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...

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