Challenging Nation Speaker Series

The Centre for Australian Research, the Law and Society Program and the 19th Century Studies Program are pleased to announce upcoming talks in the Challenging Nation Speaker Series

St. Johns College 2003-2004 Thematic Lecture Series,

All talks held at Fairmount Social Lounge St. Johns College 2111 Lower Mall.

Tuesday, October 14, 2003 at 5:00 pm
Rapunzel and the Lure of Equal Citizenship
Margaret Thornton, Law, La Trobe University, Australia

Monday, October 20, 2003 at 5:00 pm
Australian by Choice (not merely the Accident of Birth)?
Jeremy Webber, Law, University of Victoria
Philip Resnick, Political Science, UBC, Discussant

Monday, November 24, 2003 at 5:00 pm
White Man's Country: A National Response to a Trans-National Conversation
Marilyn Lake, History, La Trobe University, Australia

Monday, January 12, 2004 at 5:00 pm
Law, Nation, Community: A Dialogue
Ruth Buchanan, Law, UBC
Sundhya Pahuja, Law, Melbourne University

Monday, February 23, 2004 at 5:00 pm
State Formation in the Age of Competitive Globalism: National Citizenship as Private Right
Anna Yeatman, Political Science, University of Alberta

Monday, March 29, 2004 at 5:00 pm
We Know What it is When You do not Ask Us: The Unchallengeable Nation
Peter Fitzpatrick, Law, Birkbeck College, University of London
Doug Harris, Law, UBC, Discussant

Wednesday, April 7, 2004 at 5:00 pm
Challenging Nation Closing Workshop
Catherine Dauvergne, Law, and Wes Pue, Law, UBC