The body as archive: debates around the genetic reconstruction of African ancestries in post-slavery American societies
Seminar
Co-hosted by Synapse Trans-Disciplinary Seminar Series by the School of Culture, History & Language and the Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies Abstract Recent studies into the origins of Africans displaced by the transatlantic slave trade have been concerned…
ANU75: History panel event and Our History – Living History Project launch
Panel discussion
This panel, to mark the University’s 75th anniversary, features three members of the School of History: Professor Nick Brown, Professor Ann McGrath and Dr. Daniel Oakman. After the panel discussion on the University's past, present and future, Daniel will present his innovative digital…
Ann-Marie Priest: The Many Voices of Gwen Harwood
Webinar/Online
Ann-Marie Priest, My Tongue Is my Own: The Many Voices of Gwen Harwood Gwen Harwood was known as the trickster-poet. She was enamoured of masks and disguises, and famously used pseudonyms to confound editorial expectations. In her private life, she played many roles, from Burning Sappho to the…
Governing the Pandemic: The Role of Indigenous Organisations
Seminar
To watch a video of this seminar click here ABSTRACT Twelve months ago, with the Covid-19 declared to be an international pandemic, in Australia grave concerns were expressed for the health and well-being of Indigenous people and their communities. Today, probably the first time in…
Webinar on indigenous governance in Australia and Latin America
Webinar/Online
In common with Australia the diversity of indigenous communities in Latin America is reflected also in a diversity of models of indigenous governance. Join us for a webinar to discuss and exchange ideas on governance structures and practices in Australia, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala. Speakers…
The Australian Social Policy Association launch of the Australian Journal of Social Issues special issue on Big Data and Social Policy in Australia
Book launch
Agenda 1. Announcement of the Peter Saunders' prize winners for the Australian Journal of Social Issues in 2019 and 2020 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Australian Journal of Social Issues, the Australian Social Policy Association established the Peter Saunders Prize. It is named in…
The Indigenous service market: conflicting ontological ways of seeing urban First Nations organisations in the era of NPM
Seminar
ABSTRACT The presentation will analyse the quantitative findings of a three-year mixed-method research project developed in partnership with six urban First Nations organisations in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). The research is designed to provide urban First Nations organisations…