Dr Belinda Eslick
Honorary Research Fellow
School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
Dr Belinda Eslick is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry and a Casual Academic in Gender Studies. Her research and teaching interests include European feminist philosophy (particularly the work of Luce Irigaray), feminist theory, and decolonial and ecofeminist perspectives in feminist and gender studies. Her current research projects include an examination of Irigaray's thinking on sexuate difference, rethinking women's non-institutional political practices as radical, and feminist perspectives on 'the home'.
Publications
Book Chapter
Eslick, Belinda (2023). Sexuation as a frame for human becoming: reading a "plastic" essence in Irigaray's philosophy. What is sexual difference? Thinking with Irigaray. (pp. 124-142) edited by Mary C. Rawlinson and James Sares. New York, NY United States: Columbia University Press. doi: 10.7312/rawl20272-009
Journal Articles
Davies, Sara E. E., Eslick, Belinda, Calsado, Darlene Joy D., Juanico, Claire Samantha, Oo, Zin Mar, Roberts, Robin E. E., Yadanar, and Woyengu, Naomi (2023). Centering social reproduction during crisis: women's experiences of food insecurity in Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Review of International Political Economy, 31 (2), 535-562. doi: 10.1080/09692290.2023.2231472
Eslick, Belinda (2022). Review of: Catherine Fisher, Sound Citizens: Australian Women Broadcasters Claim Their Voice, 1923–1956, Canberra: ANU Press, 2021. Lilith: a feminist history journal (28), 155-157.
Eslick, Belinda (2022). Labour relations: Recognising the value of life-supporting work in the home and garden. Wonderground (3), 142-147.
Eslick, Belinda (2021). Review of James Keating, Distant Sisters: Australasian Women and the International Struggle for the Vote, 1880–1914, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020. Lilith: a feminist history journal, 253-255.
Eslick, Belinda (2020). Women’s politics as radical politics: reconceptualising women’s historical and contemporary political practices with the work of Luce Irigaray. Lilith: A Feminist History Journal, 26, 81-101. doi: 10.22459/lfhj.26.04
Eslick, Belinda (2016). "The moral power of the citizen questioner': scrutinizing the value of audience questions on the ABC's Q&A. Media International Australia, 161 (1), 120-131. doi: 10.1177/1329878X16642852
Conference Papers
Eslick, Belinda (2023). Irigaray’s ‘Sexuate Structure’ as a plastic essence: thinking with Malabou’s ‘Plasticity’. Metamorphoses of Mimesis: Plasticity, Subjectivity, and Transformation with Catherine Malabou , Leuven, Belgium, 23-24 Februrary 2023.
Eslick, Belinda (2022). Social Reproduction and Food Insecurity During Crisis: Women's Experiences of Food Insecurity and Risk-taking Behaviour in Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 28-30 November 2022.
Eslick, Belinda (2022). Sexuation as a Frame for Human Becoming: Reading a “Plastic” Essence in Irigaray’s Philosophy. Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 28-30 November 2022.
Eslick, Belinda (2022). A philosophy of the living: Luce Irigaray as ecofeminist. 11th Meeting of the Irigaray Circle: Thresholds of Difference, Atlanta, GA United States, 20-22 May 2022.
Eslick, Belinda (2021). The home as a site of (eco)feminist subjectivity: Interrogating the ambiguity of “house and home” as values for feminism through a feminist analysis of the “tradwife” movement. Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 8-10 December 2021.
Eslick, Belinda (2021). The home as a site of ambiguity and ambivalence for women and feminism: revisiting Iris Marion Young. 'Unknowing Insitutions: Decolonisation and Critical Intersectional Practice'. Australian Women's and Gender Studies Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 14-16 July 2021.
Roberts, R. E., Eslick, B. and Kc, D. (2021). Understanding consumer preferences for new market entry: a study of strawberry consumption in Jakarta. IX International Strawberry Symposium, Rimini, Italy, 3-6 May 2020. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2021.1309.149
Eslick, Belinda (2019). Post-anti-essentialist perspectives in the recent works of Luce Irigaray. The Irigaray Circle at Diverse Lineages of Existentialism II, Washington, DC USA, 5 June 2019.
Eslick, Belinda (2018). Political change as natality: birthing new worlds, together. Working With Luce Irigaray seminar, The University of Warwick, United Kingdom, 11-16 June 2018.
Eslick, Belinda (2017). The importance of feminist theory in studies about women: reflections from a university without Gender Studies. School of Education Postgraduate Research Community Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 16 September 2017.
Eslick, Belinda (2017). The importance of feminist theory in studies about women: reflections from a university without Gender Studies. School of Education Postgraduate Research Community Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 16 September 2017.
Eslick, Belinda (2015). The importance of remembering women’s non-institutional political activity in Australian political narratives. The centenary of European women’s right to be elected to Queensland parliamentent, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 20 October 2015.
Generic Document
Thesis
Eslick, Belinda (2020). Women, difference, and ‘Politics’: reconceptualising women’s non-institutional and non-party political activity to identify women’s radical political subjectivities. PhD Thesis, School of Education, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.839
Working Paper
Eslick, Belinda (2019). Women as radical citizens: reconceptualising women's non-institutional political activity as revolt. On Gender. Gender Studies, The University of Queensland Australia.
Seminar Papers
Eslick, Belinda (2022). The Home and Feminist Subjectivity: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Reading of “the Home” With Luce Irigaray. UQ Philosophy Work-In-Progress Seminar 2022. School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland.
Eslick, Belinda (2019). Women as radical citizens: reconceptualising women's non-institutional political activity as revolt. On Gender. Gender Studies, The University of Queensland.