 | Dear ~~first_name~~,
The third – and CHASS 20th anniversary – HASS Congress in Perth is almost upon us and the program is looking brilliant. This will be a major celebration of the arts, humanities and social sciences in Australia, and we are deeply grateful to the University of Western Australia (UWA) for hosting us as well as to Business Events Perth for their financial support and the 15 participating discipline and professional organisations. This will be a timely reflection on the role that the HASS disciplines can play in modern societies.
It is also a good time to reflect on their role in underpinning democracies, especially perhaps at a time when the United States is experiencing a turbulent election campaign (whose result we will – hopefully – know by the time we meet in Perth). On Tuesday 26 November, in partnership with the UWA Public Policy Institute, the Australian Political Studies Association and with the support of the UWA School of Social Sciences, which has done so much to make the whole Congress possible, we will have a panel at UWA: Is Democracy Done? Australian Perspectives on the Future of Democracy. The UWA Public Policy Institute has lined up some splendid speakers – it is sure to be a brilliant event. The full details are available here. It’s a free event, but registrations are necessary.
I am also busy co-organising with Mark McKenna an Australian Academy of Humanities annual symposium on The Ideas & Ideals of Australia: The Lucky Country Turns Sixty at the Australian National University next month. As we prepare for the event, Mark and I have been thinking about whether the kind of ‘big picture’ analysis Donald Horne produced in his bestselling book in 1964 is still possible in Australia. We have argued that, if there is any prospect of renewing the kind of national conversation that Horne’s book provoked, the humanities will necessarily have a big role to play in that. Our recent article is here. And if you are interested in the symposium itself (ANU, Canberra, 13-15 November), the program is here.
I’m very much looking forward to seeing so many of you in Perth.
Frank Bongiorno AM
CHASS, President
| CHASS Future Leaders Writing Prize
$2000 Prize Money
The CHASS Future Leaders Writing Prize aims to recognise and reward young Australian writers (35 and under). The theme for 2024 is 'open'.
Please email your submissions to helen@futureleaders.com.au by the extended deadline of November 30th, 2024 and cc CHASS Admin (membership@chass.org.au).
We encourage you to share this opportunity widely. | | | Sorento Creative Writing Prize
Prize: $5,000
| The Australian Linguistic Society is currently seeking application for the Susan Kaldor Scholarship, which funds international summer school or intensive programs for Australian linguistics students. The Susan Kaldor Scholarship provides funding of up to $2,500 to assist an ALS student member to attend an international institute, summer school or similar intensive course (for example the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute; the LOT Summer School (The Netherlands); etc).
NEW: The Forrest Research Foundation is offering up to six Scholarships in 2025 to outstanding researchers from around the world to conduct paradigm-shifting research based at any of Western Australia’s five universities. The Scholarships are open to candidates from all countries and all disciplines and are intended to accelerate opportunities for outstanding researchers. These Scholarships provide all tuition fees, a stipend and accommodation at Forrest Hall in a luxury self-contained studio apartment, all valued at over AU$270,000.
Application deadline: TOMORROW 31 October
| Symposiums
Everyday Heritage and Difficult Legacies - Congress of HASS
Everyday Heritage & Australian Historical Association
Thursday November 28th, 10am - 5pm, UWA
The ideas & ideals of Australia: The Lucky Country turns sixty
Australian Academy of the Humanities
Canberra
Thursday 14 - Friday 15 November 2024
Speakers include CHASS President Frank Bongiorno
NEW: CHASS/ALAA/Curtin Symposium - Congress of HASS
Curtin University
Friday 29 November 2024
NEW: 2024 UWA Asian Studies Symposium - Congress of HASS
University of Western Australia
Wednesday 27 November 2024
NEW: 2024 Vaccination Social Science Symposium - Congress of HASS
University of Western Australia
Monday 25 November 2024
NEW: Is Democracy Done? Australian Perspectives on the Future of Democracy - Congress of HASS
CHASS, Australian Political Studies Association
University of Western Australia
Tuesday 26 November 2024
Conferences
The State of Democracy and Politics: Local, Regional and Global - Congress of HASS
Australian Political Studies Association
University of Western Australia
Monday November 25 - Thursday 28 November 2024
Anthropology in Crisis: Reclaiming the Discipline in Contested Spaces and Times - Congress of HASS
Australian Anthropological Society
University of Western Australia
Tuesday November 26 - Thursday 28 November 2024
Living Now: Social Worlds, Political Landscapes - Congress of HASS
The Australian Sociological Association
Curtin University
Tuesday November 26th - Friday November 29th
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
Short videos submission deadline: 13 November
Public Lectures
Shape the Nation - Congress of HASS
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.
NEW: Agnes Heller Lecture 2024 - Professor Anita Harris
La Trobe University
Monday 11 November
Online Lectures
NEW: Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture 2024
Australian Human Rights Commission
THIS Friday 1 November, 12:00PM - 1:30PM
Convention
2024 SHAPE Futures EMCR Network Annual Convention - Congress of HASS
SHAPE Futures Network
The University of Western Australia, Perth
Thursday 28 November
Colloquium
20th Murdoch Colloquium: Philosophy & Indigenous Knowledges - Congress of HASS
Australasian Association of Philosophy, Murdoch University and the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy
Thursday 28 - Friday 29 November 2024
Online Seminars
NEW: Birth, breastfeeding, and beyond: Feminist research on the family
Deakin University
Monday 18 November, 11:00AM - 12:30PM
| All of the below articles are available on open access:
Watson, A., & Wozniak-O’Connor, V. (2024). The promise of artificial intelligence in health: Portrayals of emerging healthcare technologies. Sociology of Health & Illness, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13840
van Erkel, P. F. A., van Aelst, P., Van Nieuwenborgh, J., de Vreese, C. H., Hameleers, M., & Hopmann, D. N. (2024). Combating Disinformation With News Literacy Interventions: An Experimental Study on the Framing Effects of News Literacy Messages. The International Journal of Press/Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241279534
Wills, M. N., Rodaughan, J., Jobson, L., Adams, K., & Murrup-Stewart, C. (2024). Yarning about e-mental health tools: First Nations Australian youth perspectives of well-being and e-health. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 20(1), 225-233. https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801241235370
Rodaughan, J., Murrup-Stewart, C., & Berger, E. (2024). Aboriginal Practitioners’ Perspectives on Culturally Informed Practice for Trauma Healing in Australia. The Counseling Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000241268798
Stahl, G., Adams, B. & Oberg, G. Understanding the Role of Masculinity through the Perspectives of Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Intervention Practitioners Engaged in Men’s (de)Radicalization. Gend. Issues 41, 19 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-024-09338-4
Opozda, M.J., Bonson, J., Vigona, J. et al. Navigating the cultural adaptation of a US-based online mental health and social support program for use with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males in the Northern Territory, Australia: Processes, outcomes, and lessons. Int J Equity Health 23, 165 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02253-w
Stahl, G. D., & Nguyen, T. P. (2024). Adaptation, change and reaffirmation: investigating the limits of young working-class men adapting to elite higher education institutions. Research Papers in Education, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2024.2394045
Rowland, J., & Estevens, J. (2024). “What is your digital identity?” Unpacking users’ understandings of an evolving concept in datafied societies. Media, Culture & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437241282240
Dadpour, R., Law, L., & Osbaldiston, N. (2024). Paradise lost? Rental housing insecurity and the lived experiences of amenity migrants in Cairns, Australia. Australian Planner, 60(1), 58–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2024.2405673
Dadpour, R., Law, L., & Osbaldiston, N. (2024). Expected Versus Experienced Liveability for Amenity Migrants in Cairns, Australia: The Grass is not Always Greener in the Tropics. Urban Policy and Research, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2024.2372288
Ayed, N., & Clarke, A. (2024). The importance of stable housing in social capital development and utilisation: how homelessness undermines reciprocity, recognition, and autonomy. Housing Studies, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2024.2392696
Clarke, A., Pawson, H., & Parsell, C. (2024). Allocating Housing Assistance After the Decentring of Social Housing: From Rationing to Social Sorting. Housing, Theory and Society, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2024.2362205
Matthews, J. (2024). Reporting to audiences in crisis: Disruption, criticism and absent hope in TV journalisms’ rendering of the impactful UK energy price rises. Media, Culture & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437241282921
Brosnan, C., Collyer, F., & Williams, K. (2024). Promising the earth: Forms of capital promised and pursued in Australian-Chinese research collaborations. Journal of Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833241288954
Wong, F. H. C. (2024). Not All Protests are Created Equal to be News: Does Mobile Digital Connectivity Level the Playing Field in the Hybrid Media System? The International Journal of Press/Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241285785
Carroll, K., Thorvilson, M., & Collura, C. (2024). Positioning comfort measures in antenatal counselling for periviable infants. Sociology of Health & Illness, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13852
| Geoffrey Lawrence on climate change, food, corporate agriculture, the media, sports, and agency
A podcast called culturalstudies recently had an episode interviewing Geoffrey Lawrence, the interview focused on climate change, food, genetic engineering, corporate agriculture, environment, socialism, the media, sports, and human agency.
The podcast can be found here.
Lana Tatour on Palestine, citizenship, indigeneity, and settler colonialism
A podcast called Ask a Social Scientist, hosted by Dr Na'ama Carlin, recently had an episode interviewing Dr Lana Tatour, the interview focused on Palestine and the intersections of citizenship and settler colonialism in Palestine and Australia.
The podcast can be found here.
Listening to Statelessness
A podcast called Being Stateless, hosted by Jordana Silverstein, recently had an episode interviewing a diverse group of people who have had experiences of statelessness. They come to understand how they each define and describe what statelessness is, how it feels, and how it is remembered. They learn how people describe and analyse their relationships to countries and nation-states, and the processes they have gone through in order to migrate and acquire citizenship.
The podcast can be found here.
| A new book called "Urban Heritage and Sustainability in the Age of Globalisation", edited by Lilia Makhloufi, is an exploration of architectural and urban heritage through interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches assessing the impact of historical, social, economic and political constraints on the development of heritage and its sustainability. It aims to illuminate the present stakes of heritage conservation, management and maintenance in a globalised world.
The full text can be accessed here.
A new book called "Meta-Xenakis New Perspectives on Iannis Xenakis’s Life, Work, and Legacies", edited by Sharon Kanach and Peter Nelson, presents a transcontinental engagement with his life and output, focusing as much on the impact of the questions he posed as on the accomplishments of his body of work. It brings into conversation the diverse perspectives and insights of researchers, musicians and artists, this volume serves as a foundational resource for future research on the life and work of Xenakis. It will be of interest to students, scholars, and practitioners across a range of disciplines including music, architecture, cybernetics and computation, and the digital arts.
The full text can be accessed here.
A new book called "Diversity across the Arabian Peninsula: Language, Culture, Nature", edited by Fabio Gasparini, Kamala Russell and Janet C.E. Watson, brings together a diverse and rich set of contributions on the Arabian Peninsula. Ranging from history, field linguistics, and cultural studies, these essays address the diversity of languages, ways of life, and natural environments that have marked the region throughout its history.
The full text can be accessed here.
| | HASS Employment Opportunities |
NEW: Assistant Lecturer in Chinese History
Full Time
University of Melbourne
Application deadline: TOMORROW October 31. Read on...
NEW: Social Science PhD Opportunity in Artificial Intelligence for Clean Energy and Sustainability
Full Time
Monash University
Application deadline: THIS FRIDAY November 1. Read on...
NEW: Lecturer, Linguistics
Full Time
La Trobe University
NEW: Lecturer, Visuals Arts
Full Time
La Trobe University
NEW: Lecturer, Applied Linguistics (Level B)
Full Time
University of South Australia
NEW: Creative Research Fellow (Contemporary Digital Arts)
Full Time
Edith Cowan University
NEW: Lecturer: Aboriginal Studies (Level A)
Full Time
University of South Australia
Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate
Full Time
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
| | Being Human Festival 2024 | | Join the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne for a festival of the humanities this November. From Shakespeare to street art, find out how you can unleash your humanity!
November 6th to the 29th.
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