'A Window of Life': The Writing of Ruth Park

2024 Mini-Conference brought to you by RSHA, The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL), Copyright Australia (CA) and the ANU Centre for Australian Literary Cultures (CALC)

Thursday 15 February 2024, 9am – 5pm
Friday 16 February 2024, 9am – 4pm

Theatrette 2.02 (and online), Sir Roland Wilson bldg #120, ANU

When registering, please indicate if you will be attending in-person or online (zoom links will be emailed prior to the event)

Full conference (i.e covering day one and two) in-person registration: $50.00 AUD
Full conference online registration: $40.00 AUD
Postgraduate: $25.00 AUD

Please use this link for payment: https://payments.anu.edu.au/ASAL2024

PROGRAM

Thursday 15 February 9am - 5pm
9:00am: Introduction - Monique Rooney
9:20am: Keynote address: Ronan McDonald (Melb Uni) and Maggie Nolan (UQ)
(Chair: Julieanne Lamond)
10:30am: Morning tea
11:15am: Session 1 - Science, Religion and New-Victorian Narative (Chair: Dashiell Moore)
Presenters: Nicholas Birns, Jessica White, Michelle J. Smith
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch Break
1:30pm – 2:45pm: Session 2 - Time and Place (Chair: Stacey Roberts)
Presenters: Jessica Gildersleeve, Kate Cantrell, Nycole Prowse, Brigid Magner, Eva Phillips
2:45pm - 3:00pm Afternoon Tea
3:00pm – 4:30pm: Session 3 - Gender, Sexuality and Class in Ruth Park (Chair: Zoe Smith)
Presenters: Catherine Kevin, Stacey Roberts, Eve Vincent

6:30pm: Conference Dinner - please email Monique Rooney (monique.rooney@anu.edu.au) for booking information

Friday 16 February 9am - 2pm

9:15am: Session 4 - Memoir, Fiction and the Marketplace
Presenters: Paul Genoni, Roger Osborne
10:00am: Morning tea
10:30am - 12:00pm: Session 5 - Spatial Imaginaries
Presenters: Meg Brayshaw, Brigid Rooney, Dashiell Moore

Conference Close

See website for full program, registration and speaker details