Australia as a Risk Society: Hope and Fears of the Past, the Present and the Future 13-16 October 2020 Conference venue: University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy Australia may be defined as a society increasingly preoccupied yet also gambling with the future, a worry or denial which is closely connected to the notion of risk as... Continue Reading →
New Scholarship in New Zealand and Pacific Studies A Special Issue of the Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies Guest Edited by Jessica Maufort and Sonja Mausen For this special issue, the Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies invites original contributions that represent or reflect on ‘new’ ways of approaching the fields of... Continue Reading →
Australia and the Global Community 10th-12th of July, Harbin, China The 17th International Conference of Australian Studies in China (ASC 2020 Harbin) will be held in Harbin, China in July 2020. The theme of our annual conference, “Australia and the Global Community”, offers the international community of researchers who attend the conference an opportunity to... Continue Reading →
17th Biennial Conference Gesellschaft für Australienstudien|Association for Australian Studies Trier University, 1-3 October 2020 Australia’s past and present are closely connected to the sea: In coastal regions, maritime areas are an integral part of Country and thus play a vital role for Aboriginal communities. The sea also looms large in Australian cultural memory and imagination... Continue Reading →
Language, Literacy and Aboriginal Voices in Australian Literature Professor Anita Heiss presents this year’s Fryer Lecture in Australian Literature with a focus on the theme of the 2019 United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages. Anita’s talk will consider the role of Aboriginal writers in the national literary landscape and the need to support literacy... Continue Reading →
Perish the Humanities? Recently the International Australian Studies Association wrote in support of the continuation of the Chair of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney, following that University’s decision to discontinue this Chair unless external funding could be sourced. It is further regrettable to hear today that the University of Western Australia (UWA) is... Continue Reading →
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