Past events

Families on Campus Events

01
Aug
2019

What A Mother’s Got to Do: formulating a moderate account of maternal duty

Modern motherhood is hard.  While raising children is never going to be easy, I argue that we, as a society, make motherhood harder than it should be by...
31
Jul
2019

‘A Crafty and Deliberate Murderess’? Poison, Gender, and Justice in Early-Federation New South Wales

Scholarship on women and homicide has focussed increasingly on the ways in which race, ethnicity, and sexual identity intersect to produce patterns of severity...
31
Jul
2019

Expressions of Interest: Sara Ahmed Masterclass 2019

In December 2019, the ANU will welcome Professor Sara Ahmed on a short visit sponsored by the Humanities Research Centre. On the evening of December 5, she...
31
Jul
2019

Making it in the Academic Jungle: Publishing Strategies

In this seminar, three prominent women scholars at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs address one of the most significant demands of a scholar’s...
26
Jul
2019

From muddy boots to business class: to the emergency frontlines and back

The now-iconic image of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi’s body washed up on a beach in Turkey in September 2015 sparked a public outcry and turned global attention...
25
Jul
2019

Prejudice vanquished: Championing inclusive and respectful workplaces

What would working in our medical schools and hospitals be like if we cared for one another as if the lives of our patients depended on it? Or it could lead to...
19
Jul
2019

2019 Jack Smart Lecture with Frances Kamm

In the last part of volume 3 of On What Matters, Derek Parfit argues against the moral relevance of such deontological distinctions as harming versus not...

Pages

Updated:  5 July 2017/Responsible Officer:  Convenor, Gender Institute/Page Contact:  Gender Institute