International Australian Studies Association (InASA)
A unique opportunity now exists for a distinguished scholar to join the University as the inaugural Kidman Chair in Australian Studies. This prestigious appointment is named such in honour of Australian pastoralist, the late Sir Sidney Kidman. **** The University of Adelaide is one of Australia’s leading Group of Eight, research-intensive universities and is consistently […]
Screening Australia: Australian CULTURE and Screen Media in Context CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SEMINAR SERIES Australian culture and screen media (including internet output, gaming, film, television, video and other screen arts) might be said to occupy a somewhat anomalous position on the world stage: at once successful and internationally recognised, and yet relatively under-represented and under-researched […]
In 2006, Dr Kiera Lindsey discovered a faded newspaper clipping describing the moment her great, great, great-aunt, Mary Ann Gill, sobbed bitterly in the witness box of Sydney’s Supreme Court. She was being forced by her furious father to give evidence against the man she hoped to marry. This tantalising clipping compelled Lindsey to rummage […]
This symposium brings together leading scholars from Australia, Canada and New Zealand to explore citizenship in a transnational perspective though the two overarching themes of ethnicity and indignity. It will adopt a multidisciplinary approach to these themes, specifically historical, political, legal and sociological perspectives. REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE at BIT.LY/1LDCIEK