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CFP: German Association for Australian Studies biennial conference

CALL FOR PAPERS German Association for Australian Studies / Gesellschaft für Australienstudien (GASt) Biennial Conference, 4 October 2018 – 6 October 2018 Australian Perspectives on Migration The 2018 biennial GASt conference will address cultural, social, historical, legal, and (geo)political issues related to the contemporary global challenge of migration and displacement – with more than 60 […]

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CFP: Speculating upon Biography

Call for abstracts: ‘Speculating upon Biography’: An International Symposium dedicated to exploring the boundaries of biography 25-26 October 2018, Noosa Queensland Australia   The etymology of biography comes from the Greek βίος(bíos, “life”) plus γράφω (gráphō, “write”), which explains why most definitions describe this genre as a narrative of a life, that is written by […]

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CFP: Language in Times of War and Conflict

CALL FOR PAPERS Language in Times of War and Conflict An Interdisciplinary Symposium to be held at the Australian National University, 13-14 November 2017 This interdisciplinary symposium aims to bring together scholars and researchers working on diverse aspects of the topic of language in times of war and conflict. Language – from the language deployed […]

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CFPs: Queer: Australia’s Homosexual Histories Conference

QUEER The 17th Australia’s Homosexual Histories Conference Adelaide University, 10 -11 November 2017 This annual conference brings together members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex Queer+ communities, academics, researchers, students, community members and arts workers to explore and discuss histories of LGBTIQ+ life, politics, arts and culture in Australia. The term ‘queer’ is commonly […]

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Conference CFP: Voices of the Australian Migrant and Minority Press

Voices of the Australian Migrant and Minority Press: Intercultural, transnational and diasporic contexts   Conference University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 22-23 November, 2017   This Conference is timed to mark developments in Australia’s migrant and minority printed press since 1967. It has been fifty years since Miriam Gilson and Jerzy Zubrzycki’s ground-breaking study on the […]

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Conference CFP – Redefining Australia and New Zealand: Historical Heritage and Contemporary Perspectives

Institute of English, University of Opole and Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań are pleased to announce the interdisciplinary international conference: Redefining Australia and New Zealand: Historical Heritage and Contemporary Perspectives in Language, Culture and Literature  24-25 November 2017; Opole, Poland The conference will provide an ideal venue for the exploration of Australasia […]