[SydPhil] Free event: Realism on Country, 22-23 May, Wollongong

[Marilyn Stendera]

The below event at the University of Wollongong, organised by Michael Griffiths, Shady Cosgrove and Jen Saunders, may be of interest. The event is free, but registrations are essential. Register by emailing jsaunder at uow.edu.au

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Realism on Country Conference at the University of Wollongong, 22-23 May 2025

Realist writing in Australian fiction, and its relation to place and Country – in the Indigenous sense of an interconnected relation with place – is understudied. Join us on Wadi Wadi Country for energising discussions with leading writer/scholars about writing realism, non-Indigenous writing on Indigenous land, and who gets to define what is ‘real’.

The Keynote Panel will feature Evelyn Araluen, Melanie Saward, Luke Patterson, and Jeanine Leane.

Other sessions include presentations by: Tony Hughes-d’Aeth (UWA) Jonathan Dunk (Deakin) Micaela Sahhar (RMIT) Julia Prendergast (Swin) Roger Osborne (JCU) Nicole Moore (UNSW) Shady Cosgrove (UOW) Julieanne Lamond (ANU) Michael Griffiths (UOW) Evelyn Araluen (UniMelb), and Julienne van Loon (UniMelb); as well as readings from the ‘Countrying Story, Storying Country’ project.

RSVP now by emailing: jsaunder at uow.edu.au

Organised by Michael Griffiths, Shady Cosgrove, and Jen Saunders

Program:

DAY 1

8:45am  Welcome from Aunty Barb Nicholson  Wadi Wadi (UOW)

9:00 – 9:45 Teachings with Country – Anthony McKnight Yuin (UOW)

9:45 – 10:00 Morning break

10:00 – 11:15 Keynote panel
What is real? What is realism?   
Evelyn Araluen Goorie, Koori (UniMelb); Melanie Saward Bigambul, Wakka Wakka (UQ); Luke Patterson, Gamilaroi; Jeanine Leane, Wiradjuri (UniMelb)
CHAIR: Micaela Sahhar

11:15 – 1:00 Session 1
Tony Hughes-d’Aeth (UWA), Nicole Moore (UNSW), Micaela Sahhar (RMIT)
CHAIR: Mike Griffiths

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch / Book Launch
Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family by Micaela Sahhar (New South Books 2025)
To be launched by Jeanine Leane

2:00 – 3:15 Session 2 
Shady Cosgrove (UOW), Julienne van Loon (UniMelb)
CHAIR: Julia Prendergast      

3:15 – 3:45 Afternoon break

3:45 – 4:45 Readings from UOW Storying Country, Countrying Story Collective
          
NOTE: Ngana Barangarai and Aunty Barb Nicholson invite you to the launch of Dreaming Inside, Vol. 13, at Wollongong Art Gallery, 6pm.

DAY 2

9am – 10:45 Session 3
Evelyn Araluen (UniMelb), Michael Griffiths (UOW), Julieanne Lamond (ANU)
CHAIR: Tony Hughes d’Aeth

10:45 – 11:15 Morning break

11:15 – 1:00 Session 4               
Roger Osborne (JCU), Julia Prendergast (Swin), Jonathan Dunk (Deakin)
CHAIR: Nicole Moore

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 3:30pm Future research directions – discussion & writing



Marilyn Stendera
(she/her)
Lecturer  - Philosophy
Co-Head of Students (HSI)

School of Humanities & Social Inquiry | Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Rm 1069, Building 19 | University of Wollongong NSW 2522
T: +61 2 4239 4633
Zoom meeting link: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/61yWC5QPXJi63pr5Ytzf3fkLsJ4?domain=uow-au.zoom.us

I live and work on Dharawal Country; I pay my respects to the Traditional Custodians of this land, and to Elders past, present, and emerging. Always was, always will be; sovereignty was never ceded.

OUT NOW through Routledge: <https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0_e1C6XQ4Lfy704jlc6hzf5P92h?domain=routledge.com> Heidegger's Alternative History of Time<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0_e1C6XQ4Lfy704jlc6hzf5P92h?domain=routledge.com>, co-authored with Emily Hughes<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0_e1C6XQ4Lfy704jlc6hzf5P92h?domain=routledge.com> (if you're at Wollongong, you can access it directly through the library here<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/e1bGC71R2NTZ2VB4jFBilfoQwTt?domain=ebookcentral.proquest.com>)

Read my work: philpeople.org/profiles/marilyn-stendera<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/mhKlC81V0PTYWPyD8hMsGfyrMbu?domain=philpeople.org>
Deputy Chair - Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy: ascp.org.au<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/GFpgC91WPRT2ANwLVTPt5fqYxkj?domain=ascp.org.au>

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