Writing and Society Research Centre

Leading Icelandic author Sjón talks about the connection between Surrealism and folk Stories during the event Place and Displacement organised by Writing and Society in association with the 2012 Sydney Writers' Festival.

Seminars

The Writing and Society Research Centre runs a series of seminars that occur regularly throughout the year. Seminars are presented by Centre members, visiting scholars and our postgraduate students. Seminars are open to participants from other universities, and interested writers critics and researchers. 

Events and symposia

The Writing and Society Research Centre is committed to fostering public discussion around literature and writing more generally. We do this through our public events and symposia. Where possible we seek to extend the life of these events through audio and video documentation that can be accessed on our past events page [insert link] and on the Sydney Consortium website

Under the banner of the Sydney Consortium the Centre has organized events with our consortium partners the Sydney Writers’ Festival, State Library of NSW, Australian Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art. The Centre has also presented literary events with the Sydney Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Grammar School, Poet’s Union, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney Arab Film Festival,Blacktown Arts Centre and.

Through the Sydney Seminar for the Arts and Philosophy, the Centre presents lectures, discussions and performances related to the philosophical and cognitive understandings of what art can do. We also organise launches and readings to mark new Giramondo releases.