Gabrielle Carey: ‘Only Happiness Here’
Workshop
‘Only Happiness Here’: The Life and Work of Elizabeth von Arnim Born in Australia in 1866 as Mary Beauchamp, Elizabeth von Arnim was the author of 21 best-selling novels, a lover of H.G. Wells, a Prussian Countess and the wife—for a short time—of Francis Russell, brother of Bertrand. She was also…
The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: First Edition, Second Edition, Third Edition?
Seminar
Abstract The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia, when published in 2005, was the first of its kind in the world. In 21 wide-ranging chapters it covered everything from the arrival of the First Australians on the continent to issues of social justice in the present. Close to 30 authors, all…
Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Study on Utilisation and Demographic Implications in Australia
Seminar
In Australia, as in most Western industrialised countries, fertility is dominated by a trend towards childbearing postponement. In the past 30 years, the fertility rate of Australian women aged 35-39 has more than doubled, and for women aged 40-44 it has tripled. Because of the negative impact of…
Social policies and population change
Seminar
This is a joint ANU Centre for European Studies and School of Demography Seminar The increase in life expectancy of today’s aging society means individuals must prepare for a longer length of retirement. However, an adequate pension becomes more complicated with increased work-related mobility in…
Aboriginal electoral power in the Northern Territory: Reality and potential viewed from the 2019 Federal election
Seminar
Abstract It is often said that, as 3% of the Australian population, Aboriginal people have no electoral power. But in the Northern Territory, Aboriginal people constitute around 30% of the population. Can this lead to real or potential electoral power? This seminar reviews past work on Aboriginal…
Motherhood under the microscope: Perspectives from the social sciences
Seminar
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 debated as it is today. The ANU Gender Institute and Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences invite you to this special National Science Week…
‘Settled reconciliation’ in education policy and practice: How celebrations of reconciliation can silence Indigenous diversity and agency, and perpetuate racism
Seminar
Abstract Since Australia’s formal reconciliation process began almost thirty years ago, the education system has been viewed as having a critical role in un-silencing Australia’s past by increasing the awareness of children and young people to diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…