Presenting a visiting fellow lecture this week with the Roderick Centre on the literary history of blackbirding in Australia, would love to see some familiar faces!
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More than 100 high-profile and distinguished Australians -and BA graduates- have signed the @austhistassoc.bsky.social open letter calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates: a policy that punishes humanities students with life-changing debts: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
βThe residents knew the drill. They have seen it all over the West Bank. In late May, the same thing happened in Maghayer al-Dir.β
Yigal Bronner on the forced resettlement of the village of al-Muβarrajat, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Itβs amazing how fast they can build a concentration camp: βAlligator Alcatrazββ but they canβt manage to fix a levee, fund a hospital, or get clean water to poor communities.
Overjoyed to have received the Alvie Egan Prize for Literary Mirroring, no small thing for a comparative book treading the waters of the Oz Pacific and the Caribbean! Thank you to the judging panel and all!
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Oh gosh! It is a small world. We have family stories of grandparents at shared parties so perhaps they cross?
A long-term project coming to fruition today! Coedited volume of essays with Philip Morrissey on Lionel Fogarty, the groundbreaking, subversive poet of Cherbourg Reserve, Wakka Wakka Country. So thankful to all who contributed and gave support - link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Feeling extremely lucky to be able to consider Australian and Indigenous writing with great people at the #AAALS conference - from temporal sovereignty in Carpentaria to KΔnaka Κ»Εiwi filmmaking to U.S-Aus diplomacy, and gave a paper on carceral islands via Lionel Fogarty and Faith Bandler!
TWO job ads for literary studies that may be of interest to some folks on here:
UWA Level B in English: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/en/job/51979...
NYU-Sydney, ongoing sessional contract teaching Australian literature near USYD (I taught this myself, happy to chat?): apply.interfolio.com/165363
Review out on Kathrin Bartha-Mitchell's kosmos with Plumwood Mountain - expect order/disorder bit.ly/3PXE9IQ
Andddd a final reminder, this application window closes soon in two days at COB, the 31st of January!
Thanks for passing it on! My pleasure
Shameless bit of promotion, but excitingly, a free PDF of my book is available, may be of interest to some on here...
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Otherwise, carry on!
The deadline for this is coming up on the 17th of Jan! Get your applications in! I'd love to work with you / hear more about your research.
Cancel culture is out of control
The Apocalypse is closer than you think!
Hello! If you or anyone you know wants to pursue a PhD in world literature and/or Australian literature, esp. on islands and incarceration do get in touch! My DECRA project supports a scholarship in this area at the University of Sydney. For more info or to apply: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
Are you interested in doing a PhD with me? I'm looking for a student to complete a project on race, translation & tragedy. I am particularly interested in a First Nations candidate looking to do a creative writing PhD, but welcome all inquiries: study.uq.edu.au/study-option....
