Jude Conway

Dr Jude Conway is a Novocastrian historian, who edited Step by Step: Women of East Timor, stories of Resistance and Survival (2010) and whose 2022 PhD thesis is on the Newcastle womens movement. Jude was a fellow activist for the self determination of East Timor, who first met Vacy Vlazna in 1997 and remained friends since that time.

Recent articles by Jude Conway

Obituary: “passionate and fiery” human rights activist and writer Dr Vacy Vlazna 1946 –2024

Obituary: “passionate and fiery” human rights activist and writer Dr Vacy Vlazna 1946 –2024

Activist for East Timor, Acheh and Palestine, Vaclava ‘Vacy’ Julie Vlazna was born 31 August 1946 in Susice in the region of Bohemia after her parents survived the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in WWII.

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