A CONFERENCE ON THE OCCASION OF THE RETIREMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY CHAIR, PROFESSOR RAEWYN CONNELL
6 September 2014
Raewyn Connell’s work over the past 40 years has been an enduring dedication to making social science relevant to struggles for social justice and a liveable future for human society. On the occasion of her retirement, the Sydney School of Education and Social Work is pleased to provide members of the public and of the academic world, generally, with an opportunity for further engagement in these struggles.
As Professor Connell explains: "In Australia, the past few years don’t seem a good time for such struggles, given the resurgence of racism and sexism, the collapse of Labor, the success of the fear politics of ‘border protection’ – in an international context of the hegemony of neoliberalism and the strength of authoritarianism. Yet we should bear in mind that all these trends are vigorously contested – locally in continuing social movements, internationally in the ‘pink tide’ across Latin America, in the Arab Spring, and more.
"The topic of the conference will be our historical moment, the current situation of counterhegemonic movements, and possible ways beyond this time of reaction and violence. The specific focus is the classic question of the role of intellectuals and intellectual work in social and political change, rethought in the era of neoliberalism and the Internet."
These themes will be addressed by one of Professor Connell’s earliest PhD students, Gary Dowsett, and our current PhD student, Fernando Serrano. Recent PhD student Louisa Smith will apply Raewyn’s own “Life History” approach to provide an account of Raewyn. We invite you to participate in breakout groups to discuss the following:
TIME | SESSION |
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9am | Registration and coffee |
9.30am | Introduction (Raewyn's welcome) |
9.45am | Keynote address. Speaker: Gary Dowsett (30-minutes' talk; 15-minutes' Q & A) |
10.35am | Breakaway groups x 4
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12.20pm | Keynote address: "Lessons from a Life Historian" |
1pm | Lunch |
2pm | Keynote address. Speaker: Fernando Serrano (30-minutes' talk; 15-minutes' Q & A) |
2.50pm | Breakaway groups x 4
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4.15pm | Wrap-up and synthesis of breakaway discussions |
4.45pm | Raewyn's closing words |
Lecture Theatre Room 101, New Law School Building
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Lecture Theatre Room 101, New Law School Building
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6 September 2014
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