The EASA postgrad community is here to bring more support to students and their research projects, and to foster exchanges and mutual aid in the community.
The EASA postgrad community decided in 2023 to hold regular online meetings. We wanted a safe space to exchange ideas on our research topics and offer support to one another. We realized a reading club can give our meetings both structure, i.e. we read and analyze the titles we decide on, and also plenty of flexibility, of room for creativity, and last but not least, it will be devoid of the pressure the formal academic programs inevitably bring.
More experienced academics appreciated our endeavor and, since 2023, we have had five guest sessions. While our ordinary meetings are student-only, the guest sessions are open to all EASA members and have proved to be opportunities for learning and further exploration guided by the knowledge and generosity of our guests: Dr Geoff Rodoreda (University of Stuttgart), Assoc. Prof. Iva Polak (University of Zagreb), Prof. Lyn McCredden (Deakin University), playwright David Finnigan and Prof. Dany Adone (University of Cologne).
The students attending the reading club receive a certificate of attendance signed by the EASA chair (a minimum of 60% of the total no. of meetings within a year). The respective certificates get credits in certain European universities.
Our reading list includes the titles below in alphabetical order. In the actual process we try to alternate fiction with non-fiction and drama. The dates are established depending on the students’ availability. The announcements on the book to be read and the meeting date and hour are advertised via the EASA mailing list.
- Carey, Peter – True History of the Kelly Gang
- Flanagan, Richard – Gould’s Book of Fish
- Macintyre, Stuart – A Concise History of Australia
- Morgan, Sally – My Place
- Stanner, W.H.E – The Boyer Lectures
- Scott, Kim – That Deadman Dance
- Sewell, Stephen – It Just Stopped
- David Finnigan – Kill Climate Deniers
If you are a postgrad student, join us, see how you like it.
If you are a more experienced academic and would like to share with us some of your research, but also guide us to further reading starting from the above list, we’ll be honored to organize a guest session.
Contact person: Irma Krčan, EASA PhD representative, PhD student at University of Zagreb and University of Toulon, irmakrcan@gmail.com