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‘The Limits of Life Writing’ Symposium

The Contemporary Histories Research Group’s first major event ‘The Limits of Life Writing’ is taking place tomorrow, 19 February 2016, and we warmly invite you to attend. Professor Gillian Whitlock will...

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Autumn Royal’s ‘She Woke & Rose’ Poetry Collection- Upcoming Release

Autumn Royal is undertaking a PhD at Deakin University and is a member of the Contemporary Histories Research Group. Her debut poetry collection, She Woke and Rose, will be...

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‘The Limits of Life Writing’ Symposium – 19 February 2016

The Contemporary Histories Research Group’s symposium ‘The Limits of Life Writing’ is fast approaching. This event will be held at Deakin University’s Waterfront campus on Friday 19 February 2016....

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Oliver Driscoll Wins 2015 Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Award for Narrative Non-Fiction

PhD candidate Oliver Driscoll, supervised by Associate Professor Maria Takolander, has won a Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Award for Narrative Non-Fiction. The prize-winning work, called ‘I guess what you...

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Upcoming Event – ‘The Limits of Life Writing’ Symposium

You are warmly invited to attend a symposium called ‘The Limits of Life Writing’, which is to be held at the Waterfront campus of Deakin University on Friday 19...

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Maria Takolander – Best Australian Poems 2015

Associate Professor Maria Takolander‘s contribution in Best Australian Poems 2015 (Black Inc., 2015) was mentioned in Peter Kenneally’s review of the collection on 8 January 2016 (The Age/Sydney Morning Herald)....

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2015 Round-Up

2015 was an exciting year for the Contemporary Histories Research Group with the continued development of our website and the launch of our own social media accounts on Twitter...

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Associate Professor Maria Takolander’s New Article on The Conversation

Associate Professor Maria Takolander’s new article ‘Explainer: Magical Realism’ was published on The Conversation 3 December 2015. Maria’s profile and publications

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Associate Professor Maria Takolander’s ‘The Double’ A Finalist in 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature

Associate Professor Maria Takolander‘s work The Double (and Other Stories) is a finalist in the 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature in the Best Writing Award category. The Best Writing Award, worth...

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