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Date: 5/20/2024
Subject: CHASS Newsletter: May 2024
From: Finn Daly


CHASS Newsletter
CHASS Policy Review of the National Competitive Grants Program
Dear ~~first_name~~,
 
Recently, the CHASS Board made a submission to the Policy Review of the National Competitive Grants Program "welcom[ing] the Discussion Paper’s acknowledgement that the NCGP’s capacity to help Australia realise its potential applies equally to the humanities and social science (HASS), and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. There is a public interest in supporting basic research in the HASS disciplines that will help us to better ‘understand ourselves and the world around us’". We invite you to read the full submission here.
 
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 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. Applications close 30 June. For more details, visit their site.
  • NEW: Oral History Australia (OHA) is inviting applications for its three awards – the Hazel de Berg Award for Excellence in Oral History and the OHA book and media awards – with recipients to be announced during the Biennial Conference in Melbourne in November 2024.
    Nomination and application deadline: 31 August
HASS Grants
NEW: Research Funding: AIJA
 
The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration Inc. regularly provides financial and in-kind support to research in their areas of interest. These areas of interest are:
  • Indigenous justice as it relates to the administration of justice.
  • Technology as it relates to the administration of justice.
  • Vulnerable communities as they relate to the administration of justice.
  • Paths to excellence in judicial administration.
The AIJA is particularly interested in data driven research which provides specific recommendations to further improve the administration of justice.

Those interested in applying for this support should read their Guide to applying for AIJA research support. Applicants should note in particular the guidance on what elements of the research the AIJA funding may be used for and what costs will not generally be funded.

Having read the Guide, applicants should complete their Research Support Application Form which may be submitted via email to aija@aija.org.au
 
More information here.
 
NEW: Research Funding: AAS
 
Applications for the Australian Academy of Science’s Moran Award for History of Science Research are now open. Aimed at postgraduate students and other researchers with expertise in the history of Australian science, it provides up to $10,000 to support access to archives that record the history of science in Australia, and it can be used towards travel and accommodation costs. The outcomes of the selected project may be considered for publication in the Academy’s Historical Records of Australian Science journal.
 
Applications close 1 June 2024.
 
More information here.
HASS Scholarships
NEW: The Australian Catholic University (ACU) is offering one (1) full-time PhD scholarship to conduct doctoral research as part of an Australian Research Council Discovery Project, ‘Populism’s Heartlands: Place, Identity, and Localism in Populist Politics’ (DP230100001, 2024-2026).
More information here.
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.
 
NEW: Beyond Media Diversity: Media Practice and Media Studies in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter
International Association for Media and Communication Research
University of New South Wales
Thursday 9:00AM - 5:00PM 27 June 2024
More information here.
 
NEW: The International Symposium on Electronic Art
ISEA International
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Friday 21 - Saturday 29 June 2024
More information here.
 
Forumns
NEW: The Friday Forum: Accords, Now and Then
ACU, Institute for Humanities & Social Sciences
Online Event
Friday 3:30PM - 5:00PM 24 May 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.
 
Australasian Association of Philosophy
University of Western Australia
Sunday 7 - Thursday 11 July 2024
Abstract submission deadline: 31 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.
 
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.
 
NEW: Enhancing Safe Practice: A National Justice Forum on Sexual Assault
Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 August 2024
Early registration closes 60 days before the conference.
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: Digital Congregations in a Post-Christian Future
AASR-CRA
Catholic Theological College, University of Divinity
Tuesday 1:30PM - 4:00PM 18 June 2024
More information here.
 
HASS Publications

Journals
All of the below articles are available on open access: 
 
Jang, H., & Kreiss, D. (2024). Safeguarding the Peaceful Transfer of Power: Pro-Democracy Electoral Frames and Journalist Coverage of Election Deniers During the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections. The International Journal of Press/Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241235819
 
Fraser, H. (2023). The Eastman transcripts: A case study calling Australian linguists to action against legal misconceptions about language in forensic evidence. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 43(4), 314–341. https://doi.org/10.1080/07268602.2023.2300776
 
Hanckel, B., Morris, A. & Yasukawa, K. (2024) On (not) being literate enough: The literacy experiences and literacy programme needs of people experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 00, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.324
 
Walsh, M. (2024). ‘It’s mostly an accompaniment to something’: Music Streaming and the Hastening of Audio as Background. M/C Journal, 27(2). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.3040
 
Thorneycroft, R. (2024). ‘Straight sex in porn is anything but just straight’: Exploring queer heteroporn. Sexualities. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634607241248893
 
Lohmeyer, B.A., McGregor, J.R. & Wood, B.E. Youth Work, Youth Studies, and Co-design: Sustaining a Dynamic Nexus to Progress Youth Participation. JAYS (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-024-00123-4
 
Watson, J., Bryce, I., Phillips, T. M., Sanders, T., & Brömdal, A. (2024). Transgender Youth, Challenges, Responses, and the Juvenile Justice System: A Systematic Literature Review of an Emerging Literature. Youth Justice, 24(1), 88-112. https://doi.org/10.1177/14732254231167344
 
Cris Townley, Carlie Henderson, What parents know: Informing a wider landscape of support for trans and gender diverse children and adolescents, Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 160, 2024, 107612, ISSN 0190-7409, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107612
 
Drysdale, K., Scully, J. L., Kint, L., Laginha, K. J., Hodgson, J., Holmes, I., … Newson, A. J. (2024). The salience of genomic information to reproductive autonomy: Australian healthcare professionals’ views on a changing prenatal testing landscape. New Genetics and Society, 43(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2024.2332310
 
Munn, L. (2024). Misinformation’s missing human. Media, Culture & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437241249164
 
Giddens, T. (2024). Peter Goodrich as I Imagine Him: The Man, the Mos, the Legendre. Law, Culture and the Humanities. https://doi.org/10.1177/17438721241247755
 
Tran, G., Forbes-Mewett, H., Tran, L. T., Hach, M., & Tarzia, L. (2024). Help-Seeking After Intimate Partner or Sexual Violence: Exploring the Experiences of International Student Women in Australia. Violence Against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241247198
 
Klasen, A., & Schedler, K. (2024). What can we learn from service model analysis? An application in the government export finance sector. Public Policy and Administration. https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767241251913
 
Khan, C. (2024) Unburdening care: Exploring modes of care through post-productivist thought and Australian parliamentary inquiry representations. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.335
 
Butler, R., & Vincent, E. (2024). How are romantic cross-class relationships sustained? The British Journal of Sociology, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.13097
 
Watson, A., & Kirby, E. (2024). Affective routes in interviews: Participants exploring a digital map as a live elicitation method. Qualitative Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941241245961
 
Fitz-Gibbon, K., Walklate, S., & Reeves, E. (2024). Exploring the Outcomes of Divergent Approaches to the Policy Making Process: Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes and Perpetrator Registers in Australia. Feminists@law, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/fal.1262
 
Shimauchi, S. (2024). Fans speak for whom? Imagined ‘official’, internalised hegemony and self-censorship. Media, Culture & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437241249175

Reports
Employed & At Risk: The new face of homelessness in Victoria.
A report analysing the number of employed people seeking homelessness broken down by local government area.
 
Decadal Plan for Social Science Research Infrastructure 2024-33
This report is a forward-looking blueprint for transforming Australia’s social science research infrastructure over the coming decade, so it can effectively support researchers working at the forefront of their fields and equip the social sciences to address Australia’s most pressing and evolving societal challenges.

Podcasts
AI Decision Making and the Courts: A Guide for Judges, Tribunal Members and Court Administrators 
This podcast is based on the 2022 publication of ‘AI Decision-Making and the Courts – A Guide for Judges, Tribunal Members and Court Administrators’. In this podcast, two of the report’s authors (Professor Lyria Bennett Moses and Professor Michael Legg) discuss an overview of various AI and decision-making tools and raise the possible challenges and opportunities they present for our courts and tribunals.
The podcast can be found here.
 
Making & Breaking Social Policy
This podcast was created as a central piece of content for two social policy topics in Social Work at Flinders University. It is hosted by Dr Ben Lohmeyer, Lecturer in Social Work at Flinders Uni (www.flinders.edu.au/people/ben.lohmeyer).
The podcast can be found here.
 
Sport Scandals
This podcast is the third episode of the Sport, Physical Activity and Health Equality SPHERE podcast series. This episode, the hosts interview Professor David Rowe about his work on media and sport scandals, exploring issues such as the amplification of issues, racism and the recent case of Sam Kerr and the challenges that confront us as we move further into AI.
The podcast can be found here.
 
How to Save an Incel
In one subreddit, deep in the corner of the internet’s loneliest users, lay a group of men desperate to escape inceldom. Journalist Sophia Smith Galer meets members of this community to find out more.
The podcast can be found here.
 
Baby Boom to Baby Bust
This podcast explores the intriguing question of “Why are women having fewer babies?”. Join Leah as she challenges assumptions and uncovers the real drivers behind changing birth rates.
The podcast can be found here.
 

Books
A new book called '(An)Archive: Childhood, Memory, and the Cold War', edited by Mnemo ZIN, offers insight into what it was like growing up during the Cold War, and what those childhood memories say about state socialism and its aftermath. "How can these intimate memories complicate history and redefine possible futures?"
The full text can be accessed here.
 
A new book called 'Jesus and the Making of the Modern Mind, 1380 - 1520', by Luke Clossey, identifies two perspectives: one uncovers hidden meanings and unexpected connections, while the other restricts Jesus to the space and time of human history.
The full text can be accessed here.
 
A new book called 'Reign of the Beast: The Atheist World of W. D. Saull and his Museum of Evolution', by Adrian Desmond, tells the compelling story of political radical, wine merchant, and evolutionist, William Saull, and of the museum of evolution he ran in London from the 1830s to the 1850s. Using an astonishing range of new sources and drawing on an unrivalled knowledge of the politics of evolution in this pivotal period, he takes us to the very heart of British radicalism and freethought, yielding compelling new insights into the remarkable potency of evolutionary ideas in the decades before the Origin of Species.
The full text can be accessed here.
 

Videos
Raewyn Connell. Theorising to Some Purpose. ISA RC16 Distinguished Lecture 2024.
On 13 March Raewyn gave the inaugural Distinguished Lecture (online) for International Sociological Association Research Committee 16 (sociological theory).
The video can be seen here.
 
Researching with Indigenous Communities | A US Perspective
In the United States, universities are beginning to engage more closely with Indigenous communities to conduct participatory research. Leslie Cornick has worked extensively with Indigenous communities in Alaska and says “participatory research is more than community engaged research, which we talk about a lot and which is a good thing. When we work with these communities it’s really important that they have agency.”
The video can be seen here.
 
Improving Access with Technology | A US Perspective
Find out how the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities is helping American universities use technology to help retain non-traditional students at risk of failing.
The video can be seen here.
 
HASS Employment Opportunities
NEW: Lecturer in Architecture
Full time
University of Western Australia
Application deadline: May 22. Read on... 
 
NEW: Education Fellow in Architectural Design
Part time
University of Melbourne
Application deadline: May 28. Read on...
 
NEW: Lecturer - Classics and Ancient History
Full time
University of Western Australia
Application deadline: June 9. Read on...
 
NEW: Professor in Indigenous Knowledges
Full time
University of New England
Application deadline: June 9. Read on...
 
NEW: Lecturer in Korean Studies
Full time
University of Sydney
Application deadline: June 10. Read on...
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  • 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)
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  • Other upcoming events
  • Submissions
  • Social gatherings
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