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2006 Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association
Conference
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and University of Tasmania,
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
July 9-12, 2006
Performers, Practitioners and Audiences
in American Studies
Proposals that address the conference theme will be
keenly welcomed. The concepts of Performers, Practitioners, Audiences
and American Studies should be broadly construed. Proposals that
address other themes in American Studies will also be welcomed.
Proposals should include an abstract of the paper
(250-300 words), academic affiliation and contact details. Please
indicate any technical support that may be required such as power
point, a slide projector, etc.
Each presenter will be allotted a total of 30 minutes;
it is anticipated that most papers will be delivered in approximately
20 minutes, with the remaining time left free for questions and
discussion. Normally there will be three papers in an hour and a
half session.
Proposals for conference panels will also be welcomed.
Deadline March 30, 2006. Early submission
is welcomed.
Please send your abstracts via email or post to:
Tom Dunning
ANZASA 2006 Conference Convenor
School of History and Classics
University of Tasmania
Locked Bag 1-340
Launceston, TASMANIA 7250
Australia
Email: tdunning@utas.edu.au
Ph. 03 6324 3226 Within Australia
61 3 6324 3226 International
Beautiful Tasmania serves as the host for the 2006
Australian and New Zealand American Studies Conference which marks
the 42nd year of ANZASA. Situated at the base of the Tamar River
wine region, Launceston is the leading city in northern Tasmania.
It possesses a wealth of heritage sites including ‘The Gorge’
reserve, a stunning river basin within minutes walk from the centre
of this 200 year old city, the third oldest in Australia. For those
who might wish to stay beyond the period of the conference, Launceston
is a base from which short trips can be undertaken to many of Tasmania’s
tourist destinations. Launceston’s July winter climate is
temperate with high temperatures averaging around 12 or 13 Celsius.
The keynote speakers are:
Janet Staiger is the William P. Hobby Centennial
Professor in Communication and Director of Women’s Studies
at the University of Texas. She is the author of ten books, amongst
which are Perverse Spectators: The Practice of Film Reception,
Bad Women: Regulating Sexuality in Early American Cinema
and the forthcoming, Media Reception Studies
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is a winner of the Pulitzer
Prize in American History. She is the James Duncan Phillips Professor
of Early American History at Harvard University. Her writings
include A Midwife’s Tale and The Age of Homespun.
She is completing a book-length essay called “Well Behaved
Women Seldom Make History”.
Greg Dening is Emeritus Professor of History
at Melbourne University. He is noted for his work on the use of
theatre and performance to write history. He is the author of
many books, including Performances and Mr Bligh’s
Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty. His
latest book is Beach Crossing: Voyaging across Times, Cultures
and Self, (Melbourne University Publishing and University
of Pennsylvania Press, 2004)
Rhys Isaac is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize
in American History. He is Emeritus Professor of History at La
Trobe University and is currently working at the College of William
and Mary. He has written The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790
and recently, Landon Carter’s Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution
and Rebellion on A Virginia Plantation.
Donna Merwick is formerly Associate Professor
of History at Melbourne University and is the author of Possessing
Albany, 1630-1710 and Death of a Notary: Conquest and
Change in Early New York. Her latest book is
The Shame and the Sorrow: Dutch American Encounters in New Netherlands,
(University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005 , In Press.)
Plenary addresses and a wide range of sessions on
topics based on the conference theme and other related topics will
raise questions and offer ideas about the direction of the field
of American Studies and the role that Performers, Practitioners
and Audiences will play in its future.
For more information, please contact:
Tom Dunning
School of History and Classics
University of Tasmania
Locked Bag 1340
Launceston, Tasmania
Australia 7250
tdunning@utas.edu.au |
