The main goal of AAL at present is to stage an annual conference.
AAL’s first conference, ‘Literature and Sensation’, was held at the Western Sydney University (Parramatta Campus) July 12-13 2007.
- The second annual conference was held in 2008 at Macquarie and followed the theme of ‘Literature and History’.
- The third annual conference was held in 2009 at Sydney University and was entitled ‘Literature and Politics’.
- The fourth annual conference was held in July 2010 at UNSW and was entitled ‘Literature and Science’.
- The fifth annual conference was held in July 2011 at Monash University and was entitled ‘Literature and Translation’
- The sixth annual conference was held in July 2012 hosted by UNSW, Canberra and was entitled ‘Literature and Censorship’
- The seventh annual conference was held in July 2013 at UNSW and was entitled Modern Soundscapes
- The eight annual conference was held in July 2014 at the University of Melbourne and was entitled ‘Literature and Affect’
- The ninth annual conference was held in July 2015 at the UOW, a convention with ASAL and AULLA called ‘Literary Networks’
- The tenth annual conference was held in July 2016 at Western Sydney University and was entitled ‘Literature and Technology.’
- The eleventh annual conference was held in July 2017 at Western Sydney University and was entitled ‘Literary Environments: Place, Planet and Translation.’
- The twelfth annual conference was held in July 2018 at the Australian National University with ASAL and AULLA and was entitled ‘The Literary Interface.’
- The thirteenth annual conference was held in July 2019 at Macquarie University with Camera-Stylo III and was entitled ‘Literature and the Moving Image.’
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