Curtin University today launched a new and exciting initiative to showcase Australian writing in China and Chinese writing in Australia.<\/p>\n
The China-Australia Writing Centre, a joint initiative between Curtin\u2019s School of Media Culture and Creative Arts and Shanghai\u2019s prestigious Fudan University will exchange ideas about writing and its teaching and be a focal point for cultural exchange and translation across the region.<\/p>\n
Curtin University Pro Vice-Chancellor Humanities Associate Professor Steve Mickler said the partnership would afford wonderful openings for collaboration between writers who use language in imaginative and inventive ways to communicate new ideas.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will also advance knowledge and critical practice, and examine social and cultural values,\u201d Associate Professor Mickler said.<\/p>\n
Humanities\u2019 Dean of Research and Graduate Studies Professor Tim Dolin said the Centre would progress teaching and learning in the writing disciplines, building on Curtin\u2019s long-standing record as a leader in the development and provision of creative and professional writing programs in Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith its unique mix of creative disciplines, languages, history and journalism, the centre will bring together writers from across a variety of fields, institutions and cultures,\u201d Professor Dolin said.<\/p>\n
Distinguished Curtin writing faculty have included Miles Franklin Award-winning novelists Elizabeth Jolley and Kim Scott, Vogel Literary Award winner Julienne van Loon, best-selling novelist Liz Byrski, and one of Australia\u2019s most important poets, John Kinsella.<\/p>\n
Among its distinguished graduates are the Miles Franklin Award-winning novelist Tim Winton, young-adult novelist Jon Doust, Deborah Robertson, and the poets Tracy Ryan and Phillip Salom.<\/p>\n
The Centre will host exchanges of academic staff, higher degree by research students, and undergraduate students; collaborative writing and research projects; joint conferences and workshops held alternatingly in the two countries on chosen themes; and cooperation in the development of writing programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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