(Go On! is an occasional item on symposia of interest) The
Centre for International Governance and Justice at the Australian National University will sponsor a 2-day workshop November 23 & 24, 2009, at Hedley Bull Centre at the university, in Canberra.
Entitled
"Feminist Internationalisms: Celebrating feminist engagements with international law and politics," the workshop will focus on Australasian work on feminist
internationalism in the fields of international relations and international law.
J. Ann Tickner (below right)
(photo credit), Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, will give the keynote address. Also scheduled to take part are: IntLawGrrls guest/alumna
Penelope Andrews, Valparaiso University;
Hilary Charlesworth,
Bina D'Costa,
Nicole George,
Susan Harris Rimmer, and
Katrina Lee-Koo, Australian National University;
Anne Orf
ord and
Dianne Otto, University of Melbourne;
Andrew Byrnes, University of New South Wales;
Juanita Elias and
Judith Gardam, University of Adelaide;
Marianne Hanson, University of Queensland; and
Jaqcui True, University of Auckland. Papers will explore economics, security, democracy and human rights, using feminist inquiry both as a theoretical lens and a methodology.
Details and registration
here.
(Go On! is an occasional item on symposia and other events of interest)he event will bring together individuals committed to feminist approaches in order to develop and share their research, generate ideas for future events and collaborations and consider what contribution feminist analysis can make to the future of international law.
Featured will be a keynote address, "The Paradoxes of Feminist Engagement with International Law," by University of Melbourne Law Professor Dianne Otto (left). Panelists from throughout Europe will round out the event.
