The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS) invites paper proposals for its 2025 Annual Conference, to be held in Honolulu, Hawai`i from 14–18 May 2025. We invite papers addressing any aspect of literature, film, and other cultural narratives of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

In light of this year’s conference location, we are also inviting papers on literature, film, and cultural narratives of the Pacific Islands. We are especially interested in papers examining transnational or oceanic intersections of literatures and cultures, as well as papers on Aboriginal, Māori, or other Indigenous topics.

Proposals from graduate students are encouraged and presentations at the conference will be considered for the Wertheim Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper.

If you are considering attending the conference (even if you are not sure at the moment), please complete this form: https://forms.gle/UxioekVubaHnrLVbA

Submission information:

Presentations will be 15-20 minutes long; however, alternative presentation formats can be proposed. The conference schedule will be determined after the deadline and will include a day with an optional activity with a local cultural organization.

Please submit a paper title and 250-word proposal by 22 FEBRUARY 2025 via this form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctWdv2wwYFdGC1-wxEZU8hTEfWuWj8...

All submissions will be acknowledged upon receipt, and acceptances will be issued by March 1. Contact AAALS if you need an earlier decision for funding purposes. Email aaals.antipodes@gmail.com with any inquiries about the proposal submission process.

You do not need to be a member of AAALS to submit a proposal. However, if your proposal is accepted, you must become a member in order to attend or present at the conference.

For regular conference updates, visit and follow the following:

2025 conference website: https://sites.google.com/view/aaals2025hawaii/home

AAALS website: http://aaals.org/

AAALS Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AAALSinfo