Upcoming events at Western Sydney University are listed below.
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May
26
Always Was Always Will Be
Always Was Always Will Be features key artworks from artists and community members from Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.
Exhibitions and performances; Social events
Current Students and Staff
Always Was Always Will Be features key artworks from artists and community members from Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.
Always Was Always Will Be
26 May – 29 August
“This year marks 50 years since the handback of the cattle station, Wave Hill, where Prime Minister Gough Whitlam poured earth into the hands of Vincent Lingiari in a symbolic gesture of returning lands back to the Gurindji people (16 August 1975).
Always Was Always Will Be explores Aboriginal self-determination through art and activism.
The exhibition tells the stories of community leaders who have continued to fight for their homelands, waterways, and health, so they can be self-determined in their communities.
Land Rights and Native Title were and still are big issues, and I wanted to acknowledge and pay tribute to the amazing achievement by the Gurindji people, while also focusing on the key stories of NSW language group peoples.
As a recognised Traditional Owner, over the years I've witnessed the misrepresentation and mistreatment of my people in Australia. Mining and Indigenous Land Use Agreements have led to the neglect and destruction of our sacred sites and still to this day my people don’t have property access to their traditional homelands.
We belong to this land; we are the protectors and caretakers who have continued to maintain our connections to the lands through spiritual and traditional practices since time immemorial. “
Guest curator Kyra Kum Sing, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative
Always Was Always Will Be features key artworks from artists and community members from Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative.
Exhibiting artists: Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft AM, Jeffrey Samuels, Brenda L. Croft, Avril Quaill, Arone Meeks (1957-2021), Michael Riley (1960-2004), Gordon Syron, Danny Eastwood, Nadeena Dixon, Jamie Eastwood, Debra Beale, Kyra Kum-Sing, Dennis Golding, Carmen Glynn-Braun, Rubyrose Bancroft and Hayley Pigram
The exhibition also includes loans of historical material from the Whitlam Prime Ministerial Collection, Western Sydney University Art Collection, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, and the Powerhouse Museum.
Boomalli was established in 1987 by ten founding members who were Euphemia Bostock (dec.), Jeffrey Samuels, Arone Meeks (dec.), Bronwyn Bancroft, Brenda L. Croft, Tracey Moffatt, Avril Quaill, Fern Martens, Michael Riley (dec.), and Fiona Foley.
Boomalli means ‘to strike or make a mark’ in three NSW Aboriginal languages (Bundjalung, Gamilaroi and Wiradjuri) and was one of the many key organisations set up in Redfern in the late 1970s early 1980s dedicated to Aboriginal self-determination.
Mon, 26 May 2025 10:35:00 +1000
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Jun
25
Enhancing Research Skills with the New EBSCOhost Platform
Join us for an interactive training session to introduce the new EBSCOhost platform.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Western Sydney University Students - Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:30:00 +1000
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Jun
25
SaGR Seminar - Justice Across Borders
SaGR Seminar - Justice Across Borders: Debates on Punishment and Criminalization of Femi(ni)cide, Presented by Aleida Luján-Pinelo
Conferences and seminars
All welcome
SaGR Seminar - Justice Across Borders: Debates on Punishment and Criminalization of Femi(ni)cide, Presented by Aleida Luján-Pinelo
You are invited to attend the SaGR Seminar - Justice Across Borders: Debates on Punishment and Criminalization of Femi(ni)cide, Presented by Aleida Luján-Pinelo.
- Date: 25th June 25
- Time: 2pm to 5pm (includes light refreshments)
- Location: Parramatta City Campus (1PSQ) - Level 9, Conference Room 4
Summary:
Femi(ni)cide is generally understood as “the killing of women by men because they are women,” it occurs within the patriarchal apparatus or power hierarchies of sex/gender. In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), femi(ni)cide has been discussed since the late 1990s and specific laws have been introduced to combat such crimes. As of today, seventeen countries in LAC have criminalized “femicide” or “feminicide” either by including the category in their penal code or by introducing mainstreaming laws; in any case, criminalization of this crime mostly implies an increase in the years of the sentence. In recent years, femi(ni)cide has started to gain interest in Europe, among the issues to be discussed is whether a law against femi(ni)cide is necessary or not, as in LAC. Opponents of introducing a specific law argue that the LAC case shows that crimes do not decrease by having a law on femi(ni)cide. Although this is true, feminists in LAC are not so naïve as to believe that criminalization of femi(ni)cide alone will solve the problem, this strategy is one of multiple fronts of action.
Legal criminalization of femi(ni)cide can be seen as a victory in which feminist discourse is working “from within” the system and using the tools available to make visible and penalize that system’s assignation of a particular limited value to the lives of women. But, from other critical perspectives such as abolitionism, the prison system will never be the solution to complex social problems since, on the contrary, they reinforce and contribute to the permanence of such power hierarchies (potestas). In my current research I aim to explore socio-legal alternatives of justice in cases of femi(ni)cide through a comparative study of Mexico and Germany, drawing on decolonial theory, new feminist materialism, and affect theory, working with participatory action methods to start conversations in this important field of inquiry and action.
Bio:
Aleida Luján-Pinelo is a Mexican interdisciplinary postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Turku, where she obtained her PhD in Law. She holds a Master’s degree in the Erasmus Mundus Master’s Program in Gender and Women’s Studies from the University of Granada and the University of Utrecht and completed her Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy at the Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico City. She is a co-founder of the independent project Feminizidmap, a database on femi(ni)cides in German territory. Her most recent research focuses on femi(ni)cide in the European context from an interdisciplinary perspective and using the case study of Germany. Her current research projects bring epistemologies of the South and new feminist materialism together to study and create practices that offer solutions to complex social problems of patriarchal violence. Her research interests include feminist (legal) theory, new feminist materialism, epistemologies of the South, critical pedagogy, data feminism, and femi(ni)cide. Her research outputs have been published in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Law and Literature, Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence, and eTropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics.
Please Register: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/western/sagr-seminar-justice-across-borders-debates-on-punishment-and-criminalization-of-femi-ni-cide-presented-by-aleida-lujan-pinelo
Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +1000
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Jun
26
Enhancing Research Skills with the New EBSCOhost Platform (for Researchers & HDR students)
Join Nadia Davis (Manager, Customer Training Services Oceania) for an interactive training session focusing on the new EBSCOhost platform.
Social events; Training and skill upgrade
Western Sydney University HDR Students and Researchers
Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Jun
27
Unlock the Past with Gale's State Papers Online 18th Century
Join Damian Almeida in discovering the Gale State Papers Online which is a premier digital archive.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Open to everyone
Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +1000
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Jun
27
Research Essentials: Scoping Reviews and structured searching
If you are new to scoping reviews, this presentation will be useful.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Researchers, Academics, Western Staff
Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Jul
1
Using JBI SUMARI to create and systematic review
Join Allan Finn (Senior Training Consultant) to explore the JBI SUMARI Tool, which is available at Western Sydney University.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Academics, Researchers, Western Sydney University Staff
Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +1000
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Jul
2
Ignition Demo Day
Join us to watch the pitches from Launch Pad's latest startup founders.
Students, entrepreneurs, staff, community
Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +1000
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Jul
3
Psychology Research Colloquium Presented by Dr Tim Cottier (MARCS)
Psychology Research Colloquium Presented by Dr Tim Cottier (MARCS)
academic events; Conferences and seminars; Online Events
All Welcome
Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Jul
3
Research Essentials: Systematic & complex reviews: An overview (Part 1)
This presentation is one of a two-part series in Complex Review training.
Training and skill upgrade
Western Sydney University staff, Researchers
Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Jul
4
Demonstration in using The Making of Modern Law digital archive
Join Damian Almeida (Academic Engagement Manager - Gale) in an overview of The Making of Modern Law digital archive
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Open to everyone
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +1000
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Jul
4
Academic Literacy Resources Community of Practice: Gen AI in Teaching and Google NotebookLM
Let's discuss innovative uses of gen AI in teaching and how we can better support students and staff in their use of gen AI.
academic events; Conferences and seminars; Information sessions; Meetings; Social events; Training and skill upgrade; Online Events
We welcome everyone - academic staff, professional staff and students - we should all be part of the conversations about our teaching and learning.
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +1000
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Jul
7
HDR Congregate and Write
Join the library for fortnightly online HDR Congregate and Write sessions
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
HDR Candidates
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Jul
8
Setting yourself up for success: Your personal researcher identifiers
This presentation focuses on your Research Identifiers that go to make up your overall author profile.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Western Sydney University staff, Researchers
Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Jul
10
TAKE ACTION! Learn the crowdfunding secrets of Maria Tran
Discover how Maria Tran crowdfunded her indie film trilogy from the ground up in this practical workshop on DIY filmmaking and funding.
Conferences and seminars; Information sessions
Open to Community
Discover how Maria Tran crowdfunded her indie film trilogy from the ground up in this practical workshop on DIY filmmaking and funding.
🚀 TAKE ACTION: Learn crowdfunding Secrets from Indie Action Queen, Maria Tran
What if you could fund your dream project — without a big budget, industry connections, or a major studio behind you?
That’s exactly what Maria Tran set out to do.
Inspired by indie maverick Robert Rodriguez, Maria embraced the DIY spirit — using grit, hustle, and heart to bring her vision to life. She crowdfunded $10K to make Echo 8, a martial arts action film shot in Western Sydney.
That first campaign sparked a movement. With growing community support and unstoppable drive, Maria went on to successfully crowdfund two more films, completing a fully independent trilogy.
Now, in this practical, hands-on workshop, Maria shares the hard-earned lessons behind her crowdfunding journey — shaped by years of self-taught filmmaking, trial and error, and mentorship from some of indie cinema’s most resilient creators.
💡 Ideal for:
- Creatives & filmmakers with bold visions
- Entrepreneurs launching purpose-driven projects
- Anyone ready to stop waiting for permission
🎯 You’ll walk away with:
- A clear, actionable plan to launch your creative project
- A crowdfunding framework that inspires real support
- Renewed confidence to lead with purpose and conviction
📅 July 10, 2025
🕠 5:30–8:00 PM
📍 Launch Pad, Level 1, 6 Hassall St, Parramatta
Presented by Launch Pad Creative — elevating Western Sydney’s Creative Industries through innovation, entrepreneurship, and connections.
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:30:00 +1000
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Jul
11
Western's Annual Student Perspectives on Generative AI Webinar
Is Sustainable Use of Generative AI Possible? Let our Educators and Students help guide you through this question!
academic events; Conferences and seminars; Social events; Online Events
Everyone
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000
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Jul
11
Discover the Richness of Gale's State Papers Online: Colonial
Join Damian Almeida for an in-depth training session on Gale’s State Papers Online: Colonial.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Open to everyone
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +1000
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Jul
14
Soil Health and Biology Certification Program in Partnership with Soil Science Australia
The 4-day Soil Biology and Health Certification Program is a comprehensive course offered in partnership with Soil Science Australia.
Training and skill upgrade
Consultants, advisors, growers, agronomists
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +1000
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Jul
14
Soil Health and Biology Certification Program in Partnership with Soil Science Australia
Expand your understanding of how the latest, emerging research is driving renewed interest in soil health and soil biology as a function of overall fa
Training and skill upgrade
Consultants, advisors, growers, agronomists
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +1000
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Jul
14
Soil Biology Masterclass
Learn about the benefits of soil biology as a driver of healthy crops and foods in sustainable production environments
Training and skill upgrade
Consultants, advisors, growers, agronomists
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +1000
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Jul
15
Pre-Flight
Pre-Flight is a two-day intensive program designed to help aspiring founders explore, test, and refine their startup ideas.
Training and skill upgrade
Open to community
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +1000
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Jul
15
Plant-based Food Innovation Course
A food industry professional development and capacity-building course in plant-based innovation.
Training and skill upgrade
Food Industry professionals, food science students
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:30:00 +1000
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Jul
15
Research Profiles and Repository - Introduction (Online)
Join Maureen O’Brien as she presents on how to get the most out of the Research profile and repository.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Western Sydney University staff, Researchers
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +1000
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Jul
16
Navigating Sage Research Methods with Confidence
Join Dr Khee Hiang Lim from Sage Publishing in exploring Sage Research Methods database and resources
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
WSU Researchers, WSU staff, HDR students, Post Graduate students
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:30:00 +1000
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Jul
17
Training and skill upgrade
WSU staff, Researchers
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +1000
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Jul
18
Introduction to Research Data Management
Join Karen Sheehy and Jeff Wang in this workshop on Research Data Management.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Academic researchers and HDR candidates
Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000
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Jul
23
HDR Congregate and Write
Dedicated session enabling students to concentrate on their writing
Information sessions; Online Events
HDR Candidates
Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000
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Jul
24
Understanding researcher performance metrics from Web of Science and Incites
Join with Dju-Lyn as she presents on understanding researcher performance metrics from Web of Science and Incites databases.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Academics, Researchers, WSU Staff
Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Jul
25
High Degree Research Identifiers: The IDs you need and why you need them
High-degree researchers need to create identifiers to ensure they meet their candidature milestones.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Higher Degree Research Students
Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +1000
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Jul
25
Research Essentials: Advanced database searching techniques
If you want to increase your skills level for database searching, this presentation is for you.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Western Sydney University Staff and Researchers
Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Aug
1
INNATE Conference 2025
INNATE 2025 Conference aims to enhance collaborations and commitment to improving infant and young child nutrition and nurture, in the early years of life.
Conferences and seminars
INNATE 2025 Conference aims to enhance collaborations and commitment to improving infant and young child nutrition and nurture, in the early years of life.
The inaugural INNATE conference is planned for 1 August 2025 during World Breastfeeding Week. The conference aims to enhance collaborations and commitment to improving infant and young child nutrition and nurture, in the early years of life, through research-based presentations and discussions.
Register to attend: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/innate/registration
INNATE Conference Venue: Westmead Innovation Quarter WE-U.4.03 ANNE CUTLER SEMINAR ROOM, 160 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
The INNATE conference is hosted by the Western Sydney Infant and Young Child Feeding (WSIYCF) Collaborative.
The WSIYCF collaborative brings together the expertise of an interdisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians with a shared vision to ensure infants and young children, their parents and carers, thrive through optimal nutrition in nurturing environments, locally and globally.
The first 2000 days, from conception, is a critical period for growth and development, and a period when diet quality is more important than at other stages of life. The nutritional needs of infants and young children are unique, and important in laying down the foundations of healthy growth and development.
The wide-ranging benefits of exclusive breastfeeding to six months for a child’s healthy immune system, brain development and microbiome are well known. Thereafter, children should be given nutritious complementary foods and continue breastfeeding up to the age of two years and beyond.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +1000
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Aug
7
HDR Congregate and Write
A dedicated workshop for HDR candidates to work on their thesis writing
Training and skill upgrade; Online Events
HDR Candidates
Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +1000
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Aug
13
Ignition
This 15-week part-time program helps start-up founders sharpen their value proposition and business model.
Training and skill upgrade
Open to community
Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +1000
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Aug
15
The Magic of Augmented Reality: Enhancing Young Children’s Literacy in the Digital World - Dr Lynde Tan
Augmented Reality (AR) serves as a powerful tool to bridge informal digital practices with formal literacy learning.
academic events; Conferences and seminars
General
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Aug
19
Setting yourself up for success: Your personal researcher identifiers
This presentation focuses on your Research Identifiers that go to make up your overall author profile.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Western Sydney University staff, Researchers
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Aug
22
Introduction to Research Data Management
Join Karen Sheehy and Jeff Wang for this workshop in Research Data Management.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Academic researchers and HDR candidates
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +1000
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Aug
22
HDR Congregate and Write
A dedicated session for HDR candidates to concentrate on their writing
Training and skill upgrade; Online Events
HDR Candidates
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Aug
29
Research Profiles and Repository - Introduction (Online)
Join Maureen O’Brien as she presents on how to get the most out of the Research profile and repository.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
WSU staff, Researchers
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +1000
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Sep
4
HDR Congregate and Write
Dedicated workshop for HDR students to concentrate on their writing
Information sessions; Online Events
HDR Candidates
Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000
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Sep
9
Thought Leadership Panel: Climate Justice Through Reuse and Repair
Learn how local practices of reuse and repair can drive broader systems change, build climate momentum, and revalue care-based practices.
academic events; Conferences and seminars
General
Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +1000
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Sep
16
How Autobiography Helps Health Professionals Understand Women’s Experience of Postpartum Psychosis - Dr Diana Jefferies
Dr Jefferies will discuss three autobiographies of women’s accounts of postpartum psychosis, which occurs in 1-2 women in 1000.
academic events; Conferences and seminars
General
Dr Jefferies will discuss three autobiographies of women’s accounts of postpartum psychosis, which occurs in 1-2 women in 1000.
Dr Diana Jefferies is a senior lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University. She has a clinical background in mental health and HIV/AIDS nursing and an academic background in the humanities. It is this interdisciplinary combination of knowledge that has sparked her interest in exploring how women make meaning of their mental distress after childbirth, their access to healthcare, their response to treatment, and any strategies they may use to promote recovery.
One method of accessing how women make meaning of their experience of postpartum mental distress is through published autobiography. As this is the woman’s writing, unmediated by the health professional’s lens, their thoughts about their illness become a pure distillation of their experience. This experience can then be read against current clinical knowledge and guidelines to identify if gaps in services exist and could be improved from these personal accounts.
Dr Jefferies will discuss three autobiographies of women’s accounts of postpartum psychosis, which occurs in 1-2 women in 1000 in the first four to six weeks following childbirth. This condition is a frightening and traumatic experience involving rapid mood swings, hallucinations, delusions and confused thinking. Many women are reluctant to disclose their symptoms as they worry about the consequences of having a mental illness after childbirth, such as losing custody of their child. Even though women may recognise there is something wrong, they may not receive treatment until the illness has become very severe.
These autobiographies are:
- The Book of Margery Kempe (c.1400), Oxford University Press (2015)
- Thomas Walsh, Amanda (2022): A Mother’s Mind: A Story of Postnatal Psychosis, Anxiety and Depression, Green Olive Press.
- Beetson, Ariane (2024): Because I’m Not Myself: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back from the Brink, Black Inc.
Reading about women’s experience of postnatal psychosis from the early 15th century to the present demonstrates a longitudinal view of an illness that remains constant. It is from this perspective that it can be read against current clinical guidelines to ensure that women have optimum health accounts.
Western Sydney University was Western Sydney University has been named number one in the world in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, topping the world's university sustainability ranking for an unprecedented three years in a row. This the only global performance measure that assesses universities against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Library’s Thought Leadership event series aims to celebrate and promote this #1 ranking, complementing work being undertaken across the University as part of its Sustainability and Resilience Decadal Strategy 2030.
If you have any questions, please email our team at: libtle@westernsydney.edu.au
Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +1000
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Sep
19
Introduction to Research Data Management
Join Karen Sheehy and Jeff Wang for this workshop in Research Data Management.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Academic researchers and HDR candidates
Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +1000
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Sep
23
HDR Congregate and Write
A dedicated workshop for HDR Candidates to work on their writing
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
HDR Candidates
Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +1000
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Oct
8
HDR Congregate and Write
Join the library for fortnightly online HDR Congregate and Write session
Information sessions; Online Events
HDR Candidates
Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +1100
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Oct
16
High Degree Research Identifiers: The IDs you need and why you need them
High-degree researchers need to create identifiers to ensure they meet their candidature milestones.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Higher Degree Research Students
Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +1100
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Oct
17
Introduction to Research Data Management
Join Karen Sheehy and Jeff Wang for this workshop in Research Data Management.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Academic researchers and HDR candidates
Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +1100
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Oct
23
HDR Congregate and Write
Join the library for fortnightly online HDR Congregate and Write sessions
Information sessions; Online Events
HDR Candidates
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +1100
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Nov
14
HDR Congregate and Write
Join the library for fortnightly online HDR Congregate and Write sessions
Information sessions; Online Events
HDR Candidates
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100
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Nov
21
Introduction to Research Data Management
Join Karen Sheehy and Jeff Wang for this workshop in Research Data Management.
Information sessions; Training and skill upgrade
Academic researchers and HDR candidates
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1100
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Nov
27
HDR Congregate and Write
Join the library for fortnightly online HDR Congregate and Write sessions
Information sessions; Online Events
HDR Candidates
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +1100