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Tamlyn Avery
Election
Position
Name
Tamlyn Avery
Candidate statement
Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Adelaide University
I’m an active member of the MSA, including as a participant in its conferences and as a volunteer on the joint MSA/BAMS Program Committee, 2026. I have demonstrated leadership in the field through my work as Treasurer of the Australasian Modernist Studies Network and co-editor of its journal, Affirmations: of the Modern. I’m also currently Chair of the Conference Steering Committee for the AMSN and Modernist Studies in Asia Network joint conference to be held in Adelaide, November 2026. These experiences have provided valuable practical experience in contributing to the successful running of professional modernist studies organisations and events—experience which includes managing budgets, liaising with colleagues and members, attending and chairing meetings, and circulating information through these organisations’ promotional channels. These organisational skills are highly applicable to this role.
In my research and service alike, I use my platform to champion social inclusivity and equity, highly relevant principles to this role. Coming from one of the association’s underrepresented global regions, my vision for this role is to help strengthen the association’s inclusivity mission by finding ways to reduce barriers to participation for marginalised members, including by promoting and building connections across the association’s socially and geographically diverse membership.
Researcher Website and Select Publications:
For further information about my research and service profile, including its relevance to the field of modernist studies, please consult the following webpage: https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/tamlyn.avery.
I’m an active member of the MSA, including as a participant in its conferences and as a volunteer on the joint MSA/BAMS Program Committee, 2026. I have demonstrated leadership in the field through my work as Treasurer of the Australasian Modernist Studies Network and co-editor of its journal, Affirmations: of the Modern. I’m also currently Chair of the Conference Steering Committee for the AMSN and Modernist Studies in Asia Network joint conference to be held in Adelaide, November 2026. These experiences have provided valuable practical experience in contributing to the successful running of professional modernist studies organisations and events—experience which includes managing budgets, liaising with colleagues and members, attending and chairing meetings, and circulating information through these organisations’ promotional channels. These organisational skills are highly applicable to this role.
In my research and service alike, I use my platform to champion social inclusivity and equity, highly relevant principles to this role. Coming from one of the association’s underrepresented global regions, my vision for this role is to help strengthen the association’s inclusivity mission by finding ways to reduce barriers to participation for marginalised members, including by promoting and building connections across the association’s socially and geographically diverse membership.
Researcher Website and Select Publications:
For further information about my research and service profile, including its relevance to the field of modernist studies, please consult the following webpage: https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/tamlyn.avery.
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