Ideas and Representations of Wilderness in Scottish and Australian Writing

Much recent attention has focused on the idea of wild places and the ways in which landscape and our human relationship to it can be renegotiated in a post-Romantic context and in the recognition of the responsibilities we hold towards the planet in the context of ecological crisis. Scottish and Australian writing has much to contribute to this conversation and the Universities of Aberdeen and Curtin, which are situated close to areas of unique wilderness environments, are ideal locations in which to consider it. Proposals are invited from those who wish to explore the idea of ’wild places’ in the context of Scottish and/or Australian writing.

The projects will be jointly supervised by staff from the University of Aberdeen and Curtin University. In the first instance applicants should contact Dr Wayne Price ([Email Address Removed])