Personal
- Name
- Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson
- Position(s)
- Professor of Indigenous Studies
Faculty of Education,
Faculty Office - Education - Discipline *
- Sociology, Cultural Studies, Other Studies in Human Society
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 3791
- Fax
- +61 7 3138 3992
- a.moreton-robinson@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Qualifications
-
PhD (Griffith University), BA(Hons) (Australian National University)
- Professional memberships
and associations - Deputy Chair – National Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council
- Co-editor – International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies.
- Committee member – Nominations Committee – Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
- Member – editorial board – Cultural Studies Review
- Member – editorial board – Australian Feminist Studies
- 2008: Founding Chair – Nominations Committee – Native American and Indigenous Studies Association.
- Keywords
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Feminism, Indigenous Research Methodologies, Indigenous Research Capacity Building, Indigenous Sovereignty, Indigenous Studies, Law, Race, Whiteness
Biography
Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson is a Geonpul woman from Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island), Quandamooka First Nation (Moreton Bay) in Queensland, Australia. As Professor of Indigenous Studies at QUT she:
- is Director of the Indigenous Studies Research Network
- teaches the Indigenous postgraduate research capacity building program.
Research interestsProfessor Moreton-Robinson has researched and published in anthologies and journals in Australia and abroad in the areas of:
- native title
- whiteness
- race
- feminism.
She was the founding President of the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association. As one of Australia’s leading academics in the area of critical race and whiteness studies, Aileen receives numerous requests to give keynote presentations nationally and internationally.
Teaching
Curriculum Development
Masterclasses
- Native Studies Masterclass, Master Scholar, University of Geneva, 7 May 2010. Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson
- Indigenous Research Methodologies Masterclass Module, Charles Darwin University and University of South Australia 22-24 June and 28-30 June 2010. Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson and Dr Maggie Walter
- Indigenous Research Methodologies Masterclass Module, Curtin University of Technology and University of Newcastle 7-9 July and 13-15 July 2009. Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson and Dr Maggie Walter
- Indigenous Studies Masterclass, Queensland University of Technology, 3-5 September 2008, Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson and Dr Maggie Walter
- Indigenous Studies Masterclass, Queensland University of Technology, 27-28 September 2007, Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson and Dr Maggie Walter
- Indigenous Studies Masterclass, Queensland University of Technology, 27-28 September 2006 Dr Wendy Brady, Dr Karen Martin, Professor John Maynard, Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson
- Whiteness Studies Masterclass, University of Queensland, 13-15 December 2005, Professor Marilyn Lake, Professor David Roediger, Dr Suvendi Perera, Dr Wendy Brady, Dr Aileen Moreton-Robinson
- Race, Culture and Whiteness Masterclass, University of Queensland, 7-9 July 2005,
- Professor Ien Ang, Dr Ghassan Hage and Dr Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Curriculum Development Coursework
International Universities
- Review of Tsenh ni yon gwai ho’ den (MA and PhD program in Indigenous Thought) York University, Canada.
Griffith University
- Introduction to Indigenous Studies – core subject – Indigenous Studies major offered as a 2nd-year subject
- Indigenous Politics and Rights - core subject – Indigenous Studies major offered as a 2nd-year subject
- (Re)presenting the Indigenous Other - core subject – Indigenous Studies major offered as a 3rd-year and honours subject
- Theories of Race - elective offered as a 3rd-year, honours, and masters subject in the Indigenous Studies major, Humanities and Law.
Flinders University
- Women in Contemporary Australia – core subject Women’s Studies major offered as a 1st- and 2nd-year subject
- Issues in Feminist Theory – core subject Women’s Studies major offered as a 3rd-year, honours and masters subject
- Introduction to Feminist Debates – core subject Women’s Studies major offered as a 1st- and 2nd-year subject.
QUT
- Contemporary Issues for Justice Professionals 1 - core subject – Bachelor of Arts (Justice Studies)
- Introduction to Professional Studies - core subject – Bachelor of Arts (Justice Studies)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Issues – elective – Bachelor of Laws)
- Indigenous Rights and Reforms elective – Master of Arts (Justice Studies)
- Aboriginal Cultural Studies – elective – Bachelor of Social Science).
QUT subjects developed in collaboration with colleagues
- Contemporary Issues for Justice Professionals 2 – core subject in the Bachelor of Arts (Justice Studies)
- Criminology – minor/major Bachelor of Justice Studies
- Australian Society and Identity - Bachelor of Education.
Publications
- Moreton-Robinson A, Walter M, (2009) Indigenous methodologies in social research, Social Research Methods p1-18
- Moreton-Robinson A, (2009) White possession: the legacy of Cook's choice, Imagined Australia: Reflections around the reciprocal construction of identity between Australia and Europe p27-42
- Moreton-Robinson A, (2008) Writing off treaties: White possession in the United States critical whiteness studies literature, Transnational Whiteness Matters p81-96
- Moreton-Robinson AM, (2007) Witnessing the Workings of White Possession in the Workplace: Leesa's Testimony, The Australian Feminist Law Journal p81-93
- Moreton-Robinson AM, (2007) Writing off Indigenous Sovereignty: The Discourse of Security and Patriarchal White Sovereignty, Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters p86-102
- Moreton-Robinson A, (2004) Whiteness, epistemology and Indigenous representation, Whitening Race: Essays In Social And Cultural Criticism p75-88
- Moreton-Robinson A, (2004) The possessive logic of patriarchal white sovereignty: the High Court and the Yorta Yorta decision, Borderlands E - Journal: new spaces in the humanities p1-9
- Moreton-Robinson A, (2003) I still call Australia home: Indigenous belonging and place in a postcolonising society, Uprootings/Regroundings: Questions of Home and Migration p23-40
- Moreton-Robinson A, (2001) Treaty Talk: Past, Present and Future, Melbourne Historical Journal: Special Issue of the Mass Historia Postgraduate Conference
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Awards
Awards and recognition
- Type
- Fellowship of a Learned Academy or Membership of AIATSIS
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- 2010 Member of AIATSIS
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- The 2010 Teaching Award for Excellence Indigenous Education
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- Keynote speaker at the 2nd Imagined Australia International Research Forum held in Bari, Italy. Paper titled "White Possession:Bodies that Matter on the Beach on 17th July 2009.
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- Keynote speaker presented at Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Indigeneity and Performance at Royal Hollaway, University of London on 15th May, 2009.
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Keynote Speaker at Indigeneity as a Category of Critical Analysis Symposium, held at the University of Illinois on the 22nd April, 2008. Paper presented titled: White Possession: The Legacy of Cook's Choice.
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Conditions of Settler Colonialism Symposium hosted by the University of Chicago on 26 and 27th April, 2008. Paper presented titled: Writting Off Indigenous Sovereignties.
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- ALTC grant awarded for development of Indigenous Research Methodologies Masterclass Module into Australian PG Capacity Building programs.