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Monday 25 May
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
The stories we tell about war allow us to grapple with extreme and overwhelming experiences, to celebrate great sacrifices and condemn atrocities. But how do these shared mythologies form, and where should the line be drawn between what is deserving of commemoration and what is best left forgotten? What wartime stories remain untold, and why?
The latest Griffith REVIEW draws together distinguished soldiers, military historians, academics and popular writers in a collection that goes against the grain of popular war narratives — uncovering the multifaceted legacies of people typically omitted from our commemoration of the wars of the twentieth century, and providing new insights, graphic portraits and telling analyses of their consequences. Contributor David Carlin recalls a lifelong family friendship forged by his grandfather and an Italian PoW; Joy Damousi explores the lingering war memories of the Greek diaspora in Australia, while Jeannine Baker illuminates the often unrecognised contributions of women to war reporting and combat journalism.
Carlin, Damousi and Baker will join Griffith REVIEW editor Julianne Schultz for a discussion about how conflict has shaped modern Australia at various levels — and how can we understand them more fully.
(Painting: Ben Quilty, Troy Park, after Afghanistan 2012, courtesy of Ben Quilty and Jan Murphy Gallery)
Featuring
Julianne Schultz
Professor Emeritus Julianne Schultz AM FAHA is the Chair of The Conversation. She was the publisher and founding editor of Griffith Review, and is Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture at Griffith's Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, and a member of the board of the Sydney Writers Festival. She is an acclaimed author of several books, including Reviving the Fourth Estate (Cambridge) and Steel City Blues (Penguin), and the librettos to the award-winning operas Black River and Going Into Shadows. In 2009, Julianne became a Member of the Order of Australia for services to journalism and the community, and an honorary fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities the following year. She has served on the board of directors of the ABC, Grattan Institute and Copyright Agency, and chaired the Australian Film TV and Radio School, Queensland Design Council and National Cultural Policy Reference Group.
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David Carlin is author of The Abyssinian Contortionist and co-directs the nonfictionLab as an associate professor at RMIT.
David Carlin is author of The Abyssinian Contortionist (UWAP, 2015) and Our Father Who Wasn’t There (Scribe, 2010). He is also a director, researcher and teacher, and co-directs the nonfictionLab as an associate professor at RMIT. His most recent essay 'The bronzista of Muradup' is published in Griffith Review 48: Enduring Legacies.
Jeannine Baker
Jeannine Baker is a historian and documentary maker, and is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University.
Jeannine Baker is a historian and documentary maker, and is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University. She wrote and directed Our Drowned Town (SBS TV, 2001) about the flooding of Adaminaby township for the Snowy Mountains Scheme, and produced Fler and the Modernist Impulse (ABC Radio National, 2011). Her book about Australian women war reporters will be published by NewSouth later this year. Her most recent essay, 'War stories: remembering women conflict reporters' is published in Griffith Review 48: Enduring Legacies.