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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 Toronto, Ft. Worth, Calgary, Austin, Washington, Montreal, Boston and New York, with readings by Peter Carey, Janette Turner Hospital, Kevin Hart, Jonathan Bennett, Andrew Sant, Lesley Stern, John Kinsella, Nicholas Jose and Alan Wearne.
American Association of Australasian Literary Studies Annual Conference - Washington, DC - Feb. 14-16, 2013 The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS) 2013 Annual Conference will be held in Washington, DC, February 14-16, 2013, in conjunction with ANZSANA (Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America). The conference will be held at Georgetown University. An evening reception will be held on February 14, and conference sessions will take place on February 15 and 16. The conference registration fee is US$200, or US$140 for graduate students. The formal banquet dinner on the evening of Friday, February 15 is an additional US$90. All presenters must be current AAALS members.
The conference hotel will be the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, located at 3800 Reservoir Road, Washington, DC, 20057. The hotel is offering a special rate of US$129 per night (plus taxes) for bookings made before Tuesday, January 15, 2013. Rooms should be booked by calling 1-888-902-1606 or 202-687-3200 and indicating affiliation with the conference at the time of booking.
To register for the conference, please complete the Conference Registration Form and then submit payment by check or via the Paypal buttons below: The 2013 Conference Program is now available as a PDF document. The 2012 Conference Program, 2011 Conference Program, 2010 Conference Program, 2009 Conference Program, 2008 Conference Program and 2007 Conference Program are available online in Word format. Winners of The Wertheim Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper: 2012 - Marcia van Zeller - Curtin University 2011 - Megan Terry - The University of Texas at Tyler 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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