Cultural reimaginings of New Zealand and Australia

Abstract

In 2017, the University of Opole and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań co-hosted an international conference entitled Redefining Australia and New Zealand: Historical Heritage and Contemporary Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Literature. This was the first of the planned series of Redefining Australia and New Zealand (RANZ) conferences aimed to promote Australian and New Zealand Studies in Poland, as well as to endorse Polish studies of Australia and New Zealand on an international scale. The 2nd RANZ International Conference, Redefining Australia and New Zealand: Changes, Innovations, Reversals, hosted by the University of Warsaw, foregrounded the prevalent and emergent thematic trends in Australian and New Zealand Studies. This included a comprehensive range of theoretical frameworks encompassing historical, traumaoriented, eco-critical, Indigenous, multicultural and gendered perspectives on Australian and New Zealand literature, film and arts, as analysed by both Polish and international scholars. The COVID-19 pandemic forced conference organizers to go online, with the 3rd RANZ International Conference entitled Insularity, Solidarity, Disunity. This was organized by the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań, and it resulted in further fruitful transnational discussions on the history and culture of Australia and New Zealand. © 2022. Intellect Ltd Editorial. English language. https://doi.org/10.1386/nzps_00088_2