ASAL 2009: Common Readers and Cultural Critics
8-11 July 2009
University House, Australian National University, Canberra
12 July 2009
Public symposium: 'Writers, Readers and Critics', National Library of Australia, Canberra
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://asal2009.anu.edu.au/
CALL FOR PAPERS
Australian literature is not just a collection of texts: it is a diverse set of formal and informal cultures—from school curricula to bestseller lists, from university courses to writers' festivals—that all have their own ways of talking about texts and their own forms of cultural expertise. This conference seeks to explore the diversity of readers and modes of reading that make up Australian literary culture. How do ‘everyday' readers form judgements about what they read and what they like? What are the relationships between everyday readers and ‘specialist' readers in industries such as publishing and marketing, print and electronic media, and in institutions such as schools and universities, libraries and archives? How much influence do critics, reviewers and cultural commentators have on readers' tastes and habits—and vice versa? Who ultimately decides what books get published, what books win prizes, what books are taught in schools, and what books make up the Australian literary canon? Literary cultures are characterised by tensions between tradition and innovation, reading privately and reading professionally, reading for knowledge and reading for pleasure.
We invite proposals for 20-minute papers and for 90-minute panel discussions (3 or 4 speakers) that address any aspect of literary cultures, such as the following:
• Everyday readers and the history of the popular / literary cultural divide
• The role of reviewers and critics in influencing tastes and making careers
• The roles of publishers, marketers, booksellers and bestseller lists
• Literary festivals and writers as performers and promoters of their own work
• The role and influence of literary prizes
• Reading communities such as book clubs, blogs, community education
• Histories and analyses of Australian literary criticism
• School and university curricula and the Australian literary canon
• Revisions and re-evaluations of canonical and non-canonical Australian writers and texts
• Adaptations of Australian literary texts for film and other media
• The transnational boundaries of Australian literature
• Australian children's and young adult literature: publishing and readerships
• Libraries, archives and cultural heritage
• Creative writing programs
• Little magazines, grassroots publishing, zines
• Reading facebook and other social networking programs
• The new empiricism, distant reading, resourceful reading
• The ongoing impact of the 'culture wars'
Please send 200-word abstracts of papers or panel proposals, with a brief biographical note, to Russell.Smith@anu.edu.au by Friday 27 February 2009.
We welcome proposals from postgraduate students. Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) has generously provided ten postgraduate scholarships, covering costs of travel and accommodation, available to postgraduate students whose own institutions are unable to support their attendance. To enquire about postgraduate scholarships, please contact Julieanne.Lamond@anu.edu.au by 27 February 2009.
ASAL 2009 organising committee: Julieanne.Lamond @ anu.edu.au , Lucy.Neave @ anu.edu.au , Monique.Rooney @ anu.edu.au and Russell.Smith @ anu.edu.au (School of Humanities, Australian National University)
ASAL 2009 is generously supported by the Copyright Agency Limited’s Cultural Fund, Arts ACT, the Australian National University and ASAL.
8 December 2008
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE - Westerly
The latest issue of Westerly has just been released.
Among manyother gems the issue includes an interview with Ouyang Yu, who also has a short story and translations of poems from the Ming Dynasty in the issue; and an article on "Writing between Languages" by Lee Kofman.
http://www.westerlycentre.uwa.edu.au/westerly
Among manyother gems the issue includes an interview with Ouyang Yu, who also has a short story and translations of poems from the Ming Dynasty in the issue; and an article on "Writing between Languages" by Lee Kofman.
http://www.westerlycentre.uwa.edu.au/westerly
READING - Michelle Lee - "See how the leaf people run" (16 Dec 2008; Melbourne)
See how the leaf people run
A free reading of a work-in-progress
By Michele Lee
Dramaturgy by Chi Vu
Directed by Gorkem Acaroglu
With Luke Fraser, Fanny Hanusin, Kha Tran and Mark Tregonning
Charlie’s stuck in his room. He nearly drowned crossing the Mekong River as a kid. He’s got depression. He’s got chronic fatigue. He’s got PTSD. That’s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Yeah he’s got a lot of things wrong with him. All he wants to do is sleep. But sometimes our people, the Hmong, have to run, have to walk, crawl through the caves, jungles, rivers and mountains of Laos before they get any better.
Michele Lee is a 2009 recipient for an Asialink Literature residency in Laos. She has developed See how the leaf people run with support from the City of Melbourne’s 2008 Young Artist program and the Victorian Multicultural Commission. She has also received funding from the Australia Council for the Arts to develop "In refuge," which also examines her cultural background. She runs a theatre collective called Theatre in Bars.
When: Tuesday 16 December 2008, 7pm
Where: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne (Spring Street end)
Cost: Free
Limited seating so please RSVP to seehowtheleafpeople@gmail.com
A free reading of a work-in-progress
By Michele Lee
Dramaturgy by Chi Vu
Directed by Gorkem Acaroglu
With Luke Fraser, Fanny Hanusin, Kha Tran and Mark Tregonning
Charlie’s stuck in his room. He nearly drowned crossing the Mekong River as a kid. He’s got depression. He’s got chronic fatigue. He’s got PTSD. That’s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Yeah he’s got a lot of things wrong with him. All he wants to do is sleep. But sometimes our people, the Hmong, have to run, have to walk, crawl through the caves, jungles, rivers and mountains of Laos before they get any better.
Michele Lee is a 2009 recipient for an Asialink Literature residency in Laos. She has developed See how the leaf people run with support from the City of Melbourne’s 2008 Young Artist program and the Victorian Multicultural Commission. She has also received funding from the Australia Council for the Arts to develop "In refuge," which also examines her cultural background. She runs a theatre collective called Theatre in Bars.
When: Tuesday 16 December 2008, 7pm
Where: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne (Spring Street end)
Cost: Free
Limited seating so please RSVP to seehowtheleafpeople@gmail.com
CFP - "The Talk about Town: Urban Lives and Oral Sources in 20th Century Australia" (State Library of Vic and Melb Museum, Vic)
Conference Announcement - CALL FOR PAPERS
The Talk about Town: Urban Lives and Oral Sources in 20th Century Australia
27-28 August 2009, at the State Library of Victoria and Melbourne Museum
Sponsored by the State Library of Victoria, the Monash University Institute for Public History, Museum Victoria, the University of Melbourne’s School of Historical Studies and Macquarie University’s Department of Modern History.
"The Talk about Town: Urban Lives and Oral Sources in Twentieth Century Australia" invites researchers and professionals working on life in Australian cities since 1900 to come together and reflect on their projects. It hopes to encourage participants to think about the significance of the urban context, whether or not it is the primary focus of their research. In particular, researchers working with personal sources in fields such as oral history, life history and immigration, are encouraged to look at the way that urban settings have shaped the stories they have been told.
Postgraduate students and professionals working with history are particularly encouraged to participate.
"The Talk about Town" is delighted to welcome distinguished oral and urban historian Alessandro Portelli, Professor of American literature at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, as keynote speaker. Professor Portelli is the author of a number of influential studies in oral history and popular memory including The Order Has Already Been Carried Out: History, Memory and Meaning of a Nazi Massacre in Rome (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) and The Death of Luigi Trastulli: Form and Meaning in Oral History (State University of New York Press, 1991). From 2002 to 2008, he served as advisor to the mayor of Rome for the preservation and promotion of the city’s historical memory, and is currently co-manager of Rome's House of History and Memory.
"The Talk about Town" offers a rich and stimulating conference program, to be hosted by the State Library of Victoria and Museum Victoria, on 27-28 August 2009. Day one of the conference will feature a series of parallel sessions and a keynote address by Professor Portelli. Day two of the conference will feature further parallel sessions, a number of workshops led by experts in urban and oral history, and additional events including walking tours of inner Melbourne and a guided tour of ‘The Melbourne Story’ at Melbourne Museum.
Following the conference, participants are encouraged to submit articles based on their conference presentations for consideration for publication in a special issue of a refereed journal.
Persons wishing to present papers at the conference should send 200 word abstracts (for a 20 minute presentation), to Kerrie Alexander at kerrie.alexander @ arts.monash.edu.au on or before 31 December 2008.
For inquiries about the conference, or proposals for panels, please contact the organising committee via talkabouttown @ gmail.com.
>> Visit the "Talk about Town" conference website.
The Talk about Town: Urban Lives and Oral Sources in 20th Century Australia
27-28 August 2009, at the State Library of Victoria and Melbourne Museum
Sponsored by the State Library of Victoria, the Monash University Institute for Public History, Museum Victoria, the University of Melbourne’s School of Historical Studies and Macquarie University’s Department of Modern History.
"The Talk about Town: Urban Lives and Oral Sources in Twentieth Century Australia" invites researchers and professionals working on life in Australian cities since 1900 to come together and reflect on their projects. It hopes to encourage participants to think about the significance of the urban context, whether or not it is the primary focus of their research. In particular, researchers working with personal sources in fields such as oral history, life history and immigration, are encouraged to look at the way that urban settings have shaped the stories they have been told.
Postgraduate students and professionals working with history are particularly encouraged to participate.
"The Talk about Town" is delighted to welcome distinguished oral and urban historian Alessandro Portelli, Professor of American literature at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, as keynote speaker. Professor Portelli is the author of a number of influential studies in oral history and popular memory including The Order Has Already Been Carried Out: History, Memory and Meaning of a Nazi Massacre in Rome (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) and The Death of Luigi Trastulli: Form and Meaning in Oral History (State University of New York Press, 1991). From 2002 to 2008, he served as advisor to the mayor of Rome for the preservation and promotion of the city’s historical memory, and is currently co-manager of Rome's House of History and Memory.
"The Talk about Town" offers a rich and stimulating conference program, to be hosted by the State Library of Victoria and Museum Victoria, on 27-28 August 2009. Day one of the conference will feature a series of parallel sessions and a keynote address by Professor Portelli. Day two of the conference will feature further parallel sessions, a number of workshops led by experts in urban and oral history, and additional events including walking tours of inner Melbourne and a guided tour of ‘The Melbourne Story’ at Melbourne Museum.
Following the conference, participants are encouraged to submit articles based on their conference presentations for consideration for publication in a special issue of a refereed journal.
Persons wishing to present papers at the conference should send 200 word abstracts (for a 20 minute presentation), to Kerrie Alexander at kerrie.alexander @ arts.monash.edu.au on or before 31 December 2008.
For inquiries about the conference, or proposals for panels, please contact the organising committee via talkabouttown @ gmail.com.
>> Visit the "Talk about Town" conference website.
CALL FOR ENTRIES - Vietnamese International Film Festival (Southern California, USA)
Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF) - Call for entries
Call for entries from filmmakers of Vietnamese descent.
The Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF), held in Southern California, USA, are looking for films from the filmmakers of Vietnamese descent from all over the world.
Please distribute ViFF’s call-for-entries below to the filmmakers you know.
Visit www.VietFilmFest.com for more information, or email Ysa Le ysadle @ yahoo.com
Call for entries from filmmakers of Vietnamese descent.
The Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF), held in Southern California, USA, are looking for films from the filmmakers of Vietnamese descent from all over the world.
Please distribute ViFF’s call-for-entries below to the filmmakers you know.
Visit www.VietFilmFest.com for more information, or email Ysa Le ysadle @ yahoo.com
19 November 2008
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE - "Asia@Home: New Directions in Asian Australian Studies" (A special issue of the Journal of Australian Studies, 32.4)
The latest issue (32.4 [2008]) of Journal of Australian Studies (JAS) is now available online! This special issue of JAS is guest-edited by Tseen Khoo and Jacqueline Lo, and features work from "AAI 2: The 2nd Asian Australian Identities Conference" (2007).
The special issue is titled 'Asia@Home: New Directions in Asian Australian Studies' and features work by the following AASRN members:
The special issue is titled 'Asia@Home: New Directions in Asian Australian Studies' and features work by the following AASRN members:
- Adam Aitken
- Michelle Antoinette
- Scott Brook
- Mayu Kanamori
- Jen Tsen Kwok
- Francis Maravillas
- RoseAnne Misajon
- Robyn Morris
- Hsu-ming Teo
It also includes work by Regina Ganter and Lars Jensen. You can see a contents listing HERE. In addition, the cover for JAS 32.4 features an image provided by Owen Leong (who also generously allowed us to use his work on the AAI 2 conference posters).
Those of you whose universities/organisations subscribe to this journal, you should be able to download articles right now. Those of you who may want to get your hands on your own copy, THIS is the journal's homepage.
NEW JOURNAL ISSUE - First anniversary issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now available
We are pleased to announce the publication of the fifth issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (November 2008) with a new editorial on the memorable year 2008 by co-editor Jeff Zroback.
Poet, novelist and historian Reid Mitchell generously acted as guest editor and read the submissions with us. The new issue features poetry by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins and new fiction by Nirmala Pillai. Other writers/artists featured in the issue include Sam Byfield, Grace V. S. Chin, Mike Farman, Tiziano Fratus, Daniel Hudon, Anne Levesque, Vikas Malhotra, Aya Padron, Yves Rubin, Steven Schroeder, Daren Shiau, Gillian Sze, Tai Dong Huai, Eddie Tay, Royston Tester, Toh Hsien Min, Sean Wiebe, Alison Wong, Bo Wong and Jennifer Wong.
To read the issue, please visit our website at www.asiancha.com.
We are currently accepting submissions for the sixth issue of Cha, which is scheduled for publication in February 2009.
Deadline: 31 December 2008.
Award-winning Hong Kong poet Arthur Leung will lend his expertise to us in the role of poetry guest editor. If you are interested in having your works considered for publication in Cha, please read our submission guidelines for details.
Tammy Ho & Jeff Zroback/ The Editors
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal/ www.asiancha.com
Website/ Blog
Poet, novelist and historian Reid Mitchell generously acted as guest editor and read the submissions with us. The new issue features poetry by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins and new fiction by Nirmala Pillai. Other writers/artists featured in the issue include Sam Byfield, Grace V. S. Chin, Mike Farman, Tiziano Fratus, Daniel Hudon, Anne Levesque, Vikas Malhotra, Aya Padron, Yves Rubin, Steven Schroeder, Daren Shiau, Gillian Sze, Tai Dong Huai, Eddie Tay, Royston Tester, Toh Hsien Min, Sean Wiebe, Alison Wong, Bo Wong and Jennifer Wong.
To read the issue, please visit our website at www.asiancha.com.
We are currently accepting submissions for the sixth issue of Cha, which is scheduled for publication in February 2009.
Deadline: 31 December 2008.
Award-winning Hong Kong poet Arthur Leung will lend his expertise to us in the role of poetry guest editor. If you are interested in having your works considered for publication in Cha, please read our submission guidelines for details.
Tammy Ho & Jeff Zroback/ The Editors
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal/ www.asiancha.com
Website/ Blog
17 November 2008
NEW BOOK - Culture Is... Australian Stories across Cultures: An Anthology
Culture Is . . .Australian Stories Across Cultures: An Anthology
Edited By Anne-Marie Smith, The Multicultural Writers Association of Australia
PB 256 PP 210 x 135, ISBN 9781862548084
$24.95 (Short Stories / Poetry)
Wakefield Press
'I am confident this anthology will be warmly received nationally . . .' – Nicholas Jose
What shapes us as Australians? This anthology presents contemporary views from writers of all backgrounds – Indigenous, Migrant, Refugee or Settler. It will ring true with all Australians, travellers or would-be travellers.
http://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/books/cultureis.html
Edited By Anne-Marie Smith, The Multicultural Writers Association of Australia
PB 256 PP 210 x 135, ISBN 9781862548084
$24.95 (Short Stories / Poetry)
Wakefield Press
'I am confident this anthology will be warmly received nationally . . .' – Nicholas Jose
What shapes us as Australians? This anthology presents contemporary views from writers of all backgrounds – Indigenous, Migrant, Refugee or Settler. It will ring true with all Australians, travellers or would-be travellers.
http://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/books/cultureis.html
11 November 2008
NEW ISSUE - Mascara Poetry - Issue #4
Mascara #4 is now on-line at www.mascarapoetry.com
With poetry by
Interviews: Michelle Cahill in conversation with Peter Boyle
Our cover portrait is the Sri-Lankan anthropologist, Malathi De Alwis, photographed by Pradeep Jeganathan.
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Opportunities
Submissions to Mascara Poetry are open at ALL times. Please follow our submission guidelines. We look forward to reading your poetry and essays.
Payment 2 or more poems: $75; essays, reviews: $50
Mascara is looking for volunteers who are passionate about poetry...check our guidelines!
If you are an emerging writer, JOIN US...for as little as $15, and help us to help you.
Mascara is an online journal seeking to promote poetry of excellence and originality. We are especially interested in the work of contemporary Australasian and Indigenous poets. Our criteria for selection are quality of image, language and innovation. The word ‘mascara’ entered the English language in 1890. It derives from Spanish, Arabic and French origins, its meaning evolving from the word mask, masquerade, to darken, to blacken. The Arabic word ‘maskhara’ means buffoon.
Mascara reviews are edited by Adam Aitken, poetry by Michell Cahill and Kim Cheng Boey.
With poetry by
- Our featured poet, Peter Boyle
- New work by Tibetan poet/activist Tenzin Tsundue
- And by Shirley Lim, Sean Singer, Francesca Haig, Indran Amirthanayagam, Kylie Rose, Jessika Tong, Michael Sharkey, Jal Nicholl, Liam Ferney, Debbie Lim, Ashley Capes, Jane Kim, Ouyang Yu , Peter Davis and more
Interviews: Michelle Cahill in conversation with Peter Boyle
Our cover portrait is the Sri-Lankan anthropologist, Malathi De Alwis, photographed by Pradeep Jeganathan.
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Opportunities
Submissions to Mascara Poetry are open at ALL times. Please follow our submission guidelines. We look forward to reading your poetry and essays.
Payment 2 or more poems: $75; essays, reviews: $50
Mascara is looking for volunteers who are passionate about poetry...check our guidelines!
If you are an emerging writer, JOIN US...for as little as $15, and help us to help you.
Mascara is an online journal seeking to promote poetry of excellence and originality. We are especially interested in the work of contemporary Australasian and Indigenous poets. Our criteria for selection are quality of image, language and innovation. The word ‘mascara’ entered the English language in 1890. It derives from Spanish, Arabic and French origins, its meaning evolving from the word mask, masquerade, to darken, to blacken. The Arabic word ‘maskhara’ means buffoon.
Mascara reviews are edited by Adam Aitken, poetry by Michell Cahill and Kim Cheng Boey.
10 November 2008
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS - Endeavour Awards (Open 1 Dec; Close 31 Jan 2009)
Second round of applications opening on 1 December 2008 and closing on 31 January 2009 for commencement of Awards in 2009.
This second round is for:
This second round is for:
- Endeavour Executive Awards
- Endeavour Research Fellowships (for outgoing Australians only)
- Endeavour Research Fellowships for Indigenous Australians
NEW EXHIBITION - Leading Lights (Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, Sydney)
LEADING LIGHTS ExhibitionIvan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, UNSW
6 Nov - 13 Dec 2008
Artists include:
Brook Andrew, Del Kathryn Barton, Trent Jansen, Adam Cullen, Dinosaur Designs, Shaun Gladwell, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, The Kingpins, Lindy Lee, Owen Leong, Clinton Nain, Vanila Netto, and Bronwyn Oliver.
6 November 2008
CFP - Cosmetic Cultures: Beauty, Globalisation, Politics, Practices (24-26 June 2009; U of Leeds, UK)
Cosmetic Cultures: Beauty, globalisation, politics, practices
University of Leeds , 24 - 26 of June 2009
Papers and panel sessions are invited for an international, interdisciplinary conference on Cosmetic Cultures to be held in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at the University of Leeds from the 24 to 26 of June 2009.
Papers on any element of ‘cosmetic cultures’ are welcomed but the conference seeks to move beyond well-rehearsed ‘Beauty Myth’ arguments.
Beauty has often been conceptualised as the concern only of women (or the only concern of women!) and as idealised in ‘whiteness’ or ‘Westerness’. Whilst many have found significant evidence to support these claims, work in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies has already flagged up the importance of men, masculinities and beauty, both in the ‘West’ and ‘East’ and has disrupted the idea that whiteness alone presents idealised beauty in all parts of the world, or even in this one. Whilst beauty ideals may be important in one sense, this conference also aims to explore beauty practices. The subject’s engagement in beauty practices may be ‘transformative’ in line with current ideals, and undertaken in the clinic, or it may be everyday and mundane, practices in the home or ‘salon’.
Themes will include:
* National beauty cultures and histories and the intersection between local and globalised ideals;
* Beauty practice ranging from ‘spectacular’ makeover cosmetic surgery to mundane beauty technologies such as diet and exercise, skin tanning/ lightening, hairstyling, hair removal and tattooing/piercing.
* Intersections of ‘race’, class, gender and beauty cultures and practices; men, masculinities and beauty;
* LGBI and Trans beauties; surgical tourism;
* TV makeover shows;
* Work in the ‘beauty industry’, including medical practices and cultures, beauty salons and cosmetics marketing and manufacture as well as (fashion and glamour) modelling.
By encouraging participants to explore beauty cultures, practices and politics in their broadest sense we hope to advance current debates and develop an international network of researchers.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
* Professor Carolyn Cooper – University of the West Indies
* Professor Kathy Davis – University of Utrecht
* Dr Debra Gimlin – University of Aberdeen
* Dr Meredith Jones – University of Technology, Sydney
* Professor Toby Miller – University of California, Riverside
* Professor Elspeth Probyn – University of Sydney
200 word abstracts and panel suggestions should be emailed to: Matthew Wilkinson at m.wilkinson@leeds.ac.uk no later than 1 March 2009.
Please mark all emails with ‘Cosmetic Cultures’ in the subject line.
University of Leeds , 24 - 26 of June 2009
Papers and panel sessions are invited for an international, interdisciplinary conference on Cosmetic Cultures to be held in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at the University of Leeds from the 24 to 26 of June 2009.
Papers on any element of ‘cosmetic cultures’ are welcomed but the conference seeks to move beyond well-rehearsed ‘Beauty Myth’ arguments.
Beauty has often been conceptualised as the concern only of women (or the only concern of women!) and as idealised in ‘whiteness’ or ‘Westerness’. Whilst many have found significant evidence to support these claims, work in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies has already flagged up the importance of men, masculinities and beauty, both in the ‘West’ and ‘East’ and has disrupted the idea that whiteness alone presents idealised beauty in all parts of the world, or even in this one. Whilst beauty ideals may be important in one sense, this conference also aims to explore beauty practices. The subject’s engagement in beauty practices may be ‘transformative’ in line with current ideals, and undertaken in the clinic, or it may be everyday and mundane, practices in the home or ‘salon’.
Themes will include:
* National beauty cultures and histories and the intersection between local and globalised ideals;
* Beauty practice ranging from ‘spectacular’ makeover cosmetic surgery to mundane beauty technologies such as diet and exercise, skin tanning/ lightening, hairstyling, hair removal and tattooing/piercing.
* Intersections of ‘race’, class, gender and beauty cultures and practices; men, masculinities and beauty;
* LGBI and Trans beauties; surgical tourism;
* TV makeover shows;
* Work in the ‘beauty industry’, including medical practices and cultures, beauty salons and cosmetics marketing and manufacture as well as (fashion and glamour) modelling.
By encouraging participants to explore beauty cultures, practices and politics in their broadest sense we hope to advance current debates and develop an international network of researchers.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
* Professor Carolyn Cooper – University of the West Indies
* Professor Kathy Davis – University of Utrecht
* Dr Debra Gimlin – University of Aberdeen
* Dr Meredith Jones – University of Technology, Sydney
* Professor Toby Miller – University of California, Riverside
* Professor Elspeth Probyn – University of Sydney
200 word abstracts and panel suggestions should be emailed to: Matthew Wilkinson at m.wilkinson@leeds.ac.uk no later than 1 March 2009.
Please mark all emails with ‘Cosmetic Cultures’ in the subject line.
CHAIR POSITION - Freilich Foundation Chair, ANU
Freilich Foundation Chair (A209-08AV)
The Herbert and Valmae Freilich Foundation is an endowment to The Australian National University established in 1999 to promote the study of, and research into, the causes, the histories and the effects of ethnic, cultural, religious and sexual bigotry and animosity, and the exploration of how such intolerance can be combated and co-existence promoted by educational and social programs.
The Foundation sits within the interdisciplinary and dynamic Research School of Humanities. The Foundation runs a program of public lectures, seminars and graduate workshops. It runs a summer school for teachers, is involved in teaching, and funds visiting fellowships, bursaries and scholarships.
Further information about the foundation can be found at http://www.anu.edu.au/hrc/freilich/
The Foundation wishes to appoint a senior academic to substantially develop the research component of the Foundation's work whilst being involved in the current operation and activities of the Foundation. Applications are invited from women and men with a recognised record of achievement in any disciplinary field which addresses the research interests of the Foundation. You will provide leadership for the Foundation, participate and build upon the existing program of activities, participate in graduate teaching and supervision, and develop relationships with relevant units within the ANU and external organisations.
The level of appointment will depend on qualifications and experience.
Further information on this position can be obtained HERE.
Enquiries:
Renata Grossi, Freilich Foundation Fellow, T: 02 6125 5527, E: Renata.Grossi @ anu.edu.au
4 November 2008
NEW RESOURCES - Amerasia and AAPI Nexus Journals now online
Amerasia and AAPI Nexus Journals Go Online
Los Angeles - The UCLA Asian American Studies Center has launched an internet site for its two academic journals, Amerasia and AAPI Nexus. Starting November 2008, subscribers will be able to access Amerasia Journal and AAPI Nexus articles online.
Both journals are recognized core publications in Asian American Studies.
Since its inception in 1971, Amerasia has been the leading interdisciplinary journal in the field. "Amerasia Journal," states Ethnic Studies Professor Yen Le Espiritu (University of California, San Diego), "continues to be an indispensable resource for scholars, students, and the broader community interested in issues affecting Asian Americans."
"Amerasia articles contain information and perspectives difficult or impossible to locate elsewhere," adds Serials Review. "This journal is highly recommended for all academic collections and for large public libraries." The searchable, full-text database enables subscribing institutions and researchers access to over thirty-five years of Amerasia articles.
Amerasia's online database features over 900 articles on topics ranging from diaspora and empire, U.S.-Asia relations, and religion to legal/political/civil rights issues, sexuality and queer studies, and multiracial Asians. Library Journal has thus described Amerasia as "a scholarly journal which considers almost every aspect on the role of the Asian Americans" and "an absolute must for universities." In 2003, the Center launched AAPI Nexus Journal: Policy, Practice & Community, the most cutting-edge journal focusing on applied social science research for and on the diverse and growing Asian American and Pacific Islander community. AAPI Nexus draws from professional schools, applied social science scholars, and practitioners, with the explicit goal of reinvigorating Asian American Studies' traditional mission of serving communities and generating practical research."AAPI Nexus Journal is the nation's trusted voice for Asian American and Pacific Islander public policy debates, community-based research, and action-orientated advocacy," said Lisa Hasegawa, Executive Director of the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development.
The AAPI Nexus database includes articles covering civil rights, health, and art and cultural institutions from an Asian American perspective. In addition to research and resource articles, AAPI Nexus also features practitioner essays, where professionals and community leaders draw from their experiences to offer discussions and strategies regarding policy issues facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
The new online databases for Amerasia Journal and AAPI Nexus are valuable resources for libraries and research institutions. Access to the databases will be included as part of a new or renewed yearly subscription. The subscription prices are as follows:
Amerasia Journal - $445 for institutions; $99.99 for individuals
AAPI Nexus - $175 for institutions, $35 for individuals
For more information or to place subscription orders, please contact Ying Ming Tu, Distribution Manager, AASC Press, at (310) 825-2968 or aascpress @ aasc.ucla.edu.
Los Angeles - The UCLA Asian American Studies Center has launched an internet site for its two academic journals, Amerasia and AAPI Nexus. Starting November 2008, subscribers will be able to access Amerasia Journal and AAPI Nexus articles online.
Both journals are recognized core publications in Asian American Studies.
Since its inception in 1971, Amerasia has been the leading interdisciplinary journal in the field. "Amerasia Journal," states Ethnic Studies Professor Yen Le Espiritu (University of California, San Diego), "continues to be an indispensable resource for scholars, students, and the broader community interested in issues affecting Asian Americans."
"Amerasia articles contain information and perspectives difficult or impossible to locate elsewhere," adds Serials Review. "This journal is highly recommended for all academic collections and for large public libraries." The searchable, full-text database enables subscribing institutions and researchers access to over thirty-five years of Amerasia articles.
Amerasia's online database features over 900 articles on topics ranging from diaspora and empire, U.S.-Asia relations, and religion to legal/political/civil rights issues, sexuality and queer studies, and multiracial Asians. Library Journal has thus described Amerasia as "a scholarly journal which considers almost every aspect on the role of the Asian Americans" and "an absolute must for universities." In 2003, the Center launched AAPI Nexus Journal: Policy, Practice & Community, the most cutting-edge journal focusing on applied social science research for and on the diverse and growing Asian American and Pacific Islander community. AAPI Nexus draws from professional schools, applied social science scholars, and practitioners, with the explicit goal of reinvigorating Asian American Studies' traditional mission of serving communities and generating practical research."AAPI Nexus Journal is the nation's trusted voice for Asian American and Pacific Islander public policy debates, community-based research, and action-orientated advocacy," said Lisa Hasegawa, Executive Director of the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development.
The AAPI Nexus database includes articles covering civil rights, health, and art and cultural institutions from an Asian American perspective. In addition to research and resource articles, AAPI Nexus also features practitioner essays, where professionals and community leaders draw from their experiences to offer discussions and strategies regarding policy issues facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
The new online databases for Amerasia Journal and AAPI Nexus are valuable resources for libraries and research institutions. Access to the databases will be included as part of a new or renewed yearly subscription. The subscription prices are as follows:
Amerasia Journal - $445 for institutions; $99.99 for individuals
AAPI Nexus - $175 for institutions, $35 for individuals
For more information or to place subscription orders, please contact Ying Ming Tu, Distribution Manager, AASC Press, at (310) 825-2968 or aascpress @ aasc.ucla.edu.
3 November 2008
CALL for SUBMISSIONS - Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
ASIATIC: IIUM JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
(http://asiatic.iium.edu.my)
Asiatic, an online, biannual (June, December), refereed journal, invites scholars and writers to submit their work for its forthcoming issues. We invite papers on all aspects of Asian Englishes and Asian writings in English, including Asian diasporic literature and Asian literatures in translation. We are also interested in creative works by Asian writers and writers of Asian origin.
Papers submitted for publication should not exceed 7,000 words and should follow the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (www.mla.org). Creative pieces should be between 1-3 pages for poetry and 6,000 words for other genres. All submissions sent for publication are refereed blind by at least two readers. Asiatic is indexed in the MLA Annual Bibliography, AustLit and EBSCO, and listed in the Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ).
Submissions to and enquiries about the journal should be sent to mquayum @ gmail.com or Asiatic @ gmail.com.
ASIATIC: IIUM JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
(http://asiatic.iium.edu.my)
Asiatic, an online, biannual (June, December), refereed journal, invites scholars and writers to submit their work for its forthcoming issues. We invite papers on all aspects of Asian Englishes and Asian writings in English, including Asian diasporic literature and Asian literatures in translation. We are also interested in creative works by Asian writers and writers of Asian origin.
Papers submitted for publication should not exceed 7,000 words and should follow the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (www.mla.org). Creative pieces should be between 1-3 pages for poetry and 6,000 words for other genres. All submissions sent for publication are refereed blind by at least two readers. Asiatic is indexed in the MLA Annual Bibliography, AustLit and EBSCO, and listed in the Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ).
Submissions to and enquiries about the journal should be sent to mquayum @ gmail.com or Asiatic @ gmail.com.
29 October 2008
RESOURCE - Australian Media History Database
Australian Media History Database (AMHD)
It has been established by the ARC Cultural Research Network as part of its goal of supporting research in the areas of cultural and media studies, cultural history, cultural geography, cultural anthropology, and the creative industries. It is part of the work of the Media Histories Node, convened by Dr Bridget Griffen-Foley of Macquarie University.
The database grew out of a large ARC-funded history of television project conducted by Professor Liz Jacka and Associate Professor Paula Hamilton at the University of Technology, Sydney. It was inspired by www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/BBC-history.html which includes over a hundred researchers. The pilot Australian database was demonstrated at the first History of Australian Television Conference held at UTS in 2005. In early 2006 the database was extended to include other media and launched online.
The Australian Media History Database aspires to list all research into Australian media history by established academics, early career researchers, research higher degree students, and independent scholars. It is designed to be a central tool of Australian media history research.
The database aims to:
- encourage researchers to contact each other on matters of mutual interest;
- avoid duplication in research;
- assist postgraduates and recent graduates with research exposure and networking;
- assist with developing cross-institutional research partnerships and joint research projects;
- bring academic research to the attention of related cultural institutions;
- assist with easier development of ARC Linkage grant applications and the involvement of industry partners.
Categories of research include advertising, film, games, magazines, music, press, publishing, radio and television. Free to use, the database is searchable by keyword, researcher, project and institution.
Researchers are invited to submit the details of their projects: click here for details.
27 October 2008
EVENT - Making Links - 11-13 Nov 2008 (Melbourne)
MAKING LINKS 2008
The conference Where Social Action and Technology Converge
Community - Responsibility - Sustainability
WHERE? Melbourne University, ICT Building, 111 Barry St Carlton WHEN? 11th - 13th November 2008
The Making Links Conference is the leading forum for the not-for-profit and community sectors to showcase their work and to explore current and emerging new media and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This year Making Links is focusing on how technology can enhance and support social inclusion.
>> Visit the Making Links 2008 website HERE.
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The conference Where Social Action and Technology Converge
Community - Responsibility - Sustainability
WHERE? Melbourne University, ICT Building, 111 Barry St Carlton
The Making Links Conference is the leading forum for the not-for-profit and community sectors to showcase their work and to explore current and emerging new media and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This year Making Links is focusing on how technology can enhance and support social inclusion.
>> Visit the Making Links 2008 website HERE.
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Making Links is a conference that seeks to engage interested people, organisations and groups working at the intersection of social action and IT - including community workers, educators, trainers, not-for-profit organisations, school teachers, environmental campaigners and activists. The Conference seeks to:
- bring the community sector together to access resources, training and services, and to share ideas, skills and creative applications of technology.
- Explore the possibilities ICTs generate for communities whose voices have been marginalized and excluded from the mainstream.
- Showcase innovative, grass roots ICT initiatives in community cultural development, outreach, and e-learning.
- Build and develop networks amongst workers and activists interested in how ICT can be used to support social justice.
The conference, which started in 2004, is organised by a steering committee composed of representatives from a range of not-for-profit organisation.
SCHOLARSHIP - PhD Scholarship in Australian Literature (readvertised) - U of Wollongong, NSW (Deadline: 14 Nov 2008)
PhD Scholarship in Australian Literature (readvertised)
Award: $ 25,118 p. a. for three years.
A PhD scholarship with the Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong, is offered for contribution to the ARC-funded project 'Globalising Australian Literature: Asian-Australian writing, Asian perspectives on Australian literature.' The student will join a research team consisting of Alison Broinowski, Wenche Ommundsen, Paul Sharrad, Ouyang Yu and another PhD student in the investigation of multiple facets of Australian literary interaction with Asia:
* A comprehensive mapping and analysis of Asian-Australian writing
* A study of the circulation and reception of Australian literature across the Asian region
We welcome applications from qualified students who can demonstrate an understanding of the general field of study and have a developed research proposal in a particular area with relevance to it, such as:
* South East Asian-Australian writers
* The reception and study of Australian literature in India (or other major Asian country)
* Theoretical perspectives on Asian-Australian literary production
Application should include a full cv, including transcripts of previous studies, the names of two academic referees, a research proposal and a statement about your understanding of, and interest in, this area of study.
For more information please contact Prof. Wenche Ommundsen on (02) 4221 5445
(wenche @ uow.edu.au).
Deadline for applications: Extended to 14th November 2008.
Award: $ 25,118 p. a. for three years.
A PhD scholarship with the Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong, is offered for contribution to the ARC-funded project 'Globalising Australian Literature: Asian-Australian writing, Asian perspectives on Australian literature.' The student will join a research team consisting of Alison Broinowski, Wenche Ommundsen, Paul Sharrad, Ouyang Yu and another PhD student in the investigation of multiple facets of Australian literary interaction with Asia:
* A comprehensive mapping and analysis of Asian-Australian writing
* A study of the circulation and reception of Australian literature across the Asian region
We welcome applications from qualified students who can demonstrate an understanding of the general field of study and have a developed research proposal in a particular area with relevance to it, such as:
* South East Asian-Australian writers
* The reception and study of Australian literature in India (or other major Asian country)
* Theoretical perspectives on Asian-Australian literary production
Application should include a full cv, including transcripts of previous studies, the names of two academic referees, a research proposal and a statement about your understanding of, and interest in, this area of study.
For more information please contact Prof. Wenche Ommundsen on (02) 4221 5445
(wenche @ uow.edu.au).
Deadline for applications: Extended to 14th November 2008.
JOBS VACANT - National Institute of Education, Singapore - English Language and Literature Academic Group (Deadline: 1 Feb 2009)
English Language and Literature Academic Group (ELL)
The National Institute of Education invites qualified applicants to apply for academic positions in ELL.
The ELL Academic Group has academic and pedagogy commitments. Its Literature programme offers a B.A. (Education) and an M.Ed. (English Literature Education), as well as teacher certification courses. Research-oriented postgraduate work is also offered for the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees.
Requirements
Applicants should have a Ph.D. in the relevant fields and preferably with a proven track record in research and teaching at the university. The successful candidate will be teaching two of the following areas:
- 20th Century Fiction in English
- 20th Century Poetry in English
- Literary and Critical Theory
An applicant will be in a position of added advantage if he or she possesses a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) or an equivalent qualification as well as some secondary school or sixth-form college literature teaching experience.
>> Visit the official job advertisement site HERE (includes all contact details and more job information).
PRIZE - Rascals Prize (People Like Us) - Singapore (Deadline: Jan 2009)
People Like Us (PLU) is the oldest homosexual rights and activist organisation in Singapore, and the inaugural Rascals Prize for Lesbian/Gay/BisexualTransgender/Queer research on Singapore is now open for entries.
The prize is valued at $S2,000 (about $AUD 2,000) for the best piece of research in any of Singapore's four official languages (English, Mandarin, Malay, Tamil).
The prize is valued at $S2,000 (about $AUD 2,000) for the best piece of research in any of Singapore's four official languages (English, Mandarin, Malay, Tamil).
The deadline for submissions is January 2009. Please contact PLU directly for further information: pluadmin @ gmail.com
>> Download the PDF flyer HERE.
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>> Download the PDF flyer HERE.
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People Like Us is a Singapore gay and lesbian group focussed on advocacy and public education. It is an informal group since the Registrar of Societies refused to grant registration in 1997, and in 2004 when we applied a second time.
As an informal group, it does not yet have any firm membership, but a feel for the numbers of interested persons can be seen from the fact that there are over 2,300 members in PLU’s email discussion list SiGNeL.
CFP - Anthology - Women Warriors: Fighting Breast Cancer
CALL FOR PAPERS: Anthology
Women Warriors: Fighting Breast Cancer
AASRN member Robyn Morris is editing an anthology of stories regarding the trials of breast cancer including, but not limited to;
Individual chapter submissions will be around 2000-5000 words although larger chapters will be considered. Poetry will be considered also.
Please contact Robyn via email if you have any further queries or wish to register your interest in this project.
All monies raised from this book will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) for future research.
Contact email: robynmorris @ bigpond.com
Women Warriors: Fighting Breast Cancer
AASRN member Robyn Morris is editing an anthology of stories regarding the trials of breast cancer including, but not limited to;
- responses to diagnosis,
- the experience of treatment,
- the trials of juggling work and/or family,
- facing/embracing the future.
Individual chapter submissions will be around 2000-5000 words although larger chapters will be considered. Poetry will be considered also.
Please contact Robyn via email if you have any further queries or wish to register your interest in this project.
All monies raised from this book will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) for future research.
Contact email: robynmorris @ bigpond.com
NEW BOOK - As others see us: The values debate in Australia (Australian Scholarly Press)
JUST PUBLISHED
As Others See Us:
The values debate in Australia
edited by J.V. D'Cruz, Bernie Neville, Devika Goonewardene & Phillip Darby
The values debate in Australia
edited by J.V. D'Cruz, Bernie Neville, Devika Goonewardene & Phillip Darby
This book is a splendid collection of essays on Australian culture, politics, and the "values" debate- illuminated by the ideas of a thinker Australians need to know, Ashis Nandy, one of the foremost critical intellectuals on the globe. Across issues from asylum seekers to sport, this book digs through the clotted layers of official hypocrisy to lay bare both the violence, and the hope, that mark our situation in the world.
-- Professor Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney, author of Southern Theory (2007).
- An Ashis Nandy Travelling Kit for 'DOWN UNDER'
- Australia's Polygot Ghosts
- Swimming Against the Mainstream
- The Sporting Nation
- 'I don't mind the headscarf but...'
- A New Cosmopolitanism
- Aussie Bums on the Beach
- Mates Together
- An Isolation Within
- The Dance of the Hidden Gods
- Performing Outside One's Comfort Zone
- The Stranger in our Midst
- Nationalism at the Crossroads
Features writing by Ashis Nandy, Vinay Lal, Anthony Langlois, Erika Kerruish, Vin D'Cruz, Deborah Bird Rose, Baden Offord, Kate O'Mara, Goldi Osuri, Bernie Neville, Alisoun Neville, Suvendrini Perera, Joseph Pugliese, Margaret Robertson, Brian Stoddart, David Walker, Devika Goonewardene, Kane Collins, Devleena Ghosh, Phillip Darby.
ISBN:978 1 74097 176 8 | RRP: $39.95
CFP - Race in the Modern World - Goldsmiths, U of London, UK (Deadline: 1 Dec 2008)
Race and the Modern World
An international conference on race discourses and contemporary identitiesConfirmed speakers include Les Back, Bryan Cheyette, Paul Gilroy, Kenan Malik and Ann Phoenix
Venues: Goldsmiths, University of London and the Stephen Lawrence Trust, London
Dates: April 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2009
This major international and multidisciplinary conference is especially concerned with the race discourses still fundamental to the ways in which modern society and culture thinks itself. We will be expecting papers on all aspects of race and modernity — how ‘races’ are imagined and represented, in biological, linguistic, gendered and spiritual terms; what anxieties and desires are expressed in or projected onto racialised figures; how individuals in modern societies and cultures relate themselves to the collective identities posited by race discourse. With panels on such areas as diasporas, multiculturalism, faiths and civil society, race and representation, urban design and youth cultures, we are aiming to engage not just with the academy, but also with the wider community and with particular reference to young people in local schools and colleges. Centered in this vibrant area of South East London, the event, a Goldsmiths and the Stephen Lawrence Trust collaboration, presents scholarly research and discussion, exhibitions, workshops and social and civic events. The conference venues will be the University campus at New Cross and the recently opened Stephen Lawrence Trust building, designed by David Adjaye.
A reception, led by Doreen Lawrence will open the event on April 1st. Two full days of lectures, panels and workshops will follow. We are hoping to attract a wide range of participants, both within and outside the academic community, including strong representation from the local communities.
Sign in and registration will take place in April 1st at the Stephen Lawrence Trust, or at Goldsmiths on April 2nd and 3rd. Conference dinner is scheduled for April 2nd.
Please join us in April 2009 for the Race and the Modern World conference in New Cross and Deptford, London.
>> Download the CFP HERE.
EVENT - Gaayip Walk (Whitehorse Friends for Reconciliation) 9 Nov 2008
The Whitehorse Friends for Reconciliation is pleased to offer people the chance to be part of the Gaayip Walk (Gaayip - 'coming together')
TIME/DATE: 12 noon Sunday 9th November
VENUE: Blackburn Lake, Central Rd, Blackburn.
The main ideas behind the Walk are:
Contact me if you need more details. Hard copies of the leaflet are also available.
We hope to see you on the day.
Cheers, Howard (Tankey)
Whitehorse Friends for Reconciliation
Email: howardtankey @ iprimus.com.au
>> Download the PDF flyer HERE.
TIME/DATE: 12 noon Sunday 9th November
VENUE: Blackburn Lake, Central Rd, Blackburn.
The main ideas behind the Walk are:
- after the Apology there is still much to be done by many people at different levels - 'many steps by many people'
- people can do something locally by supporting the local Indigenous community through donating to the Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place (MMIGP)
- reconciliation is an idea and process, which needs the involvement of all cultural groups in Australia.
Contact me if you need more details. Hard copies of the leaflet are also available.
We hope to see you on the day.
Cheers, Howard (Tankey)
Whitehorse Friends for Reconciliation
Email: howardtankey @ iprimus.com.au
>> Download the PDF flyer HERE.
VISITING PROFESSORSHIP - Australian Studies, University of Tokyo, 2009-2010 (Deadline: 1 Dec 2008)
Visiting Professor in Australian Studies 2009 - 2010
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Centre for Pacific and American Studies (CPAS), The University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Centre for Pacific and American Studies (CPAS), The University of Tokyo
The Visiting Professorship in Australian Studies was created in 1999 by the Centre for Pacific and American Studies, The University of Tokyo, to promote a deeper understanding of Australia and its regional engagement. The Australia – Japan Foundation supports activities associated with the position.
Applications are invited from highly qualified Australians with a significant academic achievement, including those who have moved to academia from the senior levels of government or community. The Visiting Professor is required to teach three courses at introductory and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels; to present conference papers; to conduct research and participate in other activities. Opportunities are available to contribute to Australian Studies programs elsewhere in Japan.
The appointment is usually for a twelve month period, and commences no later than 1 October 2009. The Visiting Professor is expected to spend most of his/her time in Tokyo engaged in research and, during semester, in teaching. All teaching is conducted in English. An attractive salary package is available.
Applications close on 1 December 2008.
The selection process will be managed by the International Australian Studies Association (InASA). A full position description and application procedures are available at:
http://www.inasa-home.net/
http://www.ajf.australia.or.jp/english/tokyouni/
For any further information contact:
Professor Kate Darian-Smith
Vice President InASA
email: k.darian-smith@unimelb.edu.au
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