The following seminar papers, orations, presentations, research and other reports relating to contemporary issues in
multiculturalism and racism and other initiatives organised by the Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI) are provided for your interest.
These papers are not published by OMI and remain the property of the presenters and researchers.
| 2008 Vice Chancellors’ Oration - “Recognizing Racism in the Era of Neoliberalism” - Angela Y. Davis |
| 4/1/2008 |
| Explores how historical definitions of racism prevents us from recognizing the complex ways in which new manifestations of racism are often unwittingly but covertly embedded within the processes, attitudes, policies and practices of institutions |
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| No Separate Future |
| 3/21/2006 |
| The Harmony week 2006 Vice Chancellors’ Oration Delviered by Dr Frene Ginwala |
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| Ethnic Minorities and Crime in Australia:Moral Panic or Meaningful Policy Responses |
| 11/8/2005 |
| Paper to the public seminar held on November 8th 2005, by Professor Jock Collins,University of Technology, Sydney. |
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| Harmony Week 2005 Vice-Chancellor’s Oration delivered by Sir William Deane |
| 3/30/2005 |
| The Hon. Sir William Deane delivered the 2005 Vice-Chancellors’ Oration on the topic ’Australia’s Multiculturalism : Time for Assessment and Renewal’. |
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| Living with Difference: Does Multiculturalism have a Future? |
| 9/17/2003 |
| On Wednesday, 17 September 2003 the Premier and Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Interests, Dr Geoff Gallop MLA presented the Walter Murdoch Lecture at Murdoch University. A transcript of the lecture is provided here. |
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| Doing Good by Stealth whilst Flirting with Racism |
| 7/15/2003 |
| Professor Charles Husband delivered an entertaining and thought provioking public lecture on 'Doing Good by Stealth whilst Flirting with Racism: the contradictory dynamics of British Multiculturalism’ . Discussion Papers available here. |
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| The Australian Multicultural Experience and Global Connections |
| 6/10/2003 |
| Speaker Mr Bulent (Hass) Dellal OAM examined the new challenges faced by countries, governments, policy makers, the private and public sectors, and civil society who are increasingly required to respond to cultural, linguistic and religious diversity |
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| Ethnic Minorities in Times of International Crisis: |
| 4/9/2003 |
| Professor Luciuk explores the historical context of the treatment of refugees in times of international crisis through an examination of Canada’s internment operations during the early 20th Century. |
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| A Human Right to be Fought For |
| 3/21/2003 |
| Professor Fiona Stanley AC, 2003 Australian of the Year, delivered the Harmony Week Vice Chancellors' Oration on the theme of racial discrimination. |
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| Racism and the Fourth Estate. Free speech at what cost? |
| 8/12/2002 |
| Dr William Jonas AM, explored racism and the media in Australia at the Seminar Series on Monday 12 August 2002. |
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| Behind the White Picket Fence |
| 6/24/2002 |
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| The Responsibilities of Harmony |
| 3/22/2002 |
| Mr Patrick Dodson, delivered the 2002 Harmony Week Vice Chancellors' Oration on the theme of harmony. |
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| Western Australian Vice Chancellors' Harmony Day Oration |
| 3/21/2001 |
| The Right Hon Malcolm Fraser, AC, CH delivered the inaugural Western Australia’s Vice Chancellors’ Harmony Day Oration |
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