Humanity 2012 - Metaphor, Translation and Paradox

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Joyleen Christensen (PhD Cultural Studies) University of Newcastle

• 'We are all the same, we are all unique': The paradox of using individual celebrity as metaphor for national (transnational) identity"

Rachael Gunn (PhD MMCCS) Macquarie University

• "Translating B-boying"

Elizabeth Kinder (PhD  English) University of Newcastle.

• "The Image as Eternal Life and Death: Uncanny visions in Harry Potter, Life on Mars and Doctor Who"

Jo Parnell (PhD English) University of Newcastle

• "Translating Metaphor: Understanding Experience"

Maria Luisa Saministrado (PhD English) University of Newcastle

• "Female Victimhood and Suicide in the Naturalistic Novel"