This event, hosted by the School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, Future of Rights Centre (FoRC), and the Centre for Colonial and Settler Studies, will showcase recent research by members of the two centres.
'Contested Histories, Unsettled Futures’ - HSI Research Seminar Day
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Wollongong Campus
Building 24. G02 and online
The Centre for Colonial and Settler Studies (CASS) and the Future of Rights Centre (FoRC) will host this joint event to showcase research being undertaken across both Research Centres based within the School of Humanities and Social Inquiry (HSI) around the themes of past, present, and emerging historical, political, and social contentions and insecurities.
Time, Date and Location
Tuesday April 12, 10.00am to 3.00pm
Building 24-G02 and on Zoom
If you wish to attend this event virtually, the Zoom link will be provided with Registration
Contact Details
Associate Professor Claire Lowrie, CASS Director
Associate Professor Phil Orchard, FoRC Co-director
Associate Professor Susan Engel, FoRC Co-director
Associate Professor Roger Patulny, Research Leader HSI
Contested Histories, Unsettled Futures’ Program
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Presenter |
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PART I - Contesting Colonialism: Past Present and Future (CASS) |
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9.45am -10.00am |
Welcome and Acknowledgement |
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10.00am – 10.20am |
Learning to Stand with Gyack |
Associate Professor Lisa Slater, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, HSI |
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10.20am – 10.40am |
Yaangarra: Building Digital Capacity for |
Dr Michael R. Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, TAEM |
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10.40am – 11.00am |
Morning Tea |
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11.00am – 11.20am |
James Thornton Beckett, the First Chief Inspector of Aborigines and Settler |
Leonie Tan, PhD Candidate in History, HSI |
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11.20am – 11.40am |
‘Break the monotony of meat’: vegetarian messaging in the Australian Women’s |
Dr Lauren Samuelsson, Honorary Fellow, History, HSI |
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11.40am – 12.00pm |
Chinese Amahs in White Australia: Domestic Workers and the Second World War |
Associate Professor Claire Lowrie, Associate Professor History, HSI, with Charmaine Lam |
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12.00pm – 1.00pm |
Lunch |
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PART II – Contested Climates and Emerging Insecurities (FoRC) |
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1.00pm – 1.20pm |
Tony Wrigley, Kenneth Pomeranz, Vaclav Smil and the missing 'motive powers': minimizing the contribution of wind- and water-power in the Industrial Revolution |
Dr Adam Lucas, Senior Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies, HSI
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1.20pm – 1.40pm |
Leading from the Pacific: Norms, Contestation, and the Issue of Climate Mobilities Protection |
Mr Liam Moore, HDR Candidate International Relations, HSI |
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1.40 – 2pm |
Afternoon Tea |
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2.00pm – 2.20pm |
More Debtfare than Healthcare: Business as Usual in the Multilateral Development Banks’ COVID-19 response in India |
Associate Professor Susan Engel, Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies, HSI, with David Pedersen, HSI |
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2.20pm – 2.40pm |
Do Australians think they have a right to Universal Basic Income? Presenting evidence from the 2019-2020 Australian Social Attitudes Survey |
Associate Professor Roger Patulny, Associate Professor of Sociology, HSI, with A/Prof Ben Spies-Butcher (Macquarie University) & Ms Maiy Azize, Anglicare Australia |
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2.40pm – 3.00pm |
Resonance and/or the Slow Apocalypse |
Dr Jordan McKenzie, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, HSI |
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3.00pm |
Close |
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