The Committee on Australian Studies at Harvard University will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Chair of Australian Studies with a symposium to be held May 9 and 10, 1997 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The symposium theme will be the interplay of the Australian-American connection in those academic fields represented by former incumbents-literature, history, economics, fine arts, archaeology and sociology. Speakers include: Rhys Jones, John Mulvaney, Les Hiatt, Dame Leonie Kramer, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Peter Steele, Patrick McCaughey, Jan Senbergs, Geoffrey Blainey, Jill Roe, Graeme Davison, Alan Frost, James Walter, Peter Beilharz, and The Hon. e. Gough Whitlam. The symposium is free and open to the public. Location: Gutman Conference Center, Appian Way, Cambridge, MA. For information, contact: Ms. Janet Hatch, Coordinator, Australian Studies Committee, Harvard University, Robinson Hall 201, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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