Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Sunday 13 August
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
In this conversation, we’ll bring together three writers and academics who have examined themes of alienation and social estrangement in their work. William Maley, author of What is a Refugee?, Susan Carland, author of Fighting Hislam, and Rebecca Huntley, author of Still Lucky?, join Wheeler Centre host Sally Warhaft to examine how the idea of ‘stranger danger’ plays out in Australian culture and politics – from media reporting to foreign policy and refugee law.
Which groups of people are routinely represented as strangers? And who benefits from demonising these people? What happens when fear outweighs the social, ethical and economic benefits of tolerance? And are we more, or less, tolerant than we think we are?
Presented in partnership with Bendigo Writers Festival.
Featuring
Sally Warhaft
Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year ...
Susan Carland
Dr Susan Carland is a sociologist of religion in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. A DECRA fellow & Churchill fellow, she researches the intersection between gender, Islamophobia, sexism, and social cohesion ...
William Maley
William Maleyis Professor of Diplomacy at the Australian National University, Vice President of the Refugee Council of Australia, and the author of What Is a Refugee?.
Rebecca Huntley
Rebecca Huntley is one of Australia's most respected researchers on social and consumer trends, and head of research at Essential Media. She is the author of Still Lucky: Why You Should Feel Optimistic About Australia and Its People.