Australian University Heads of English (AUHE) is a peak body shaping the present and future of literary studies in Australia. Research. Pedagogy. Advocacy.
Murdoch University is seeking a Lecturer in English and Creative Arts (fixed term, full time). Applications open until 12 February 2024. https://t.co/njNWmHy6w0
CFP: 4th Triennial Australian Literary Studies Convention
‘Chaos and Order’, July 2-5, 2024
Western Sydney University, Parramatta South Campus
Submission deadline: 1 March 2024
For further details, see: https://t.co/HGebAUyG2s
AUHE National Seminar Series
Wed Dec 6, 4.00-5.30pm (AEDT) online
Dr Michael R. Griffiths (Wollongong), 'An Appetite to Begin: Intention and (Post)Structuralism in Edward Said's Critical Writing, from Beginnings onward'. Register here: https://t.co/VxvnEwgnNq
The AUHE is delighted to announce the winner of the 2023 Voss Literary Prize for the best Australian novel published in 2022:
@RobbieArnott , Limberlost (@text_publishing ).
Congratulations to Robbie on such a fine achievement, and many thanks to the judging panel.
The AUHE is also pleased to announce the winner of the 2023 AUHE Prize for Literary Scholarship:
@MelindaCooperJ , Middlebrow Modernism: Eleanor Dark’s Interwar Fiction, @SydneyUniPress , 2023.
Congratulations Melinda, and many thanks once again to the judging panel.
AUHE National Seminar Series
Wed Nov 22 4.00-5.30pm (AEDT) online
Four short talks about literature and AI from Prof Katherine Bode (ANU), Dr Isabelle Wentworth (Wollongong), Dr Judith Bishop (La Trobe) and Prof Chris Danta (ANU).
Register here: https://t.co/BueMEYtS8Z
We are thrilled to have @feraldata deliver our Annual Academy Dinner Lecture, at @Library_Vic speak about the intersection of humans, history, AI & automation. #AAHSymposium
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
University of Melbourne are hiring an Associate Professor (level D) in English, specialising in contemporary and popular literature. Full-time, continuing.
https://t.co/rFTln7hJXQ
AUHE National Seminar Series
Dr Ned Curthoys, 'Convergences between Unreliable Narrative and the Bildungsroman in Recent Genre Theory'
Wed Nov 8, 4.00-5.30pm (AEST) via Zoom
Register at https://t.co/rH3xxglX10
Jock Serong, The Settlement (Text Publishing)
Craig Sherborne, The Grass Hotel (Text Publishing)
Steve Toltz, Here Goes Nothing (Hamish Hamilton)
The 2023 judging committee are: Elaine Lindsay (chair), Jumana Bayeh, Christian Bök,
Suzie Gibson, and Ann Vickery.
(3/3)
The judges of the 2023 Voss Literary Prize ($5000) are pleased to announce the longlist for the best Australian novel published in 2022:
Robbie Arnott, Limberlost (Text Publishing)
Michelle Cahill, Daisy and Woolf (Hachette)
(1/3)
Please join us for our next AUHE national seminar:
Dr George Damalas (UNSW) on 'Emily Dickinson and the Name of the Snake'.
Wednesday 18 October 2023, 4.00-5.30 pm (AET), via Zoom.
To register, email Chris Danta: [email protected]
Modernist Print Cultures of the South:
A Workshop on Methods and Archives
Thursday 14 December 2023
Please send abstracts (100 words for posters, 300 for papers) and bio (100 words) to: [email protected] and [email protected]
by 15 October 2023.
The AUHE national seminar series launches this afternoon, when Cara Linley (Canberra) discusses resource ownership and control through post-apocalyptic fiction.
Wed 13 Sept 2023, 4-5.30 pm (AET), via Zoom.
To register, email Chris Danta: [email protected]
AUHE members, a reminder:
AGM Mon 27 Nov 2023, at USyd (and Zoom).
Followed by the 2nd AUHE conference, “The Future of Literary Studies,” Tue 28 Nov 2023 at USyd, as part of the 2nd Annual CHASS Congress. To register: https://t.co/zmCG3SWWtf
We're pleased to see some positive news emerge from the ARC review, with recommendations that an ARC Board be established, the ministerial veto be removed, and an ARC CEO be appointed by the ARC Board rather than the Minister. Thanks to our Lobby Committee for their advocacy.