by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Jan 14, 2025 | updates
In 2021, at the start of Sydney’s very long, very intense covid-19 lockdown, I proposed a side project to my research assistant, Chris, working in Canberra. The ACT was not in lockdown yet, and so Chris had access to all of the fabulous cultural institutions...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Jan 8, 2025 | media and events
Published by George Driver for AAP FactCheck. Senator Pauline Hanson has claimed Australia is experiencing its worst per capita recession in history, but economic figures stretching back more than a century show things have been worse before. The country recently...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Nov 25, 2024 | media and events
One of the nice things about working on DECRA is that you are encouraged (compelled?) to develop a community of colleagues in your area. To this end, in early 2023 I held a workshop collating new work on Australian women in business history. I have very fond memories...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Oct 11, 2024 | updates
Today is publication day for my article, ‘A life in the shadows’: Australian women and family business succession, 1910–2018. I am not ashamed to admit that I was inspired to look into this primarily due to becoming a wee bit obsessed with HBO’s Succession in...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Aug 16, 2024 | updates
Today is a very exciting day! It’s publication day for my article in Gender, Work & Organisation entitled “Bossyboots”: Postfeminism and the construction of Australia’s ‘Corporate Woman’. You can find it open access (with thanks to UTS)...
