Inaugural Lecture Honour

Inaugural Lecture Honour
Friday 26 July 2013

School of History PhD candidate Anne Rees has delivered the inaugural Earle Hoffmann Memorial Lecture to the ACT Branch of the Australian Jewish Historical Society. The lecture, entitled, ‘“The quality and not only the quantity of Australia’s people”: Ruby Rich and the Racial Hygiene Association of NSW,’ took place at the National Jewish Memorial Centre on Wednesday 24th July.

Rees spoke on the life and work of Jewish feminist Ruby Rich (1888-1988), who was also a concert pianist, Aboriginal rights campaigner and founding president of the Racial Hygiene Association. The lecture focused in particular on Rich’s rather perplexing passion for eugenics, and explored how her interest in racial hygiene interacted with her commitment to feminism and other progressive causes.

The lecture was named in honour of the founding president of the Australian Jewish Historical Society ACT Branch, who passed away earlier this year.

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