Making Sense of Melancholy in Feminist and Queer Cultural Studies
Seminar
There is a lot of interesting work on the subject of melancholy. Within feminist and queer cultural studies, however, this topic is under-developed. This is despite an explosion of discourse on the subject of 'abject' mood within the same field. How do we 'make sense' of melancholy in this context…
Uncovering the True History of Australian Literature
Lecture
Newspapers were the main sources of fiction, international and local, in Australia in the nineteenth century. But the lack of records of this fiction and the enormous size of the newspaper archive have left us with very little understanding of the types of stories published, where they came from…
International Symposium on Communication in Health Care (ISCH) 2018
Symposium
The Institute for Communication in Health Care holds an annual International Symposium in order to bring healthcare professionals, clinicians, linguists, communication scholars, educators and researchers together for an inspiring event to share their ideas,…
2017 Australian Society for French Studies Conference
Conference
Australian Society for French Studies Conference 2017: Truth and Representation The Australian National University, 13-15 December Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Nicki Hitchcott, University of St Andrews Dr Chris Watkin, Monash University Conference Program and Abstracts (287KB PDF…
Association for Linguistic Typology Conference
Conference
The 12th meeting of the Association for Linguistic Typology will be held at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia from 12th to 14th December. The preceding day (11th) will feature typological teach-ins on three language families: Australian, Papuan and…
The Hero of His Own Life?: Biofiction, Legacy, and Charles Dickens’s Life-Writing Novels
Seminar
Charles Dickens sought to control the narratives of everyone he encountered, both in life and on the page. He even edited his own identity by burning both his correspondence and an early attempt at autobiography. Dickens’s reputation has now become public domain, however, and neo-Victorian authors…
Homer and the Epic Tradition (Homer Seminar IX)
Conference
Homer and the Epic Tradition(Homer Seminar IX)Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 December 2017, ANUThis ninth iteration of the Homer Seminar, to be held at The Australian National University, Canberra, is intended to give Australasian scholars--especially (but not only) postgraduates and early-career…