[Commlist] Animals in Australian Cinema and Literature Conference

*Animals in Australian Cinema and Literature*

*An International Conference*

*Organized by Jean-Michel Durafour (Université Aix-Marseille)*

*and David Roche (Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry, Institut 
Universitaire de France)*

*Dodeskaden, 90 boulevard des dames, 13002 Marseille*

*November 12-13, 2026*

*Thursday November 12*

*2:00pm Opening*

Jean-Michel Durafour and David Roche

*2:15pm Animal Imaginaries*

Chair: Charlie Hewison, Université Paris Cité

Chen Hong, East China Normal University, “The Chinese Dragon as 
Spectacle and Threat in Australian Popular Imagination”

Peter Arnds, Trinity College Dublin, “Humans as Meat: Animal Attacks in 
Australian Literature and Film” (zoom)

Suja Kurup, University of Kerala, “Animal Subjectivities and Ecological 
Thought in Contemporary Australian Fiction” (zoom)

*4:15pm Spotlight on **/Terror Nullius/***

Chair: Salhia Ben-Messahel, Université de Toulon

Sophie Coombs, Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry, “Invasive species: 
Soda Jerk’s /Terror Nullius /(2018) as an ‘anti-pastoral’ film”

Charlie Hewison,Université Paris Cité, “Rendering Skippy: /Terror 
Nullius /et la circulation différenciée de la mortalité”

*Friday November 13*

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*9:30am Keynote Conference: Belinda Smaill, Monash University, 
Melbourne, “Exploring the Reef in Film and Television”*

Chair: Jean-Michel Durafour

**

*10:45am Animal Revenge*

Chair: Jean-Michel Durafour

Florentin Groh, Université Aix-Marseille, « La revanche écologique : 
analyse des représentations animales dans/Long Weekend/ (dir. Colin 
Eggleston, 1978) »

*11:15am Spotlight on /The Hunter/*

Chair: David Roche

Benjamin Criqui, Université de Strasbourg, « Filmer une extinction 
partagée : Sur le cas du tigre de Tasmanie dans /The Hunter/ (Daniel 
Nettheim, 2011) »

Marcos Nunez, Université Paris 3, « /The Hunter /(2011) : le thylacine 
comme icone nostalgique de la faune australienne »

*2:00pm Animal Subjectivities and Antispecism*

Chair: Belinda Smaill and Sophie Coombs

Lambert Barthélémy, Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry, « L’Âne, le 
cygne et le serpent : zoopolitique d’Alexis Wright »

Salhia Ben-Messahel, Université de Toulon, “Beyond Anthropocentrism: 
When Pigs Speak in Tongues”

Héloïse Van Appelghem, Université Paris 3, « /Mad Max : Fury 
Road/(George Miller, 2015) : la métaphore animale comme discours 
antispéciste »

Contact
David Roche <(mudrockca /at/ GMAIL.COM)>
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