Freeman leads a public conversation between filmmaker Rachel Perkins, author Thomas Keneally, and co-editor of The Forgotten People, Shireen Morris, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 12 November 2016.
Freeman organised a public conversation about constitutional recognition of indigenous peoples at Parliament House, Canberra, on 19 October 2016.
Freeman discusses the Canadian doctrine of the honour of the Crown in the context of its dealings with indigenous peoples for a blog on the new Uphold & Recognise website.
On 1 June, 2016, former Premier of Victoria, Jeff Kennett, launched The Forgotten People at a reception hosted by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne in the Yarra Room at Melbourne’s Town Hall. The book was edited by Freeman and Shireen Morris.
Tom Switzer interviews Freeman and co-editor Shireen Morris about their recent book, The Forgotten People, on ABC Radio National’s Between the Lines programme.
Freeman is invited to contribute an entry on isolation and loneliness in the visual arts for the Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception.
Freeman is invited to contribute a chapter on constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians to Perspectives on Human Presence.
Freeman is invited to contribute a chapter on Richard Wollheim’s philosophy to the aesthetics section of the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis.
Freeman is invited to present a paper on empathy as a rhetorical category at Connecting with Others: Empathy, Sympathy, and the Imagination Conference at the University of Sydney on 30 March, 2016.
In a review for The Australian, UNSW’s George Williams describes The Forgotten People, edited by Freeman and Shireen Morris, as an “important contribution to this debate”.