The ECR Publication Subsidy Scheme is designed to assist early career researchers in a publishing venture, or for the inclusion of essential items such as illustrations, photographs or maps. The selection committee for the scheme is comprised of members of the InASA Executive. This year, the committee was comprised of Dr Maggie Nolan (University of Queensland) and Dr Andonis Piperoglou (University of Melbourne).
The following works by scholars in Australian studies will be supported by the scheme:
- Dr. Catherine Gay, Australian Girls: Growing up in the Nineteenth Century.
The committee consider that this monograph will make a significant contribution to Australian Studies by telling the overlooked story of the contributions of Aboriginal and settler girls to Australian history. In so doing, it takes the experience of girls seriously.
- Dr. Joshua Black, Performance Politics: Australian Politicians and their Storytelling.
The committee was impressed with this compelling new account of Australian politics by focusing on the performance of politics in Australian culture.
- Dr. Brendan Casey, Acanthology: Writer-visitors and Australian Literary History.
The committee applaud this study of the limits of the Australian literary canon, as exemplified by ‘writer-visitors’, which promises to expand both Australian and transnational literary studies.