International Conference “The ‘Intervention’ and its Consequences”

Organised by Prof. Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp and Elisabeth Bähr

Speakers:

Lindsay Frost
Dr. Katrin Althans
Dr. Stefanie Affeldt
Dr. Victoria Grieves
Prof. Regina Ganter
Alexander Bräuer
Sabrina Vetter
Dr. Hanne Birk
Dorothee Klein
Victoria Herche
Elisabeth Bähr

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

October 2015

Image Copyright: © Chips Mackinolty, …and there’ll be NO dancing, 2007, digital print, 49.5 × 49.5 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.

Meral2017-02-12T17:46:13+00:00Conferences/Workshops, Previous Events|

On Thursday, 15th November, Dr. Piers Kelly will give a guest lecture entitled “Message Sticks: A long-distance communication practice in Indigenous Australia” at the University of Cologne. Please click here for further information.

The Centre for Australian Studies warmly congratulates its partner Dr. Julia Hoydis on the completion of her habilitation which was celebrated among colleagues, friends and family on 10 October in the context of her inaugural lecture at the University of Cologne.

On Wednesday, 10 October 2018, Bill Ashcroft will give a public lecture entitled “Postcolonial Futures: The Utility of Hope” at the University of Bonn. Please click here for further information.

New edited volume published by CAS co-director Beate Neumeier and CAS partners Boris Braun and Victoria Herche: Nature and Environment in Australia (WVT). http://www.wvttrier.de/top/Beschreibungen/ID1632.html

New mongraph by CAS partner: Wergin, Carsten and Corinna Erckenbrecht. Der Ruf des Schneckenhorns: Hermann Klaatsch (1863-1916). Ein Heidelberger Wissenschaftler in
Nordwestaustralien. Available open access via: https://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/heibooks/catalog/book/320

Prof. Bill Ashcroft at the 90 years anniversary of the University of Cologne’s International Office. Please click here for more information.

Talk “A Signed Lingua Franca in Bimodal Bilingual Arnhem Land” by Prof. Dany Adone at The Northern Institute of Charles Darwin University, 11th September 2018. Please click here for more information.

Kriol Workshop 29-31 August 2018: Delivered by Prof. Dany Adone and Dr. Melanie Brueck at the Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre in Kununurra. Please click here for further information.

Book launch “The Miriwoong Sign Language Dictionary” – Wednesday, 29th August 2018 at the Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre in Kununurra. Please click here for further information.

Publication by CAS members ‘And there’ll be NO dancing’: Perspectives on Policies Impacting Indigenous Australia since 2007 to be promoted in the context of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Click here for further information.

Association for Australian Studies (GASt) biennial conference: “Australian Perspectives on Migration” 4-6 October 2018 (Düsseldorf): Registration now open until 23 September. Click here for further information and the preliminary program, or visit the conference website.

New Book by Anna Haebich just released: Dancing in Shadows: Histories of Nyungar Performance, UWA Publishing, 2018. Click here for more information.

CAS congratulates its Partner Geoffrey Rodoreda on the publication of his book: “The Mabo Turn in Australian Fiction.” Click here for further information on the book on the publisher’s website.