Events
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	Conferences: 1998: 'From Here to Diversity: Lesbians, Gay Men and Education'. 1997: 'RE: activate. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activisms1997: 'RE: activate. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activisms Keynote speakers: Rodney Croome and Jill Julius Matthews. 1996: 'Health in Difference'. The first national lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual health conference. 1995: 'Representing Sexualities' (co-convened with the Women's Studies Centre of the University of Sydney). Keynote speaker: Elspeth Probyn. 'Emerging Asian/Australian Lesbian and Gay Communities'. 1994: 'Violence in Lesbian and Gay Relationships' 1993: Inaugural Conference 'Activism in the1990s: the need for gay and lesbian research'.
	Public Lectures: 1999: Dinner with Michael Kirby. A fundraising dinner held at the Manor House Hotel in Darlinghurst with an after-dinner address by Justice Michael Kirby. 1998: David Marr: 'Can we Square Freedom with Anti-Vilification Laws?'. 1997: A panel of speakers (Wendy Brady, Elspeth Probyn and Ross Duffin) addressing the connections and disconnections between activism and research. 1996: Dennis Altman: 'The Future of "Queer" Studies? 1995: Margaret Bateman, barrister and editor of the Australiasian Gay and Lesbian Law Journal. 1994: David Halperin, visiting scholar at the Centre.
	Occasional forums and workshops: 1998: 'Activating Queer Theory/Queering Activism'. 1996: 'Prioritising Gay and Homosexually Active Men: HIV/AIDS Social Research, Homophobia, and the Third National Strategy'. 1995: 'Oscar Wilde + 100' (in collaboration with the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney). 'Less Than the Sum of Us: Portrayals of Homosexuality in Australian Film (in collaboration with the Sydney Film Festival). 1994: 'Gay Classics: Queer Perspectives on Graeco-Roman Antiquity'. A public forum with speakers including David Halperin, Suzanne MacAlister and Graeme Clarke. 'Michel Foucault and Gay Cultural Studies' (in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney). 'Doing Gay and Lesbian Research' (in collaboration with Queer Collaborations and the National Lesbian Confest).
	Gay history seminar series. Some recent seminars: 'A History and Ethnography of Gay and Lesbian Bath-houses'. Paul Knobel, independent researcher, Sydney 'Beyond Performance: The Performative Construction of Sexualised Space'. Stephen Hodge, Lecturer in Human Geography, Macquarie University (Visiting Scholar to ACLGR). 'First They Came for "Salo". And We Said Nothing'. Keith Howes, author of Broadcasting It. 'Eyeing up the Boys: The Textual Representation of the Gay Male Gaze'. Christopher Robinson, Professor of European Literature, Oxford University (Visiting Professor, ACLGR). 'On the Fringe: Gays, Lesbians and Legislative Politics in Britain, Canada and the US'. David Rayside, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto (Visiting Scholar to ACLGR). 'The Body of the Friend'. Alan Bray, author of Homosexuality in Renaissance England.