A/Prof Jess Carniel

50In 2026, the Journal of Australian Studies publishes its 50th volume. To mark this occasion we propose a special issue for release in late 2026. For this volume, we would like to invite scholars to revisit its back issues - perhaps with nostalgia, perhaps with criticism, but always with the purpose of evaluating what Australian Studies has been, what it currently is, and what it can be. We seek articles of that can do one or more of the following: Select a particular article or special issue from the past to speak to from a contemporary perspective Revisit one of your own articles published in JAS to critically revise, update - or perhaps redact past scholarship Scholarly reflections of editorial experiences with the journal focused on characterising “Australian Studies” at the time Critical personal reflections Debates and disputes in Australian studies (on the pages and off of JAS ) A critical history of/commentary on JAS and its relationship to the field of Australian Studies more broadly Critical reviews of key themes the journal has covered (or not covered) over its history Critical reviews of the role of disciplines and disciplinarity within the interdisciplinary formation of Australian Studies We also welcome other proposals and suggestions. Please note that we are open to a wide range of lengths and formats in this context, as appropriate to the form of your contribution, and we invite contributors to specify a nominal word count in their proposal, noting that this cannot exceed 8000 words (inclusive of footnotes). We invite all contributors to provide a 300-500 word abstract proposal for their article by 30 March 2026 . This is to allow us to identify and remedy any potential overlaps, and to identify peer reviewers in advance. Outcomes and feedback on abstracts will be provided by 3 April at the latest. Please submit your abstracts to: journalofaustralianstudies@gmail.com with the subject line: Attn: JAS at 50 Special Issue.

Initial manuscripts are due in ScholarOne by 17 July 2026 ; however, we welcome early submissions. All manuscripts will be peer reviewed. In the spirit of collaboration, we ask that contributors to the special issue also assist with peer reviewing other contributions. After revisions based on the peer review are made, manuscripts will undergo an editorial review, after which they may be returned for further revisions. After this round of editorial revisions, the manuscripts will then be forwarded to our copyeditor by no later than 28 August. Final manuscripts (including peer review, revision, copyediting, and revisions after copyediting) are due by 9 October 2026. If you have any questions, please email the Editors: jess.carniel@unisq.edu.au and chris.hay@flinders.edu.au Production timeline at a glance Abstracts: 30 March 2026 Notification of acceptance: 3 April 2026 Initial manuscript submission: 17 July 2026 Peer review and revision process completed by: 28 August 2026 Final manuscripts (including peer review and copyediting) : 9 October 2026 Publication: December 2026

To celebrate our 50th volume, JAS invites you to contribute to a special issue on (the Journal of) Australian Studies at 50.

Please see the CFP below for details - and please circulate it far and wide!

@intlausstudies.bsky.social

#CFP #OzStudies #OzLit #OzHist #auspol #AustralianStudies

I hope I find a good replacement (handsomeness optional). Doug made tax time hilariously good fun and he understood my weird tax needs. (I remember sending publications to the last one to prove that attending Eurovision was work.)

My accountant just broke up with me. I am devastated.

She's also very politically "safe". I'd welcome being informed otherwise, but I don't recall Delta ever piping up on a political issue.

People, go to Knowledge Commons instead! It's free too, but importantly it's open and non-commercial. As a basic example of what you can do with it, here's my page there hcommons.org/members/airm...

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FYI, Academia.edu has changed its terms of service to give an irrevocable worldwide license for anything uploaded to its site to be used for generative AI. I do not consent to this and have pulled all my papers.

Personally, my highlight was that HASS disciplines were all Very High Risk. (Mind you, STEM disciplines were still High Risk.) There's just something about axing arts majors left, right, and centre that makes us feel just a tad precarious.

Sorry for your loss. 💜🌈

Third, this #BadBunny #superbowl #halftime #superbowl2026 was socially GENEROUS. There is give and take, there is gifting, there is joy. There is age inclusion. There is LIGHT. He got it all in there and people came along for the ride. It was so inclusive. So social. Wow.

Thank you!

It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.

Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

Question for the people who know more about American football than I do:

I think the 64 on Bad Bunny's jersey is for the Civil Rights Act - but is there a famous footballer with that number?

#BadBunny #SuperBowlLX

Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.

This is clickbait, right? Because American Idiot and Holiday are evergreen in their political commentary without changing the lyrics any further (although it's great when t hey do).

Although SEALs aren't Marines, they're Navy, so the joke's on you, Larry.

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst

Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny

Omg, I would love some Peter Coombe! I saw him at St Kilda festival years ago and we were all kids again.

On the one hand, yes, you are a joyless bore, but on the other, I am also a joyless bore whenever they use a song I hate.

😬

Thank goodness for state schools.

I'm less pleased to report that their morning tea song is the macarena.

If you live in Victoria, please
1. Fill your bath and sinks with cold water and get some towels
2. Be aware that the power grid may be damaged by fire and/or extreme peak demand (the grid could collapse).
3. Ensure your phone is charged and keep it on charge if possible.

a group of cartoon girls are standing next to each other with their arms in the air . Alt: a group of cartoon girls are standing next to each other with their arms in the air celebrating enthusiastically

I'm pleased to report that my local school's bell song* this year is "Golden" from K-Pop Demon Hunters.

*This is a song they play over the PA system instead of a bell.

This is my favourite bit: "When I contacted OpenAI’s support, the first responses came from an AI agent. Only after repeated enquiries did a human employee respond..."

(My least favourite bit was feeding in student exam responses - did they consent to that?)

All this talk of the supposed benefits of AI for drug research, writing, art, music, and more. But with reports suggesting $1.5 trillion or more of investment in AI in the coming years, imagine directly investing a trillion dollars in medical research, writers, artists and musicians.

jpagaduanauthor 8h I have been told often that posting my fanfic on my author social media accounts is unprofessional. But I simply don't give a fuck. Fanfic is a legitimate sub-genre of literature, and I am proud to be a fanfic author. I am not ashamed to say I am a fanfic writer and stake my professional brand on that. Besides, I take my fanfic just as seriously as my original stuff. And if that is off-putting to you? 🤷🏾‍♂️ Then take your business elsewhere, friend. the hate against fanfic is wild to me. For one thing, it's hardly a new invention. What do you think Dante's Inferno is?

I actually had a discussion about this yesterday. The hate for fanfiction has 4 components:

1) It directly defies capitalism. Capitalism tells us that only things that are profitable are of worth. Most fanfic is free and so people equate free to bad. 🧵 #fanfiction

Two Reviewers Provide Contradictory Feedback on Your Nietzschean Study of Early Mario Bros. Games First Submission Reviewer #1 I enjoyed reading your article “Man, Superman, Super Mario,” a Nietzschean study of the early Mario Brothers games. I ...

"Although your paper does not exceed our length requirements, please cut exactly 796 words. At the same time, add significant discussion of Morales’s (2017) argument that Princess Zelda is the superior feminist character when compared to Princess Peach."

The Bonkbuster What were women reading in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s? This book presents a major study of the “bonkbuster,” an incredibly popular genre of women's fiction in t…

Today is the release day for mine and @dramyburge.bsky.social 's new book! The Bonkbuster: Women's Popular Reading in the Long 1980s is now out with Bloomsbury, focusing on the glitzy, glamorous novels of authors like Jackie Collins, Jilly Cooper, Shirley Conran and Judith Krantz.

Migrants, Television and Australian Stories: A New History This book examines the intertwined histories of television and migration in Australia, told from the perspectives of migrants who worked in the screen industry and the many more who watched television...

As Book Reviews editor of Oral History Australia's journal, Studies in Oral History, I'm looking for reviewers for the following books. DM me.

1. Migrants, Television and Australian Stories: A New History, by Darian-Smith, Turnbull, Khorana and Harvey, 2025.

www.routledge.com/Migrants-Tel...