Past events
Families on Campus Events
14
Aug
2019
Motherhood Under the Microscope: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
What makes a good mother? What makes a mother at all? Where does motherhood come from? The nature of motherhood has perhaps never been more controversial or...
14
Aug
2019
Engendering the Anthropocene in Oceania: Fatalism, Resilience, Resistance
The concept of the Anthropocene confounds Eurocentric distinctions of natural and human history as Dipesh Chakrabarty observes. But who are ‘we’ in the...
12
Aug
2019
Narrating the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
The year 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325, the first resolution to be adopted by the Council...
09
Aug
2019
The Hon. Michael Kirby: Queer-ying Global Challenges & Triumphs
There may not be anyone more experienced and active in the global field of gender and sexuality. Over his long and multifarious career, Justice Kirby has been...
05
Aug
2019
Bullying and Sexual Harassment in the Legal Profession
'This important report is a clarion call for urgent action. I urge you to absorb its facts and findings and then make a difference.' Julia Gillard, Former...
05
Aug
2019
Human Rights and Participatory Politics in Southeast Asia
There was a degree of optimism when in 2008 the leaders of Southeast Asian nations announced the creation of a regional human rights commission to promote and...
02
Aug
2019
Gender and Material Culture in Early Modern Colonial Globalization
This seminar will address the intimate connection between material culture and gender in the making of (very) early modern colonial globalization. The 16th and...