‘Women and Human Rights, Social Justice and Citizenship: International Historical Perspectives’: 30 June - 2 July, 1998
Melbourne, Australia

The University of Melbourne is situated approximately one and a half kilometres north of the City of Melbourne. Queen’s College, where many participants will stay, is on the perimeter of the University, which is approximately 30 minutes by car from Melbourne airport. The cost of a taxi is about AUD$25.00. Alternatively there is a bus from the airport into the city, from which it is only a short taxi or tram ride to the University.

The average maximum temperature in late June and early July is 14 °C, with an overnight minimum of 7 °C. It will be really cold, especially for people coming from a northern summer. Think of London in a reasonably mild winter and pack accordingly. On the other hand, this a beautiful season in the tropical north of Australia for those who are able to take a holiday. A contact for those inquiring about touring is: Pauline Clarke, American Express Travel, PO Box 4192, University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia, ph: +61 3 9347 7411, fax: +61 3 9347 6537.

Queen’s College provides breakfast as part of the accommodation fee. There are many cheap eating places on the University of Melbourne campus, and bistros and restaurants in the surrounding streets of Carlton. Melbourne is a city of three and a half million people, public transport is good, and there is a vigorous art, music and theatre life for conference participants to enjoy if they have the time.

It is clearly in all our interests if participants register as early as they can. Registrations may be cancelled in writing up until 17 June 1998, and refunds made minus the administration fee of AUD$50. After 17 June, no refunds can be made. The conference committee has engaged the services of a professional administrator, and we need to work within the systems she has established.

Below you will find an outline of the conference proceedings. Those who register by 30 April will receive a programme in the post, with the details of the times of the panels to which they established or to which they have been assigned. We also will place this programme on the conference homepage on the internet.

Monday 29 June

2.0pm - 5.0 pm Registration

2.0pm Meeting of IFRWH Board and National Conveners

5.0pm Welcome Reception

6.30pm Special Reception for Indigenous Participants

Tuesday 30 June

8.0am onwards Registration

9.0am - 10.30am Plenary

Welcome: Aboriginal (Koori) elder

Keynote speakers

10.30 - 11.0am Morning tea

11.0 - 12.45 pm Parallel sessions

12.45 - 2.0pm Lunch

2.0 - 3.45pm Parallel sessions

3.45 - 4.15pm Afternoon tea

4.15 - 5.45pm Plenary

Keynote Speakers

Evening: Open Roundtable:

7.30 - 9.0pm ‘History and Human Rights’

Wednesday 1 July

9.0 - 10.30 am Plenary

Keynote speakers

10.30 - 11.0 am Morning tea

11.0 - 12.45 pm Parallel sessions

12.45 - 2.0pm Lunch

2.0 - 3.45pm Parallel sessions

3.45 - 4.15pm Afternoon tea

4.15 - 5.30pm Plenary

Keynote speakers

Evening: Conference Dinner

6.30 for 7.0pm

Tuesday 2 July

9.0 - 10.30am Plenary

Keynote speakers

10.30 - 11.0am Morning tea

11.0 - 12.45pm Parallel sessions

12.45 - 2.0pm Lunch

2.0 - 3.45pm Parallel sessions

3.45 - 4.15pm Afternoon tea

4.15 - 5.45pm Parallel sessions

Pacific History Association Conference 22 - 26 June 1998 Honiara, Solomon Islands
Contact: Max Quanchi, Queensland University of Technology

Email: m.quanchi@qut.edu.au

‘Empires/Colonies/Legal Cultures’
Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society and the Canadian Law and Society Association 3 - 5 July 1998 La Trobe University, Melbourne Contact: Diane Kirkby, La Trobe University

Email: Diane.Kirkby@latrobe.edu.au

George Rudé Seminar in French History 3 - 6 July 1998
Women’s College, University of Sydney
Contact: Martin Lyons, University of Sydney

Email: m.lyons@UNSW.EDU.AU

Australian Historical Association Conference 5 - 10 July 1998,

University of Sydney
Contact: Penny Russell, University of Sydney

Email: penelope.russell@history.usyd.edu.au

The Australasian Association for the Study of Communist and Post-Communist Societies 7-10 July, 1998 University of Melbourne
Contact: Stephen Wheatcroft, University of Melbourne

Pacific Spaces/Global Marketplaces: Cultural Exlporations in Pacific Contexts 12 - 13 July, 1998 Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Contact: Dolores Janiewski, Victoria University of Wellington Email: Dolores.Janiewski@vuw.ac.nz

Winds of Change International Conference - Women and the Culture of Universities 13 - 17 July 1998
University of Technology, Sydney
Contact: Dinah Cohen, University of Technology

Email: Dinah.Cohen@uts.edu.au

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