New Reckonings: Australian Literature – Past, Present and Future

The Association for the Study of Australian Literature two-day conference, in honour of Elizabeth Webby
2-3 February 2007
The Women's College, University of Sydney

http://www.asc.uq.edu.au/asal/index.php?apply=conf&menu=conf&order=conf&extra=default

At this time of rapid change, the role of Australian literature is being debated anew. The retirement of Elizabeth Webby from the Chair of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney is an occasion to prompt reflection on Australian literature in its various dimensions: readers, writers and texts; histories and futures; changing densities and patterns in the field; and literature's place in the wider culture. Contributions (both scholarly and creative) are invited on a very broad range of themes in Australian literary studies (including film and interdisciplinary Australian studies). Papers, poems, short stories or other contributions that connect with or respond to any aspect of Elizabeth Webby's work are also most welcome.
           
Themes include, but are not confined to: nineteenth century Australian literature; Australian theatre; readers and writers; literary institutions; the history of the book; adaptation (textual, theatrical, cinematic etc); Australian print and screen cultures; Australian women's writing; feminism and literary culture; colonial and postcolonial legacies; literary field work (eg. patronage, networking, nurturing, evaluating).

Convenor: Dr Brigid Rooney, University of Sydney: brigid.rooney@arts.usyd.edu.au