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Seminars: Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies

Seminar Series, Semester 1 2010

SpeakerTitleVenue
Tuesday 16 March 1pm–2.30pm
Michael Aird Photographers and Aborigines in South East Queensland: 1860 to 1920 Burchill Room, G38, Building 68, Arts Precinct, Clayton Campus
Tuesday 23 March 12pm–2pm
Lachlan Paterson, University of Otago Indigenous-language Print Culture: Colonial Discourses and Indigenous Agency Burchill Room, G38, Building 68, Arts Precinct, Clayton Campus
Angela Wanhalla, University of Otago Unexpected Intimacies: William White and the Wesleyan Mission in Australasia, 1827–1875  
Wednesday 14 April 1–2.30pm
Diane Bell Fieldwork with the "E People": Of Waters and Rivers Rotunda Theatre R3, Building 8, Clayton Campus
Wednesday 5 May, 12.30–2pm
Stephen Pritchard Colonialism and the Politics of Law and Order in the mid–1800s Burchill Room, G38, Building 68, Arts Precinct, Clayton Campus
Thursday 20 May 12.30–2pm
Penelope Edmonds, University of Melbourne Reading Aotearoa New Zealand’s Waitangi Day through Objects and Performances Burchill Room, G38, Building 68, Arts Precinct, Clayton Campus

Audio recordings of previous seminars

Listed below are recordings of previous seminars available from the Elizabeth Eggleston Memorial Library:

Dr Barry Judd, Monash University
Aboriginal Identity and Nationalism in Australian Football (2007)
Prof Lynette Russell, Monash University
From Anthropological Specimen to Historical Actor: William Lanne, Whaler, Shipmate and Friend (2007)
Mr Jeremy Ash, Monash PhD candidate
Lining the Path, Mission Sites in Northeastern Australia (2007)
Dr Gwenda Baker, Monash University
The Boycott: Goulburn Island Activists and the Missionaries (2007)
Dr John Bradley, Dr Amanda Kearney and Mr Tom Chandler, Monash University
I Saw My Mother’s Song (2008)
Dr Andrew Gunstone, Monash University
‘Unfinished Business: the Australian Reconciliation Process’ (2008)
Dr Therese Davis, Film and TV Studies, School of English, Communication and Performance Studies
Collaborative Moments: Indigenous and non-Indigenous Partnerships in Australian Film (2008)
Prof Jane McMillan, St Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Seeking Netukulimk: An exploration of Mi’Kmaq Law Ways in Resource Relations (2008)
Mr Bryan Fricker, Monash PhD candidate
Apology or Excuse? An Opportunity Lost? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Brendan Neslon’s Apology to the Stolen Generation (2008)
Dr George Mukuka, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
The Making of the Catholic Indigenous Clergy in South Africa (2008)
Dr Stephen Pritchard, Monash University
The Culture of Multiculturalism: Reflections of the Question of Culture and Cultural Diversity (2008)
Dr Ian Lilley, Queensland University
Archaeology and the ‘tyranny of participation’: have we avoided a backlash or is it
still coming? (2008)
Dr Sue Taffe, Honorary Research Associate, Monash University
Fighting Friendships: campaigners for Aboriginal rights, 1950s–1970s
Dr Sean Gorman, Melbourne University
Blak Magik: Indigenous participation and the AFL
Dr Denise Cuthbert, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University
Sorry business and yet more sorry business: Reconciling the politics of black and white ‘stolen’ children in contemporary Australia

William Cooper Memorial Lecture

The 2009 Biennial William Cooper Lecture, The State of Indigenous Education: From Challenge to Optimism, was presented by Professor Lester-Irabinna Rigney, Director, Yunggorendi, First Nations Centre for Higher Education and Research, Flinders University, South Australia.

A DVD of Professor Rigney’s presentation is available in the Elizabeth Eggleston Memorial Library on request. A printed copy of the presentation transcript is also available. Please contact CAIS if you require a copy.

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