Cultures Croisées: French-Australian Cultural Connections:Exploring the Dynamics of Intercultural Exchange

ISFAR SYMPOSIUM 2-3 MAY 2025

The 2025 ISFAR Symposium, celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Institute, will take place on Friday 2 May, 2-6pm and Saturday 3 May, 9.30-6pm. The Friday afternoon session will be held in-person at University House, Melbourne (also available online), while the Saturday will be entirely online. There are no fees to attend the event.

Register here. 

Although the Federal Election will take place on the Saturday, we encourage you to register for the full conference, and to select the sessions you are able to attend. The online draft programme, with the session times, can be viewed here.

At this stage, you do not need to specify whether you will attend the Friday afternoon sessions in person or online, though we encourage as many attendees as possible to join us in person.

The keynote speakers:

Karin Speedy (University of Adelaide):

Crossing Empires, Colonies and Cultures: Exchange, Connections and Continuing Creolisation among Migrants from Reunion via New Caledonia to New South Wales

Valentina Gosetti (University of New England):

Reclaiming Provincialism: Challenging the Centre-Periphery Divide Through Poetry and Translation Between France and Australia

A dinner will be held at 6.30pm on Friday 2 May at University House, Melbourne.

Register for the dinner here. (Bookings will close Friday 25th April)

For further information, do not hesitate to contact the organisers:

Liz Rechniewski: elizabeth.rechniewski@sydney.edu.au

Alexis Bergantz: alexis.bergantz@rmit.edu.au