Welcome! The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS) is hosting a series of academic seminars in June 2026. Seminars will be on Zoom and are free and open to the public.
Click HERE for the registration form.
Click on the individual links further down this page to find out more about each seminar.
For questions about the seminars, write to aaals.antipodes “at” gmail.com. For information about AAALS, visit our website and our Facebook page.
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SEMINAR LIST
“This I Call My Oyster Delusion”: Janette Turner Hospital Thirty Years On. Friday 12 June, 8:00 AM US Eastern / 10:00 PM Australian Eastern
Imperfect Literacy and Authorial Resistance: Writing and Censorship in Australian Literary History. Tuesday 16 June, 7:00 PM US Eastern / Wednesday 17 June, 9:00 AM Australian Eastern
The Romantic Frontier in Australia and the United States: Reflections and Receptions. Thursday 18 June, 7:00 PM US Eastern / Friday 19 June, 9:00 AM Australian Eastern
Reading for Connection: Approaches to Literatures from the Asia-Pacific. Monday 22 June, 8:00 PM US Eastern / Tuesday 23 June, 10:00 AM Australian Eastern
Contemporary Australian Women’s Writing on War. Thursday 25 June, 8:30 PM US Eastern / Friday 26 June, 10:30 AM Australian Eastern
Genre and Subjectivity in Asian Australian Literature. Monday 29 June, 9:00 PM US Eastern / Tuesday 30 June, 11:00 AM Australian Eastern