Date: 15‒17 November 2017, Western Australia
Venues: Wednesday 15 November, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia
Thursday 16 and Friday 17 November, WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle.
Registration: Register online here by 10 November 2017.
This year’s Symposium theme is 'Humanitarianism and Human Rights'. Over the last decade, there has been an explosion of interest in the history of human rights, linked to critique of its current global formations. The long history of human rights has been shaped by the ideas of humanism, conflicts for religious freedoms and political representations, and colonial engagement that provokes debates about universal humanity and inviolable rights.
The Symposium program will explore three related questions:
- How is contemporary Australia shaped by these long intellectual and emotional histories regarding human rights and humanitarianism?
- Can we identify a distinctively Australian perspective on these questions?
- What are the challenges for Australia today in engaging with human rights related to matters as wide-ranging as sexuality, disability activism, Indigenous rights, linguistic imperialism, refugees, and religious freedoms.
The Symposium will begin with a free public opening event 'Emotions, Human Rights and Humanitarianism' at 5pm on Wednesday 15 November 2017 at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia. Visit the event page for full details.
Coinciding with Symposium is the annual Academy Lecture to be given by novelist, descendant of the Noongar people of Western Australia and Honorary Academy Fellow Professor Kim Scott.
Convenors
Venues, hotels and travel
Visit the venues, hotels and travel page on the Academy site for further details.
Sponsors
- Co-principal sponsors: Curtin University and The University of Western Australia
- Associate sponsors: Edith Cowan University and The University of Notre Dame Australia
- Symposium venue sponsor: Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University
- Wednesday public event: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
- Destination sponsor: Perth Convention Bureau and Tourism Western Australia
Image: 'The First Day at Sea'. © Barat Ali Batoor.