Events

Lucia Nguyen, Ben Muir, Grace Roodenrys, James Goh, Bria McCarthy and Laneikka Denne at The Writing Zone launch of Ghost Cities, PARI Gallery, 2022 Credit: Sally Tsoutas, WSU

The Writing and Society Research Centre is committed to fostering public discussion around literature and writing more generally. We do this through our literary events and conferences. Where possible we seek to extend the life of these events through audio and video documentation that can be accessed on our event archive (under reconstruction).

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Seminar Series

The Writing and Society Research Centre runs a series of seminars that occur regularly throughout the year. Seminars are presented by Centre members, visiting scholars and our postgraduate students. Seminars are open to participants from other universities, and interested writers, critics, researchers and readers.

Partnerships

In collaboration with our public engagement partners the Centre has organised events with a diverse range of community and arts sector collaborators including Parramatta Artists’ Studios, City of Parramatta, Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival and Varuna National Writers’ House, Bankstown Poetry Slam, State Library of NSW, Sydney Writers’ Festival, Sydney Film Festival, the Biennale of Sydney, Sydney Arab Film Festival, Art Gallery of NSW, Utp (formerly Urban Theatre Projects), Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, The Finishing School Collective, the Australian Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art, among many others.

We also organise launches and readings to mark publications by Giramondo Publishing, Sydney Review of Books and The Writing Zone.

Upcoming Events

'Targeted by the State: On Being a Feminist Academic in South Carolina'
Emily Taylor

Friday 7 August, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Fully online.

Full details in event flyer. Register via Zoom and the meeting link will be sent to you.

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'Burning Down the House: What Remains?'
Valedictory Address: Dennis Schmidt

Friday 14 August, 11:30am - 12:30pm.

Hybrid delivery. In-person attendance at Western Sydney University Parramatta City Campus, Level 9, Conference Room 3 (rsvp via Humanitix), OR online attendance (register via zoom and a link will be sent to you).

Full details in event flyer.