JULY 20-24, 2021 1st Call for proposals What is the nature of text – and how do we define where it begins and where it ends? How might such definitions influence the ways in which we read and accord significance to different kinds...
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature warmly congratulates the recipients of ARC Special Research Initiative funding who are working in the field of Australian literary studies: Associate Professor Emily Potter, Dr Brigid Magner and Dr Torika Bolatagici for “Reading in the Mallee: The Literary...
It is with sadness that ASAL acknowledges the death of Australian poet and playwright Ania Walwicz. Ania Walwicz (1951-2020) was born in born in Swidnica, Poland and migrated to Australia in 1963, where she was a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, and Deakin...
As the Australian Parliament enters a period of reflection on their vote on the current proposal to restructure Higher Education funding, The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) urges our Federal representatives to only support policy that increases equitable access to Higher Education...
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE OF AUSTRALIAN LITERARY STUDIES: ‘WRITING DISABILITY IN AUSTRALIA’, EDITED BY JESSICA WHITE AND AMANDA TINK While Australian literature has begun the work of engaging with writing by and about minoritised groups such as those who identify...
It is with sadness that ASAL acknowledges the passing of Emeritus Professor Gerry Wilkes.G. A. Wilkes (1927-2020) took his BA and MA degrees at the University of Sydney before completing his doctoral work at Oxford. His MA thesis was published as a monograph, Brennan's Poems (1913), in...
MLA 2020: SESSION TITLE: RESISTANCE AND PERSISTENCE IN (POST)COLONIAL AUSTRALIA AND AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Rigorous consideration of ongoing and historical colonial contexts of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand through literature and film. Engage with the tension and possibilities of broadly considered acts of resistance and persistence in...
In August (3-10) the ASALvets group will be travelling from Adelaide to Wilpena Pound, exploring the area to the north of South Australia. The tour will include a visit to Geoffrey Dutton’s former home, Anlaby near Kapunda, and visits to some of the famous wineries...
Writing Belonging at the Millennium: Notes from the field on settler colonial place, by Emily Potter (Intellect)In Writing Belonging at the Millennium, Emily Potter critically considers the long-standing settler-colonial pursuit of belonging manifested through an obsession with firm and stable ground. This pursuit continues across the...
Indigenous Writing, Art Cover Prize and Students Awards CategoriesThe $3000.00 Borderlands Prize is made up of three smaller prizes: 1 x First Nations Writing Award (prose up to 2000 words)1 x Art Cover Prize (A5)2 x Student Awards (high school and tertiary) Entry to Borderlands Awards & Prizes...
