Seminars

Distinguished Egyptian American author and critic Ihab Hassan on the importance of the humanities. Listen to Ihab Hassan's full seminar presentation.

Our Next Seminar

The Writing & Society Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney
warmly invites you to its next research seminar


Lorraine Sim

Friday 16 August
11.00am -12.30pm
Building 3.G.55, Bankstown Campus

Details to follow.

Our seminars are free and open to visitors from outside the university. If you want to come along to one of our seminars simply RSVP by sending an email to writing@uws.edu.au indicating which seminar you wish to attend.

2012 Seminar Program and Recordings

Our 2012 seminar program included papers from Centre members and esteemed visiting scholars. You can view our 2012 seminar program and listen to recordings of our seminars.

2011 Seminar Program

Alongside the work of Centre members and students the 2011 seminar program featured papers by visiting scholars including-

  • Valerie Henitiuk (University of East Anglia) Optical Illusions? Literary Translation as a Refractive Process,
  • Teresa Stoppani (University of Greenwich) Dust reversals. Dustings, vacuum cleaners, (war) machines and the disappearance of the interior,
  • Ira Raja (Dehli and La Trobe Universities) The Elevating Influence of Friendship: Interiority, Sisterhood and Marriage in late 19th century India
  • David Damrosch (Harvard University) The Globe Writes Back: Englishes Today
  • Hanifa Deen (author) Ali Abdul vs the King: Muslim Stories From the Dark Days of White Australia
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