Australian Studies Centers and Clubs
Authorized AAALS WEB SITE
Last updated: 17 January 2006
This site is maintained by Andreas Gaile
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Located at Curtin University, the api network is one of the best starting-points for any foray into Australian cultural and literary studies on the web. The website presents new books, offers free downloadable reviews, allows access to all major academic journals with Australian content, and informs about conferences in the field of Australian studies.
The Australian Studies network sees itself as "central
point of contact"
for all those involved in Australian studies centers, associations,
programs
etc.
The International Consortium of Australian Studies
Centres (ICASC)
functions as a node for Australian Studies Centers worldwide.
Based at the University of Queensland, the Australian
Studies Centre offers
a vast programme to students and researchers in the field of Australian
studies. It sees itself as a "research centre focused on the
interdisciplinary
study of Australian culture, society and history."
Hosted at the University of Texas at Austin, the Edward A. Clark Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies wants to be "a focal point for academic, artistic, and public interchanges between the two countries. Funded by a special endowment, the Center is launching a variety of programs."
The Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies
is part of
the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in
Washington.
The DEAN sees itself as an information broker
for German students
willing to study in Australia.
The Menzies Centre sees itself as an Australian
cultural link
in Britain. The Center organizes public lectures, conferences,
seminars,
briefings and literary readings about Australian topics.
The Australian Studies Centre was set up in the Faculty
of Arts of University
College Dublin in 1996.
Situated at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, the Australian
Studies
Centre (ASC) wants to disseminate "knowledge on Australia in
Thailand."
Gateway to Australian Studies in Japan.
Listing of Australian Studies Centres in China with
descriptions of
their programs.
Located in Berlin Mitte, the Australien Zentrum seeks to promote Australian-German relations and to showcase Australian knowledge, expertise and dynamism in academic, cultural and policy fields.The website offers an overview over the centre's conferences, publications.
Website of Australian Studies in Lampeter, Wales. Their website introduces the visitors to Australian studies courses at the University of Wales, symposia organized by the Centre, as well as an extensive collection of links and resources to Australian Studies.
The Centre for Australian Studies, the first in Canada,
was established
at the University of British Columbia in 1997.
The Australian Historical Association was founded in
1973 and comprises
around 500 members, including universities, libraries and other
affiliates.
Located at the the University of Texas, Austin, the
ANZSANA aims at
a strengthening of Australian-American ties.
"The Association for the Study of Australian Literature promotes the study, discussion and creation of Australian writing." On their website, ASAL provide information about their conferences, publications, and offers a directory of postgraduate research projects.
The British Australian Studies Association was
established in 1982 and
seeks to "further the exchange of information and assistance amongst
its
membership, and to promote work and interest in all aspects of
Australian
experience and endeavour."
The objective of the mainly is to to "promote and
coordinate the teaching,
study and research relating to cultural studies in Australia."
Founded in 1989, the European Association for
Studies on Australia "seeks
to promote the teaching of and research in Australian Studies at
European
tertiary institutions."
The Gesellschaft für Australienstudien is
an interdisciplinary
academic association which organizes biennial conferences, publishes
collections
of scholarly articles, and awards a prize to the year's best scholarly
work on Australia.
InASA has one of the most extensive web-gateways
to all fields
of interest within Australian Studies. Founded in 1995, InASA seeks to
"promote links between the Australian and international Australian
studies
communities."
Antipodes was established in 1987 by the AAALS
(American
Association of Australian Literary Studies). Since then, the
journal
has become widely respected for its extensive and distinctive coverage
of Australian literature and culture--and a valuable source for those
interested
in the antipodes.
Australian Book Review is a monthly journal of
essays and reviews
of new Australian fiction, poetry and literature. It is one of the
established
journals in Australian literary and cultural studies and was
first
published in 1961.
Australian Humanities Review is an interdisciplinary electronic journal with a searchable database of past issues. It is a peer-reviewed and published quarterly.
Australian Literary Studies (ALS) is one of the
most prestigious
academic journals in Australian literary criticism. It publishes
critical
essays and reviews in the field.
Billy Blue began life as a magazine, publishing colloquial Australian writing, back in 1977.
One of Australia's longest-running magazines - if not the oldest one. The Bulletin has a fully-searchable online archive dating back to 2001.
The CRNLE Review is published annually by the Centre for Research in the New Literatures in English, Flinders University
Eureka Street is a monthly magazine of public
affairs, the arts
and theology. It specialises in fresh, independent and stimulating
analysis
of the key cultural and political issues in contemporary
Australia.
Going Down Swinging Going Down Swinging is an annual literary magazine featuring fiction, poetry, comics and spoken word, all in one book/CD package. It's been publishing since 1980 to widespread acclaim.
The new series of HEAT magazine is a literary
magazine "renowned
for its publication of creative and interpretive writing by Australian
and overseas authors."
JAS Review of Books is an online monthly published in association with the Journal of Australian Studies. It is produced by the Australian Studies Centre at Curtin University of Technology in association with the Australian Public Intellectual Network www.api-network.com.
The Journal of Australian Studies (JAS) is a fully refereed international quarterly published by the Australian Studies Centre at Curtin University of Technology in association with the Australian Public Intellectual Network www.api-network.com and University of Queensland Press.
The Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature is a peer-reviewed journal which is published annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature. JASAL publishes any scholarly material with an interest in Australian literature or which might be of interest to people working in this field. They encourage comparative studies with other literatures and forms of representation beyond the literary, and are particularly interested in work which challenges received critical paradigms and which contributes to public debates.
Founded in 1940, Meanjin is one of the most
time-honoured journals
on Australian literature around. It is published quarterly and has a
long
tradition of engaging with issues like "migrant writing, television,
suburbia,
popular music, the Anzac tradition, and Australia's 'cultural cringe.'"
New literatures review is published twice a year.
Southerly is Australia's oldest literary
magazine. First published
in 1939, it publishes fiction, poetry and criticism.
Westerly is published annually at the Centre for
Studies in Australian
Literature in the English Department of The University of Western
Australia
and was first published in 1956.
There is no way around the AustLit gateway for all sorts of research in Australian literature. The Australian Literature Gateway is a non-profit collaboration between eight Australian Universities and the National University of Australia providing authoritative information on hundreds of thousands of creative and critical Australian literature works relating to more than 67 000 Australian authors and literary organisations. Its coverage spans 1780 to the present day.
The National Library of Australia offers one of the most extensive collections of links to websites in the field of Australian Studies available on the web.
OzLife is the Australian biography and book review
index. It provides
access to the citations of articles, either biographical or book
reviews,
in major Australian newspapers and journals.
The Ozlit webpages are an excellent starting-point for research in Australian literature. They have more than 500 pages of Australian Literary information as well as more than 1100 entries in a fully searchable Database.
Perry Middlemiss's gateway to Australian literature offers websites dedicated to dozens of Australia's most renown writers. Other sections of the gateway are on literary prizes, and Australian poems.
The Australian branch of the Project Gutenberg
has put more than
6,000 etexts online. Classics like Marcus Clarke, Henry Lawson, Rolf
Boldrewood
etc. are mongst them. An indispensible resource for anyone doing
research
in the field of Australian literature.
Classic Australian
Works is great news for every lover of Australian literature.
The project hosted by Sydney University Press, as their website says,
"features books that should always be available for readers and
students as part of our national cultural heritage. These works retain
their influence and impact, the richness and quality of their writing,
and their importance as a record and reflection of Australian life and
perspectives, but have disappeared from traditional publication."
The relaunched website of the Australian Book Web aims
to be
itself as "the most useful Australian book resource there is."
Offers millions of out-of-print copies of Australian
books.
Banana Pages: Studying Asian Australia is one of
the best resources
on Asian culture in Australia on the web. The site is maintained by
Tseen
Khoo and seeks to document Asian-Australian studies in the arts,
including
literature, film, criticism, popular culture, and visual art.
A Bibliography of Australian Literary Responses to
'Asia' is a
very comprehensive collection of responses compiled by Lyn Jacobs and
Rick
Hosking. This bibliography records Australian literary responses to
Asia
in poetry, short-stories, novels and plays, from the beginnings of the
colony to 1995, and forms the basis for an on-going bibliographic
study. Diverse
Link collection on Australian studies - excellent virtual starting point for doing research on Australian literature and culture.
Aboriginal Studies Press (ASP) is the publishing arm of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). They are a leading publisher of research into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island cultures. Their aim is to publish up to twelve new titles written by outstanding authors in the area of Indigenous studies.
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