On the third day of the intensive, Professor Philip Mead led a discussion with teachers and members of the research team about current work in the Australian literary studies field. Philip provided an overview of a number of significant and emerging research areas in literary studies including:
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World literature
Ecocriticism
Comparative literature
Digital humanities
Regional literary studies
There was conversation in this session around Indigenous literatures and national contexts, curriculum constraints, and book history. Philip also provided teacher-researchers with links to scholarly resources and literary networks and publications for consideration in their future work.