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Welcome to our September newsletter. There are two important deadlines coming up for CHASS prizes and Board nominations, see below. Also in this edition are numerous job opportunities, events, open access articles and more.
| CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
CHASS BOARD
November 2025 - November 2027 | We are taking nominations for general membership of the Board, and for the role of President. The Board will assign portfolios to general members after the election.
The short Nomination form must be signed by an authorised signatory of a current CHASS Member Organisation and be endorsed by the candidate. An election will be held where the number of nominations exceeds the positions available.
Please email the completed and signed form to Sally Daly, CHASS Executive Officer by midday (AEST) Monday October 6th, 2025 at: membership@chass.org.au
Note, if the number of nominations received exceeds the positions available, an election will be held online from Midday AEST October 7th, 2025 through to midday AEST October 28th. Each member organisation will have one equal vote. If an online election is required, all member organisations will be notified via email after midday Monday October 6th, 2025.
| CHASS Prize for Distinctive Works in HASS
This prize is for a performance, exhibition, research project or a specific advance in policy development in any HASS field. Performances or exhibitions must have been open to the public between 1 January and 31 December in the previous year. Policy work and research may have commenced earlier, but must have been completed during the previous year.
Self-nominations are welcome. Nominees should provide sufficient evidence to allow judges to assess the impact of the performance, exhibition, project or policy. The nature of this evidence is up to the nominator (e.g., critical reviews, impact assessments, spin-offs, new policies).
Performances, exhibitions or policy work may have taken place abroad, but nominees must be citizens or permanent residents of Australia, and the work must have some relevance to Australian life. All materials submitted must be in English. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Submission deadline: 6th October, 2025. SUBMIT HERE
CHASS/Future Leader Writing Prize
This prize is awarded to a future leader for a piece of written work (e.g., essay, scholarly article, media article, book chapter) from the perspective of the Humanities, Arts or Social Sciences.
Self-nominations are welcome. Applications must be sole-authored, written in English, and should deepen our understanding of aspects of Australian society and culture. Nominees must not have reached 35 years of age before the nomination cut-off date of 31 December the previous year, and be citizens or permanent residents of Australia. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
The written work may be published or unpublished and must not exceed 12,000 words.
Submission deadline: 6th October, 2025. SUBMIT HERE
People Places Prize 2025 For Creativity And Innovation
The People Places Prize is about creative and innovative ideas for urban environments. The Prize is open to Australian citizens and residents aged 18 and over. The winner will receive $10,000 and their ideas featured in an exhibition and on www.peopleplaces.org.au.
Sorrento 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 2025 Sorrento Writers Festival and at www.writing.org.au
| | HASS Scholarships & Fellowships | Strategic Scholarships 2026
Melbourne Social Equity Institute is seeking expressions of interest from candidates interested in undertaking doctoral research on social equity issues. For this open call, up to three Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) scholarships will be available for commencement in 2026.
Expression of Interest Deadline: October 20. Read on...
Australian Catholic History Fellowship 2026–2027
Applications are invited for suitable candidates for a 2-year Australian Catholic History Fellowship to be held at the Australian Catholic University.
| Congress of HASS
2025 Congress of HASS
CHASS
The University of Melbourne
Monday 24 - Friday 28 November 2025
SAVE THE DATE
Conferences
Sociology in Action! Wellbeing, Policy, and Activism in Times of Crises and Change
TASA
The University of Melbourne
Hybrid, Monday 24 - Thursday 27 November 2025
CSAA Conference 2025
Cultural Studies Association of Australia
The University of Melbourne
Wednesday 26 - Friday 28 November 2025
The ANZAMEMS 15th Biennial Conference: ‘Possibilities’
ANZAMEMS
The University of Melbourne
Wednesday 3 - Friday 5 December 2025
Online Seminar
The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter
Newcastle Youth Studies Center
Wednesday 8 October 2025
The False Divide between Nature and Culture
Newcastle Youth Studies Center
Wednesday 5 November 2025
'Your mum didn't take selfies': Youth and image cultures on social media
Newcastle Youth Studies Center
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Symposiums
The Humanities & Creative Practice - 56th Annual Symposium of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Australian Academy of the Humanities
Thursday 13 November 2025
Seminars
NEW: Between Code and Consequence: Navigating AI with a Human Rights Lens
Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
Tuesday 14 October, 1 PM - 2 PM 2025
| All of the below articles are available on open access:
Dastane, O., Thaichon, P., & Han, G. T. W. (2025). Beyond the Screen: The Transformative Power of Mobile Technology in Creative Communication and Branding. Journal of Creative Communications. https://doi.org/10.1177/09732586251369640
Eltham, B., Gu, X., & Badham, M. (2025). ‘Artists as workers’? Re-imagining cultural policy for insecure and precarious artists and cultural workers. Journal of Sociology, 61(3), 447-468. https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833251345856
Booth, K., Bryant, J., Chandra, S., Davies, C., Kerr, L., Wynne, K., Carlson, M.A., Shannon, B., Zwickl, S., Butler, T. and Whop, L.J. (2025), Advancing equity: the urgent need to include trans and gender diverse people in cervical cancer prevention in Australia. Med J Aust. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70041
Scott K, Brown DJ, Brömdal A, et al. LGBT+ concerns of ageing and accessing aged care services in Australia: A cross-sectional study. Australas J Ageing. 2025; 44:e70084. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.70084
Barnett, T., Erhart, J., & Dooley, K. (2025). Virtually inclusive: The promises and experiences of women and gender diverse people in virtual production workplaces. Journal of Sociology, 61(3), 396-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833241308018
Amanda Nichole Balmer, Leah East, Annette Brömdal, Amy Mullens, Sonya Osborne, Kathryn Kynoch; Interventions to reduce sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses in incarcerated adult populations: a systematic review. Int J Prison Health (2024) 2025; https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPH-08-2024-0048
Cannizzo, F., Strong, C., & Whiting, S. (2024). Basic income for creative justice: Weathering inequity in the creative industries during COVID-19. Journal of Sociology, 61(3), 489-509. https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833241280304
Verhoeven, D., Eltham, B., & Coate, B. (2025). Through a glass darkly: Researching workplace discrimination using an identity meta-perception (IMP) lens. Journal of Sociology, 61(3), 373-395. https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833251334192
Daughtry, S., & Whiting, S. (2025). Cultural labour, income support, and the welfare state: Non-arts funding and funding the arts. Journal of Sociology, 61(3), 469-488. https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833241309856
Ingersoll, L., Fitzgerald, S., & Burgess, J. (2025). ‘On location’: The realities of precariousness on labour mobility for independent filmmakers in the Australian screen industry. Journal of Sociology, 61(3), 412-429. https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833251360479
Miceli Mcmillan, R., Fowler, J. A., Erbacher, T., Ireland, R. E. E., Brown, S. J., Brömdal, A., … Mullens, A. B. (2025). “Honoring Beautiful Connections”: LGBTQA+ Perspectives on Providing Safe and Inclusive Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy. Journal of Homosexuality, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2526046
Day, M., Brown, D., Brömdal, A., East, L., Mullens, A. B., & Larsen, B. (2025). Rapid systematic literature review of endometriosis in transgender, gender diverse and non-binary individuals: Barriers, treatment, and lived experiences. International Journal of Transgender Health, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2025.2527829
Nguyen-Trung, K., Saeri, A.K., Zhao, K. et al. SeCOM-B: an integrated model for understanding human behaviour change in wicked socio-ecological problems. Socio Ecol Pract Res (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-025-00227-y
| | HASS Employment Opportunities |
NEW: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biomaterials in Architecture
Full Time
Queensland University of Technology
NEW: Senior Research and Engagement Fellow (Music)
Full Time
University of Newcastle Australia
NEW: Associate Lecturer in Musicology - Theory and Analysis
Full Time
University of Sydney
NEW: Lecturer (Contemporary Popular Music)
Full Time
University of Western Australia
NEW: Lecturer (Classical Voice)
Part Time
University of Western Australia
NEW: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer of Interior Design Faculty of Engineering
Full Time
Queensland University of Technology
NEW: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer, Literacy
Full Time
RMIT University
NEW: Postdoctoral Research Associate (Music, Technologies and Multispecies Justice)
Full Time
University of Sydney
NEW: Lecturer - Language and Communication Skills (Clinical)
Part Time
Monash University
NEW: Assistant Research Specialist Position
Full Time
Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
NEW: Associate Professor / Professor of Architectural Practice (Education Focused)
Full Time
University of Sydney
NEW: Associate Professor / Professor of Design (Education Focused)
Full Time
University of Sydney
NEW: Education Focused Academics (Sydney Horizon Educators) Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Full Time
University of Sydney
NEW: Education Focused Academics (Sydney Horizon Educators) Faculty of Science
Full Time
University of Sydney
NEW: Education Focused Academics (Sydney Horizon Educators) The School of Architecture, Design
Full Time
University of Sydney
NEW: Instructor Faculty in English
Full Time
Abu Dhabi University
NEW: Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Media Production
Full Time
Abu Dhabi University
NEW: Assistant Professor of Applied Behaviour Analysis
Full Time
Abu Dhabi University
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