2006 Conferences

AUSTRALIA AND THE COMMON-WEALTH

American Association of Australian Literary Studies
6-8 April 2006
Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada .

The conference theme is " Australia and the Common-Wealth." The organizers' hope is that the meeting's Canadian location might prompt some papers that explore Australian literature in the context of the Commonwealth. They also hope that papers will consider the contributions Australian literature has made to the common wealth of global English language literature. But, as always, proposals on all topics related to Australian literature, film, and culture are welcome.

Proposals should be submitted by 1/31/06 to Theodore F. Sheckels, Professor of English & Communication, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA 23005 . E-mail submission should be sent to tsheckel@rmc.edu.

In 2006, as in 2005, AAALS will be meeting concurrently with the Australian-New Zealand Studies Association of North America (ANZSANA).

China Australian Studies Association

The China Australian Studies Association would like to announce its 10th biennial conference, which is to be held at Inner Mongolia University in Hohhot , Inner Mongolia , China . The conference will be held from July 1 to 7, 2006.

The title of the conference is "Environment and Development". Conference sessions will discuss the impact of natural, human, and social environments on China and Australia , and on the development of cultural, political and economic relations between the two countries. Please send your abstracts before April 1, 2006 to:

Mr. Liu Chunyan
Australian Studies Center
School of Foreign Languages
Inner Mongolia University
Zip: 010021

Tele: 86 471 499 3509
Fax: 86 471 499 3246
Email: 2y2a2n@sohu.com

An invitation to the Conference will be sent to you upon receiving your abstract.

China Australian Studies Association
Australian Studies Center , Inner Mongolia University

ASAL 2006: SPECTRES, SCREENS, SHADOWS, MIRRORS

Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) Conference
The University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, July 3-5 2006

The 28th Annual ASAL conference calls for 20 minute papers that address the cluster of themes - Spectres, Screens, Shadows, Mirrors - in relation to all aspects of Australian culture.
Please send a 200-300 word abstract along with a brief bio by December 15 2005 to Tanya Dalziell at tdalziel@cyllene.uwa.edu.au or Paul Genoni at P.Genoni@curtin.edu.au
Conference website (accessible through UWA Institute of Advanced Studies):
http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/activities_and_programs