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Conferences and Events in the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies

Schedules, abstracts, and recordings of papers are available from the links below. For more recordings, see our podcasting page.

2012 Conferences, Colloquia and Symposia

February Defining Social Aesthetics
A one-day symposium by the Social Aesthetics Research Unit.
April

Managing the Media: Policy, Regulation and Engagement
The Four Round International Conference in Communications and Media, 2012

June Policy Notes: Popular Music, Industry and The State
To mark the completion of the Australian Research Council project Policy Notes: Local Popular Music in Global Creative Economies, the Research Unit in Media Studies at Monash University is convening a conference examining music policy.
Revealing the Reader
This conference aims to bring together scholars with a common interest in contemporary and historical reading practices with the aim of showcasing current research in this rapidly expanding field.
July

Confessional Culture
This conference will look at the effect of confessional culture on a range of media and discourses.

Offshore Processes: International Perspectives on Australian Film and Television
An interdisciplinary symposium held at the Monash Prato Centre in Italy.
August

Regarding the Earth: Ecological Vision in Word and Image
4th ASLEC-ANZ Biennial Conference in association with RMIT and Monash Universities

2012 Seminar Series

Running throughout the year. Select a seminar series for a schedule and recordings.

Centre for the Book Seminar Series
Presented by the Centre for the Book.
Research Unit in Media Studies (RUMS) Seminar Series
Presented by the Research Unit in Media Studies (RUMS).
Film and Television ‘Under Construction’ Seminar Series
Works in progress presented by Film and Television Studies and the Research Unit in Film Culture and Theory (RUFCT).
Literature Seminar Series
Presented by the Literature Research Unit.
Social Aesthetics Seminars
Seminars held by the Social Aesthetics Research Unit.
Writers and their World Seminar Series
Presented by the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies.
European Philosophy Seminar Series
Presented by the Research Unit in European Philosophy (RUEP).

2012 Other Seminars, Performances and Workshops

March Reading Seminar on Schelling’s The Philosophy of Art
Workshop on Post-Kantian German Philosophy

Past and Present Conferences and Seminars

Visit our archives of conferences and seminars - recordings of many papers are available for download: