Previous Conferences
2019: Beyond Mothering Myths? Motherhood in an Age of Neoliberalism and Individualisation
The University of Sydney, Australia. Camperdown Campus. July 10th – July 12th, 2019.
Download Program (pdf).
2017: A Feminism for Mothers [Symposium]
Monday 27th November 2017, 9am-5:30pm.
Australian Catholic University, 115 Victoria Pde, Fitzroy.
2016: Negotiating Competing Demands: 21st Century Motherhood
Eighth biennial Australian International AMIRCI Conference, July 2016.
RMIT University, Melbourne.
2014: Motherhood, Feminism and the Future
Seventh biennial Australian International AMIRCI Conference, July 2014.
RMIT University, Melbourne.
Selection of papers can be found in:
Journal of Family Studies, Vol. 21: Issue 3, 2015. “Motherhood, Feminisms and the Future”.
2011: Mothers at the Margins
Sixth biennial Australian International AMIRCI Conference, April 2011.
The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Selection of papers can be found in:
Mothers at the margins: stories of challenge, resistance and love. (2015).Edited by Lisa Raith, Jenny Jones, and Marie Porter. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
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2009: The Mother and History: Past and Present
Fifth biennial Australian International AMIRCI conference, July 2009.
The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Selection of papers can be found in:
Hecate, Vol. 36: Issue 1/2, 2010. “Focus on Mothering”.
2007: The Mother: Images, Issues and Practices
Fourth biennial Australian International AMIRCI Conference, July 2007.
The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Selection of papers can be found in:
Mother Texts: Narratives and Counter Narratives. (2010). Edited by Julie Kelso and Marie Porter. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2005: Representing and Theorising Maternal Subjectivities
Third biennial Australian International AMIRCI Conference, September 2005.
A selection of these papers can be found in:
Representing and Theorising Maternal Subjectivities. (2008). Edited by Julie Kelso and Marie Porter. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2002: Performing Motherhood: Ideology, Agency and Experience
Second biennial Australian International AMIRCI Conference, July 2002.
La Trobe University, Melbourne.
2001: Power/ Oppression
Inaugural biennial Australian International AMIRCI Conference, July 2001.
The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
A selection of these papers can be found in:
Motherhood: Power and Oppression (2005). Edited by Marie Porter, Andrea O’Reilly and Patricia Short. Toronto: Women’s Press.