WHITLEY LECTURE 2024 Dark Weeping and Light Sleeping: Whiteness as a Doctrine of De-Formation

We invite you to the ‘2024 Whitley at Whitley Lecture’.

The Whitley at Whitley Lecture is a highlight of the academic year at our college, where a visiting guest from the UK is invited annually as the keynote speaker. This year we are delighted to have Rev Dr Tim Judson.

Rev Dr Tim Judson’s timely and powerful reflection on “whiteness” is a deeply personal and carefully argued appeal that combines theological insights with biblical reflection. Through an exploration of the trauma that Jesus experienced as he anticipated the cross, Tim will open up often neglected themes in the gospels’ accounts of Jesus’ agony in the garden of Gethsemane, illuminating questions of justice and identity. Tim’s paper will prove highly applicable for those of us wrestling with indigenous and cultural questions in Australia. Read more here.

You will also hear from our special guest respondent, Aunty Janet Turpie-Johnstone.

Aunty Janet grew up on the Southern coastline of Victoria overlooking the Southern Ocean, and this is where she considers her homeland. Aunty Janet’s ancestral connections are from Old Yalata in South Australia and descendants of the Europe invaders. She has three children, plus one Burrai (granddaughter). Aunty Janet is an Academic, completing a PhD in Aboriginal Knowledge: Ways of Relating to Country. She is on the Board of Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place, Chair Person of the Boorndawan Willam Aboriginal Healing Service, and the Board of Burrinja Art and Cultural Centre. She’s also a member of the Indigenous Advisory Committee Yarra Ranges Council and many other groups within the local community.

You can read more about the history of our annual Whitley Lecture here.