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Semester 2, 2026
The 2026 CALC season is dedicated to showcasing the work of HDR students in Australian literary studies.
Seminar Series Time: 6.00–7.30 pm (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney) on the last Thursday of each month.
Zoom details: https://anu.zoom.us/j/81411217952?pwd=eU2bzOPFwhhZGiG8I9bACYIwGTxg46.1
Meeting ID: 814 1121 7952 - Password: CALC2026
The 2026 dates are:
- Thursday 30 July – Chelsea Roles (James Cook University), ‘Criminality and Femininity: Undoing the Paradox’
- Thursday 27 August – To be confirmed
- Thursday 24 September – To be confirmed
- Thursday 29 October – To be confirmed
- Thursday 26 November – To be confirmed
Contact
- Monique Rooney
Past Events
Criminality and Femininity: Undoing the Paradox
Chelsea Roles (James Cook University)
Women involved in violent crime, both perpetrators and victims, are often vulnerable to forms of representation that distort or overwrite their…
Springtime, with Fences: Ruth Park’s Teenage Years and the Emergence of a Writer (1930–1937)
Dr Monique Rooney, ANU
Online via Zoom, please contact Monique Rooney for the link.“The Three Wise Men of Gotham loved the springtime so greatly they could not bear to see…
Snakes
Online via Zoom, please contact Monique Rooney for the link.In May 1770, Joseph Banks described sea snakes near the coast of ‘New South Wales’ as…