Research seminar series 2017
The Centre for Human Rights Education organises research seminars to allow for the dissemination and communication of our research and advocacy to the broader university and wider community. These one hour seminars will occur on a weekday afternoon at Curtin University, four to six times a year. Please see the Research Seminar Series page for more details.
News
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CHRE representation at the 2017 Social Impact Festival
On Wednesday 26 July, Dr Caroline Fleay, Professor Baden Offord, Dr Lisa Hartley, Abbas Nabhani & Ghulam Raza Mumtaz presented a panel at the Social Impact Festival, University of Western Australia.
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Pedagogies of Human Rights’ Workshop
CHRE staff attended a one day ‘Pedagogies of Human Rights’ Workshop at Western Sydney University on 24 July 2017.
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CHRE’s Submission on Proposals to ‘Strengthening the Test for Australian Citizenship’
CHRE prepared a submission for the recent community consultation on the proposed changes to citizenship set out in the paper Strengthening the Test for Australian Citizenship.
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Summary and photos from the InASA Conference, December 2016
The International Australian Studies Association (InASA) Conference was held in Fremantle from 7 – 9 December 2016. The Conference was hosted by the CHRE, AAPI, MCCA, and CAS, Curtin University.
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Dr Shiosaki visits the National Archives in London
Elfie Shiosaki visited the National Archives in London in March to continue her research about discursive activism by Noongar people in Western Australia for Indigenous human rights.
Events
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2017 Curtin University Human Rights Public Lecture Presented by Waleed Aly
The Curtin Annual Human Rights Lecture, established in 2016, is a key initiative of the CHRE. The 2017 Lecture will be delivered by prominent Australian writer, academic and broadcaster, Waleed Aly.
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Young Hopes: Digital Stories by Young Refugees in Morocco and Turkey
Co-hosted by CCAT and CHRE, this event brings digital stories from young refugees living in Morocco and Turkey to Curtin University and aims to create a space for sharing experiences and thoughts, with a view to discussing new types of collaboration across borders.
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Public lecture with Verne Harris: Beyond Archive, Beyond Hope, Beyond Democracy?
This lecture will explore the role of archive and memory work in struggles for social justice.
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AAPI 2017 Seminar Series: The Pedagogies of Human Rights
This paper will contextualise the role of pedagogy itself as a core method of communication, language and discourse of human rights.
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Australian Academy of the Humanities 2017 Symposium and Annual Fellows' Events
Registrations are now open for this year's Symposium which will explore how contemporary Australia has been shaped by long intellectual and emotional histories regarding human rights and humanitarianism, and will consider the challenges facing Australia in engaging with wide-ranging human rights matters such as sexuality, disability, Indigenous rights, refugees, and religious freedoms.