Symposium
The Literary Academy Since 1968: Moods and Modes
Friday 2 March 2018
8.30am-5pm
Toowong Rowing Club
37 Keith St, The University of Queensland, St Lucia
All welcome. Register online by Wednesday 28 February.
This symposium will explore the trajectory of university English as experienced by the generation that came of age around 1968. It’s an eventful history that includes, among much else: the theory moment; professionalisation; the emergence of so-called identity politics; and the arrival of managerialism in the university. The symposium asks: what is the relation between that history and 1968? What intellectual commitments and affective dispositions did it afford? What structures and interests drove it? What were its triumphs and failires? Does it have a future? Leave a legacy?
Keynote speakers
Professor Simon During (The University of Queensland)
Professor John Frow (The University of Sydney)
Panel speakers
Professor Marion Campbell (The University of Melbourne)
Dr Ben Etherington (The University of Western Sydney)
Dr Tom Ford (The University of Melbourne)
Dr Ronan McDonald (The University of Melbourne)
Dr Alys Moody (Macquarie University)
A full program is available here.
Image: Kazimir Malevich, Suprematist Composition (1916). Via Wikimedia Commons.