The Keith Cameron Chair in Australian History has just been advertised at University College Dublin (UCD). The Keith Cameron Chair is
held for one calendar year, and currently two appointments are open: one for the calendar year 2011 and one for 2012. Details can be found at http://www.ucd.ie/hr/jobvacancies/ Go to "Job Vacancies for External Candidates" and then search in "History and Archives".
The Keith Cameron Chair was initially endowed in 1985, and recent holders of the position have been Brian de Garis (Murdoch), Nicholas Brown (ANU), Hilary Carey (Newcastle NSW) and Stuart Ward (Copenhagen). The current Professor is Katie Holmes (La Trobe). Some background information can be found on the UCD Australian Studies Centre website: http://www.ucd.ie/historyarchives/austud.htm (This is in the process of being updated at the moment, as we move to a new contents management system.)
Double Vision: Biennial Australian Studies Conference
The 2010 International Australian Studies Association Conference will take place on 25-26 November 2010 at the University of Sydney.
DOUBLE VISION is an interdisciplinary conference, that will bring together scholars from across the humanities and social sciences whose research focuses on Australia to discuss the ideas, theories, themes and methodologies that animate their work. It is this breadth of perspectives that we believe will be part of the excitement of the conference.
The call for papers is here. Abstracts are due Friday June 4.
The conference website will be up and running shortly.
CFP - Republic of Letters: Literary Communities in Australia
A Symposium hosted by Australian Literature at the University of Sydney,
Thursday 13 - Friday 14th January 2011.
This symposium explores a variety of collective relationships among writers, readers and texts with an emphasis on processes of literary sociability that elide or exceed the "imagined community" of the nation.
The Call for Papers is available here.
Visiting Professorship in Australian Studies 2010-2011
Applications are now open for the position of Visiting Professor at Tokyo University. This senior position will be based in the Centre for Pacific and American Studies (CPAS), part of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of The University of Tokyo, and located at the Komaba Campus in inner Tokyo.
The University of Tokyo, one of the most prestigious tertiary institutions in Japan, has a long-standing commitment to the study of Australia and has for many years hosted Australian academics. The University, with assistance from the Australia-Japan Foundation, created the Annual Visiting Professorship in Australian Studies in 1999, and offers this Visiting Professorship to one Australian scholar per year. Applicants must be Australian citizens.
The job commences in early October 2010 and is for 10 months.
Closing date for applications: 19 March 2010.
Full Details of the Position and the Selection Criteria are available here (File will download as a .doc)
InASA Membership and Journal of Australian Studies 2010
The first issue of the Journal of Australian Studies (JAS) will be ready in a few weeks. So make sure your InASA membership is up to date in order to receive this great issue 'hot off the presses'.
There are many benefits that come from being a member of InASA, but one of the best is that it is the cheapest way of subscribing to JAS.
The 2010 InASA membership and JAS subscription form is available to download from here.
To renew your subscription please fill in the form and return it to the InASA Treasurer Jacqueline Wilson. Relevant details are provided on the form.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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Humanities in Australia Today
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has been awarded a grant by the Australian Research Council to look into how the academic humanities are faring in Australia at the moment.
The Humanities in Australia Today (HAT) project aims to form a clear picture of how the humanities are going now, and where we are heading. A brief online survey is being conducted to find out more about the present challenges for humanities research and teaching, the characteristics of the humanities workforce, and how and where the humanities have contracted and expanded across the university sector. This knowledge will help present a better case for support and advancement of the humanities.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities would really appreciate your participation: it will just take a few minutes of your time. Please click on the following link to go to the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=fBuWdeexvAU40IqnHen4PA_3d_3d
CFP, Reading Across the Pacific, Symposium, Uni Syd Jan 2010
On 14-15 January 2010, Australian Literature at the University of Sydney in association with the American Association for Australian Literary Studies (AAALS) and the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) will host a symposium on Reading Across the Pacific: Australian-United States Intellectual Histories.
Plenary speakers:
Lawrence Buell (Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, Harvard University)
Paul Giles (Challis Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney (from 2010)
The United States-Australia cultural relationship has often simply been assumed rather than theorized or empirically grounded. This symposium will examine the concrete interaction of the two nations, shifting the emphasis from the broad cultural patterns often compared to the specific networks, interactions, and crossings that have characterized Australian literature in the US, American literature in Australia, and the many mediations and adjacencies that have accompanied this interaction. This entails shifting the characteristic perspective from two monadic nations facing each another across the Pacific to understanding the Pacific as a thread across which the two cultures have read each other, and focusing away from matters of direct literary influence to a broader range of responses, provocations, and dialogues.
CFP, Patrick White; Modernist Impact / Critical Futures, Uni London, 23-25 June 2010
Institute of English Studies, University of London
Call for papers
This international conference will forge new perspectives on the work of Patrick White, winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature. Invited speakers from around the world will explore White’s impact in Australia, America, Britain, Europe, and Asia and speculate on critical futures for White and for literary modernism.
Proposals for papers are sought showcasing new research on all aspects of White’s life and writing with conclusions directed towards the future of White studies. Relevant papers on international modernism will also be considered. Email abstract and short bio to
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The InASA Conference 2008, New Voices, New Visions: Challenging Australian identities and legacies, will be held from 26-28 November 2008, at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
Please refer to the following attachments for further information:
Dr Keith Moore Humanities Program, QUT - Carseldine Campus Beams Road, CARSELDINE Queensland.
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CFP Extended, New Voices, New Visions, InASA Conference 2008, 26-28 Nov 2008
The InASA Conference 2008, New Voices, New Visions: Challenging Australian identities and legacies, will be held from 26-28 November 2008, at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
The extended deadline for abstracts is 10 October 2008.
Sponsored by the Humanities Program, Queensland University of Technology, this interdisciplinary conference will explore the ways in which ideas, representations, narratives of Australia, Australians and Australian experiences have been challenged in the new millennium.
This can include:
Popular cultures: Australia in literature, film, television, art and music
Attitudes to the environment
Changing political cultures
Reconsiderations of citizenship and identity
Australia in the region
Making and remaking borders
Constructions and challenges to the national past
Myths and memories
Racial power and privilege
Indigenous sovereignties
Social Exclusion and Human Rights
Materialism and consumerism
Knowledge, Power and Privilege
Education and Schooling
Globalization and diaspora
National, regional local perspectives of Australia
Cultures of everyday life
Bodies, space and place: outback, country towns, cities.
Culture and technology
We are especially interested in including the work of emerging scholars, and work that is being undertaken in new fields of contemporary interest.
Dr Keith Moore Humanities Program, QUT - Carseldine Campus Beams Road, CARSELDINE Queensland.
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Forum, Exploding Media Myths, Paramatta, ECU, 20-21 Nov 2008
Exploding Media Myths: Misrepresenting Australia? will be held 20-21 November 2008 at The Sebel Parramatta, 350 Church Street, Parramatta, NSW 2150
This forum will bring together those who create the stories, those who make policy, those who manage public opinion and those who have been affected by media reporting, in a public debate about the power of the media and its impact.
In each session the forum will present a major media issue and discuss the nature of the coverage and its potential effects. Participants will be working in small groups addressing a selection of topics.
This event is being organised by Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley, Western Australia. Further information is available from the forum website.
CFP, ANZSANA 2009 Annual Conference, 26 - 28 Feb 2009
The Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America will hold its annual conference in Calgary, Alberta from 26 February through 1 March 2009. ANZSANA is a multidisciplinary organization and welcomes papers on any aspect of Australian or New Zealand studies and comparative studies involving Australia, New Zealand, and North America.
ANZSANA will meet simultaneously with the annual meeting of the American Association of Australian Literary Studies (AAALS). Shared events will include an evening reception on 26 February and a formal banquet on 27 February. More information on ANZSANA and the conference, including a registration form, will soon be made available at www.anzsana.net.
The DEADLINE for submission of paper proposals is 5 DECEMBER 2008.
Conference organizers will send notices of acceptance no later than 1 January 2008. Proposals should include the author's name and institutional affiliation, the title of the paper, and an abstract of no more than 500 words attached as either a Word or PDF document.
The Call for Papers for the 10th Biennial European Australian Studies Conference is now open, with a deadline of 1 April 2009.
Dis/solutions: the future of the past in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific will be held from 22-25 September, 2009 at the University of Balearic Islands, Spain.
A one day event preceding the conference will be devoted to a Postgraduate Seminar, where postgraduate and advanced students will be able to discuss their work with experts in their field in a lecture and workshop format.
Symposium, Reading Across the Pacific, University of Sydney, Jan 2010
On 14-15 January 2010, Australian Literature at the University of Sydney in association with the American Association for Australian Literary Studies (AAALS) will host a symposium on Reading Across the Pacific: Australian-United States Intellectual Histories.
Plenary speaker: Lawrence Buell, Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, Harvard University.
Limited funding to assist early career researchers may be available on application to the convenors.
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