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Date: 4/24/2024
Subject: CHASS Newsletter: April 24 2024
From: Finn Daly


CHASS Newsletter
Message from the CHASS President
Dear ~~first_name~~,
 
It was a great privilege to attend the Canberra launch of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia’s Decadal Plan for Social Science Infrastructure 2024-33 on 10 April and the roundtable that followed. The document itself can be consulted here. Warmest congratulations to Isabel Ceron, Chris Hatherly and the whole team at the Academy for their hard work on this project.

The event brought together many representatives of organisations in the sector and was the occasion for a stimulating and valuable discussion about how those working in the social sciences can better cooperate to secure the research infrastructure needed for vigorous, high-quality and influential research in Australia. There are a lot of data out there, but can they be made more easily accessible with greater coordination? What benefits might there be from data-sets that are presently isolated from one another being able to ‘converse’? And where are the gaps in the available data, as we consider how to grapple with the major problems facing our society? As a historian, I urged a broad understanding of what we might consider data – that is, it includes not only quantitative information, and not only material with direct policy applications – as important as both are. Data also means the National Archives of Australia, and Trove at the National Library of Australia. And while the digital world is growing in significance and power all the time, much research also depends on securing access to older, traditional and paper-based sources.

CHASS is currently preparing a submission to the Policy Review of the National Competitive Grants Program: https://www.arc.gov.au/engage-us/consultations/policy-review-national-competitive-grants-program

If you have any thoughts that you would like to share, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with CHASS in the next week or so. It is obviously a matter of great interest across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in Australia.


Frank Bongiorno AM FRHistS FASSA FAHA

President, CHASS
Congress of HASS: November 25th - November 29th, 2024
As mentioned in our last newsletter, we are once again hosting the Congress of HASS. This year, the event will be held at the University of Western Australia. Many associations are already involved in the planning (see list below). If you would like your association to be involved, please contact CHASS Vice-President (Congress) Dimitris Vardoulakis.
 
Currently confirmed participating associations:
  • Australasian Association of Continental Philosophy
  • Australasian Association of Philosophy
  • Australian and New Zealand Association of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
  • Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
  • Australian Academy of the Humanities
  • Australian Anthropological Society
  • Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
  • Australian Historical Association
  • Australian Political Studies Association
  • Australian University Heads of English
  • Australian Women’s & Gender Studies Association
  • Deans of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
  • SHAPE Futures
  • The Australian Sociological Association
  • Murdoch University (annual Murdoch Colloquium - 20th anniversary edition focusing on "Philosophy and Indigenous Knowledges")
HASS Awards and Prizes
CHASS will be offering a few prizes again this year. We will include details in a subsequent newsletter.
 
In other Prize news:
  • The Academy of the Social Sciences Australia's Paul Bourke awards will open nominations for 2024 in May. For more details, visit their site.
  • The Australian Academy of Humanities currently has an array of awards and grants open for applications, including:
  1. Max Crawford Medal: recognising early-career scholars for achievement and promise in the humanities.
  2. Medal for Excellence in Translation: recognising outstanding achievement in translation.
  3. Humanities Travelling Fellowships: promoting humanities research that strengthens international research alliances.
  4. John Mulvaney Fellowship: Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early-career researchers.
  5. Ernst & Rosemary Keller Fund: Supporting scholars concerned with German studies.
  6. Publication Subsidy Scheme: Supporting quality scholarly publications in the humanities.
Applications for the Australian Academy of Humanities' awards and grants listed above
  close on May 5th, 2024.
For more details, visit their site.
  • NEW: The International Australian Studies Association's biennial Lyndall Ryan Thesis Prize is open for applications. This award comes with a $1,000 prize which Professor Ryan is generously sponsoring to support emerging scholars in Australian Studies. For more details, visit their site.
HASS Grants
Applications are now open for the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Rechnitz Fund with grants of up to $20,000 available to support early and mid-career Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholars working in any field of the social sciences.

The grants program will provide funding for research projects of up to two years across all social science disciplines, from anthropology, history and sociology to economics, psychology and law.

Applications are open until 13 May and will be assessed by an expert panel comprising both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous scholars. Applications are open to established social science researchers within 15 years of their most recent research qualification, higher-degree research students enrolled in Masters or PhD programs and experienced professional researchers who may not have formal academic qualifications.

To be eligible, applicants need to confirm their status as an early- or mid-career researcher (which includes consideration of relevant career gaps) and provide a letter of support from their supervisor (for students) or head of department or school.

Applications for the 2024 program are due by COB Monday 13 May. Application guidelines and an application form are available on the Academy's website.
 
HASS Events
Symposiums
Everyday Heritage and Difficult Legacies - Congress of HASS
Everyday Heritage & Australian Historical Association
Thursday November 28th, 10am - 5pm, UWA
The Everyday Heritage Symposium is a partnership event with the Australian Historical Association (AHA), the Congress of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Science (CHASS), University of Canberra, University of Western Australia, and Business Events Perth (BEPerth).
 The ‘Save-the-Date’ flyer for the symposium can be accessed here.
 
The ideas & ideals of Australia: The Lucky Country turns sixty
Australian Academy of the Humanities
Canberra
Thursday 14 - Friday 15 November 2024
More information here.
 
Conferences
 Living Now: Social Worlds & Political Landscapes - Congress of HASS
The Australian Sociological Association
Held, once again, in conjunction with the Council for the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Congress of HASS, TASA’s 2024 annual conference will be held at Curtin University, Perth, from 25-29 November 2024. This five-day gathering, will provide a jam-packed program, which will include: panel-based sessions, general paper sessions relevant to a TASA thematic group, plenaries, social events, and TASA’s AGM and awards presentation.
Abstract submission deadline: June 3rd (panel submission deadline is April 26th). 
More information here.
 
Home Truths
Australian Historical Association
Flinders University
Monday 1 - Thursday 4 July 2024
More information here.
 
NEW: Australasian Association of Philosophy
University of Western Australia
Sunday 7 - Thursday 11 July 2024
Abstract submission deadline: 31 May
Postgraduate Prize deadline: 10 May
Student Travel Subsidy deadline: 10 May
Early Bird Registration Deadline: 7 June
More information here.
 
Applied linguistics for a just society: Advancing equity, access, and opportunity
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
25-27 November 2024, Tasmania
Abstract submission deadline: 31 May
More information here.
 
NEW: 9th Biennial ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference
Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated
University of Sydney, Holme Building
Wednesday 27 - Friday 29 November 2024
Earlybird registration opens: Late August
Earlybird registration deadline: 11 October
Abstract submission deadline: 20 September
Short videos submission deadline: 13 November
More information here.
 
Public Lecture
Shape the Nation
Academy of Social Sciences Australia
Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley is confirmed for the Academy’s ‘Shape the Nation’ lecture as part of the CHASS Congress of HASS on Thursday 28 November from 5-7pm. More details to follow soon.
 
NEW: Youth, Masculinity and the Far Right in Australia
Academy of Social Sciences Australia
Friday 10 May, Adelaide
In conjunction with the University of Adelaide Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender, the Academy of Social Sciences Australia is hosting the 2024 Fay Gale Lecture Youth, Masculinity and the Far Right in Australia with Professor Pam Nilan in Adelaide.
More information here.
 
HASS Publications

Journals
All of the below articles are available on open access: 
 
Rajčan, A., & Burns, E. A. (2024). Publishing during a sociology PhD in Australia: Differences by elite and non-elite universities and gender. Journal of Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833241239346
 
Townley, C., Staples, K., Woodrow, C., Baker, E., Locke, M. L., Grace, R., & Kaplun, C. (2024). ‘We love sharing your land’: Children’s understandings of Acknowledgement to Country practices and Aboriginal knowledges in early learning centres. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. https://doi.org/10.1177/18369391241242150
 
Thorneycroft, R. (2024) ‘Crip Theory and the Subject of Abledness’, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 26(1), p. 95–109. Available at: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1067
 
Carelli, D., & Peters, B. G. (2024). Autonomy by Decree: How Administrative Law Shapes Bureaucratic Autonomy in Four Administrative Traditions. Administration & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997241244500
 
Dynel, M. (2024). Do We Know Whether to Laugh or Cry? User Responses to @Ukraine’s Dark-humour Meme. Journal of Creative Communications. https://doi.org/10.1177/09732586241239908
 
Medeiros-Costa, C. C. de. (2024). You Get What You Pay for: An Analysis of Public Contracts for Engineering Services. Administration & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997241240404
 
Green, C., Carey, G., & Malbon, E. (2024). Do Service Providers Play a Market Stewardship Role in Social Care Quasi-Markets and Should They? Administration & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997241240070
 
Carelli, D., & Peters, B. G. (2024). Autonomy by Decree: How Administrative Law Shapes Bureaucratic Autonomy in Four Administrative Traditions. Administration & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997241244500
 
Suglo, I. G. (2024). “Freedom is not free”: Visual activism and dispersed resistance in Hong Kong’s anti-extradition bill protests. Media, Culture & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437241241971
 
Nicholas, L., Sullivan, C. T., & Callahan, S. (2024). ‘An abundance of cakes’: Assigned female at birth queer joy and queer ethics across generations. Sexualities. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634607241245945
 
Parry, Ashley. 2024. “The flexibility paradox and spatial-temporal dimensions of COVID-19 remote work adaptation among dual-earner mothers and fathers.” Gender, Work & Organization: 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13130.
 

Reports
A report by Cris Townley on the experience of trans children in a typically more cisnormative environment. See '‘Why can’t I wear a dress?’ What schools can learn from preschools about supporting trans children'.
 

Podcasts
'How to stop breaking up with your friends'
An interview on ABC RN of Dr Lillian Nejad, clinical psychologist, and Roger Patulny, professor of Sociology at Hong Kong Baptist University, on expectations of friendships changing due to online spaces.
Listen to the interview here.
 

Books
A new book called 'Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Age of Globalisation', edited by Lilia Makhloufi, offers a rich collection of perspectives on the complex interplay between tangible and intangible heritage.
 
The full text can be accessed here.
 

Videos
Presentations for ‘The Social Impacts of Long COVID’ online symposium convened by Deborah Lupton are now available to view on YouTube. For more information about the presentations and links to the videos, click here.
 
Migration, precarity and family violence Examining women's experiences in Australia, TASA, April 19 2024. To access the video, click here.
Fellowships
Applications are now open for the 2025 Fellowships offered by the National Library of Australia. We would appreciate it if you could distribute this information to researchers or creative artists/writers connected to your organisation who may be interested in these opportunities. There are several new Fellowships available this year, including a Fellowship in Asian Studies and a Fellowship in Australian rural, regional or environmental history.
 
Application deadline: May 6. Read on...
 
HASS Employment Opportunities
NEW: Professor, Social Work
Full time, ongoing
Edith Cowan University
Application deadline: April 28. Read on...
 
NEW: Lecturer in Social and Political Sciences (Indigenous Identified)
Full time
University of Technology Sydney
Application deadline: May 7. Read on...
 
NEW: Senior Principal Analyst, Student Equity
Full time
University of Queensland
Application deadline: May 5. Read on...
Newsletter Contributions
We encourage you to support the HASS sector by sharing details about your discipline/department via this newsletter. No news is too small of too big. Any mention of HASS is of value to our sector and we plan on continuing to extend the reach of our newsletter overtime. Please submit all content to CHASS Digital Publications. Suggested content includes, but is not limited to:
  • Awards and Prizes
  • Call for Papers (journals/conferences)
  • Call for Book Chapters
  • Competitions
  • Discipline/Department news
  • Industry connections
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Job and/or scholarship opportunities (these will also be listed on our publicly searchable website directory)
  • Publications, especially those with free full access
  • Social sciences week events
  • Other upcoming events
  • Submissions
  • Social gatherings
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