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| The Congress of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
November 24 - December 3, 2022
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We are excited to be able to share the Congress of HASS poster. We welcome and encourage you to include the poster when helping us to promote the Congress widely.
If you would like to be a part of the Congress of HASS, there is still time to join this event. If your association has a conference, symposium, public lecture, or workshop etc. that you are planning for the year that might fit as part of the initiative, please contact the CHASS President, Professor Dan Woodman (dan.woodman@unimelb.edu.au).
The participating associations are listed below:
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- Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
- Australasian Association of Philosophy
- Australian Academy of the Humanities
- Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Schools
- Australian Anthropological Society
- Australian Association for the Study of Religion
- Australian Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotion
- Australian Early Medieval Association
- Australasian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres
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- Australian Historical Association
- Australian Linguistic Society
- Australian Society for Continental Philosophy
- Australian University Heads of English
- Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association
- Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
- Deans of Arts Social Sciences and Humanities
- Drama Australia
- Humanities 21
- Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities
- The Australian Sociological Association
| | | New: Postgraduate Presentation Prize
Australian Association of Philosophy (AAP)
The AAP awards a monetary prize for the best paper presented by a postgraduate student at our annual conference. This prize is offered to encourage postgraduates to present at the conference, and to recognise the philosophical contributions from excellent Australasian postgraduate students.
Submission deadline: Tuesday 17 May, 8.00pm AEST. Read on....
New: Undergraduate Poster Prize
Australian Association of Philosophy (AAP)
Awarded to the best poster by an undergraduate student at our annual conference.
Submission deadline of poster abstracts: Tuesday 24 May, 8.00pm AEST. Read on...
New: The Australian Sociological Association bestows several annual awards and four of them are currently open for nominations. Namely:
- Distinguished Service to Australian Sociology Award;
- Outstanding Service to TASA Award;
- Sociology in Action Award; and
- Teaching Sociology Award.
Nominations for all 4 awards close on June 15th.
PhD Award
The Australian Women’s Studies Association (AWGSA)
This thesis prize is given to the best feminist thesis produced in Australia in the two-year period preceding the Biannual AWGSA Conference. The award eligibility period is from November 2020 – June 2022.
The Australian Good Design Awards
Entries represent projects across broad sectors and industries and cover everything from the design of everyday products we use, the services we interact with and the places and spaces we occupy, to the design of the processes and systems that underpin our businesses, industries, economies and social habits.
Creative Partnerships Awards 2022
The Awards recognise the commitment and dedication of leaders from the philanthropic, business and arts communities through the contribution they make to Australia’s cultural life.
Nomination deadline: April 22. Read on...
Max Crawford Medal
A prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities
Holberg Prize
An international prize awarded annually for outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law and theology.
Questions Writing Prize 2022
The 2022 Questions Writing Prize recognises and rewards young Australian writers (18 to 30 years). The writing can be fiction or non-fiction on any topic as long as the piece remains between 1,500 and 2,000 words.
The prize for the best writing submitted is $2,000.
The winner of the Questions Writing Prize will have their work published in a book and a forthcoming issue of Questions.
| New: Indigenous Perspectives on Decolonial Futures
Online, 3 May, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM AEST
New: Patterns, Outliers, and Teasers: Reception of Early Modern Women’s Writing
Centre for Early Modern Studies
Online, 26 April, 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm AEST
New: Planetary Health Conference: Climate Crisis and Humanitarian Impact
Online, tomorrow, Friday April 22. 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM AEST
New: Mobilities, Diversity and Multiculturalism
Online, Wednesday, April 27, 12:00pm - 1:00pm AEST
For details, and to register, read on...
New: Non-Traditional Research Methods
Online, 6 May 2022, 18:30 – 20:30 AEST
New: Making Public Histories
Seminar, online, May 26, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
New: Theologising in the Shadow of a Pandemic
2022 Theology Research Network (TRN) Conference
Early bird registration deadline: April 30. Read on...
New: Queer Questions and Directions Conference
10-11 August 2022
In-person at Macquarie University and online via Zoom
Submission Deadline: 30 April. Read on...
New: Are Indigenous Rights Inconsistent with Australian Political Traditions?
Law Matters Series: Paul Bourke Lecture
In-person, 28 April, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm AEST
Saint Lucia, Queensland
New: Diversity Now
The International Symposium on Bilingualism
26-30 June 2023
Symposia deadline: 1 September. Read on...
New: Works that Shaped the World: Henry David Thoreau’s Walden
Online, 29 April, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM AEST
New: Etienne Balibar in conversation about his new book Spinoza, the Transindividual.
Chaired by Dimitris Vardoulakis and Peg Birmingham.
Online, April 29, 06: 00AM - 07:00AM AEST
New: Riddles in Conversation 1: Avant Garde Translation Techniques
Judy Kendall on Old English Riddles and Translation
Online, 5 May, 00:00 AEST
Building Good Mental Health Habits into Your Teaching Day
Drama Victoria
Online, May 9, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Urgent Histories
Australian Historical Association Conference
Monday 27 June – Friday 1 July
Deakin University Geelong Waterfront Campus
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps”: Bird-Catching as a Love Allegory in Elizabethan and Jacobean England
An online seminar hosted by The University of Western Australia. Part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (CHE) Seminar Series
27 April 11:00am AWST / 1:00pm AEST
Future Theology
Australia & New Zealand Association of Theological Studies Annual Conference, 2022
3-6 July 2022, Sydney, Australia
Supporting Communication In Our Schools
Australian Association of Special Education
Online, 11 May, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM AEST
Households and Sustainability Workshop in Italy
Monash University is hosting an international workshop bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives on household innovation and agency in sustainability transitions.
Monash Prato campus in Italy, October 26-28, 2022.
For the Call for Papers and full details read on...
| New: Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference
28 June - 7 July
Submissions in all areas of philosophy are welcome.
Key dates:
Postgraduate Presentation Prize Submissions: Tuesday 17 May, 8.00pm AEST
Abstract Submissions for Papers and Posters: Tuesday 24 May, 8.00pm AEST
Early Bird Registration: Tuesday 31 May, 8.00pm AEST
Registrations and Abstract Submissions are now open. Read on...
| | | New: Past and Future Emotions
Two-day Symposium
The University of Melbourne (as part of the Congress of HASS)
Abstract submission deadline: June 30. Read on...
| | | The Australian Anthropology Society's 2022 conference invites panels and papers that respond to the notion of 'Life Support'.
Waurn Ponds (Geelong) campus of Deakin University, 23rd to the 26th November.
Panels and roundtables submission deadline: 23:59 AEST (GMT/UTC+10) on 6 May. Read on...
The call for Papers and the Call for Labs will open on 26 May. | | | Social Challenges, Social Changes
In-person conference at the University of Melbourne
28 November to 2 December 2022.
Keynote speakers to be announced soon.
Abstract submission deadline: May 25th. Read on... | | | The Australian Anthropological Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
Consists of an honorarium of AUD$4,000, awarded to a PhD graduate to assist in the development of work for publication. The honorarium is intended to support the writing up of research already conducted. It is not intended to support fieldwork or conference attendance.
Research Grant Opportunity
Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies
A new campaign has been launched in the lead up to the 2022 Federal Election to put funding for the Arts in Australia on the agenda of the major parties. For details, click here.
| Molnar, L., & Hendry, N. A. (2022). Content analysis of responses to The Line, an Australian primary prevention of violence against women campaign on Facebook. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. https://doi.org/10.1002/HPJA.589 [FULL ACCESS]
Irugalbandara, A. I. (2021). The Potential of Zoom Technology for Enabling Creativity in the Drama Classroom Through Peer-Assisted Learning and Group Collaboration in Pre Service Teacher Education. NJ: Drama Australia Journal, 45(2), 144–159. https://doi.org/10.1080/14452294.2021.2013630 [FULL ACCESS]
Nunn C, Wilding R, McKinnon K, et al. Promoting healthy futures in a rural refugee resettlement location: A community-based participatory research intervention. Journal of Sociology. 2022;58(2):178-195. doi: 10.1177/14407833211003204 [FULL ACCESS]
Hourani, J., Block, K., Phillimore, J., Bradby, H., Ozcurumez, S., Goodson, L., Vaughan, C. (2021) Structural and symbolic violence exacerbates the risks and consequences of sexual and gender-based violence for refugee women. Frontiers in Human Dynamics. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2021.769611/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&ut. [FULL ACCESS]
Andrew Clarke, Lynda Cheshire, Cameron Parsell & Alan Morris (2022) Reified scarcity & the problem space of ‘need’: unpacking Australian social housing policy, Housing Studies, DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2022.2057933 [FULL ACCESS]
Spaa, Anne., Spencer, Nick., Durrant, Abigail., Vines, John., (2022) Creative and collaborative reflective thinking to support policy deliberation and decision making, Evidence & Policy. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/ep/pre-prints/content-evidpold2100056 [FULL ACCESS]
Langley, Joe., Kayes, Nicola., Gwilt, Ian., Snelgrove-Clarke, Erna., Smith, Sarah., Craig, Claire (2022) Exploring the value and role of creative practices in research co-production, Evidence & Policy. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/ep/pre-prints/content-evidpold2200015 [FULL ACCESS]
| How To Spot A Casual Racist - Is It Me? You can access the podcast here.
Is climate change inaction morally corrupt? You can access the podcast here.
Housing and Homelessness with Nat Cook MP SA Minister for Human Services. You can access the podcast here.
| If you missed the Australasian Consortium of Humanities Researchers & Centres (ACHRC) conference last year, you can catch up on all the keynotes and panels via the recordings here.
Commemorating the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante. In this presentation, Professor Lo Bianco explored a much less recognised achievement of the great and foundational poet of Italian and Italy. You can access the recording here.
| HASS Employment Opportunities | New: Director, Healthy Communities and Environments
City of Greater Bendigo
New: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Literature
The University of Queensland
Application deadline: May 12. Read on...
New: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology
School of Social Sciences at the University of Otago.
New: Research Fellow
Monash University
Working on a project investigating men’s experiences of, and successes and challenges in, undertaking low paid care work.
Lecturer - Sociology
Monash University
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer, Philosophy
The School of Philosophy and Theology
The University of Notre Dame Australia
| HASS Scholarship Opportunities | New: Masters in Law Scholarship
Swinburne University
Application deadline: 5:00pm, Monday 25 April. Read on...
Regional Refugee Settlement: A Longitudinal Study
This PhD scholarship is offered by the Melbourne Social Equity Institute, at the University of Melbourne, and is part of the ARC Linkage Project Settling Well: A Longitudinal Study of Refugees in Regional Australia
Application Deadline: May 11. Read on...
PhD Scholarship Opportunity – Men and Paid Care Work
Monash University
PhD Scholarship Opportunity – Gendered Dynamics in Community Volunteering Practices
The University of Melbourne
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