Category: Blog

Disseminating the doctorate

Join us. We are running a live Zoom session on ‘Disseminating the Doctorate.’ Pick a mode. Pick a platform. We’re going to talk about it. The booklet to provide the foundation for our thinking is linked at the base of this post. This session is free – international – fabulous! Date:                     Friday 16 April 2021 […]

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Connections and community

Many of us are commemorating (!!!) a year of lockdown, shutdown, trauma and shock. A year ago, I had the privilege of hosting a week of Facebook Live chats. In real time, I shared the complexity, sadness, confusion and – yes – joy. For my future self, I want to log these five fabulous days. […]

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Thinking through reading

Libraries are the cranium of our culture. Librarians are the Jedi Knights of our society. It has been my pleasure to be part of many movements to celebrate and value the role of libraries in our culture. With great pleasure, I share a book from SLAV (School Library Association of Victoria). I have a chapter […]

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Beginnings

One of my life mantras is “beginnings matter. But endings matter more.” In doctoral education, the endings are often determined by the first year, the first month, the first week. Or – indeed – the first day. To ensure that my commencing students commence with energy and propulsion, I use a ‘set up document.’ I […]

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Sara Ahmed Reading Seminar series

It is with great pleasure that I share an upcoming seminar series. Sara Ahmed is a remarkable scholar. She is challenging. Complex. Intricate. Therefore I welcome you to this seminar – delivered via Zoom – where we talk about her monographs, in oder of their publication. Download the schedule, at the top of this page. […]

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