Book Launch and Discussion | Akuch Anyieth | Decolonising the Law in African-Australian Communities

The Powerful Stories Network along with the Past and Present Research Cluster at the Vere Gordon Childe Centre at the University of Sydney are delighted to invite you to a discussion of award-winning author, Akuch Anyieth's new work on Decolonising Family Violence Legal Intervention Orders in African-Australian Communities.

Hosted by Niro Kandasamy, Akuch Anyieth, Sarouche Razi, and Ghena Krayem will discuss the new book - its origins, and implications, and the influence of Akuch's lived experience in its development, followed by an opportunity for audience Q&A. Akuch will highlight some of the systemic issues faced by migrants and refugees in Australia—issues explored in both her compelling memoir Unknown: A Refugee’s Story and her more recent work including this new work.

Dr Akuch Kuol Anyieth is a South Sudanese Australian academic and writer. She is an interdisciplinary scholar at La Trobe University and a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest (AVReQ), Stellenbosch University. She holds a PhD in Law and Society, dual master’s degrees, and trauma-informed coaching certification. Her research focuses on family and gender-based violence in African Australian communities, bridging customary and formal legal frameworks, while her current project examines gender-based and inter-communal violence in South Sudan.

Dr Anyieth’s scholarship and advocacy have been widely recognised through numerous awards. In Australia, she received the La Trobe University Distinguished Alumni Award (2024), the Centre for Migrant and Refugee Health CALD Communities Family Violence Awareness Award (2024), and was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (2023). Her memoir, Unknown: A Refugee’s Story, was shortlisted for the Australian National Biography Award (2023). She has also received the Victorian Multicultural Commission Excellence in Justice Award and the Refugee Achievement Award (2022). Internationally, she has been honoured with the University of Juba, South Sudan Gender-based Violence and Peacebuilding Distinguished Scholar Award (2024) and AVReQ’s Research Excellence Award (2024) in South Africa.

This event is sponsored by the Powerful Stories Network, the Past and Present Research Cluster at the Vere Gordon Childe Centre for the Study of Humanity Through Time, and the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney.

For full details of the event and all the speakers, see: https://www.powerfulstories.org/post/book-launch-and-discussion-akuch-anyieth-decolonising-the-law-in-african-australian-communities