6-8 June 2017, Gold Coast, Queensland
Overview:
NIRAKN is excited and honoured to host twelve of the leading Race and Whiteness scholars at its upcoming conference on the Gold Coast. An unmissable gathering of national and international minds, this forum will feature critical conversations relating to teaching, research and policy. It will be an opportunity to participate in increasingly voluble and global discussion about the denial and significance of race, whiteness and Indigeneity in the 21st century. There is a call for individual papers and round-table proposals that will feature in addition to the four keynote plenary sessions.
Keynote Speakers:
- Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson (QUT)
- Professor Steve Larkin (University of Newcastle)
- Professor David Roediger (University of Kansas)
- Professor Cheryl Harris (UCLA)
- Professor Devon Carbado (UCLA)
- Professor Angela Riley (UCLA)
- Associate Professor Shannon Speed (UCLA)
- Associate Professor Hokulani Aikau (University of Hawaii)
- Professor Chris Andersen (University of Alberta)
- Associate Professor Kim TallBear (University of Alberta)
- Professor Brendan Hokowhitu (University of Waikato)
- Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith (University of Waikato)
Contacts:
National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN)
nirakn@qut.edu.au
Links:
Tickets and Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/race-whiteness-and-indigeneity-an-international-conference-tickets-31983837519
Information and Call For Papers: http://www.nirakn.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RaceWhitenessIndigeneity_flyer.pdf
