2023 Seminars

Date

Speakers

Title
24 March Rosamund BartlettReading Russian Literature in a Time of War: Chekhov & Tolstoy
21 April Vivian Pham and Kim Pham, in conversation with Felicity CastagnaOn Adaptation: from the page to the stage and screen (and back again)
5 May Tegan Bennett Daylight, in conversation with Felicity CastagnaBook Launch: Royals by Tegan Bennett Daylight
9 JuneJames GourleyCare-ful Place-making as Care for Country in Western Sydney and its Literatures
21 JulyCatriona Menzies-PikeLiterary Journals in Australia - now and into the future
4 AugustLouis Klee, Lachlan Brown, Lynda NgWhat is the Australian Novel?  Launch seminar for the Cambridge Companion to the Australian Novel (2023)
25 AugustJumana BayehSectarianism and the Nation in Arab Diaspora Literature
8 SeptemberJeanine Leane, Astrid Lorange, Evelyn Araluen, Quah Ee Ling, Roanna Gonsalves (facilitator)Writing Gender #3
18 Septemberfeature poet: Melanie MununggurrBankstown Poetry Slam
6 OctoberFelicity Castagna, Josh Harle, Quah Ee Ling, Fiona Murphy, Bilal HafdaTesting Grounds
20 OctoberMelissa Lucashenko  on Edenglassiein conversation event with Associate Professor Sandra Phillips
27 OctoberGraham Akhurst on Borderlandin conversation event with Associate Professor Ben Etherington