The Politics of Motherhood Workshop
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A two-day workshop is being held to respond to Pauline Leonard and Danusia Malina’s urgent call to shatter the silence in which mother-academics and mother-students are presently situated.
By building on previous work carried out by mother-subjects in a project supported by the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education, it hopes to create a space for mother-academics and mother-students to speak our experiences so that we can come to “know ourselves and each other” and create the grounds of possibility for solidarity across difference.
This two-day workshop will be organised around four opening encounters spaced throughout the workshop given by our invited speakers:
- Professor Caroline Turner, Sacramento State University (USA);
- Associate Professor Elizabeth Mackinlay, University of Queensland;
- Dr. Danielle Drozdzewski, University of New South Wales; and
- The University of Newcastle Mother Research Collective (Dr. Sara Motta, Lara Daley and Suzanne Barker).
The workshop will run from 9am-5pm each day and will also include dialogues organised around a number of presentations.
If you are interested in being a discussant in one of the workshop sessions, please contact sara.c.motta@newcastle.edu.au as soon as possible.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.