CALC Seminar Series

Semester 2, 2025

The Centre for Australian Literary Cultures (CALC) hosts monthly seminars via Zoom, typically on Thursdays 4pm - 5.30pm** AEST/AEDT

Please contact Monique.Rooney@anu.edu.au for zoom links.

**Please note: Jack Quirk’s seminar will be held at 9am EDT (USA) to accommodate his time zone.

Thursday 28 August
Ken Gelder (University of Melbourne)
'Notes Towards an Unhomely Australia'

Thursday 11 September**
Jack Quirk (Brown University, USA)
On Gerald Murnane

Thursday 23 October
Alexis Harley (La Trobe University)
'Snakes'

Thursday 6 November
Monique Rooney (ANU)
Springtime, with Fences: Ruth Park’s Teenage Years and the Emergence of a Writer (1930–1937)

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