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From the personal to the political: Understanding the impacts of colonialism through story telling

From the personal to the political: Understanding the impacts of colonialism through story telling

20 August 2025 | Public Talk or Lecture, Panel Discussion, In Conversation

You are warmly invited to an expert panel event led by JBC’s Professor Marinella Marmo to explore the enduring legacy of colonialism through personal experience and political reflection. The seminar is anchored in The Chosen Son, Professor Leanne Weber’s deeply moving...

Becoming a Speaker and Teacher of South Saami: Language Teacher Identity, Silencing and Language Reclamation

Becoming a Speaker and Teacher of South Saami: Language Teacher Identity, Silencing and Language Reclamation

18 August 2025 | Public Talk or Lecture

David Kroik, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Nord University Keynote for the Oceania and Indigenous Trans-national Methods and Practices Symposium held in Orange, September 11-12th. Convened by the Oceania and Global Indigenous Research Hub,...

Fatugātiti in Practice: Weaving Pacific Conversations Across Borders

Fatugātiti in Practice: Weaving Pacific Conversations Across Borders

18 August 2025 | Public Talk or Lecture

Dr. Honiara Salanoa Amosa, Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at the Faculty of Arts, National University of Samoa Keynote for the Oceania and Indigenous Trans-national Methods and Practices Symposium held in Orange, September 11-12th....

Protecting Global Wetlands? Ecosystems, migratory waterbirds, and the Ramsar Convention, 1962-1971

14 August 2025 | Seminar

This talk examines the way more-than-human histories can bring together environmental history and histories of capitalism through two examples from my research. The first and most substantive example centres on the rapid increase in long-nosed fur seal numbers over...

Cremation: A social, cultural and religious development conundrum in Samoa

Cremation: A social, cultural and religious development conundrum in Samoa

13 August 2025 | Public Talk or Lecture

Keynote for the Oceania and Indigenous Trans-national Methods and Practices Symposium held in Orange, September 11-12th. Convened by the Oceania and Global Indigenous Research Hub, Charles Sturt University. Follow the website link below to register your attendance. A...

First Nations Research at Swinburne and Beyond – Enabling Ethical Research Across Continents

First Nations Research at Swinburne and Beyond – Enabling Ethical Research Across Continents

6 September 2024 |

This panel event provides an opportunity for participants to hear from research active scholars in Swinburne University, Australia and from Umea University, Sweden about a range of initiatives and current research activities they relate to that focus on First Nations...

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