Dr Clare Archer-Lean is Senior Lecturer in English and Higher Degree Research Coordinator in USC’s School of Business and Creative Industries. Clare's research is uses applied, trans-disciplinary approaches to anti-colonial research critical animal studies and sustainability in various cultural artefacts and contexts. Clare's work explores how Indigenous storytelling provides vital insights into sustainability. Publications can be seen at https://www.usc.edu.au/staff/dr-clare-archer-lean#research. Clare is a member of Melbourne University's literarylab and is chief investigator on the ARC funded Reading Climate project
This is a national reading project designed to support teachers and members of the public worldwide in engaging with award-winning Indigenous Australian writing and exploring the relationship between climate and racial justice in Indigenous-authored texts.
AAWP conference 2022
Val Plumwood Memorial Lecture
The 2022 lecture is provided by Dr Richard Twine, Reader in Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Animal Studies (CfHAS) at Edge Hill University. Talk title - 'Val Plumwood’s contribution to intersectional veganism and why the use of the term ‘intersectionality’ need not be seen as appropriation'
A Literary Education Lab Initiative in collaboration with Stella
This innovative symposium brings into dialogue two of Australia’s most celebrated First Nations authors and a leading geo-philosopher to consider the power of interdisciplinary collaboration centred on the literary arts in our rapidly changing climate.
Ellen van Neerven
Professor Tony Birch
Professor Kathryn Yusoff
Please join Literary Education Lab Initiative in collaboration with Stella for this exciting, free live-stream event.
Presentations will be online, scheduled 7.00pm to 8.30pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) 20 January 2022.
For more information, contact Dr. Sarah E. Truman at the Literary Education Lab: sarahe.truman@unimelb.edu.au
Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) Online Conference
Field Trip is an international research symposium investigating creative practice at the intersection of art, science, technology and the environment.
In this masterclass, Professor Danielle Celermajer, author of the critically acclaimed work Summertime: Reflections on a Vanishing Future (Penguin 2021), will explore creative non-fiction as an approach in making sense of more-than-human worlds. Participants will have an opportunity to read sections of Summertime, and also to workshop their own creative non-fiction writing or experiment with this form.
Are you new to animal studies research? Do you grapple with current theoretical debates – such as intersectionality and decolonial approaches? Do you wonder how and where to publish? If you would like to understand the basics of the publication process, from pitching an article idea to responding to peer review and get advice on what’s possible when working with non-traditional outputs – such as visual art and creative writing – join us at the master class: Tools for Animal Studies Research.
This interactive online event, presented by the Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA), is aimed at higher degree and early career researchers interested in animal studies. You will have an opportunity to hear from scholars doing innovative work in the field and ask questions.
Field Trip - Arts, Science, Tech and Environment Symposium