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Date: 8/26/2021
Subject: New CHASS Newsletter August 27
From: Sally Daly



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CHASS Newsletter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dear ~~first_name~~,
 
Welcome to our new regular newsletter sharing events, jobs, scholarships and other news from across the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. The past year has brought deep challenges for all of our member organisations but has also highlighted the importance of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences for enduring the challenges we face, adjusting to the profound changes around us and, hopefully, thriving in the years to come.

Please do share this newsletter within and beyond your organisation as appropriate. While only CHASS member organisations can submit events and opportunities for the newsletter (see details below), we want it circulated as widely as possible and any organisation and individual can sign up to receive it (see the link above).

Dan Woodman (President, Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences)
 
CHASS Awards/Prizes
2021 CHASS Flash Award: Creativity in Covid is an open prize for any creative work - visual, auditory, or performed - born/inspired from Covid related impacts. Nominees should provide enough evidence for judges to assess the innovation and connection to Covid. 
Prize: $2,000
Submission deadline: October 1. Submit online here. 
 
CHASS Prize for Distinctive Work in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences: 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 2021 and 31 December 2021. Policy work and research may have commenced earlier, but must have been completed during 2021.
Prize: $2,000
Submission deadline: October 1. Submit online here.
 
CHASS Future Leaders Writing Prize: aims to recognise and reward young Australian writers (35 and under). The theme for 2021 is Fragility and Hope. The writing can be fiction or non-fiction and needs to be between 1500 and 2000 words. This writing prize, introduced in 2020 ($2000 cash prize) is being sponsored by Future Leaders.
Prize: $2,000
Submission deadline: October 1. Submit via email to helen@futureleaders.com.au
 
 
Robyn Gulliver was the 2020 winner of the CHASS Prize for Distinctive Work in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Robyn created the Campaign Explorer database and citizen science project, which is a Australia’s first ever large scale database of environmental collective action, designed to help activists and researchers design more effective grassroots activism to address our environmental challenges. The project has two components: a database that is available for download by researchers and activists and includes information on over 1,600 environmental groups, 900 environmental campaigns and 195 climate change campaign outcomes. The second component is the citizen science platform, which offers a range of tasks and projects for volunteers to contribute to the project.
 
Robyn will be speaking about her work during Social Sciences Week on Monday September 6, 12:30pm AEST. You can register here.
2020 Future Leader recipient
Victoria Brookman was the 2020 winner of the CHASS Future Leaders Writing Prize with Bushfires, and the Summer Holidays That Never Were

Down the back, in a gently sloping part of our yard, sits our fairy tree, a magical
grevillea adored by kids and fairy wrens alike. A “prize tree” my brother-in-law
called it. It’s always been a bit wonky but that was part of its charm. We
planted some seaside daisies next to it for the fairies, and later zinnias and
bunny ear succulents.

The past few months, however, the tree has been struggling. The ground was
so dry for so long that it began to uproot itself in search of water. The bucket
watering we were restricted to by government restrictions could not save it, its roots exposing themselves more and more each day in search of that elusive deep drink. Leaves still green and healthy, it reaches ever closer towards the ground. Nature’s magic, it seems, is deserting us. Read on...
 
Victoria is also the author of ‘Burnt Out’, which will be published by HarperCollins on January 5, 2022. Read on... 
CHASS Board Elections
CHASS Board: October 2021 – October 2023

Nominations are called for members to be on the CHASS Board.

Those elected will hold office from the completion of the election process through to the 2023 Annual General Meeting (October). Candidates must submit the Nomination form. An election will be held where the number of nominations exceeds the positions available.

Signed Nomination of a candidate for election to the Board of CHASS forms must be submitted by midday (AEST) Monday September 20th, 2021. The form should have a 200 word biography/position statement attached.

Please email the signed form to: membership@chass.org.au by midday (AEST) Monday September 20th, 2021.

If more than six nominations are received, an election will be held online from Midday AEST September 22nd, 2021 through to midday AEST October 18. If an online election is required, all members will be notified via email shortly after midday Monday September 20th, 2021.


CHASS Events 
Robyn Gulliver event
HASS Awards & Prizes
George Yule Essay Prize awarded to the best essay written by a postgraduate.
Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Application deadline: 12 November. Read on...
 
Conference Bursaries
Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Application deadline: 12 November. Read on...
 
The inaugural DASSH Staff Award nominations are closed. The DAASH team report that the large number of high quality entries and that it is great to see so many members of our disciplines acknowledging the work of fellow colleagues in a program that will foster excellence and provide us with good news for our winners across six categories come mid-September! A full list of categories can be seen here. Finally, if you didn’t get in this year, don’t worry! This is the first of many to come.
Drama Awards 1
The Drama Australia President's Award is their most prestigious award with only 16 previous recipients and recognises extraordinary and long-standing service, commitment, and contribution to Drama Education at a state, national and international level. Professor Judith McLean was the 2020 recipient and Professor Sandra Gattenhof is the 2021 recipient.
Drama Awards 2
Dr John Nicholas Saunders is the Winner of the inaugural 2020 Drama Australia Research Award winner for his distinguished PhD thesis titled: Dramatic Interventions: A multi-site case study analysis of student outcomes in the School Drama program. Dr Saunders was nominated by one of his PhD supervisors: Professor Emerita Robyn Ewing AM from The University of Sydney.
Jennifer Wong
Dr Jennifer Wong is a finalist of the inaugural 2020 Drama Australia Research Award for her PhD thesis titled: Playbuilding: Considering Identities, Agency and Self-Efficacy. Dr Wong was nominated by one of her PhD supervisors: Associate Professor Madonna Stinson from Griffith University.
HASS Competitions for High School Students
Monash Arts Social Justice Matters video competition
Social Justice Matters is a short video essay competition for high school students – tell us what social justice issue you are passionate about, why it matters, and what we can do to address this issue.
Entry deadline:  August 30. Read on...
 
TASA Sociology of Sport and Leisure Competition
You are invited to write a 600-word essay or produce a 3minute YouTube video covering the role of sport/leisure in society. Applicants should incorporate at least ONE key sociological issue: gender, class, sexuality, ethnicity into your answer.
Entry deadline: August 31. Read on... 
 
Online Writing and Art Competition: Inclusion is!
You are invited to enter a written piece or a visual artwork that examines issues of disability injustice, exclusion and discrimination using a sociological lens.
Entry deadline: October 10. Read on... Also, see the video

HASS Funding
MATCH Lab is a funding program for independent artists and groups. It’s for artists looking to build their fundraising and arts business skills and run a fundraising campaign. There is currently up to $5,000 of matched funding available per project.
Application deadline: September 5. Read on... 
HASS Publications
The first issue of Australian Journalism Review (AJR) for 2021 is now available via the members-only section of the JERAA website.
HASS Research Centres/Institutes

Griffith's new Creative Arts Research Institute (CARI)

Julie Fragar, Managing Reality, 2021. Oil on board, 70 x 90cm.
Griffith's new Creative Arts Research Institute (CARI) launched on the 1st of July this year. Situated on the lands of the Turrubul and Jaggera people, CARI draws on expertise in music, performing arts, visual arts, design, film and gaming. CARI's research is articulated through practice and theory, doing and writing, experimentation and reflection. This work is shared in the researchers' communities of practice, through cultural institutions, and in a variety of publications. Centred around arts, culture and justice, the interdisciplinary artistic approaches at CARI contribute to new innovative solutions and creative pathways forward. CARI is proud to pioneer and progress this creative turn at Griffith University and to contribute to the national conversation moving forward. Read on...
 
HASS Submissions
DASSH made a submission to the Growing industry internships for research PhD students through the Research Training Program implementation paper from Department of Education, Skills and Employment in early August. DASSH said: “The Implementation Paper notes ‘Industry will benefit from more opportunities to host research PhD students, which will bolster their ability to harness ideas and concepts for innovation and encourage the recruitment of high-calibre PhD graduates’. DASSH strongly endorses this statement. This is particularly pertinent to the humanities, arts and social sciences sector because it has been clearly demonstrated that HASS graduates comprise almost two thirds of Australia’s future workforce.” DASSH made several recommendations to the department which can be read in the full submission here.
HASS Events
The Congress of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
CHASS bringing together the annual discipline association conferences in the HASS sector under one banner. Proposed dates for the inaugural event are the final week of November and/or first week of December 2023 (Melbourne). 
More details to follow.
 
Social Sciences Week is a week-long series of events held across Australia each September offering insight into the impact of the social sciences on our lives. There are a variety of Social Sciences Week events scheduled this year (September 6th - 12th) including webinars, public lectures, book launches, symposiums, competitions, panel discussions, film screenings and more. To view all events, please click on the green button below: 
 
 
AAS21
All are welcome to join the first ever virtual conference of the Australian Anthropology Society, which will be held online between 24 November and 2 December, 2021. The Call for Papers and Labs is currently open and will close at 23:59 AEST on 30 August. Read on... 

JERAA 2021 conference
The JERAA 2021 annual conference will be held online Dec 1 – 3, 2021 with the HDR pre-conference on November 30th. Abstract submissions have re-opened. Please submit your 300-word paper or panel abstract to jeraaconference2021@gmail.com by COB Friday September 3rd. Read on...

ANZAMEMS
The Thirteenth Biennial ANZAMEMS Conference will be held at The University of Western Australia. The topic is: Reception and Emotion. The conference will be held from 27 June to 1 July 2022 and will include an ANZAMEMS Seminar. The Call for Papers has now opened. The closing date for submissions is Friday 12 November 2021. For details, read on... 
 

DAASH
The DASSH Conference will be taking place virtually this year and will be free of charge in recognition of the difficult time facing the sector and society more broadly. They want to show their support by providing three sessions aimed at practically dealing with the impact of COVID on teaching, whether that be blended learning, research, or student and staff wellbeing. If you are interested in taking part please email office@dassh.edu.au for an invitation. All are welcome. You can see a full list of topics, abstracts and speakers here.

ACHRC
The Australasian Consortium of Humanities Researchers & Centres (ACHRC) presents a seminar series on Digital Humanities (DH) bringing together experts in the field and creating a space for the discussion of key aspects of DH research and its inclusion in teaching, research design, collaboration, networking, and funding applications.
 
  • 12 noon-12.45pm on Friday 3 September: Digital Humanities Now
  • 12noon-12.45pm on Friday 10 September: Digital Humanities Pedagogy
  • 4.00-4.45pm on Friday 17 September: Digital Humanities and the Researcher
  • 12noon-12.45pm on Friday 24 September: Digital Humanities and Research Design
For details, and to register, read on...

Melbourne Writers Festival
Hey, Utopia! Other Ways the World Could Be
Panellists include CHASS Board member Julian Meyrick, as well as Kristen Rundle & David Threlfall 
4 pm, 12 September, State Library Victoria
For details, and to register, read on...

SLNSW
The State Library is hosting six public lectures presented as part of 'A Foreign Country: Travels through the Past' series:
 
ONE - A public lecture about public lecturing, with Will Christie
31 August at 5.30pm
Free. Bookings.

TWO - The platypus journal and the felon press: Science and print culture in colonial Tasmania, with Anna Johnston
14 September at 5.30pm
Free. Bookings.

THREE - Legacies of Atlantic slavery and British colonialism, with Trevor Burnard
28 September at 5.30pm
Free. Bookings.

FOUR - Family histories and the memory of nations: Reflections on my great-grandmother’s fight against Aboriginal child removal in the 1930s, with Victoria Haskins
12 October at 5.30pm
Free. Bookings.

FIVE - Lucky but lame — Australia’s unhappy relationship with risk, with Mark Kenny
26 October at 5.30pm
Free. Bookings.

SIX - Thomas Jefferson’s gardens, with Jennifer Milam
9 November at 5.30pm
Free. Bookings.
TASA November
The Australian Sociological Association is hosting several hybrid events in November as well as a Thematic Week involving multiple presentations, keynotes and a plenary. More details available soon. 
HASS Employment Opportunities
Fellow/Associate Professor
Australian National University, College of Asia & the Pacific
Applications close: 26 September. Read on...
 
We welcome you to share any employment opportunities with us to include in this newsletter and to list on our publicly searchable Jobs & Scholarships Board
 
HASS PhD Scholarship Opportunities
The University of South Australia currently have several HASS PhD opportunities available including in the areas of Built environment and design, Education, Health Sciences, Human Societies, Cultural Studies, Public Law & Psychology. For details, read on...
 
We welcome you to share any PhD opportunities with us to include in this newsletter and to list on our publicly searchable Jobs & Scholarships Board
HASS Resources
Humanities 21 has produced several resource packs containing information on the value of the humanities, which have been designed to assist teachers, career counsellors, parents and students in discerning a suitable career path. Read on... 
HASS Surveys
National Association for the Visual Arts asking for artists, arts workers and leaders across the sector to fill in this short 20 minute survey to both show the breadth and complexity of the visual arts and craft sector, and to highlight the experiences of individuals. Read on... 
Annual General Meetings
The Australasian Consortium of Humanities Researchers and Centres (ACHRC) will hold its Annual Conference and AGM on Monday-Tuesday 15-16 November.
Submitting Newsletter Content
We encourage you to support the HASS sector by sharing details about your discipline/department via this newsletter. No news is too small of too big. Any mention of HASS is of value to our sector and we plan on continuing to extend the reach of our newsletter overtime. Please submit all content to CHASS Admin. Suggested content includes, but is not limited to:
  • Awards and Prizes
  • Call for Papers (journals/conferences)
  • Call for Book Chapters
  • Competitions
  • Discipline/Department news
  • Industry connections
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Job and/or scholarship opportunities (these will also be listed on our publicly searchable website directory)
  • Publications, especially those with free full access
  • Social sciences week events
  • Other upcoming events
  • Submissions
  • Social gatherings

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