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Book Launch of 'No Ordinary Lives' by Dr Cathy Jenkins
This book offers for the first time an insight into the lives of Australia's pioneering female politicians from 1921 to 2001, including the first members of Parliament, first Ministers and first Heads of Government. It spans eighty six years of Australian political history, from the election of Edith Cowan, the first female MP, to Anna Bligh, the first female Premier of Queensland. Each woman has a remarkable story to tell, and for some it is the first time their story has been told.
Dr Jenkins’ book will be launched by the Honourable Ros Kelly AO, former member for Canberra and former minister in the Hawke/Keating Government
| Date: |
Tuesday 9 December 2008 |
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| Time: | 5.00pm to 6.30pm |
| Venue: |
The Ship Inn Function Room S06 2.02 |
| Cost: |
Free |
About the Author:
Dr Cathy Jenkins worked as a radio journalist for 16 years, including five years in the Queensland Parliament Press Gallery, where she first became interested in the role of women in politics. She moved full-time into university teaching in 1998 and is now Deputy Dean (Learning and Teaching) in the Faculty of Arts at Griffith University. Cathy is currently working on a biography of Ros Kelly.
Telephone: (07) 3735 4127
Email: deanarts@griffith.edu.au
Valuing Culture Seminar Series
In conjunction with Griffith University, this seminar series is sponsored by the Innovative Universities European Union Centre.
Professor Greffe is a distinguished academic with the University of Paris at the Sorbonne. He is internationally renowned as one of the leading figures within the LEED Programme of the OECD where he has been a consultant on Economic Development in both Western and Eastern Europe. He is the current Chair of the LEED/OECD Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance. Join us as Professor Greffe shares his insights on local development, economic policy and the economics of culture.
Urban Cultural Landscape
The concept of urban cultural landscapes is more and more used as the level of amenity in cities is recognised as a lever for attractivity and quality of life.
We inhabit a postmodern city where we are looking for experience, feeling and emotion. This has implications for policy.
Traditional public policy debates have to integrate the need for dissemination of cultural assets and services and for enriching the debate about the beautiful and the ugly. Here, the vision of the urban cultural landscape as an ecosystem may be relevant.
The paper and presentation are now available for this seminar.
New Business Models for Cultural Companies
Digitalisation, new spaces of cultural consumption and shifts in support have challenged the traditional business models used in the cultural field. It is necessary to create or import new models, and many initiatives are developing. New small cultural companies, as well as big companies, have to face these challenges.This seminar will outline issues and strategies that companies confront as they adopt new and relevant business models.
The paper and presentation are now available for this seminar.
Name Changes - Effective 1 January 2009
- Faculty of Arts to Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Arts to School of Humanities