Dr Nina Parish, Senior Lecturer in French Studies,

Director of Studies for Modern Languages and European Studies

Arts and Humanities research in PoLIS

1) AHRC-funded research network with Dr Emma Wagstaff (University of Birmingham): Contemporary French Poetic Practice: An Interdisciplinary Approach

2) Suitcases, Boats and Bridges: Telling migrant stories in Australian museums with Dr Chiara O’Reilly (University of Sydney)

3) Multilingualism with Alexander Balanescu and Michael Bassett (ICIA)

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Suitcases, Boats and Bridges: Telling migrant stories in Australian museums

Where: Australian National Maritime Museum When: Friday 2 August 2013 (10am-4pm)

This workshop seeks to investigate how migrant stories are being collected and told in Australian museums. It brings together academics and museum professionals to discuss multiculturalism and museums, ranging from large institutions with governmental support to smaller regional and suburban, and sometimes volunteer-run, museums.Speakers include:

•Padmini Sebastian (Director of the Immigration Museum, Melbourne);

•Kim Tao (Curator, Post-Federation Immigration, Australian National Maritime Museum);

•Dr Gwenda Tavan (La Trobe University, Melbourne) and

•Dr Aurelien Mondon (University of Bath)

The workshop has been generously supported by the University of Bath and the Australian National Maritime Museum and is part of an ongoing research project led by Dr Parish and Dr O’Reilly. 

Multilingualism with Alexander Balanescu and Michael Bassett (ICIA)