Events and Workshops
Sydney Roundtable and Workshop
17 March 2026 Roundtable and Workshop, The University of Sydney
Southeast Asian Women in “Exile”: Re-imagining histories of anti-colonialism, nationalism and feminism
10-12PM | Roundtable Discussion
Venue: Schaeffer Seminar Room
The roundtable brought together the project team to reflect on
their
year-long interdisciplinary collaboration recovering the
suppressed
histories of women artists, writers, and activists across
Southeast Asia.
Session facilitated by Dr Anna Lawrenson.
1.30-4.30PM | Workshop
Vere Gordon Childe Centre Boardroom
1.30–2.30PM | Recovering Herstory
Chair: Dr Chiara O’Reilly
Speakers: Nguyễn Thị Minh, Hương Ngô, and Astrid Reza
3.30–4.30PM | Art, Feminism and Storytelling: Digital
Interventions
Chair: Dr Lilian Cameron
Speakers: Dr Katrina Grant, Dr Yvonne Low and Jennifer Yang
*This event was supported by Sydney Southeast Asian Studies Centre, Power Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, and Vietnam Women’s Publishing House.
For more information Contact Dr Yvonne Low yvonne.low@sydney.edu.au
Facilitators
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Dr Lilian Cameron is a Senior Interdisciplinary Lecturer at the University of Sydney. She researches and teaches in art curating and museum studies, with a focus on contemporary curatorial practice, textual interpretation, and the relationships between artists, audiences, and collections. Her current projects span curating in Australia and the UK, museum education, and intersections with university teaching and learning. She is committed to supporting student pathways into the GLAM sector through Work Integrated Learning. Previously based in London, she held roles at Tate, the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, and Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Her book Curating Art Now (Lund Humphries, 2022) examines power, inclusivity, and innovation in the post-pandemic curatorial landscape. -
Dr Anna Lawrenson is Degree Director of the Art Curating program and teaches into the Museum and Heritage Studies program at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research considers the civic role of museums and galleries by examining how their history, funding and administration shapes their approach to public engagement. She has co-authored an important monograph on blockbuster exhibitions in Australian museums and galleries (Routledge: 2019) and published in academic journals including Museum Management and Curatorship and Museums and Society. She has been commissioned to conduct research within the museum sector producing reports that have been used for policy development, advocacy and funding. Together with O’Reilly she is Associate editor for Exhibition Reviews for Curator: The Museum Journal. -
Dr Chiara O’Reilly is the Director of the Postgraduate Museum and Heritage Studies Program at the University of Sydney. Her research examines museum and gallery history, collections, exhibitions and audience experience. Her work has been published in the Journal of the History of Collections, Museum Management and Curatorship and Museums and Social Issues and she co-authored the monograph The Rise of the Must-See Exhibition. Blockbusters in Australian Museums and Galleries (Routledge, 2019) with Dr Anna Lawrenson.
Vietnam Workshop
14 December 2025
NHỮNG LỊCH SỬ NỮ QUYỀN BỊ THẤT LẠC Ở ĐÔNG NAM Á
Một thảo luận bàn tròn
Lost Feminist Histories of Southeast Asia: A Roundtable
Discussion
Speakers:
Nguyễn Thị Minh (ĐH Su phạm TP.HCM), ThS. Astrid Rezza (ĐH
Sanata Dharma - Indonesia) and Nghệ sĩ Hương Ngô
Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Việt - Tiếng Anh có phiên dịch hai chiêu.
18:00 - 20:00, Chủ nhật 14/12/2025 (18:00 đón khách, 18:30 bắt
đầu sự kiện)
Chi nhánh NXB Phụ nữ Việt Nam, 16 Alexandre De Rhodes, P. Sài
Gòn, TP. HCM
