Minutes from the 2020 Annual General Meeting (Compiled by Ann Vickery) Vice-President Treasurer’s Report (Robert Clarke) Finances of the AUHE are standing at $9000.16 as of 2 December 2020, up from $8324.92 at the same time in 2019. Call-out for […]
The judging panel for the 2020 AUHE Prize for Literary Scholarship are pleased to announce the following shortlist from what was an extremely strong field: Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver, The Colonial Kangaroo Hunt (Miegunyah Press) Brigid Magner, Locating […]
The stories we are not telling: Why Australian literature can’t gain traction in schools (and what needs to be done about it) Australian Centre seminar presented by Larissa McLean Davies Wednesday 28 October 1.00-2.00pm. Please register online to join the seminar. All welcome. http://go.unimelb.edu.au/t3kj Stories […]
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY HEADS OF ENGLISH 29 July, 2020 Letter to the Federal Minister for Education, The Hon. Dan Tehan MP Dear Mr Tehan, The AUHE is cognisant of the debates surrounding the proposed Federal Government’s education policy reforms, […]
The AUHE would like to warmly congratulate Tony Hughes-d’Aeth on his appointment as the new Chair of Australian Literature at the University of Western Australia. Associate Professor Tony Hughes-d’Aeth replaces inaugural Chair Emeritus Professor Philip Mead who retired in 2018. […]
The Writing Zone The Writing & Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University has launched The Writing Zone: a three-year program to create publication, editing, employment and performance opportunities for emerging writers under 30.?The Writing Zone is designed to help […]
Response by Australian Universities Heads of English to the University of Sydney’s decision not to continue funding the Chair of Australian Literature. As the nation’s peak academic body for promoting the interests of English Literature departments, the Australian Universities Heads […]
Response by Australian Universities Heads of English to Ministerial Interference in the Independent Assessment of Humanities Research Australian Universities Heads of English expresses strong opposition to the political interference in the independent peer review process of the Australia Research Council […]
Congratulations to the winner of 2017 Voss Prize Mark O’Flynn for his novel The Last Days of Ava Langdon. The prize was announced at the annual meeting of the AUHE on 1 December. Read more here.
Congratulations to Elizabeth McMahon, winner of the inaugural AUHE prize for literary scholarship for her study Islands, Identity and the Literary Imagination. The award was announced at the AUHE annual meeting on 1 December with congratulations to all of the […]