The conversation will cover their respective current research - Professor Nedelsky is working on a project on shifting the norms around care and employment, so that everyone is expected to work part-time and do care work part-time. Professor Nedelsky’s teaching and scholarship have  concentrated on Feminist Theory, Legal Theory, American Constitutional History and Interpretation, and Comparative Constitutionalism. Her most recent book, Law’s Relations: A Relational Theory of Self, Autonomy, and Law (Oxford, 2011) won the C.B. Macpherson Prize, awarded by the Canadian Political Science Association. 

Professor Carens' research focuses on questions about justice, equality, and freedom in democratic communities. He is particularly interested in the normative issues raised by the movement of people across state borders and by ethnic and cultural diversity in all its forms. His book Culture, Citizenship and Community: A Contextual Exploration of Justice as Evenhandedness(Oxford University Press 2000)  won the 2002 C. B. Macpherson Award from the Canadian Political Science Association.

In addition to discussions about their current research, Professor Rubenstein will canvas issues associated with work-life balance in their own lives and juggling two academic careers with their own family commitments.

This event will therefore be of interest  to scholars in their respective research fields as well as academics thinking about work/life balance issues; a significant issue of interest to the ANU Gender Institute. 

Feel free to bring your own lunch to the event.

Please RSVP for this event online.