Dear All,

Please find below the latest news, opportunities, and publications in Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies 🙂

News:

Since the last newsletter the War on Gaza has sadly got even worse…ACNZSN condemns the violations of international law and international humanitarian law that have taken place and are still occurring. Namely the absolute lack of adherence to the principles of distinction and proportionality. ACNZSN also condemns the numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity that have been committed and continue to take place in the Gaza Strip. These include the indiscriminate bombing of civilians, forced displacement, the collective punishment of a whole people through a siege of all the basic essentials of life, forced starvation, the bombing of hospitals, schools, shelters, and places of worship. The list could sadly go on and on…ACNZSN wholeheartedly supports the most recent resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (reflecting the vast majority of international opinion) demanding an immediate ceasefire and the release of captives. ACNZSN also calls for the end of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem and the numerous human rights violations taking place there, the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, and the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The new Book Reviews Editor of JACANZS, Dr. Jatinder Mann is looking for reviewers of the following books. Canadian legal scholars especially take note as the list contains all the titles in the ‘Understanding Canada’ series recently published by Irwin Law. If you are interested in reviewing any of the books please contact Jatinder at jacanzsbookreviews@gmail.com.

The Australian Studies Institute at the Australian National University is a proud partner of four new Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV Series: Makers of Modern Australia, Australia After War, Yakka: Australia at Work, and Believing in Australia.

Opportunities:

Call for Papers

The Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland (ACSI) will be holding its 21st Biennial International Conference at Queen’s University Belfast on 9-11 May 2024 on the theme ‘Canadian Anthropocene(s): Pathways to Sustainable Futures’. The call for papers can be viewed in English and French.

Social Sciences, an open access, peer-reviewed journal has just launched a call for papers for a special edition in Canadian Studies guest edited by Christina Keppie. Titled “Populations Rendered ‘Surplus’ in Canada”, this special edition seeks to address the challenges faced by Canada’s displaced, marginalized, erased, racialized, and disadvantaged populations. Submissions from graduate students and emerging or junior scholars are particularly encouraged.

Deadline: 15 April 2024

Jobs

Assistant Professor in Art History (Indigenous Focus) at MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Deadline: 15 December 2023

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Political Science and Economics x 3 at the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario (ON), Canada

Deadline: 15 December 2023

Professor in Political Science (Race, Ethnicity, and Politics) at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (BC), Canada

Deadline: 16 December 2023

Steven K. Hudson Research Chair in Canada-US Relations (Faculty Position) at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia (NS), Canada

Deadline: 1 January 2024

Centennial Carnegie Chair in the History of Slavery (Maritime Region) at Dalhousie University and University of King’s College, Halifax, NS, Canada

Deadline: 7 January 2024

Assistant Professor in Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada

Deadline: 9 January 2024

Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (Canadian politics) at King’s University College at Western University, London, ON, Canada

Deadline: 11 January 2024

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Contemporary Arts (Assistant/Associate Professor) at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Deadline: 15 January 2024

Assistant or Associate Professor Art History at the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Deadline: 15 January 2024

Multiple Appointments – Black Faculty Cohort Hiring Initiative at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Deadline:  1 February 2024

Hugh Ramsay Chair in Australian Art History at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Deadline: 4 February 2024

Fellowships

Eakin Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Studies at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Deadline: 16 February 2024

Publications:

Shea Esterling, Indigenous Cultural Property and International Law (Routledge, 2024)

Allan Greer, Before Canada: Northern North America in a Connected World (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023)

Kate Laing, Sisters in Peace: The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in Australia, 1915–2015 (Canberra: ANU Press, 2023)

Rowan Light, Why Memory Matters: ‘Remembered Histories’ and the Politics of the Shared Past (Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2023)

Jayne Persian, Fascists in Exile: Post-War Displaced Persons in Australia (Routledge, 2024)

Hazel Riseborough, Days of Darkness: Taranaki 1878-1884 (Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2023)

Alecia Simmonds, Courting: An intimate History of Love and the Law (Melbourne: La Trobe University Press, 2023)

Please let me know of any future news, opportunities, and recent publications via email at acnzsn@gmail.com, which I can then include in the bi-monthly newsletter. For ACNZSN to work as well as it can, it will be great to receive contributions from its supporters 🙂 I would also encourage you to subscribe to its blog (so you are able to receive this newsletter directly into your inbox) and follow/or like its social media platforms on Facebook and X (Twitter).

This will be the last newsletter of 2023. All that is left for me to do is to wish you all a Happy Holidays! See you in 2024 🙂 And I sincerely hope that the new year brings not only peace in Gaza but in all the other conflicts taking place around the world…

Best Wishes,

Dr. Jatinder Mann

Creator and Manager of ACNZSN

Editor-in-chief, JACANZS