This symposium focuses on the situation of languages in Australian Higher Education. Languages programs at Australian universities operate under the ever-looming threat of cuts to small programs, a threat that has gained new currency due to the rise of automated translation and generative AI.

Program:

4:00-5:30 Symposium, Languages in Australian Higher Education

Keynote: Jasna Novak Milic, Language Preservation and Identity: The Story of Croatian Studies in Australia
Chair: Ingrid Piller
Discussants: Antonia Rubino, Mark Matic, Jane Hanley
Zoom host: Agnes Bodis

Followed by reception