VIDEO - Feminist Utopias - Hannah McCann
Dr. Hannah McCann, Lecturer, Gender Studies, University of Melbourne, asks should we be hopeful about the prospect of marriage equality? And, if so, what kind of hope should we adopt as our orientation? Are there certain formations of hope that shut down queer futures? Drawing on Lauren Berlant’s (…
VIDEO - Feminist Utopias - Jane Alver
Jane Alver, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra, argues we need greater numbers and collectivity and unity across diversity and explores this prospect by drawing on her research on Pacific feminist civil society. There are contested notions of feminism in…
VIDEO - Feminist Utopias - Elizabeth Reid
Dr Elizabeth Reid AO begins her presentation with audio from her ground-breaking plenary speech as part of the Australian Delegation to the World Conference of the International Women’s year, held at Mexico City, June – July 1975. Reid reflects on the extent to which her speech reflected a Utopian…
VIDEO - Feminist Utopias - Teresa Jopson
Teresa Jopson, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Political and Social Change, ANU, says amidst the dystopic climate in neoliberal academia scholars in various parts of the world have resisted through artistic and activist engagements. In this presentation, Jopson explores how academics as artists and…
VIDEO - Feminist Utopias - Gabrielle Journey Jones
Gabrielle Journey Jones, co-founder of Creative Womyn Down Under, says the group develops and supports opportunities for ‘womyn’ to participate in creative experiences, and its vision develops networks and friendships in Australia and beyond. Journey Jones explores what a grass-roots, unfunded,…
VIDEO - The baby out with the bathwater… disavowal and disappearance of motherhood in 20th and 21st century academic feminism
In this public talk Andrea O’Reilly introduces Motherhood Studies providing an overview of the development of scholarship on motherhood. She introduces her concept of “matricentric feminism”— that the topic of mothers, mothering, and motherhood is deserving of serious and sustained scholarly…
The baby out with the bathwater… disavowal and disappearance of motherhood in 20th and 21st century academic feminism
In this public talk Prof Andrea O’Reilly introduced Motherhood Studies providing an overview of the development of scholarship on motherhood. She discussed her concept of “matricentric feminism”— that the topic of mothers, mothering, and motherhood is deserving of serious and sustained…
Prosecute; don't perpetrate
Ending impunity for sexual violence in armed conflict Susan Hutchinson delivered a Ted style talk on sexual violence perpetrated by Da’esh in Syria and Iraq, the situation internationally, and how Australia can help end impunity through investigations and prosecutions. Her talk was followed by…
How the personal became political: symposium reflects on the past and considers the future
A Podcast is now available of Elizabeth Reid's fantastic keynote at the How the Personal Become Political symposium, held 6th March. The symposium was the Gender Institute's Signature Event for 2017 and also celebrated International Women’s Day. Elizabeth Reid was the first adviser on women’s…
VIDEO + PODCAST - Prosecute; don't perpetrate
Ending impunity for sexual violence in armed conflict Susan Hutchinson delivered a Ted style talk on sexual violence perpetrated by Da’esh in Syria and Iraq, the situation internationally, and how Australia can help end impunity through investigations and prosecutions. Her talk was followed by…