Vice-Chancellor's Fellows
Dr Arnold Zable, BA Melb. MA NY. DipEd Melb. PhD Melb. Appointed 2012
Room 328, John Medley West
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010 Australia
Phone: +61 3 9035 3948
Dr Zable will work on a novel and a collection of stories that explore the themes of displacement, the crossing of cultural boundaries, and the role of story in putting a human face to contemporary political issues. In addition he will develop and deliver a series of seminars on the craft of writing, and the role of story in the classroom to graduate and post graduate students; as well as a series of guest lectures in various department and faculties. Already in the works for first semester are a cross-disciplinary seminar on refugee youth, a seminar on cultural objects and the stories they tell, and lectures on the role of story in understanding the nuances of the immigrant experience. Other lectures and seminar may include:Finally, Dr Zable will be involved in public debate in the areas of writing, multiculturalism, refugee issues, and the migration debate, and through contributions to workshops, seminars, public lectures and other public forums, including the media.
- The Writers' Journey
- The Art of Story
- Fiction or Non-fiction: That is the question.
- Writing Trauma: Story and healing
- The Black Saturday Bushfire Telling Your Story project
- Deaf Can Write: Writing and the Profoundly Deaf
- Refugee tales: The human face
- Mapping Multicultural Melbourne
- Writing with problem gamblers
- Writing and research: A dynamic tension
- The Writer as Advocate
- The Role of Story in Public Debate
- Occasional seminars with Australian writers