Australian National University, Canberra 8-11 July 2009
Registration   PLEASE NOTE : Earlybird registration has been extended for one week to 7 June 2009. We will attempt to post a full draft program online on Friday 29 May. Please note: there was an error with the previous version of the registration form, with a flat $90 fee listed for ASAL membership. The form should have listed two fees: $90 for waged and $60 for student membership. We have corrected this error with the new registration form now online. Students who have already paid the full membership fee will be reimbursed. Please note that presenters of papers should take out ASAL membership for the forthcoming year as part of their registration. Please note also that, in order to cover costs, the registration fees for non-ASAL members are correspondingly higher, so that it is effectively the same price whether you take out an ASAL membership or not. Registration is now open. Please download the Registration Form (PDF | Word) and return it by email to asal2009@anu.edu.au or by post to: Kate Horgan School of Humanities AD Hope Bldg #14 Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Payment may be made by credit card by clicking the button below, or by sending a cheque or money order (made payable to ASAL) to Kate Horgan at the address above. Credit card payments may also be made through the ASAL website: http://asaliterature.com/?p=122. Please see the Special Events page for details of the Postgraduate Workshop and the NLA Symposium. To assist you with your planning, an Indicative Program is set out below. Please direct all enquiries to Kate Horgan at asal2009@anu.edu.au. Registration details*: ASAL membership** $90 waged $60 unwaged/student     Early bird***: $300 waged $200 unwaged / student $390 non-member $260 non-member unwaged/student Late: $360 waged $240 unwaged / student $450 non-member $300 non-member unwaged/student Daily: $150 waged $100 unwaged / student $180 non-member $120 non-member unwaged/student Conference dinner****: $60 waged $40 unwaged / student     Postgraduate workshop: $20       NLA Symposium: $40 waged $30 unwaged / student $60 non-member $40 non-member unwaged/student * Registration includes lunches, morning & afternoon teas and opening and closing cocktail functions. ** Presenters of papers must take out ASAL membership for the coming year. *** Early bird payment due by 31 May 2009 . **** The Conference Dinner price covers food only; there will be a cash bar available on the night. The Conference Dinner menu has vegetarian and gluten-free options: see Registration Form for bookings. Registration includes lunches, morning & afternoon teas and opening and closing cocktail functions. Indicative program:   Wed 8 July ASAL conference Thu 9 July ASAL conference Fri 10 July ASAL conference Sat 11 July ASAL conference Sun 12 July NLA Symposium 9.00-10.30   Registration Welcome to Country Keynote 1: Ken Gelder Keynote 2: Philip Mead Parallel sessions 7   10.30-11.00   Morning tea Morning tea Morning tea 10.30-11.30: Morning tea Registration 11.00-12.30 Postgraduate workshop Parallel sessions 1 Parallel sessions 4 Guest writers panel 11.30-12.30: The Writer and the Public Sphere 12.30-1.30 Lunch ASAL executive meeting Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 1.30-3.00 Postgraduate workshop Parallel sessions 2 Parallel sessions 5 Parallel sessions 8 1.30-2.30: The Critic as Writer 3.00-3.30   Afternoon tea Afternoon tea Afternoon tea ASAL AGM 2.30-3.00: Afternoon tea 3.30-5.00 Registration Welcome tea/coffee Parallel sessions 3 Parallel sessions 6 4.00 Closing drinks 3.00-4.00: Canberra Writers / Writing on Canberra 5.00-6.00 Barry Andrews lecture: Amanda Lohrey Panel session on ARC Grant applications Panel session on ERA & Austlit journals     6.00-7.00 ASAL prize ceremony Dorothy Green lecture: Leigh Dale       7.00-8.00 Cocktail reception         8.00-11.00     Conference dinner                   Humanities Conference Room, AD Hope Building, ANU   Milgate Room, AD Hope Building, ANU   John Curtin School of Medical Research , ANU   University House, ANU   National Library of Australia
Call for Papers (Closed)   KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Leigh Dale, Ken Gelder, Philip Mead GUEST WRITERS INCLUDE: Marion Halligan, Christopher Koch, Shane Maloney, Kim Scott   Australian literature is not just a collection of texts: it is a diverse set of formal and informal cultures—from school curricula to bestseller lists, from university courses to writers' festivals—that all have their own ways of talking about texts and their own forms of cultural expertise. This conference seeks to explore the diversity of readers and modes of reading that make up Australian literary culture. How do ‘everyday' readers form judgements about what they read and what they like? What are the relationships between everyday readers and ‘specialist' readers in industries such as publishing and marketing, print and electronic media, and in institutions such as schools and universities, libraries and archives? How much influence do critics, reviewers and cultural commentators have on readers' tastes and habits—and vice versa? Who ultimately decides what books get published, what books win prizes, what books are taught in schools, and what books make up the Australian literary canon? Literary cultures are characterised by tensions between tradition and innovation, reading privately and reading professionally, reading for knowledge and reading for pleasure. We invite proposals for 20-minute papers and for 90-minute panel discussions (3 or 4 speakers) that address any aspect of literary cultures, such as the following: Everyday readers and the history of the popular / literary cultural divide The role of reviewers and critics in influencing tastes and making careers The roles of publishers, marketers, booksellers and bestseller lists Literary festivals and writers as performers and promoters of their own work The role and influence of literary prizes Reading communities such as book clubs, blogs, community education Histories and analyses of Australian literary criticism School and university curricula and the Australian literary canon Revisions and re-evaluations of canonical and non-canonical Australian writers and texts Adaptations of Australian literary texts for film and other media The transnational boundaries of Australian literature Australian children's and young adult literature: publishing and readerships Libraries, archives and cultural heritage Creative writing programs Little magazines, grassroots publishing, zines Reading facebook and other social networking programs The new empiricism, distant reading, resourceful reading The ongoing impact of the 'culture wars' ASAL 2009 organising committee: Julieanne Lamond, Lucy Neave, Monique Rooney and Russell Smith (School of Humanities, Australian National University)
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Last updated: March 12, 2009