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A panel discussion exploring practical ways in which artists and historians have collaborated on projects using archives, libraries and other historical research. When: Thursday 14 May, 6 pm - 7 pm (AEDT) Where: Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium, Chau Chak Wing Museum Cost: $5 General Admission Artists can bring a new dynamic and creative approach to understanding historical enquiry. Historians, archivists and librarians can work with artists to find interesting new approach

An Evening with Associate Professor Natalie Harkin (Narungga) A Powerful Stories Network (PSN) event, co-sponsored with the Ritual and Performance Research Cluster at the Vere Gordon Childe Centre for the Study of Humanity Through Time Wednesday May 13, 5:30-7:00 pm Location - RD Watt Building, University of Sydney Join Associate Professor Natalie Harkin (Narungga) - poet and Research Fellow with the Critical Indigenous Studies team as Flinders University to celebrate and dis

May 1, 2026 06:00 PM Abstract: This talk will discuss the Introduction and the chapter "Periyar's Anti-Aryanism" from The Cambridge Companion to Periyar. The discussion will revolve around Periyar's Self-Respect thought and his anti-caste praxis. Bio: Karthick Ram Manoharan is Smuts Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He is faculty of social sciences at National Law School of India University. He is the author of Periyar: A Study in Political Atheism (202

History on Wednesday | April 1 Songwriting as History A History on Wednesday/Powerful Stories Network co-sponsored event. Associate Professor Toby Martin (Sydney) 12.10pm - 1.30pm | VGCC Boardroom (and Zoom) Through techniques such as imagery, rhyme, repetition (ie choruses) and a narrative strategy that often blurs memory and fiction, songs tell history differently. Embodiment (through singing) and the ‘emotional pull’ of songs can also engage listeners in particular way

History on Wednesday | March 25 Offshoring Architecture: Asylum's Counter Archives. A History on Wednesday/Powerful Stories Network co-sponsored event. Associate Professor Jennifer Ferng (Sydney) 12.10pm - 1.30pm | VGCC Boardroom (and Zoom) Based upon her recent book Corporate Ethics and the Architecture of Asylum (2025), this talk by Jennifer Ferng argues that offshore processing centres in Manus Island and Nauru are deeply connected to historical and contemporary discou

History on Wednesday | November 5 A History on Wednesday/Powerful Stories Network co-sponsored event. 12.10pm - 1.30pm | Vere Gordon Childe Centre (F09) and Zoom Professor Kat Ellinghaus (La Trobe) & Professor Barry Judd (Melbourne) Ngura Ninti (‘Knowing Home’): A methodological approach for ethically based truth telling in Australian history writing This paper describes our attempt to develop a new methodology for writing history that is based in truthful and respectful di

4-5 December 2025 Sydney Conservatorium of Music Ancestors (Photographer Greg Hillman) From the album Breathe , by Clare Kuolga Meere This event invites HDR students to participate with academic staff at a variety of career stages in two half Study Days on the topic of Listening and Storytelling as academic method . Over two half days, and in a mix of modes that include two keynote speaker-storyteller-facilitators, lightning stories, and participatory workshops, the study da

Organised by The Powerful Stories Network (PSN) This event is supported by an EMCR Training Grant from the Researcher Development Unit in the Research Portfolio and, co-sponsored by the Past and Present Research Cluster at the Vere Gordon Childe Centre for the Study of Humanity Through Time MONDAY OCT 27th Location - F23.01.105.Michael Spence Building. Auditorium (2) 105, University of Sydney, Camperdown Lunch and coffee/tea included. Organisers: Niro Kandasamy, Supriya Subra

The Powerful Stories Network along with the Ritual and Performance Research Cluster at the Vere Gordon Childe Centre at the University of Sydney are delighted to invite you to an evening of poetry and discussion of award-winning First Nations author, Leanne Betasamosake's new work Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead. When: Monday, October 27, 5:30 for a 6:00 pm start Where: Nelson Meers Auditorium, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney Registration: Free

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Thu, 23 Oct, 10am - 12pm AEDT RD Watt Building Room 203 Event description This panel talk is a part of an event series: Land Justice and Climate Futures , presented by Sujatha Fernandes. The series brings together Indigenous and people of colour scholars, writers, and activists to explore land justice at a time of climate crisis and mass labour migration. Historical and speculative fiction writers narrate histories of dispossession. They present a window into worlds bot

Wed, 15 Oct, 5pm - 7pm AEDT Vere Gordon Childe Centre Boardroom, Level 4 Film Screening and Panel Discussion- Gaza Nippers: Hope Amid Devastation, by Majed Badra This moving documentary captures resilience and hope amid the devastation in Gaza. Through the eyes of children and families, it offers a powerful window into daily life, courage, and community in the face of unimaginable hardship. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with leading academics, filmmak

Wed, 8 Oct, 2pm - 4pm AEDT RD Watt Building Room 203 Camperdown NSW, Australia REGISTER Event description This panel talk is a...

The Powerful Stories Network along with the Past and Present Research Cluster at the Vere Gordon Childe Centre at the University of...

Co-sponsored by The University of Sydney’s Discipline of Sociology and Criminology, the Discipline of Anthropology, and the Powerful...

Micaela Sahhar in conversation with Lucia Sorbera When: Thursday, September 25, 5:30 for a 6:00 pm start Where: Vere Gordon Childe Centre...

Lucia Sorbera in Conversation with Jumaana Abdu, Sharon Crozier De-Rosa and Niro Kandasamy When: Friday, September 19, 5:30 for a 6:00 pm...

History on Wednesdays - Sept 10 Wed, 10 Sep, 12:10pm - 1:30pm AEST 8th Floor Common Room, Brennan Building, University of Sydney A...

This panel brings together First Nations creatives and history-makers to discuss how they weave cultural, family, and community histories...