1968: Counterculture, Protest, Revolution

A student hurling rocks at the police in Paris during the May 1968 student uprising. The protests transformed France. Source: Gamma Keystone. Contents Introduction Program Videos Posters & Publicity Acknowledgements --------------------- 1. Introduction Anthony Ashbolt: A workshop / symposium was held in the Research Hub (Building 19) at the University of Wollongong between 9am-5pm on Friday, 30 November, 2018. It was presented by the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts in association with the journal Counterculture Studies . This one day workshop focussed upon the year 1968, using it as a lens through which to view the Sixties experience as a whole and, in particular, the radical movements of that long decade. The fiftieth anniversary of the events of 1968 served to remind us of a time when a pig was nominated as President of the United States, a sheep was crowned Miss America, the streets of Paris were unearthed to reveal a beach and the hopes and...