Open AccessBernard Hickey : (1931-2007) : in memoriam
Author(s) -
Mirko Jurak
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta neophilologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2350-417X
pISSN - 0567-784X
DOI - 10.4312/an.40.1-2.207-209
Subject(s) - hickey , curriculum , government (linguistics) , media studies , political science , library science , sociology , classics , history , pedagogy , art history , linguistics , philosophy , computer science
In the mid-1970s the Australian government began to stimulate departments of English at various European universities to include in their curricula the teaching of Australian literature. Literature Board of the Australia Council helped organize vari ous seminars and conferences, it provided some basic text-books and literary works, and also financially supported Australian university professors to give lectures at these institutions. The Department of English at the University of Ljubljana showed interest in developing these relations and Bernard Hickey was one of the first Australian guests at our university.