The “Problematics of Culture and Theory” Seminar,
held by the School of English at Aristotle University,
is warmly inviting you to attend a talk by
Cecilia Gall
Lecturer in Australian Studies
School of English and American Studies
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
The talk will take place on Wednesday 22 October 2025 at 18.30 (18.30-19.45)
in Room 112, Old Philosophy Building.
The title of the talk is:
Orality vs the written word: Teaching Australian Indigenous Literature in English
EVENT ABSTRACT
This lecture will focus on the challenges of teaching Australian Aboriginal literature and culture by non-Aboriginal teachers to non-Aboriginal students as they navigate and operate in highly contested knowledge spaces. Starting from the translation of their oral literary production, Indigenous people have lost control over their own narratives. Teaching Aboriginal epistemologies re-opens the questions of authority and highlights the responsibility of presenting a decolonised perspective in the classroom as well as the role of teachers as social justice educators.
GUEST SPEAKER SHORT BIO
Cecilia Gall graduated from Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest, Hungary in 1990. She then spent three years in Australia, attending Australian Studies courses at the University of Queensland. After holding various non-academic jobs and teaching at ELTE on a voluntary basis she was employed full-time in 2001 as lecturer in Australian Studies in the Department of Language Pedagogy, ELTE. In the past 20 years she has taught courses in Australian and New Zealand literature, film, history and politics. Her research area is post-revival Australian cinema. She has been the Honorary Consul for Australia in Hungary since 2023.
Problematics Seminar Coordinators
Dr Ε. Botonaki (botonaki@enl.auth.gr) and Dr L.E. Roupakia (roupakia@enl.auth.gr)
