Conferences & Symposiums

 

Upcoming events

 

 

Symposium: Angela Carter & The Fairy Tale

 

Date:                Friday 28 November 2008

Time:                9.30 – 5.30pm

Location:          Treehouse, University of Newcastle

 

A one day symposium exploring the writings of Angela Carter and the future of the Fairy Tale.

Click here to view invitation

 

Including presentations by:

  • Ashley, Melissa. 'And She Did Every Imaginable Job with Her Feet’: Folktale, Fairy Tale, and Other Variants of The Girl Without Hands
  • Gibson, Sarah. Re-enchantment: An interactive journey into the hidden world of fairy tales
  • Johnson, Dr Marguerite. Paper TBC
  • Miller, Alyson. ‘Skin After Successive Skin’: Subversive Identities in Angela Carter’s ‘The Tiger’s Bride’
  • Quayle, Anika. Feminist Fairytales, the Harlequin Romance, and Re-visioning of Beauty Discourse
  • Royal, Autumn: ‘A Treasury of Skins’: Exploring the Feminist Uses of Human to Animal Metamorphosis in Angela Carter’s Magical Realist Fiction
  • Webb, Dr Caroline. Dancing in Worn Slippers: From Angela Carter to Jeanette Winterson

Registration fee: $20 - including Morning Tea, Lunch & Afternoon Tea. Students can apply for a waiver of the registration fee - please see registration form for details

How to register: Download & complete the Registration form and return with payment by Weds 19 November - via post or fax

For registration enquiries contact marni.jackson@newcastle.edu.au

 

 

Past Events

 

The Art of the Real: National Creative Non-Fiction Conference

16 – 18 May 2008

 

Keynote Speakers: Blake Morrison (UK), Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Ivor Indyk (UWS) Ross Gibson (UTS).