8th February 2025 marks one hundred years since the birth of renowned Sydney poet Francis Webb (1925 – 1973). Toby Davidson, editor of Francis Webb’s Collected Poems published by UWAP in 2011, shares his thoughts on the upcoming centenary below. A startling talent from his late teens, Webb’s first poems appeared in the Bulletin and its influential editor Douglas […]
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Call for Expressions of Interest for a Proposed Panel on “Literary Journalism and Asia” The Nineteenth International Conference for Literary Journalism Studies (IALJS-19) Expressions of Interest are invited to join a panel at the forthcoming 199h International Conference for Literary Journalism Studies, at the Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York during 28-30 May, 2025. The title of the […]
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2025 InASA Conference Registrations Open
Macquarie University is delighted to host the biennial conference of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA) in 2025. The conference website is now available and registrations are open. Australian Studies has long been concerned with histories and stories about human experiences focusing on issues of settler colonisation, conflict, violence, resistance, resilience, agency, and justice. The […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]