We are pleased to announce that the submission deadline for the 2025 biennial conference of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA) has been extended to Monday, 4 November 2024.
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 2025 InASA conference continues to focus on these vital issues but turns also to consider Australians’ formation by, and engagement with, the more-than-human world. This is because Australian Studies is experiencing rapid transformation in the 21st century as new biopolitical challenges emerge with climate change and concomitant environmental and ecological concerns, and as artificial intelligence impacts and transforms social, cultural, economic, and political life. New understandings, inspirations, and challenges emerge not only about the peoples across Australia, but also the continent’s more-than-human entities, including animals, plants, landscapes, ecologies, and technologies, among others.
This InASA conference, proudly hosted by Macquarie University from Wednesday 5 February to Friday, 7 February 2025, will revolve around the theme ‘Australian Studies in the 21st Century: Human and More-Than-Human Worlds’. It aims to foster interdisciplinary and cross-cultural dialogues on Critical Indigenous Studies, history, literature, culture, creative arts, politics, media, sociology, anthropology, geography, ecology, and other disciplines that engage with human experiences and/or more-than-human worlds.
We welcome proposals for individual papers, 3 member panels, or 4-5 member roundtables for plenary sessions, that engage with the conference theme from diverse disciplines, perspectives, and methodologies. We particularly encourage submissions that prioritise Indigenous voices.
More details on submission guidelines and topics of interest can be found on our website. The new submission deadline is Monday, 4 November 2024. Please send your abstract and bio notes to FoA.2025inasa@mq.edu.au.
Visit our conference website now to secure your early bird ticket and stay updated with additional details as we share them over the coming months.
Please send your inquiries to FoA.2025inasa@mq.edu.au.
We hope you can join us!
International Australian Studies Association (InASA)
Macquarie University