New Book: The First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia, 1914-1939.

Kate Darian-Smith, James Waghorne Australia's extraordinary contribution to World War I extended well beyond its military forces to the expertise of its universities and professional men and women. Scientists and engineers oversaw the manufacture of munitions and the development of chemical weapons. Doctors sustained soldiers in the trenches, and treated the physically and psychologically damaged.... Continue Reading →

22 March 2019

New Book: Stranded Nations: White Australia in an Asian Region

For well over a century Australia’s place in Asia has been at the forefront of public discussion and controversy. Stranded Nation is a searching examination of how a ‘white’ nation, harbouring deep anxieties about rising Asia, sought to convince both itself and its neighbours that it belonged within the Asian region. This is the strange... Continue Reading →

7 March 2019

Australian Canadian and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies Lecture 2019

Buying Britishness: Consumption and the construction of settler colonial identities in Australia, New Zealand and Canada By Dr. Felicity Barnes (University of Auckland) Thursday 30 May 6.00-7.30 Mrs Padma Harilela Lecture Theatre (WLB104), Lam Woo International Conference Centre Hong Kong Baptist University, Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong the lecture will be followed by a reception. All... Continue Reading →

7 March 2019

CFPs: Indo-Pacific Conference

As the United States’ titular position in the international system retreats, questions regarding the value of the post-World War II liberal order have surfaced. In this emerging multipolar world, two distinct constellations of power are forming. One camp is composed of states largely supportive of the current global governance structure; the other finds states wishing... Continue Reading →

21 February 2019

Democracy and Immigration: The Cases of Catalonia and Australia

The Centre for Australian and Transnational Studies (CEAT) at the University of Barcelona (UB), Spain is currently preparing the workshop Democracy and Immigration: The Cases of Catalonia and Australia. The workshop will take place on 30 and 31 May 2019 at the Aula Magna of the Letters Faculty at the Historical Building of the University... Continue Reading →

21 February 2019

CFPs: EASA Biennial Conference

Call for papers EASA (European Association for Studies of Australia) Biennial Conference Alter/Native Spaces 18-20th September 2019 Conference venue : Université de Toulon, France Recent events in Australia remind us that Australia is still caught in discourses on “nation”, “belonging” and “identity” in an environment that fails to produce new alternatives in this so called... Continue Reading →

23 January 2019

International Australian Studies Association (InASA)