TALK: Friends of the UWA Library Speaker
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Friends of the UWA Library Speaker : An Australian Diplomat in East Berlin - as seen through the eyes of the Stasi |
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About the talk
This is in the nature of an introduction to a work that Dr Boyd is planning to write following her examination of a Stasi file on her when she was in the Australian diplomatic service in Berlin. It should be of interest not only to those working in the security services, but also to historians and those interested in what went on 'behind the iron curtain'. She will talk about the file's contents and aspects of the life of a career diplomat in East Germany at the time.
About the Speaker
Dr Sue Boyd is a graduate of UWA (1969) and has an honorary doctorate from the university. She was the first woman President of the Guild of Undergraduates. She spent 34 years in the Australian Foreign Service, retiring from that in 2003 and returning to WA. She has been, inter alia, Ambassador in Vietnam, Consul General in Hong Kong and High Commissioner in Bangladesh and Fiji. She is currently a member of the UWA Senate, responsible this year in particular, for planning the University Centenary Celebrations. She is a board member of Volunteering WA and of the Pacific Regional Human Rights Organisation, based in Fiji.
Speaker(s) |
Dr Sue Boyd
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Location |
Reid Library Ground Floor Meeting Room, UWA
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Contact |
Susan O'Connor
<[email protected]>
: 6488 2354
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Start |
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 19:00
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End |
Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:00
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Submitted by |
Susan O'Connor <[email protected]>
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Last Updated |
Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:10
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