Antonella Riem, Susan Ballyn, Maria Renata Dolce, David Carter, Simon Farley, Martin Leer and others have decided to honour the life and work of the late Laurie Hergenhan with a volume of studies, pieces, memoirs and stories. The provisional title of this volume is I’m Listening like...
5-6 December 2019, the University of Sydney final program and registration: https://slam-events.sydney.edu.au/calendar/from-colony-to-transnation/ This conference marks the retirement of Robert Dixon as Professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney. Over a long and productive career Robert has worked in institutions right across the...
…The Alps loom On the mind’s horizon, honed edge of snow Between blue foothills and pool-blue sky. From ‘Snow Holiday with Aunt’ by Jamie Grant. 14 - 18 October. Many Australian poets have been inspired by the beauty of the Snowy Mountains and surrounding regions—from Banjo Paterson’s heroic...
News of the death of Emeritus Professor Laurie Hergenhan AO will be greeted with sadness by the community of scholars of Australian Literature throughout Australia and overseas. A graduate of Sydney University and London, where he completed a PhD on George Meredith, Laurie taught...
An International Journal of English Studies: University of Warsaw: Enemy Aliens or Captive Allies This special issue of Anglica will be interdisciplinary in nature and devoted to representations of internment in areas including, but not limited to, literature, history, art, music, and film. Submitted papers will examine the...
SAM Seminar: Stephanie Bishop and Michelle de Kretser4 – 5.15pm, 24 July, Room G17, Robert Webster Building, UNSW SydneyStephanie Bishop and Michelle de Kretser will be talking to each other about the craft of writing, with special reference to their most recent novels, Man Out of Time and The Life to...
THE GOUGH WHITLAM AND MALCOLM FRASER CHAIR IN AUSTRALIAN STUDIES AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Harvard University wishes to appoint a distinguished scholar to the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australian Studies for the 2021–2022 academic year. Harvard encourages applications from those in mid-career...
CFP: FROM COLONY TO TRANSNATION: AN ASAL CONFERENCE IN HONOUR OF ROBERT DIXON 5-6 December 2019, the University of Sydney Draft program and registration now open. Please go to: https://slam-events.sydney.edu.au/calendar/from-colony-to-transnation/ This conference marks the retirement of Robert Dixon as Professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney....
1-4pm, July 1, University of Western Australia, Room ALR6 As part of the ASAL 2019 'Dirt' conference at the University of Western Australia, we will be holding a Postgraduate Masterclass for all attending graduate students. We are very lucky to have one of our keynote speakers, Dr Ambelin Kwaymullina,...
1.30pm-3pm, Thursday 4 July, in the Club Auditorium, University of Western AustraliaAll ASAL members are invited to attend the 2019 AGM. This will be held during the ASAL DIRT conference at the University of Western Australia, between 1.30pm-3pm, on Thursday 4 July, in the Club Auditorium.The minutes...
