Reading the Room

Reflections on gender equality today

We asked a handful of our Readers to reflect on the question: Do you think Virginia Woolf’s discussion of women’s under-representation and wider inequality is still relevant today? They gave thoughtful, insightful responses. Speakers: Julia Gillard Julia Gillard was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia and is the inaugural Chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at Kings College London and the Australian National University, which through research, practice and advocacy, is addressing women’s under-representation in leadership. Hilary Charlesworth Hilary Charlesworth is a Melbourne Laureate Professor and Harrison Moore professor at Melbourne Law School and a Distinguished Professor in RegNet at the ANU. She is also the first Australian woman to be elected to the UN International Court of Justice. Angela Woollacott Angela Woollacott is the Manning Clark Professor of History at the Australian National University, and is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Royal Historical Society. Ben Jefferson Ben is studying Economics and Philosophy at the ANU and hopes to work in sustainable development in the future. He looks up to his many women role models and friends, and after their example tries to make the world a better place and himself a better person. LinkedIn: Ben Jefferson, Twitter @benjeff199 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Chapter 6

“Perhaps a mind that is purely masculine cannot create, any more than a mind that is purely feminine.” Our Readers:  Ben Jefferson Ben is studying Economics and Philosophy at the ANU and hopes to work in sustainable development in the future. He looks up to his many women role models and friends, and after their example tries to make the world a better place and himself a better person. LinkedIn: Ben Jefferson, Twitter @benjeff199 Chris Wallace Chris Wallace is a writer, scholar and active political citizen with a PhD in History from ANU. Reading Quentin Bell's Virginia Woolf: A Biography in 1976 was the gateway drug to her lifelong engagement with Bloomsbury. Twitter: @c_s_wallace Sarah Scott Sarah Scott is a Lecturer in the Centre for Art History and Art Theory at ANU who is currently co-editing a book entitled Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and non-Indigenous art for Routledge publishers. Lara Nicholls Lara Nicholls is completing a PhD on the professionalisation of women artists in the nineteenth century and is the inaugural Jennifer Strauss Fellow in the Humanities for her research in women artists and Impressionism. She is a Residential Fellow at Burgmann College. Will Salkeld Will Salkeld is an Arts Representative and an Academic Network Coordinator at Burgmann College. He is studying a Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at the ANU and is an active musician outside of his studies. https://www.linkedin.com/in/willsalkeldstudent/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/willsalkeldstudent/] Raihan Ismail Raihan Ismail is a DECRA Fellow and a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, ANU. Follow her on Twitter @ismail_raih Poppy Thompson Poppy Thomson is a young singer-songwriter and aspiring curator from Sydney. She is currently in her second year of a Bachelor of Art History and Curatorship at the ANU and attends Burgmann College. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Chapter 5

“I tried to remember any case in the course of my reading where two women are represented as friends... almost without exception they are shown in their relation to men.” Our Readers: Jilda Andrews Jilda Andrews is a Yuwaalaraay cultural practitioner and museum ethnographer, currently a research fellow with the Australian National University and National Museum of Australia. Kristen Farrell Kirsten Farrell is an artist, knowledge worker, queer, mother. She holds a PhD from the ANU School of Art (2016). Instagram: kirsten_farrell/vivisector oracle Sally Renouf Sally Renouf is the Principal of Burgmann College, an independent university residential College at the Australian National University. Sally is the ninth Principal of Burgmann and the first woman to hold the role in its 50 year history. Rebecca Mayo Rebecca Mayo is a lecturer at the ANU School of Art & Design. Her print and textile-based art, informed by and practiced with ethics and labours of care, aims to frame care, or its absence as a critical tool for understanding contemporary lived conditions, particularly in relation to environmental, non-human and feminist concerns. Elizabeth Reid Elizabeth Reid has worked as a national and an international public servant and as a consultant in most developing regions of the world. Her particular focus included feminism, ethics, community development, and the HIV epidemic. John Fitzgerald John Fitzgerald is a student at the Australian National University, studying a Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy, and Economics / Bachelor of Commerce (Finance). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Chapter 4

“Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.” Our Readers:  Jessica Benter Jessica Benter is a writer and Honours student at The Australian National University studying Art History and Curatorship. She has previously interned at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and the National Gallery of Australia. Inger Mewburn Professor Inger Mewburn is the Director of Researcher Development at the Australian National University and editor of the Thesis Whisperer blog (www.thesiswhisperer.com) Will Adams William Adams is a third-year law and politics, philosophy and economics student at the Australian National University. Shalom Chalson Shalom is a PhD Candidate in the School of Philosophy at The Australian National University. She works on what discrimination is and what makes it wrong. Roseanne Kennedy Rosanne Kennedy is Associate Professor of Literature and Gender, Sexuality and Culture at the Australian National University. Working at the intersection of transnational memory studies, feminist theory, and literature, law and human rights, her research explores memories and mediations of violence, trauma and injustice in cultural and legal texts and contexts.  Lucy Neave Lucy Neave's second novel, Believe in Me, will be published by UQP in September 2021. She researches in the area of contemporary literature and is Associate Dean, Student Experience at the ANU. Beck Davis Beck Davis is Head of School at the Australian National University, School of Art & Design. She is also a Board Member of the Design Institute of Australia, and Art Monthly Australasia. Twitter: _beck_ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Chapter 3

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.” Our Readers:  Asmi Wood Asmi Wood is a professor at the ANU law school. Isobel Kou Isobel Kuo is a third year student at The Australian National University studying Law and PPE. Kate Mitchell Kate Mitchell’s research explores historical fiction and the literary and cultural history of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Elspeth Pitt Elspeth Pitt is Curator, Australian Art at the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra. Raelene Frances Raelene Frances AM is Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences and Professor of History at the Australian National University and is an elected fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Ian Darling Ian Darling is an award winning documentary film director and producer - he attended Burgmann College at ANU, and in 2020 was named ANU’s Alumni of the Year. Instagram: @iandarlingshark Charlotte Young Charlotte Young is a current first year resident and serving as the Chair of Diversity at Burgmann College. She is studying a double degree of Politics, Philosophy and Economics/Arts, and is a youth/disability advocate https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-young- ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.