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In case you missed our last newsletter, now that the campaign is on, we've released our CHASS Federal Election Statement. Increasing support for HASS students, investing in cutting edge HASS research and growing better links between HASS researchers inside and outside universities are our key recommendations. You can access the full statement here.
In case you haven't heard, the ABC has started the search for Australia’s next generation of research talent across Science, the Humanities, and the Arts. Applications close May 31. For details, Read on...
| The Congress of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
November 24 - December 3, 2022
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If you haven't already, we welcome and encourage you to share the Congress of HASS poster widely to help us promote the event.
Although it's too late to add you to the poster, 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). We'll be sure to add your association to our website and other Congress of HASS promotional spaces.
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
| | | The Minister for the Arts is seeking Expressions of Interest for four appointments to the Cultural Facilities Corporation (CFC) Board, including the positions of Chair and Deputy Chair.
| 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....
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...
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.
Holberg Prize
An international prize awarded annually for outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law and theology.
| New: The Role of Deans in Our Changing World
Online, May 19, 8am-9am
New: Reception and Emotion - Conference
Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
27–30 June
New: World Religions Symposium 2022
Explore how major world religions have had, and continues to have, profound impacts on societies across the globe.
20 July, 9:30am - 2.00pm, Queensland
Non-Traditional Research Methods
Online, TODAY 6 May 2022, 18:30 – 20:30 AEST
Making Public Histories
Seminar, online, May 26, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Diversity Now
The International Symposium on Bilingualism
26-30 June 2023
Symposia deadline: 1 September. Read on...
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
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...
| | 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...
| | | | 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.
| Literat I. “Teachers Act Like We’re Robots”: TikTok as a Window Into Youth Experiences of Online Learning During COVID-19. AERA Open. January 2021. doi:10.1177/2332858421995537. [FULL ACCESS]
Adelle, Camilla; Black, Gillian; Kroll, Florian (2022) Digital storytelling for policy impact: perspectives from co-producing knowledge for food system governance in South Africa, Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice. Policy Press, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/174426421X16474528475330. [FULL ACCESS]
Tim Rhodes, Kari Lancaster, Making pandemics big: On the situational performance of Covid-19 mathematical models,
Social Science & Medicine, Volume 301, 2022, 114907, ISSN 0277-9536, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114907. [FULL ACCESS]
Scott J. Fitzpatrick, Bronwyn K. Brew, Tonelle Handley and David Perkins (2022). Men, suicide, and family and interpersonal violence: A mixed methods exploratory study. Sociology of Health & Illness. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13476. [FULL ACCESS]
Natalie Jovanovski & Tess Jaeger (2022) Unpacking the ‘anti-diet movement’: domination and strategies of resistance in the broad anti-diet community, Social Movement Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2022.2070736. [FULL ACCESS]
| | Rise of the campaign speech. Seriously Social Podcast, Academy of Social Sciences Australia April 26. | Arts Education in Crisis Panel at Australian Theatre for Young People: This panel discussion, Chaired by Prof Michael Anderson, in collaboration with Australian Theatre for Young People, brought together artists and arts educators to imagine a path we could take to valuing the contribution the Arts makes to our growth and wellbeing as humans. You can access the video here.
| | HASS Employment Opportunities | New: Postdoctoral Fellow
Faculty of Business & Law, Academic Division
Queensland University of Technology
To conduct qualitative research into gender in STEMM research careers in hospital sector.
New: Lecturer, Literature
Macquarie University
New: Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow
Sociology & Social Policy
University of Nottingham
Application deadline: May 27. Read on...
New: Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning for Arts, Humanities, Psychology, and Social Sciences
Edith Cowan University
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Literature
The University of Queensland
Application deadline: May 12. Read on...
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology
School of Social Sciences at the University of Otago.
Research Fellow
Monash University
Working on a project investigating men’s experiences of, and successes and challenges in, undertaking low paid care work.
| | HASS Scholarship Opportunities | New: PhD Scholarship in Social Science – Lived experiences of bushfire affected communities with a focus on how granting and funding during and following disasters affect individual and community resilience
Monash University
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...
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