Welcome to the Australian Modernist Studies Network (AMSN). The AMSN was established in July 2009 to support and coordinate research activity in modernist studies throughout Australasia. The network provides a forum for discussion and productive exchange between those interested in modernism and related fields, and has cognate links to the Modernist Studies Association, the British Association for Modernist Studies and the European Network for Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. The Network also has collaborative links with the recently launched Centre for Modernism Studies in Australia and it is envisaged that the Network and the Centre will develop a set of synergistic relationships to support and promote modernist studies in the region.
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In line with the rapidly expanding international and interdisciplinary domain of scholarship that comprises the new modernist studies, the AMSN seeks to engage academics, postgraduate students and those outside the academy who work in any of the various disciplines and denominations of modernism: for example, modernity, the fin-de-siècle, the avant-garde, transnational approaches, Anglophone and European modernism, digital and archival modernisms, and contemporary legacies.
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We invite you to participate in the network by signing up to become a member, submitting information about your research profile and interests, and notifying us of modernist studies events or projects in which you are involved. Links to these options are located on the left-hand-side of this webpage.
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The AMSN sponsors a range of research events and initiatives including symposiums, visiting speakers and, in future years, publications. Do check this website regularly for information on forthcoming events and new developments.


Centre for Modernism Studies in Australia

School of the Arts and Media
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
2012 Research Seminar #3
 
Professor Andrew Benjamin
  "Towards an Economy of Painting—Manet's La lectrice "  
 
Webster Theatre A (Robert Webster Building, G14)
University of New South Wales, Kensington Campus
Wednesday 16 May
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.


STEERING COMMITTEE
Dr Lorraine Sim (University of Western Sydney)
Dr Ann Vickery (Deakin University)
Dr James Smith (Oxford University)
Assoc. Prof. Tanya Dalziell (The University of Western Australia)
Prof. Julian Murphet (University of New South Wales)
Dr Melinda Harvey (Monash University)
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NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. John Clark (University of Sydney)
Prof. Carole Ferrier (University of Queensland)
Prof. Gail Jones (University of Western Sydney)
Assoc. Prof. Andrew McNamara (Queensland University of Technology)
Prof. Sue Thomas (La Trobe University)
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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. Michael Davidson (University of California, San Diego)
Prof. Rita Felski (University of Virginia)
Prof. Michele Leggott (University of Auckland)
Prof. Susan Stanford Friedman (University of Wisconsin)
Prof. Laura Marcus (Oxford University)
Prof. Peter Nicholls (New York University)
Prof. Marjorie Perloff (Stanford University)
Prof. Bonnie Kime Scott (San Diego State University)
Prof. Andrew Thacker (De Montfort University)
Prof. Mark Wollaeger (Vanderbilt University)

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Masthead design: Steve Munro
Masthead graphic adapted from Ethel Spowers' The gust of wind, 1931, linocut