Dr Gwenda Tavan is a senior lecturer in Politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She researches the politics and history of immigration and multiculturalism in Australian, global and transnational politics, and is the author of the prize-winning book The Long, Slow Death of White Australia. Gwenda was awarded a National Archives of Australia Frederick Watson Fellowship in 2012, and a National Library of Australia Harold White Fellowship for 2013. She will speak about her biographical work on Arthur Calwell, which focuses especially on his role as immigration minister.