School of History Seminar Week 3: Closed Stranger Adoption and Māori (1955–1985): Violence, Sex, and Race
Seminar
Matron with babies at Bethany Home, Wellington, NZ, 1969. [Source]. Between 1955 and 1985 over 80,000 children in New Zealand were adopted. The majority of these children were adopted under the State-sanctioned practice of ‘closed stranger adoption’. While exact numbers are unknown, it is widely…
HDR Masterclass on Race, Mixed Race, and Identity
Other
It is common in academic circles to assert that racial and ethnic identities are socially constructed entities. This masterclass will offer students tools for examining how those identities are in fact constructed. It will explore the history of racial thinking, examine how modern…
Stephen Wilks: Earle Page, 1890–1961
Workshop
Stephen Wilks will talk about his researches into the remarkable but little studied Earle Christmas Grafton Page – Country Party leader, Treasurer, Prime Minister and perhaps the most extraordinary visionary to hold high public office in the Australian Commonwealth.
Biography Workshop
Other
Stephen Wilks will talk about his researches into the remarkable but little studied Earle Christmas Grafton Page – Country Party leader, Treasurer, Prime Minister and perhaps the most extraordinary visionary to hold high public office in the Australian Commonwealth. Page’s incessant activism…
School of History Seminar Week 2: Haunting Biology: The Scientific Collection of Blood and Bones in Indigenous Australia
Seminar
One Canberra night in 2009, an Aboriginal poet was haunted by a dead comparative anatomist who cut through her body with a scalpel. This article takes a leap of faith to consider this not as a freak event but as a reflection of the general condition of scientific research involving Indigenous…
The Art of Time Travel by Tom Griffiths Book Launch
Other
To be Launched by Associate Professor Frank Bongiorno Please RSVP by Tuesday 19th July to publicity@blackincbooks.com or 03 9486 0288
School of History Seminar Week 1: Not Passing - Shapeshifting: Reflections on Racial Plasticity
Seminar
Not Passing — Shapeshifting: Reflections on Racial Plasticity Wednesday 20 July 2016 4:15–5:30pm School of History Seminar Series Speaker: Paul Spickard, University of California, Santa Barbara McDonald Room, Menzies Library, ANU The Aylmer Twins. We are accustomed to thinking of…