Life Down Under. Australian Literature and Culture Today

Aim/ Objectivo

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The University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (ULICES) will hold its first international conference on Australian Studies, 14-15 February 2011. The aim of the symposium is the exploration and discussion of major cultural and literary themes, as well as scholarship from Portugal and abroad, that contribute to the framing and defining of contemporary Australian identity.

Participants/ Participantes

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Alison Broinowki (Wollongong University/ National University of Australia)

Andreia Sarabando (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)

Anneliese Milk (Freelance Writer and Independent Scholar)

Christina Slade (City University, London, U.K.)

David Callahan (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)

Emma Jones (Poet)

Jean Page (Universidade de Lisboa)

Julian Hanna (Universidade de Lisboa)

Lars Jensen (Roskilde University, Denmark)

Luísa Falcão (Universidade de Lisboa)

Mário Bastos (Universidade de Lisboa)

Robert Dessaix (Writer)

Sarah Day (Poet)

Xavier Pons (Université de Toulouse le Mirail, France)

Venue/ Lugar da Conferência

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Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon/ Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa

Address:

Faculdade de Letras

Universidade de Lisboa

Alameda da Universidade,

1600-214 Lisboa

ULICES/ CEAUL
A useful phone number:
(00 351).21.792 00 92

or in alternative you may use Faculty's general number:
(00 351).21.792 00 00 (asking afterwards extension line 11660/1)

How to get there:

Unless you are coming from other directions other than Lisbon's centre, the best way to reach the Faculty of Letters is by underground train, taking the Yellow Line and leaving at Cidade Universitária station.

At the Faculty of Letters ask for Room 5.2. ( Sala 5.2) where the Conference is hosted.

Comissão Organizadora/ Organizing Team

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Ana Valdeira da Silva, Duarte Patarra, Eduarda Cabrita, Julian Hanna, Luísa Falcão, Madalena Palmeirim, Maria de Jesus Relvas, Mário Bastos, Sara Henriques.

Australian Cinema/ Cinema Australiano

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During the week of the conference (15th-18th of February), the Portuguese Cinemateque/ Museum of the Cinema (Cinemateca Portuguesa/ Museum of the Cinema) will host a mini-festival dedicated to Australian Cinema.

This showing with 35 mm film copies is only possible with the invaluable help of the Cinemateca Portuguesa.

Venue: Cinemateca Portuguesa (Underground station: Marquês)

All sessions start at 21:30.

Aboriginal Art Exhibition/ Exposição de Arte Aborígene - 14 to 25 February, 2011

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An exhibition on Australian Aboriginal art will held at Instituto Camões, Avenida da Liberdade, 270, in Lisbon, from 14 to 25 February.

(Underground station: Marquês)

The exhibition features works of art from the Australian Embassy's collection, by two contemporary indigenous artists, Dennis Nona and Alick Tipoti, along with works by other artists. Australian Aboriginal art is part of a rich cultural heritage and seeks its inspiration from traditional myths, stories, spirits, symbols and also from Australian fauna and flora.

A short film featuring the official apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples is included in the event.

A number of books and maps of Australia from the Faculty of Letters' Library will also be on display.