The first Keywords public lecture for 2012 will be Gillian Russell on Romanticism, Monday 14 May.

'This talk will consist of some reflections on the history and current configuration of the category of 'Romanticism' in literary studies.  I will explore Romanticism's foundational status within English literature in the academy with reference to some recent debates, Romanticism's role in the Occupy movement, and in Michael Winterbottom's The Trip, considering what these might indicate about the current state of Romanticism/English literature and its possible future.'

Gillian Russell is an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow in the School of Cultural Inquiry, CASS.  Her most recent book is The Playbill and Its People: Australia's Earliest Printed Document (2011).

Future Keywords lectures:
25 June - Hilary Charlesworth on International Law
3 September - Ned Curthoys on Character
15 October - Shameem Black on Humanitarianism
5 November - Shino Konishi on Encounters

Further information, including abstracts and biographies, will be posted closer to the date of each lecture.

All Keywords lectures are in the School of Cultural Inquiry Conference Room, Level 1, A.D. Hope Building (14), Ellery Crescent, Acton ACT.

Enquiries: Ned Curthoys ned.curthoys@anu.edu.au