CONFERENCE: "Spectres, Screens, Shadows, Mirrors" - Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) Conference

Spectres, Screens, Shadows, Mirrors

Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) Conference

July 3-5, 2006, University of Western Australia

Co-convenors: Dr Tanya Dalziell, UWA [email protected]

and

Dr Paul Genoni, Curtin University of Technology [email protected]

The theme of the 28th Annual ASAL conference is Spectres, Screens, Shadows, Mirrors in relation to all aspects of Australian culture.



*Conference Highlights*

Conference Welcome

The conference commences on the afternoon of Sunday, 2 July. Registrations open at 4pm, and welcome addresses and drinks will commence at 5pm.

Dorothy Green Lecture

Dr Carmen Lawrence MP, Member for Fremantle will deliver the 2006 Dorothy Green Lecture on Sunday, July 2, at 6pm.

Keynote Address

Dr Jennifer Rutherford will present the conference keynote address on Monday, 3 July at 9am.

Jennifer Rutherford is the author of Gauche Intruder: Freud, Lacan and the White Australian fantasy (Melbourne UP) and she directed the documentary Ordinary People (a Film Australian National Interest Project). Her paper will address the conference themes with reference to new work by Paul Carter and Brian Castro's latest novel, The Garden Book.

Guest Writers

A panel featuring local writers, including Gail Jones and John Kinsella, will discuss an influence of Western Australian origin that 'haunts' their writing or intellectual life, on Tuesday 4 July at 3.30pm.

The Westerly Centre will host a session featuring readings from West Australian writers at 6pm for the evening of Tuesday 4 July at 6pm.

Conversations with Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam AC QC will speak with Terri-ann White about Australian writing and writers on Wednesday 5 July at 11am.

Registration: Registration closing date: 16 June 2006. For registration information please visit http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/activities_and_programs

Please note: Presenters must be ASAL members for 2006/7. If you are not a current ASAL member you can join when you register for the conference. For more information about the conference please visit www.ias.uwa.edu.au or contact the Institute of Advanced Studies on (08) 6488 1340, or email [email protected]