More great snaps from last weeks International Association of Literary Journalism Studies #IALJS conference #18 in stunning #Sydney Australia: * group photo from sunset cruise * Dr @bonitamason * Gudanji/Wakaja woman Dr Debra Dank reading from her book We Come With This Place

How have historical trends in narrative literary journalism reshaped the media landscape? Find out more from the Second Transnational Literary Journalism Summer School: ialjs.org/exploring-the-lite… 1/

And last but not least an unforgettable post-conference visit to the Museum of Memory and Human Rights. Thanks to everyone who participated, remotely and in person!

One of the best discussions, on the nature and definition of Crónica genre, happened in our last panel “The Latin American Crónica as a Window into a Globalized World” thanks to @plcalvi, Juan Poblete, Victor Goldgel Carballo, @Rmherrscher, @LiliChavezD and @SNGCalderon

Getting the party started at the conference banquet

Several scholars joined us remotely from South Africa for our session “Narrating a Response to Coercion and Confinement in South Africa: From the Boer War to Post-apartheid Prison Regimes” @AntheaGarman, Lesley Cowling, @lesleymofokeng, Shelley Roberts and Peter Auf der Heyde.

We concluded with a moving tribute to Joan Didion from @DrRoessner, Marcela Aguilar Guzmán, John Hartsock, Monica Martinez, and Isabelle Meuret. Below, sage words from Didion courtesy of Isabelle. Looking forward to two more great days!

The Conference Host Panel, “Literary Journalism and Global Public Goods,” was our only fully in-person session, by four wonderful scholars from ISCSP, CAPP, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal: Alice Trindade, Isabel Soares, Paulo Martins, and Sónia Pedro Sebastião

Day one highlights include a fascinating keynote speech by @PBonnefoy on her work on human rights violations by the Pinochet dictatorship, looking forward to the soon-to-be published translation of her second book, The Investigative Brigade xitter.cf/PBonnefoy/status/15049…

The #IALJS-16 hybrid conference is underway at @uahurtado @periodismouah hosted by the wonderful @Rmherrscher, who gave in-person participants a very warm welcome this morning!