An Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association mini-conference

Keynote Speaker: Kirsten Wehner, Senior Curator, National Museum of Australia
Featuring: Suzanne Bellamy, “The Lost Culture of Women’s Liberation, 1969-1974” exhibition/performance

The role of museums and objects in fostering social memory is widely recognized, however, the presence of second wave feminism in museums is limited.  This symposium will address the way in which second wave feminism is, or can be, collected and displayed in museums, and the role of material culture in memorializing feminism.

Registrations via eventarc

$60 wages, $40 concessional

Symposium Convenors: Alison Bartlett, The University of Western Australia;
Margaret Henderson, The University of Queensland