scholarly and public presentations

2023               
‘Writing about the wreck of the Clyde: “Salvage rights: paternity, patria, patrimony”’ paper presented at Society for the History of Emotions 4th biennial conference, Unsettling Certainties, University of Adelaide, 29 November

‘Dingoes’ pelts and humans’ preconceptions: Balnglan, Jax and the dingo skin rug’ paper presented at Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) 10th biennial conference, Animal Cultures, University of Sydney, 27 November

‘One perfect knee’ reading and performance, with Elina Godwin on viola, Spineless Wonders and City of Sydney Sonic City program, Darling Square Library, 11 November

‘Dingo Bold and recent dingo–human interactions on K’gari’ public talk and book signing to mark release of hardcover edition of Dingo Bold, Avid Reader bookshop, Brisbane, 30 September

 ‘Seeking frameworks for writing specific animals’ histories in a still-colonial context’ provocation presented at Australian and Aotearoa/New Zealand Environmental History Network (ANZEHN) workshop, Animals Histories: perspectives from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Monash University, 7 July

2020               

‘Dingo Bold’ invited public talk, Entanglements series, University of Wollongong at Wollongong Art Gallery, 5 March

2019               

‘Sore feet, tears and seeds’ invited public talk, History Is Hot!, Australian Centre for Public History, UTS, and Royal Australian Historical Society, History House, Sydney, 13 November

‘Conditions and protocols for ethical research with (other) animals from a humanities perspective’ invited workshop presentation, Researching ethically with (other) animals in the humanities and social sciences, Deakin Downtown, Melbourne, 13 September

‘Writing through: subjectivity and objectivity’ paper presented at Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) 24th annual conference, Writing through, University of Technology Sydney, 25-27 November

‘An ethical island: the dingoes of Pelorus’ co-presentation with Fiona Probyn-Rapsey, Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) 8th biennial conference, Decolonising Animals, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1–4 July

Dingoes and objectivity in and out of the realm of science’ paper presented at AASA 8th biennial conference, Decolonising Animals, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1–4 July  

2018               

‘Women who won’t shut up: Lindy Chamberlain, Jennifer Parkhurst, dingoes and reliable narrators’ paper presented AASA Animaladies II, University of Wollongong, 13–14 December

2017               

‘Interactions with the Eurong pack: how would dingo-centred conservation on K’gari (Fraser Island) be possible?’ paper presented at the 3rd International Conference for Compassionate Conservation, hosted by UTS Centre for Compassionate Conservation, Leura, 20–24 November

‘Tears, seeds and sore feet: dingoes and people on K’gari (Fraser Island)’ paper presented at AASA 7th biennial conference, Animal Intersections, University of Adelaide, 2–5 July

2016               

‘Coolooloi’, drawn from interviews with dingo researcher and photographer Jennifer Parkhurst, presented at FASS HDR conference Convergence and Emergence, UTS, 25–26 November 2016; and at AAWP conference Authorised Theft, University of Canberra, 28–30 November

2015               

‘Otherworldliness and disconnection: the hunter and the hunted in dingo–people relationships’ paper presented at AASA 6th biennial conference, Animal Publics: Emotions, Empathy, Activism, University of Melbourne, 12–15 July

2014               

‘Head of a dog, text of a human: what’s inside and what’s outside?’ paper presented at the Australasian Association of Literature (AAL) Literature and Affect conference, University of Melbourne, 2–4 July

‘Dingoes and people – an emotional history’ presentation of research at the Environmental History Workshop, Australian National University, 26–30 May

2001               

‘What grabs young readers? Magic and history’, invited presentation at A Future for the Past: the state of children's history, History Council of NSW, State Library of NSW