Wellspring Series 2026: Reimagining Sex Work
Activity
Debates about sex work often recycle sensationalised images of sex workers; salacious, depraved or victimised, they are not truly flesh and blood, but stock characters made to play a role in moral and political fantasy. Such myths fuel the collective imaginary, and of all media, cinema has perhaps…
Making the Subjects of Racism: Icelandic People and a Plaster Bust Collection in the Canary Islands
Lecture/seminar
In 1856, several plaster busts were created by a French expedition in Iceland and Greenland, revealing one of the many ways these countries were a part of European 19th-century colonial and imperial projects. Prince Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte—the son of Emperor Napoleon's younger brother— headed the…
European Association for Studies of Australia (EASA) Conference 2026
Conference
Thinking Against the Grain: Australian Studies in Times of ConstraintONLINE SYMPOSIUMEuropean Association for Studies of Australia27-28 November 2026In May 2025, the late Graeme Turner posted a text titled “Why do they hate us? That’s the question academics in the humanities are asking”. As Turner…