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Activities in 2008

GRC Welcomes Intersections to the ANU

In 2007, the electronic journal Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific (http://intersections.anu.edu.au ) moved with its long term editor Dr Carolyn Brewer from its location at Murdoch University to the Gender Relations Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at ANU. Celebrating the release of the journal's first issue from the GRC, a launch was held on 9 April 2008, together with a gathering of ANU colleagues, new Intersections Editorial Board staff, and other visiting academics. This most recent issue, Gender, Text, Performance and Agency in Asian Cultural Contexts (No 16), is guest edited by Helen Creese and Rosemary Roberts.

Prof Margaret Jolly (Head GRC), Dr Carolyn Brewer (Editor, Intersections), and Dr Michelle Antoinette (GRC & Intersections Artwork Consultant)	Dr Carolyn Brewer (Editor, Intersections), Prof Margaret Jolly (Head GRC & Intersections Editorial Board Member), and Prof Mandy Thomas (Pro-Vice Chancellor ANU & Intersections Editorial Board Member).	Prof Margaret Jolly (Head GRC) launching Intersections at the ANU, now hosted by the GRC.
Prof Margaret Jolly (Head GRC & Intersections Editorial Board Member) and Dr Carolyn Brewer (Editor, Intersections).	Dr Carolyn Brewer, Editor of Intersections, launching Intersections at the ANU, in front of a projection of the new Intersections homepage and logo.	Dr Carolyn Brewer (Editor, Intersections) with Assoc. Prof Helen Creese (Intersections Editorial Board Member) visiting from the University of Queensland to celebrate the release of Intersections #16, guest edited by Helen Creese and Rosemary Roberts.

Activities in 2007

GRC PhD submissions and other End of Year celebrations

Newly arrived Intersections journal editor, Dr Carolyn Brewer (left), Nathalie Nguyen from Melbourne University (centre) and GRC Visiting Fellow John Ballard (right).	GRC Postgraduates: Dr Katherine Lepani (left) and Christine Stewart (right).	The GRC celebrates PhD submissions and the end of year.
The GRC celebrates PhD submissions and the end of year.	Gregory Dvorak and Frances Steel submitting their PhD theses with supervisor, Professor Margaret Jolly, at the close of 2007.	Gregory Dvorak and Frances Steel submitting their PhD theses with supervisor, Professor Margaret Jolly, at the close of 2007.
GRC's new Centre Administrator in 2007, Janet Beard (right) and Head of Centre, Professor Margaret Jolly (left).

GRC Retreat 2007

March 23, Silver Wattle, Lake George.

The aim of this day was to share experiences, insights and advice between graduate scholars at different points in their doctoral journey. It brought GRC staff, visiting fellows, and students together to share thoughts about the process of the doctorate and how it looks at different points along that road.

• Graduate Retreat: A short report

Activities in 2005

Changing Pacific Masculinities: Engendering Future Security

Graduate Scholars and Early Career Researchers Workshop, 29th November 2005

A number of graduate students and early career researchers were brought together for a one-day workshop on the theme "Changing Pacific Masculinities: Engendering Future Security". The workshop was held on the 29th of November in conjunction with the international conference Moving Masculinities: Crossing Regional and Historical Borders (November 30-December 2), and hosted by the Gender Relations Centre, RSPAS, at The Australian National University.

Although there has been a lot of scholarly research and policy debate on 'failed states', human security and good governance in the Pacific region, much of this has taken masculinity for granted. Insufficient attention has been paid to the changing cultures of masculinities over generations, and to the way in which past practices and values have been reconfigured in an era of political turmoil, burgeoning mining and logging industries, increasing migration and mobility, and the pervasive influence of global electronic media on local images of masculinity. This workshop aimed to encourage comparative and interdisciplinary dialogue on such questions across several Pacific states, and in relation to Australia. The workshop sought to;

• bring together researchers working across several Pacific states, working on issues of masculinity in relation to public and domestic violence, migration and mobility, good governance and prospects for peace and security
• create a supportive environment for postgraduates and early career researchers to present their research and to network with senior scholars
• offer mentoring for postgraduates and early career researchers, in preparing their papers for a conjoint publication
• establish networks linking scholars with policy makers and practitioners in government and NGOs.

For further details of this workshop visit http://rspas.anu.edu.au/grc/conferences/pacific_masculinities_conf.php

Moving Masculinities: Crossing Regional and Historical Borders

Gender Relations Centre Conference, held at Old Canberra House, The Australian National University November 30-December 2 2005.

Conference Convenor: Dr Richard Eves (richard.eves@anu.edu.au)

This conference aimed to encourage interdisciplinary dialogue on masculinities across regional borders and historical epochs, attempting to describe, understand and explain their diverse and changing forms, with particular reference to Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific.

For further details of this conference visit http://oceanicencounters.anu.edu.au/MovingMasculinities/

Activities in 2003

Gender, socialism and globalization in contemporary Vietnam and China

25-26 November 2003

Venue: HRC Conference Room, Old Canberra House, ANU

For further details download file in pdf format [332 KB]

Activities in 2002

Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern

Relatives are always a surprise: Biotechnology in an age of individualism

Tuesday 17th September 2002 at 7.30 p.m.
Manning Clark Lecture Theatre 1

Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern is William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge. She is one of the world's leading social anthropologists with expertise in the diverse fields of gender, kinship, new reproductive technologies, and notions of property. Professor Strathern asks, what kind of people is biotechnology turning us into? She considers the social implications of recent developments in biotechnology from an unusual perspective. Their stimulus to the imagination is at once intriguing, troubling and visionary. The new genetics makes new connections between us, and here there are some surprises. People find themselves related in unexpected ways. All kinds of consequences flow, and this lecture considers some of the problems and possibilities for real life decisions.

Activities in 2001

Lukere, Vicki (2001) Gender, Women and Mothers: HIV/AIDS in the Pacific. [.pdf version 136kb]

Gender, Globalisation in Asia and the Pacific: Feminist Re-visions of the International

The Centre co-hosted the workshop Gender and Globalization in Asia and the Pacific: Feminist Re-visions of the International from 23 to 25 November 2002. The workshop started with a screening of the film The Marketization of Governance, introduced by Claire Slatter, General Co-ordinator of DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era). The workshop was very successful bringing together scholars and practitioners from several countries of Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia) and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Zealand), as well as participants from Australia, North America and Europe. Links to development practice and policy were enhanced by strong participation from UNIFEM in Bangkok, AusAID and the Foundation for Development Cooperation in Australia. The format was short presentations, dialogue and extensive plenary debate in a series of panels which addressed the following themes: Beyond the Theory-Practice-Activism Divide, Gender and Mobility, Gendered Economies, Gender, Culture and Body, Imagining Futures: Gender and Globalization States, Sovereignity and Global Flows, Indonesia in Global Context, International Women’s Organisations and Campaigns.

The Workshop Committee consisted of Jindy Pettman, Women’s Studies; Greg Fry, International Relations, RSPAS; Margaret Jolly, Gender Relations, RSPAS, Hilary Charlesworth and Andrew Byrnes: Centre for International and Public Law, and Sharon Bessell, National Centre for Development Studies. The administrator was Bernadette Whitelum who was responsible for the overall organization and success of the workshop. Despite the overwhelming response to the workshop and thus the need to move to a larger venue (the Karmel Room in the Union Building) the workshop ran very smoothly. Most participants commented very favourably not just on the quality of papers and discussion but the travel arrangements, accommodation, airport pickups and hospitality. Bernadette was assisted by a range of hard-working volunteers from Women’s Studies and the Gender Relations Centre. The plan is to circulate the papers electronically in the short term and to consider the possibilities of an edited book or a journal special issue. Thanks so much to all presenters, chairs, and workers who made this workshop such a resounding success.

What's in a name? 25 years of women's studies

The Centre co-hosted with Women's Studies, School of Humanities the celebration of 'What's in a name? 25 years of Women's Studies at the ANU'.

Centre Launch, 2000

Dr Andrea Whittaker, Prof Lenore Manderson, Prof Margaret Jolly and Dr Lisa Law at the launch of the Gender Relations Centre, 2000. This occasion also launched the two GRC publications: Intimate Knowledge (Whittaker, 2000) and Sex Work in Southeast Asia (Law, 2000).