"Who Travels? The Work of Michelle de Kretser": Elizabeth McMahon in Conversation with Zora Simic

About the event

To mark the publication of “Who Travels? The work of Michelle de Kretser”, a special issue edited by Brigitta Olubas of the free online, open-access scholarly journal JASAL (Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature), the Literary Provocations Hub is hosting an in-person conversation about the work of Michelle de Kretser. 

The seminar is hosted by the Literary Provocations Hub and by the English and Creative Writing Programme in the School of the Arts and Media at UNSW.

All are welcome and there is no need to register.

Bio

Elizabeth McMahon is a Professor of English at UNSW. She researches and teaches Australian literature, Island studies and Gender Studies and is currently writing a book-length study of Michelle de Kretser.

Zora Simic is an Associate Professor of History and Gender Studies in the School of Humanities and Languages at UNSW. While primarily a historian, she is also a book critic and essayist who writes regularly for Australian Book Review, Inside Story and The Conversation.