Thu 27 May 2010
Dear ASAL friends and colleagues,
Two important pieces of information about ASAL 2010:
Looking forward to seeing you all in July.
Elizabeth McMahon and Brigitta Olubas
University of New South Wales
Conference convenors
Thu 27 May 2010
Dear ASAL postgraduates,
At this year’s annual ASAL conference at the University of NSW (7th July – 10th July), a masterclass for postgraduate students is scheduled on July 7th. The topic of the conference is “Archive Madness.” Further information about this event, and details of the call for papers, can be found on the ASAL 2010 conference website.
We think it is important that all postgraduates have a say when it comes to an event that is held specifically for us. In order to help the conference organisers plan an informative, fulfilling and engaging masterclass, we would like to invite you to send us your ideas, expectations and suggestions. Think about the following questions and give us your view of how you would like this masterclass to be. (more…)
Thu 27 May 2010
An international interdisciplinary conference to be held at the Monash Prato Centre 21-25 September 2010 hosted by the National Centre for Australian Studies, School of Journalism and Australian Studies, in association with the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University.
Far from being considered as a linguistic activity only, translation is increasingly seen as bridging, and sometimes broadening, gaps between different cultures. There is widespread recognition that translation modifies, or preserves, the perception of the other. Hence, translating as an activity and translation as the result of this activity are inseparable from the concept of culture. (more…)
Thu 27 May 2010
University of Queensland, 10-11 February 2011
Hosted by the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Queensland
Keynote speaker: Emeritus Professor Ros Pesman, author of Duty Free: Australian Women Abroad and co-editor of Australians in Italy: Contemporary Lives and Impressions and The Oxford Book of Australian Travel Writing.
If myths of national identity have focused on travel to Australia (‘discovery’, invasion/settlement, transportation, migration), it is worth noting that travel from Australia has been a significant phenomenon for just as long. From Yolngu people accompanying Macassan fisherman to the islands of Indonesia, from those First Fleeters who made the return journey ‘home’ to Europe, to today’s travellers, tourists and expatriates, residents of Australia have left its shores for a multitude of destinations and reasons and in very different roles. Descendants of migrants and refugees, soldiers, nurses, artists, authors, brides, chaperones, utopians, sportspeople, students, teachers, backpackers, cruise-ship travellers, journalists, IT professionals: some have sought to rejoin family, others to escape it; some have sought renown, others have been head-hunted. (more…)
Thu 20 May 2010
This special issue of Southerly will revisit the accepted understanding of Australian Literature’s failure to write erotic love and romance. This theme will allow the issue to modulate in mood, genre and register as it examines various understandings of Australian romance and their respective erotic economies, including but not limited to:
To submit an essay on this theme, please email Elizabeth McMahon at e.mcmahon@unsw.edu.au.