Events

Seminars

AIATSIS runs a series of lunchtime seminars in the first and second semester of each year. The seminars are held in the Mabo Room at AIATSIS on Mondays from 12.30pm -2.00pm. Topics vary across the spectrum of Indigenous studies.

Information about the current AIATSIS Seminar Series is available here.
A full list of past seminars is available here.

Previous Seminars convened by NTRU

NTRU staff have convened a number of previous AIATSIS seminars series on issues related to native title.

Native Title, Decision-making and Conflict Management
This seminar series ran from 28 February - 23 May 2005 and was organised by Ms Toni Bauman (Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project). Speaker list, abstracts, papers and transcripts are available here.

Regionalism, Indigenous Governance and Decision Making
This seminar series ran from 22 March–31 May 2004 and was organised by Dr Stuart Bradfield. The series explored the way understandings of 'regionalisation' impact upon Indigenous peoples and influence the way they govern themselves and make decisions. It investigated the way different groups sought to increase control over their own lives and their regions, the barriers to this control, and possibilities for increasing control in the future. The series looked at both the theory and practice of diverse themes surrounding 'regionalism' by looking at a number of case studies of Indigenous regional organisation, as well as including papers which investigated the idea of the 'regional', and what it means for Indigenous peoples and organisations. Speaker lists, abstracts, papers and transcripts are available here.

Intellectual Property and Indigenous Knowledge: Access and Ownership of Indigenous Cultural Material
This seminar series ran from March–June 2003. A list of speakers is available here.

Limits and Possibilities of a Treaty Process in Australia
This seminar series ran across two semesters in 2001 and explored some of the issues surrounding the proposal for a national treaty. The issues included current proposals, past obstacles, issues for Indigenous representation, political and philosophical questions, national identity, reconciliation, belonging, public law implications, and comparisons with other countries.

Part 1 (March -June 2001) transcripts and a list of speakers are available here. Part 2 (July-September 2001) transcripts and a list of speakers are available here.