Upcoming events
17
Jul
2025
Explanatory Realism
Lecture
The cement of the universe is not causation: it is explanatory dependence. Reality is a network of facts connected by a single, irreducible, mind-independent “because”. It is widely held that explanation is a sort, interest-sensitive practice that aims to provide information only about other things…
22
Jul
2025
Connecting the Dots: Ayahs and Empire in Australian Settler Society
Lecture
What can the stories of South Asian ayahs – nursemaids and domestic servants – tell us about the significance of race and women’s domestic labour in Australia’s settler colonial history – and why do these stories remain so elusive? In this talk, Victoria Haskins reflects on the obscure lives of…