Inaugural UQ NAIDOC Week Keynote Lecture with Professor Marcia Langton AO
The Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) at The University of Queensland, is proud to host the First Inaugral UQ NAIDOC Week Keynote Lecture, delivered by Professor Marcia Langton AO.
This is a free event open to all UQ staff, students, alumni and the wider community.
Professor Marcia Langton AO
Professor Marcia Langton AO is the Associate Provost at The University of Melbourne, leading in specific areas of engagement, cultural collections, heritage issues and development of Indigenous teaching and research activities across the University.
She is an anthropologist and geographer, and since 2000 has held the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne. She has produced a large body of knowledge in the areas of political and legal anthropology, Indigenous agreements and engagement with the minerals industry, and Indigenous culture and art. Her role in the Empowered Communities project under contract to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and as a member of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians are evidence of Professor Langton's academic reputation, policy commitment and impact, alongside her role as a prominent public intellectual.
Her 2012 Boyer lecture series titled The Quiet Revolution: Indigenous People and the Resources Boom is one of her recent contributions to public debate and added to her influence and reputation in government and private sector circles. In 1993 she was made a member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her work in anthropology and the advocacy of Aboriginal rights.
Professor Langton is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of Trinity College, Melbourne and an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland. In 2016 Professor Langton was honoured as a University of Melbourne Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor. In further recognition as one of Australia’s most respected Indigenous Academics Professor Langton has in 2017 been appointed as the first Associate Provost at the University of Melbourne.
About National NAIDOC Week 2023 at UQ
National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year, to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
This year's theme is "For Our Elders". Across every generation, our Elders have played, and continue to play, an important role and hold a prominent place in our communities and families. It is their influence and through their learnings that we must ensure that when it comes to future decision making for our people, there is nothing about us - without us.
NAIDOC Celebration at UQ is an opportunity for the UQ Community to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth.