Events
The Freilich Project organises a range of events including public lectures, conferences and seminars, many of which are free and open to the public. These events draw on the expertise of some of Australia—and the world’s—most prominent intellectuals and public figures on subjects related to bigotry.
Annual Freilich Lecture: Are we not your neighbours? Bigotry in Australian Life
Lecture
Bigotry has been an enduring feature of Australian life, present from the arrival of the first Europeans on the continent’s shores. In 1796, the New South Wales governor, John Hunter, bemoaned the arrival of Irish convicts, those ‘turbulent and worthless characters’, who, he wished, ‘had…
Research Seminar: Motivated prejudice behind the 'perpetual foreigner syndrome'
Seminar
Asian Australians (and other members of Asian diaspora communities in Western nations) are chronically perceived and treated as though they are foreigners, and their loyalty to Australia is routinely questioned. Asian faces are considered substantially more “foreign” than White faces in a variety…
Alice Tay Lecture: Human Rights in Australia’s International Relations
Lecture
Human Rights in Australia’s International Relations Human rights occupy a curiously uncomfortable place in Australia’s international relations. Like liberal democracies the world over, Australia sees itself as a human rights leader, noting with pride its role in drafting the Universal Declaration…
Research Seminar: Towards Hetero-Optimism
Seminar
This research project presents a six-episode podcast series exploring the cultural logic of Asa Seresin’s concept "heteropessimism". We are carefully and critically exploring how to build alternative visions for sexualities that do not reinscribe the hierarchical binary opposition of heterosexual…
Pacific Mobilities and Mediterranean Diasporas on First Nations Lands: towards a transcultural history of Queensland’s sugar districts
Seminar
Studies of migration from the Mediterranean region to Australia have often been framed within a national frame of analysis. That is, the story of Greek, Italian, Maltese, and Lebanese migrations to Australian shores have been considered as central to nation building narratives that centre migration…
Workshop on the Role of Arts and Creative Practice in Addressing Bigotry.
Workshop
The Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry invites contributions for a one-day workshop focused on the role of arts and creative practice in addressing bigotry. The term bigotry is varied, complex, and changes over time, but has seen a resurgence in recent political debates (McClain 2020). It…
We Bleed the Same at Woollahra Library
Exhibition
Proudly presented in partnership with Freilich Project, "We Bleed The Same" is an anti-racism exhibition and documentary by creator and producer Liz Deep-Jones, photographer Tim Bauer and Art Director, Brenda Dwyer. This exhibition will be open to the public at Woollahra Library from 10 June - 25…