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The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) and the Westerly Centre are to honour the work of Winthrop Professor Dennis Haskell with a symposium entitled Creative writing and its contexts .

Professor Haskell is a distinguished poet, editor, scholar and administrator.

His work has been directed to the promotion of literature in The University and schools, and in a variety of public forums and media in Australia and overseas.

Creative writing and its contexts is an opportunity to discuss the place of literature in contemporary culture, the institutions that support creative writing and reading, the relationships between Australian literature and other national literatures, particularly Asian.

ASAL and the Westerly Centre anticipate a symposium of lively debate, creative energy and humour. They are seeking proposals for contributions in a variety of forms, including papers, poems, and memoirs.

The contributions can cover any of the areas in which Professor Haskell has worked, including:

• Creative writing and the study of literature
• Australian and Asian literary interactions
• The role of institutional support for writers and writing
• Literary and scholarly publishing
• The place of the humanities in the modern university
• The writing and reading of poetry
• Teaching creative writing

The symposium will be held at UWA on February 17 and 18, 2011.

Anyone interested in requesting a Registration Form or being involved should contact Megan O'Connor 6488 2063.

Please download the Registration Form here.

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Megan O'Connor (+62 8) 6488 2063 / (+61 4) 17 125 299