Centre for Australian and New Zealand Studies

30/05/2025

Centre for Australian & New Zealand Studies in collaboration with Department of Visual Arts, H.P. University Shimla organized an Artist Workshop with Beth Grossman (Visual Artist, New York University) on 30.05.2025

30/09/2024

07/11/2023

Centre for Australian and New Zealand Studies, Himachal Pradesh University in collaboration with the Department of English organized a special lecture today "An Introduction to Australian Literature: The Mainstream, the Aboriginal and the Immigrant Voices" by Prof. Pankaj K. Singh as the Resource Person.

04/11/2023

A special lecture on 'Australian Studies'

26/08/2021

Call for papers...

26/11/2020

Centre for Australian & New Zealand Studies: Lecture series-1 was held today on 26th November 2020 at 11:00 a.m. to 01:00 p.m. (IST) virtually. Dr. Sanjukta Dasgupta, Professor & Former Head Deptt. of English & Former Dean Faculty of Arts, Calcutta University and Dr. Devaleena Das, Assistant Professor, Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Deptt. of Studies in Justice, Culture & Social Change, University of Minnesota gave their presentations on 'Gender Politics: Australian Activist Women Writers' and 'Antipodean Feminist Literature & Methodologies in a Transnational World' respectively.

23/11/2020

'Centre for Australian and New Zealand Studies' at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla is organizing a lecture series on Australian and New Zealand Studies. The first event is scheduled for 26th November 2020 at 11:00 a.m. to 01:00p.m. (Thursday) on Google meet.
Dr. Sanjukta Dasgupta, Professor and Former Head, Department of English & Former Dean, Faculty of Arts, Calcutta University and Dr. Devaleena Das, Assistant Professor, Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Department of Studies in Justice, Culture & Social Change, University of Minnesota would deliver lectures on 'Gender Politics: Australian Activist Women Writers' and 'Antipodean Feminist Literature & Methodologies in a Transnational World' respectively.
The link would be sent on 25th November 2020.

26/02/2020

Call for Papers

Papers are invited for 2019 issue of "Indian Journal of Australian Studies" (IJAS) Special Issue on
MULTICULTURALISM

"Indian Journal of Australian Studies" (IJAS) is an interdisciplinary peer reviewed journal published annually by the Centre since 2008. Unpublished original research papers of 3000 to 5000 words are invited for the special issue of Indian Journal of Australian Studies 2019 on Multiculturalism by 30th April 2020.

Note for Contributors:

1. IJAS publishes only original and unpublished articles. All contributions must be submitted to the Editor, IJAS, UGC Centre for Australian and New Zealand Studies, C/0 Department of English, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla- 171005, India. Email: [email protected], [email protected].

2.Contributions must be typed in double space including indented quotations and the list of works cited. A hard copy and a CD (or email attachment) in MS Word must be sent to the Editor.

3.Please follow the stylistics adopted in this volume:
(i)Endnotes should be used only in case some explanation or supplementary information is to be given.
(ii)All references should be incorporated in the text parenthetically and a list of Works Cited should be given at the end.
(iii)In parenthetical references the last name of the author and page number should be given: no punctuation mark should be used before the page number. If the author is mentioned in the text, only the page number be given. In case the list of Works Cited has more than one work by an author, brief title should be included before the page number if not indicated in the text: a comma should be used between the author’s name and the brief title.
(iv)Titles of books, journals, websites and online database should be italicized.
(v)Under Works Cited the entries should be arranged alphabetically by the last name of the author, as in a bibliography. In case of an entry with more than one author, only the first author’s last name should be listed first; other authors’ names be given in the normal order.
(vi)Entries for books should include: Name(s) of the author(s). Title (and sub title, if any) of the book. Place and name of publisher, year of the publication.
(vii)Entries for articles etc. from edited books: Name(s) of the author(s). Tile of the article etc. in inverted commas. Title (and sub title, if any) of the book. Name(s) of Editor(s). Place and name of publisher, year of publication. Inclusive page numbers.
(viii) Entries from journals: Name(s) of the author(s). Title of the article in inverted commas. Name of the journal, volume, number, year: inclusive page numbers.

For all purposes MLA Handbook, 8th ed. Should be followed.

30/09/2019

A meeting of Ms. Courtney Collins, a creative writer and a film producer from Australia with Mr. Raaja Bhasin, the famous Author from Shimla at the Gaiety Theatre Club on 29th September 2019.The meeting was organized by the 'UGC Centre for Australian and New Zealand Studies', Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla...

27/09/2019

A Talk by Ms. Courtney Collins, a creative writer and a film producer from Australia on her novel "The Burial" at St. Bede's College on 25th September 2019 organized by the UGC Centre for Australian and New Zealand Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

25/09/2019

UGC Centre for Australian & New Zealand Studies in collaboration with the Department of English organized a Creative Writing Workshop by Ms. Courtney Collins, a creative writer and a film producer from Australia on 23rd September 2019 in the Department of English, Himachal Pradesh University...