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The 2022 Labour History Conference

The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH) would like to invite you to the 2022 Labour History conference held in April in Bendigo. The pandemic has illuminated vital links between caring labour, class and community history. As the threat of contagion from Covid-19 spread, the reality of the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, disability, […]

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New Book: Symbols of Australia: Imagining a Nation

Symbols of Australia: Imagining a Nation Edited by Melissa Harper, Richard White NewSouth 2021, 2nd edition Australia is a land of symbols. The Southern Cross. The Sydney Opera House. The kangaroo. Vegemite. But what do they actually mean? Where do they come from? Why are some symbols so hotly contested? Does Australia have more than […]

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New Book: The Story of Australia: A New History of People and Place

The Story of Australia: A new history of people and place, by Australian Studies scholars Louise Johnson, Tanja Luckins and David Walker, has been published by Routledge. The Story of Australia provides a fresh, engaging and comprehensive introduction to Australia’s history and geography. An island continent with distinct physical features, Australia is home to the most enduring […]

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The 2022 ASAL Conference Call For Papers: Submissions Welcome Until March 28th

Call For Papers: Submissions Welcome Until March 28th The 2022 Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature 4–8 July 2022 nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tasmania Coming to Terms, 30 Years On: The Mabo Legacy in Australian Writing Conference website:  https://asal2022.org/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ASAL2022/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Officalasal2022 On 3 June 1992, the High Court of Australia handed down its decision […]

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CFP: The 2022 Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature

Coming to Terms, 30 Years On: The Mabo Legacy in Australian Writing The 2022 Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature4–8 July 2022nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tasmania Call for Papers – Deadline: 31 January 2022 The 2022 ASAL Annual Conference will be hosted by the College of Arts, Law, and Education Centre at The […]

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An Australian Studies Symposium – Call for Papers (Un)Belonging: In Search of New Representations, Negotiations, Entanglements

There are multiple forms of belonging in Australia which derive from a broad and differentiated range of raced and gendered histories. Dominant histories of belonging (e.g. white settler-colonial belonging) have been strongly contested for many decades. For example, in the wake of the Mabo and Wik decisions, the report on the Stolen Generations, and debates […]