Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP220102437

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP220102437

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Making New Readers: The Australasian Book Society and the Cold War. This project aims to produce the first full history of one of the boldest ventures in Australian publishing. The Australasian Book Society sought to develop new readers and writers in mid-century Cold War Australia. Using a rich web of archival sources, this project shows whether and how the Society met those ambitious aims. New knowledge about the unique business model of a grassroots nationalist publisher will lead to deeper understanding of the development of Australian working-class writing and reading. This will afford new insights into Australian literary identity for a nation still committed to reading, an archive preserved for future generations and, for the determining global history of the Cold War, a revealing Australian case.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-12-2022

End Date: 30-11-2025

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $215,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Literary Studies | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Australia's Past | Conserving Collections and Movable Cultural Heritage | Languages and Literature |

Other Keywords

Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature) | Conserving Collections and Movable Cultural Heritage | Languages and Literature | Literary Studies | Understanding Australia's Past

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