American Association of

 Australasian Literary Studies

Annual Conference

The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies holds an annual conference where members present their academic work in Australasian literary and cultural studies. The meeting affords an opportunity for intellectual and social interaction with fellow scholars from around the world. The Wertheim Prize is awarded each year for the best paper by a graduate student. In addition to the presentation of academic work, the conference features readings by Australian writers and a conference dinner with a keynote speaker. Recent conference locations include Calgary, Austin, Washington, Montreal, Boston, New York, Richmond and Kansas City, with readings by Peter Carey, Janette Turner Hospital, Kevin Hart, Jonathan Bennett, Andrew Sant, Lesley Stern, John Kinsella, Nicholas Jose and Alan Wearne.

The 2011 AAALS Conference will be held in Fort Worth, Texas, in February 2011. Exact dates TBA.

The 2009 Conference Program, 2008 Conference Program and 2007 Conference Program are available online in Microsoft Word format.

Recent winners of The Wertheim Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper:

2010 - Sarah Otto Marxhausen - University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Michael R. Griffiths, Rice University

2009 - Esther Prokopienko - College of Saint Rose

2008 - Terra Walston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2007 - Hilary Emmett, Cornell University

2006 - Sean Scarisbrick, University of Buffalo

2005 - Kevin Birmingham, Harvard University, and Nathanael O'Reilly, Western Michigan University

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