Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Old Canberra House, Australian
National University, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October, 2000.
This conference provides an opportunity for feminist scholars working comparatively and historically within a range of fields to discuss their work and reflect upon the potential and limitations of comparative research.
For details and registration see conference website (below).
Panel themes include:
Australian women and international reform networks
British men's and women's emigration to South Africa and Australia
following World War II
Comparison of married women's property reforms in Australia with those of other English-speaking jurisdictions
Comparison of indigenous and colonial representations of 'mother/earth' in Australia and the Americas
White women and colonialism in South East Asia
Sex and gender across colonising frontiers in North America and Australia
Dolores Janiewski, 'Engendering Colonisation, Decolonising
Gender: Ruth Benedict, Margaret Mead, and American
Patricia Grimshaw, 'Situating Women in a Comparative History of Colonial "Democracy"'
Philippa Mein Smith, 'Maternity and Eugenics in Australia and New Zealand'
Alison.Kibler@anu.edu.au or Fiona.Paisley@anu.edu.au
M. Alison Kibler
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
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