Institute for Social Transformation Research

2012 Seminar Schedule 

The seminar series usually run on Wednesdays from 12:30 to around 2 pm. The venue is usually the Arts Faculty Building number 19, room 1003, University of Wollongong.

If you are interested in presenting, please contact Dr Vicki Crinis

If you would like to receive notices regarding upcoming seminars, please contact us.

All interested are very welcome.

» 2012 Seminar Abstracts
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DatesTitlePresenterHome Institute
Wednesday
7 March
Schizoanalysis as an Apparatus for Social CritiqueIan BuchananDirector of Institute for Social Transformation Research, Faculty of Arts University of Wollongong
Wednesday
28 March
Renewable Energy Activism in Australia, Oklahoma and Texas: Building Constituencies and New Sources of Power in the Business, Political and Community Sectors'Adam Lucas  Science and Technology Studies Program, University of Wollongong
Wednesday
4 April
Language and contextual complexity.  Or, why is this doctor spending so much time, on the public purse, talking to his patient about his own trips to the gym? Alison MooreLecturer, English Language and Linguistics, Language Centre.
Wednesday 2 MayOral History on Radio: Restitution, Dissemination, Aesthetics and AffectSiobhan McHughSenior Lecturer Journalism, Creative Arts
Wednesday
6 June
Erewhon: Media, Ecology and Utopia in the AntipodesSu BallardSenior Lecturer Visual and Media Arts, Creative Arts
Wednesday
8 August

TBA

Brownywn CarlsonSenior Lecturer, Indigenous Studies Unit, Faculty of Arts

Wednesday 5 September

Communities or Publics? Contemporary Challenges for Citizens MediaTanja DreherLecturer, Media and Communication
Wednesday 12 September

TBA

Ian McLeanProfessor, History and Politics, Faculty of Arts
Wednesday
10 October
Despotism: Is our age defined by Machiavelli or Tacitus?Greg MelleuishProfessor, History and Politics, Faculty of Arts
Wednesday
7 November
What I learnt in JapanAnne CollettAssociate Professor English Literatures and Philosophy (SELP)

  

Last reviewed: 5 April, 2012