go towards the Pacific Facility Fund (PFF) which supports small organisations working…
Women and the Arab Spring
Lunchtime seminar
Two speakers from the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, ANU will speak about Arab Women Amid Political Change. Dr Victoria Mason Dr Victoria Mason is a Lecturer with the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies and the School of Politics and International Relations at the ANU. Her Middle East…
Lunchtime seminar: The study of violence from a gender perspective
Lunchtime seminar
Dr Elena Azaola conducted research among Mexican inmates investigating homicide from a gender perspective and trying to answer the questions: Who does a man kill? Who does a woman kill? Why does a man kill? Why does a woman kill? And what do the differences mean from a gender perspective? Dr Azaola…
History of Women in the Australian Military
Public lecture
Winter Tales: Sunday at the Australian National Library, Air Vice-Marshal Margaret Staib speaks on the History of Women in the Australian military. Margaret is the highest ranking woman in the Australian Defence Force. As Commander Joint Logistics she is accountable for the oversight of the Defence…
'Girls will be girls': The gender politics of SCR 1325 and 1820
Lecture
The second lecture in the 2011 Freilich Foundation Eminent Lecturer Series given this year by Professor of Law Ratna Kapur and titled 'Unpacking Gender in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law'.
Religious Dissent, Sexuality and Social Control in Europe: A Case Study of a Radical Christian Movement in 18th Century Germany
Public lecture
This paper discusses the challenge to the household structure posed by the radical Christian movement, the Moravian Brethren in 18th Century Germany, which is the focus of a larger research project.
Working for women symposium
Conference
WORKING FOR WOMEN: EXPERIENCES, RELATIONSHIPS AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATION IN PRE-MODERN EUROPE CALL FOR REGISTRATION TO ATTEND A ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM This event is free and open to the public This one-day multidisciplinary symposium will explore the experiences, relationships and…