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The next Congress of HASS will be held in November 2027. Stay tuned for more details.

Welcome to CHASS

The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS), founded in 2004, exists to raise awareness of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) and their critical role in building the societies of the future.

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Sorento Creative Writing Prize 2026

The Sorrento Creative Writing Prize is a Future Leaders Initiative. The Prize celebrates the annual Sorrento Writers Festival and its mission to bring writers and readers together.

The winner will receive $5,000 and their writing featured at the 2026 Sorrento Writers Festival and at www.writing.org.au

Conversations

CHASS President Professor Frank Bongiorno in discussion with the 2023 CHASS Distinctive Works Prize winner Vic McEwan about the intersection of medical science and the arts, addressing human experiences of illness, trauma and identity.

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Prizes

Our Prizes honour distinguished achievements by those working, studying, or training in the HASS sector (academics, researchers, practitioners, philanthropists, policy makers, & students).

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Advocacy

Among other strategies, when an issue arrises, or a point is being made, that resonates with CHASS's position, the Board releases a statement signed by the representatives of our member associations.

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