Conference Overview
Conference dates: 1st -2nd December 2011
A national conference hosted by The University of Melbourne and the Museum of Australian Democracy at the Old Parliament House, Canberra
Women, Leadership and Democracy in Australia aims to provide a forum for researchers, activists, politicians, community, business and civic leaders, and others interested in the history and future of women's leadership in Australia. The Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC will give the Opening address for the conference.
This national conference will bring together a diverse range of people interested in women's history, Indigenous studies, gender studies, political history, political science, democracy, and industrial relations in Australia. The conference is being conducted as part of the ARC Linkage project Women and Leadership in a Century of Australian Democracy, and the proceedings will be published as part of the project's outcomes.
The conference will showcase the diversity of research on women's leadership in Australian society since 1900. It will reveal new understandings of women's civic and political leadership, from the neighbourhood to the international level, and uncover the experiences of women who performed significant leadership roles at the community level including consumer, political and environmental movements, as well as in Indigenous, migrant and rural communities. It will also explore the extent to which Australian women have provided leadership in multilateral organisations concerned with global democracy, such as the League of Nations, the International Labor Organization and the United Nations, as well as through regional and international advocacy networks.
More information can be found on the conference programme and conference registration web pages.
- Conference flyer (1.47Mb pdf)
- Conference programme
- Conference abstracts (220kb pdf)
- Conference registration
- Conference Venue
- Sponsors
- Accommodation options
For any inquiries please contact Dr. Mary Tomsic at mtomsic@unimelb.edu.au.
