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APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT ROUND 2 2019 CLOSING TODAY!
Applications are now open for ANU staff and students to apply for support for events and initiatives that are accessible to and benefit the wider ANU community. Applications can be made in the following categories (it is acceptable to use multiple categories within a grant application):
- Workshops for postgraduate students (up to $4000)
- Writing workshops for early career researchers (up to $4000)
- Distinguished lecture by a renowned scholar (up to $4000)
- Signature event for subsequent year (up to $10,000)
- Gender equity research and innovative initiatives within ANU (up to $10,000)
- Seed funding for cross-disciplinary, collaborative research to be developed for major funders (up to $4,000)
- Workshop, conference or symposium on gender and/or sexuality (up to $4000)
Grant round 2 2019 closes on October 9 2019.
Please read the funding guidelines before submitting an application. The application form must be submitted via the online portal.
Please direct all enquiries to Gender Institute administrator by email.
FILM 
Event date: 4.00-6.00pm, 9 October 2019
Event venue: The Tea Room, Ground Floor (Entrance on Linnaeus Way) Banks Building (#44), School of Archaeology and Anthropology
Leitis in Waiting is the story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga Leitis, an intrepid group of native transgender women fighting a rising tide of religious fundamentalism and intolerance in their South Pacific Kingdom. The film follows Joey, a devout Catholic of noble descent, as she organizes an exuberant beauty pageant, provides shelter and training for a young contestant rejected by her family, and spars with American-financed evangelicals threatening to resurrect colonial-era laws that would criminalize the Leitis' lives. With unexpected humour and extraordinary access to the Kingdom's royals and religious leaders, Joey's emotional journey reveals what it means to be different in a society ruled by tradition, and what it takes to be accepted without forsaking who you are.
This film series is an initiative of HDR students with funds from the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Event date: 10.30am-1.00pm 18 October 2019
Event venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Hedley Bull 130 Garran Road, ANU
Please join us for morning tea on Oct 18th, to mark another highly successful year in which the Gender Institute has been fostering research, teaching and engagement on gender issues, both at ANU and beyond.
This will be followed by a celebration of the exceptional achievements of students and staff at ANU. You are warmly invited to hear from a panel comprised of some of the inspiring women promoted to full Professor at ANU at the start of 2019. Our annual prizes will then be awarded by Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt, in recognition of outstanding research on gender among ANU students.
We will also share a brief report on the recent work of the Gender Institute.
Please register for the event via this link.
Schedule:
Morning tea:10.30-11 | Welcome from Convenor and Report:11-11.15 | Panel:11.15-12.15 | Prizes:12.15-12.45 | Closing remarks:12.45-12.55
Panelists will talk about their work, where they have found most support for it, and what actions would most improve gender equity at ANU.
Panel: Lan Fu (Research School of Physics) | Kylie Message (Humanities Research Centre) | Lexing Xie (College of Engineering and Computer Sciences) | Penny King (Research School of Earth Sciences) | Elizabeth Gardiner (John Curtin School of Medical Research)
NOMINATIONS
Nominations are now open for the annual Vice-Chancellor’s and Chancellor’s Awards, with a closing date of 18 October 2019. Please consider making a nomination so that the outstanding contributions of people in our community working on gender issues can be recognised! These awards are a celebration of the depth and diversity of talent within the ANU staff community and mark the accomplishments of professional and academic staff at every level.
The Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Awards categories are:
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Reconciliation
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Innovation and Excellence in Service
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Early Career Academics
- Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research
- Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Impact and Engagement
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Educational Excellence
- Andrew Hopkins Award for Excellence in Health and Safety
- Clare Burton Award for Excellence in Equity and Diversity
The Chancellor’s Awards categories are:
- Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Contribution to the University
- Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Service to the Campus Community
- Peter Baume Award
Please click on the links below for more information on each of the awards, including the criteria and nomination forms.
If you would like to seek more information about the awards process please contact awards@anu.edu.au
SEMINAR & CALL FOR SPEAKERS 
Event date: 6.00-7.30pm, 23 October 2019
Event venue: Room 2.02, Marie Reay Teaching Centre, Kambri, Australian National University
For many students who identify as part of the LGBTIQ+ community, ANU is the first inclusive environment that provides a safe and supportive opportunity to be themselves. At the end of their studies, students are faced with the question of if and how they ‘go back into the closet’ for their own safety.
The ANU LGBTIQ+ Alumni Network will host an evening on Wednesday 23 October for graduating students, allies and alumni to discuss the realities, hear tools, strategies and options in order to equip them before their return.
Allies are strongly encouraged to attend and learn about what their friends and family can face, in order to prepare themselves and understand what support they can provide.
Please register for the event here
If you are an ANU LGBTIQ+ alumni who would like to share their experiences, please consider making contact and being a member of our panel: alumni@anu.edu.au
WORKSHOP 
Event date: 12.00-4.00pm, 12 November 2019
Event venue: Lady Wilson Room, Sir Roland Wilson Building, 120 McCoy Circuit, ANU
A Critical Feminist Arts/Research Workshop Series (and zine!) brought to you by Dr Ashleigh Watson, Dr Laura Rodriguez Castro, and Samantha Trayhurn.
In this workshop, we explore ways of practically extending critical and feminist social research with art – specifically photography, sociological fiction and zine making. These arts practices are valuable for opening up how we critically explore, analyse, collaborate on, and share experiences and understandings of the social world.
The workshop will involve talks on participatory visual methods, sociological fiction, and zine making. Following these talks is a practical workshop, where participants will collaboratively experiment with each of these methods to explore themes of affect, knowledge, and embodiment. We will produce a zine on the day, a ‘curated sociology’ of photography, research writing and fiction interventions, to be published with Frances St Press.
This workshop will be suitable for Honours, Masters and PhD students, and established social researchers interested in a practical introduction to these arts/research methods. Participants do not need prior experience in these practices – just enthusiasm!
Registration is free, but places are limited! Registrations open on 15th of October 2019.
This event is run by the School of Sociology with funding provided by the Gender Institute
SEMINAR
Event date: 6.00-8.00pm, 13 November 2019
Event venue: Theatrette (2.02), Sir Roland Wilson Building (120), McCoy Circuit, ANU
The Australian Studies Institute and PwC are pleased to present as part of their Inspiring Women Reflect series the Hon Dame Annette King, New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia, in conversation with the Hon Ros Kelly AO.
HON DAME ANNETTE KING commenced duties as the New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia in December 2018. Prior to taking up this position, she served as Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2011 and from 2014 until 2017. She was a Senior Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand and was the MP for the Rongotai electorate in Wellington from 1996 to 2017.
HON ROS KELLY AO has worked across the political, private and not for profit sectors. Ros was a member of the Australian Government for 16 years serving as a Minister in a number of portfolios. She was the first woman ALP cabinet minister in the House of Representatives. After leaving politics, Ros worked at the interface between mining and the environment. Ros currently serves as an advisor to Women On Boards UK and as a Commissioner of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Chair of the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation. Ros was made an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia in 2004 for services to the environment, mining, women's health and the Australian Parliament.
Please register for the event here
This event is hosted by the Australian Studies Institute, ANU
LECTURE 
Event date: 5.30-7.30pm, 13 November 2019
Event venue: Sir Roland Wilson Building, Building #120, McCoy Circuit, ANU
This is a free panel discussion that will precede the Queer Displacements conference ( http://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au/events/queer-displacements-sexuality-migration-exile).
The aim of this panel to discuss the issues of sexuality and gender identity claims for protection, compare situations for LGBTIQA+ people seeking asylum and refugees in the US, Australia and Europe and raise awareness of the general public on the cause and solutions.
Confirmed speakers include Eithne Luibheid (University of Arizona), Lilith Raza (Queer Refugees Deutschland) and Renee Dixson. More speakers to be announced soon.
This event is run by the ANU Humanities Research Centre and is sponsored by the Freilich Project at ANU.
 CONFERENCE
Event date: 14-15 November 2019
Event venue: Sir Roland Wilson Building, Building #120, McCoy Circuit, ANU
Questions of sexuality and refugee or migration status remain on the margins of queer and refugee movements, policy and support services.
The first of its kind in Australia, this conference aims to bring together academics, practitioners and LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum and refugees to discuss pertinent issues of queer forced displacement and foster dialogue between official and unofficial groups invested in research and practice for coordinated solutions and better support of affected populations.
Queer people with the lived experience of seeking asylum are especially encouraged to apply.
This conference is committed to putting the lived experience of queer asylum at the centre of the conversation. Please consider supporting LGBTIQ+ people from refugee backgrounds to attend the conference: https://chuffed.org/project/queer-displacements
This conference is supported by the Humanities Research Centre, ANU College of Arts and Social Science. It is co-funded by the ACT Government Office for LGBTIQ+ Affairs and the Gender Institute
APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING 
The ANU Freilich Project offers up to three grants of $5000 each to emerging scholars as part of its Early Career Research Small Grants Scheme. Applications for the 2019 round (for activities to be undertaken in 2020) are now being accepted.
Funding is to be used to assist research into the causes, the histories and the effects of ethnic, cultural, religious and sexual bigotry and animosity too explore how such intolerance can be combatted, and co-existence promoted.
Grants are open to researchers from all disciplines and can be used to assist research in a number of ways, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Travel (archive work, field work)
- Conference Attendance
- Research assistance
- Administrative assistance
- Equipment
- Child care costs
- Teaching relief
For more information on funding please check out their website.
LECTURE 
Event date: 5.30pm, 5 December 2019
Event Venue: Lecture Theatre, Australian Centre on China in the World, Building 188, Fellows Lane, ANU
This lecture draws on interviews conducted with staff and students who have made complaints within universities that relate to unfair, unjust or unequal working conditions and to abuses of power such as bullying and harassment. Making a complaint requires becoming an institutional mechanic: you have to work out how to get a complaint through the system. It is because of the difficulty of getting through that complaints often end up being about the system. The lecture considers how complaints are often 'managed' by institutions in order to limit damage or to avoid a crisis. These institutional tactics for managing complaints can be understood as forms of bullying and harassment. The lecture explores the significance of how complaints happen behind closed doors and shows how doors are often closed even when they appear to be opened.
Sara Ahmed is an independent feminist scholar and writer. Her new book What's the Use? On the Uses of Use is forthcoming with Duke University Press in 2019. Her recent publications include Living a Feminist Life (2017), Willful Subjects (2014), On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life (2012) and The Promise of Happiness (2010). She also blogs at www.feministkilljoys.com.
This talk is a keynote lecture as part of the HRC's Annual Conference, 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Crisis: Social, Environmental, Institutional', being held at the ANU 5-6 December. This lecture is free and open to the public.
COMMITTEE
The ANU Postgraduate and Research Students Association (PARSA) is currently seeking postgraduate students who are passionate and well-informed on gender issues to join the PARSA Womens Advisory Committee. This committee is limited to postgraduate students who identify as women, woman-aligned, experience gendered oppression as a result of being perceived as a woman, and trans and gender-diverse people who feel they have something to contribute.
This committee is chaired by PARSA Womens Officer, Nicole Molyneux and informs the advocacy and service-delivery work of PARSA.
The group will meet once every 4 – 6 weeks over lunch. It is an expectation that members commit to attending the meetings. This is unique opportunity to have your voice heard and influence the work of PARSA and ensure it is representative and effective.
It is our aim that the committee be made up of a diverse range of students so as to hear the differential perspectives of domestic, international, gender diverse, sexual orientation diverse, and residential students.
Applications will be taken on a rolling basis, but we are hoping to hold our first meeting in October. If you have any questions, please email Nicole at: parsa.womens@anu.edu.au
NETWORK
The ANU LGBTIQ+ Alumni Network's mission is to foster community and build stronger connections between, ANU LGBTIQ+ alumni and students, staff, faculty, parents, and straight allies. The Network will achieve this mission in a variety of ways, including sponsoring social and networking events on campus and around the world, participating in community service and student mentoring programs, and serving as the voice of LGBTIQ+ alumni to the University.
The ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr launched the Network at an event on 31 August 2018 - Wear it Purple Day. Chief Minister Barr is also the inaugural patron, as an ANU alumnus and in recognition of his ongoing work in advancing LGBTIQ+ rights and inclusion in the ACT and Australia.
A calendar of events and opportunities is being developed online. Stay connected with the Network and keep informed about its plans and activities by joining the Facebook Group or emailing alumni@anu.edu.au and asking to be added to the email list.
The Gender Institute acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as First Australians and traditional custodians of the lands upon which we live, meet and work. We pay our respect to their elders past and present as well as emerging leaders and celebrate their expansive and ongoing contributions to the ANU and the Institute. We thank them for their continued hospitality on country.
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Events
Panel conversation: Religious freedom and lgbtiq people
Join the ACT LGBTIQ Ministerial Advisory Council for a public discussion on the Australian Government's proposed religious freedom legislation. This conversation will be led by Advisory Council member Kristine Tay and will talk through the legal and social impact of the legislation on our communities, religious people, and other minorities.
Event date: 6.00-8.00pm, 9 October
Venue: Law Theatre, ANU School of Law, Fellows Lane
Online: tickets
Activism: Forces for Change in Canberra
This exhibition follows the many forms that activism has taken in Canberra over the last century including the well-known stories of the fight for women’s rights, or marriage equality and the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, but also stories of quiet activism; the creation of services for marginalised groups, artists' collectives and the protest of presence.
Event date: 13 July - 2 November
Venue: Canberra Museum & Gallery, 176 London Circuit, Canberra
Floor Talk: Women Against Rape in War
Discover the story behind the Women Against Rape in War protests of the early 1980s with Dr Gail Radford and Di Lucas. As a key figure in the women’s movement in Canberra, Dr Radford will talk about the protests in the context of the movement and the political atmosphere of the era. Di Lucas, currently the Secretary of the Domestic Violence Crisis Service, will speak about her first-hand experiences of being a part of the 1982 ANZAC Day march for Women Against Rape in War in Canberra.
Event date: 1.00-2.00pm, 9 October
Venue: Canberra Museum and Gallery, 176 London Circuit, Canberra
YWCA: 90th Anniversary Celebration
This year the YWCA is celebrating 90 years of providing essential, quality services for women, girls and families in the ACT and surrounding regions. The event will feature the premiere screening of a short film about YWCA Canberra’s history and future outlook, a series of special announcements. This event is free, but you do need to secure your ticket as places are limited.
Event date: 6.00-8.30pm, 16 October
Venue: National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton
Tickets: online
Ruby Hamad at Muse Canberra
Ruby Hamad’s White Tears / Brown Scars is a confronting reality check for white privilege, exploring what happens when racism and sexism collide. For your chance to hear Ruby in conversation with Zoya Patel for free at Muse please email contact@musecanberra.com.au with Hamad/ANU gender in the subject line. Note, only winners will be notified.
Event date: 3.00-4.00pm, 20 October
Venue: Muse, 69 Canberra Ave, Griffith
Tickets: online
Dangerous and Persuasive Females Webinar: Finding Forgotten Australian Faces
Australia has a history rich with fearless and influential women, many of whom have names, faces and accomplishments that have been obscured with time. In this session take a look at some collection highlights and learn how to unearth resources and collection materials that document the lives of some of our matriarchs, shameless rabble-rousers and other notorious ladies.
Event date: 1.00-2.00pm, 30 October
Venue: online webinar
Registration: online
Stories from the Yarning Circle: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s War Art
To mark the 99th anniversary of Aboriginal servicewoman Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s (Kath Walker) birth, join the Indigenous curator for a behind-the-scenes talk to view works of art by female Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and to learn about the contribution these women have made to our understanding of Indigenous experience of war and its enduring impact.
Event date: 12.30-1.30pm, 31 October
Venue: Australian War Memorial, Treloar Cresent, Campbell ACT
Collecting Biographies: Australian Colonial Women
Join the National Library of Australia to hear from Professor Melanie Nolan, Director of the National Centre of Biography, for an event showcasing the recent initiative by the Australian Dictionary of Biography to commission articles for over 1500 Australian women of the colonial period.
Event date: 12.00pm, 6 November
Venue: Conference Room, National Library of Australia, Parkes Place W, Parkes, ACT
Registration: online
Canberra SpringOUT PRIDE Festival
The Canberra SpringOUT Pride Festival kicks off on Saturday the 2nd November with the AIDS Action Council Fair Day at Gorman House. Come network, find community resources, and catch up with other queer Canberrans. The 2019 Pride season concludes on 24th November with the SpringOUT Big Community Picnic in Glebe Park. With more performers, more shade and more activities than ever before to celebrate 2019 as our biggest queer year! For the full program please follow this link.
Event date: 2-24 November
Tarana Burke & Tracey Spicer - #MeToo Movement: Women changing the world'
Tarana Burke & Tracey Spicer are the 2019 Sydney Peace Prize recipients. The Me Too movement was chosen from over 200 nominations from across Australia and has changed the way we understand and talk about sexual harassment and violence, by highlighting the breadth and impact of sexual harassment and violence around the world, in homes, public spaces, and workplaces.
Event date: 11.30am-1.30pm, 13 November
Venue: National Press Club of Australia, 16 National Circuit, Barton ACT
Registration: online
Revisiting the Revolution: Public Forum
The Whitlam Institute warmly invites you to “Revisiting the Revolution – Building on the Legacy of the Women’s Movement and the Whitlam Government”. The program is designed to generate discussions on the legacy of the Whitlam Government regarding women’s rights, and the lessons that can be drawn from that legacy today. As well as women who were at the vanguard of the women’s movement in Australia, the forum will include current and emerging female leaders.
Event date: 9.00am-5.00pm, 25 November
Venue: Old Parliament House 18 King George Terrace Parkes, ACT
Registration: online
Better Together 2020 | National LGBTIQ+ Conference
The Equality Project is a new, national organisation bringing together LGBTIQ+ people with our allies across the social justice movement, to advocate for a better, more just, and fairer society for all. Better Together is a space for our voices to be heard; a place where we can learn from each other, work together, build bridges and find ways to unite our communities to achieve our goals. The conference aims to explore current issues facing the LGBTIQ+ movement, bringing together voices from indigenous communities, people with a disability, the Deaf community, as well as multicultural and multi-faith communities.
Event date: 10-11 January
Venue: Williamstown Town Hall, Williamstown, Victoria
Online: tickets
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Calls for Submissions
Gender and Sexuality at Work - A Multidisciplinary Research and Engagement Conference
The Centre for Workplace Leadership, University of Melbourne, are inviting academics and higher degree research students to submit short papers of their original research on gender and sexuality at work for oral presentations. Research on work issues relevant to individuals with specific gender identities, sexual orientations or sexual characteristics as well as comparisons across these and other intersecting life dimensions are encouraged. Deadline 13 October 2019.
Interrogating the Politics, Ethics, and Practices of Reproduction from Feminist and Intersectional Perspectives
This interdisciplinary workshop (13-15 May 2020) at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, aims at analysing the concept of reproductive rights and the politics, ethics, and practices of reproduction from a critical perspective which is informed by feminist and intersectional perspectives. Deadline 31 October 2019.
2020 Women, Peace and Security Conference
In recognition of the 40th anniversary of CEDAW, the 25th anniversary of Beijing, and the 20th anniversary of Resolution 1325, this international conference of scholars and activists will evaluate the ways in which we understand and can respond to gendered forms of vulnerability and precarity today. Deadline 1 November 2019.
Lilith - A Feminist History Journal
Lilith is seeking short historiographical and methodological pieces for its upcoming issue. In addition to original pieces of research, Lilith is seeking book reviews relating to Australian women's history. Deadline for submissions 25 November 2019.
The 2020 Dan David Prize
The Dan David Prize is an international initiative, endowed by the Dan David Foundation offering three prizes annually of US$1,000,000 awarded annually in selected fields. One prize in 2020 will be awarded to an outstanding individual or organization whose achievements are making a significant impact in the ongoing complex, multifaceted struggle for gender equality . Deadline 30 November 2019.
2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender Studies and the Status of Women
The aim of this conference is to create an international forum for debate and exchange on the main challenges facing women in today’s society and to reflect on the ways in which we can, individually and collectively, propose solutions to these problems. Women Being builds upon this momentum by providing a ‘loudspeaker’ for academics, civil servants, researchers, social activists, and journalists to make their voices heard on the main challenges that women are currently facing. Deadline 30 November.
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Job Opportunities
BroadAgenda Editor & Communications Specialist
The BroadAgenda Blog is now looking for a journalist with a passion for gender equality, women's empowerment and independent thinking! Here is a cracking great opportunity for a smart, savvy, fast and fun person who loves a challenge. Apply here. Deadline 28 October 2019.
Assistant Professor, University of Columbia
The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University invites applications from an interdisciplinary scholar with a specialization in feminist/ intersectional science and technology studies, emphasizing race and ethnic studies. Deadline 30 October 2019.
Feminist Theory Tenure Track Open Rank Professor
The Department of English, UCLA, invites applications for a faculty position in feminist theory. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: intersectionality; global comparatist and postcolonial approaches; biopolitics; affect and sensation studies; psychoanalysis; new materialisms; queer and trans; and critical race theory. Deadline 17 November 2019.
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News | Articles | Resources
Wait—We're sexists towards birds now?
“For a long, long time I’ve been aware that in evolutionary ecology there’s an awful lot of research on male ornaments and displays and much less interest in females, because the male ornaments and displays are often more dramatic.” As a result, females of the species are studied less, and we know less about them, creating a data gap which masquerades as knowledge. We think we know, but actually we just haven’t paid attention. It’s another familiar feeling. (Source: ANU Research School of Biology)
Women in medical leadership: The glass ceiling is alive and well
'Women represent only about 30 per cent of deans, chief medical officers, medical college board or committee members, and 12.5 per cent of CEOs in large hospitals. There's also a 33 per cent pay gap for full-time specialists, and a 25 per cent pay gap among full-time general practitioners.' (Source: Monash University Lens)
Far from equal: The gendered impacts of climate change in Australia
'There is a growing appreciation that climate change is a feminist issue. However, much of the current discussion centres on the gendered impacts in the Pacific region, the impact of Australia’s domestic policies, and the role of young Australian women leading the climate strike, and despite both interest and solidarity, there is actually very little analysis of how climate change impacts will be gendered in the Australian context.' (Source: BroadAgenda Blog)
The Unveiled Institute: Domestic Violence Resource Booklet
This resource booklet was developed by our team to provide information to young women experiencing domestic violence in the ACT. The booklet provides information about how to identify if you (or someone you care about) are experiencing domestic violence and a large range of support services including services that specialise in helping diverse people.
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