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Date: 4/7/2022
Subject: CHASS Newsletter April 8
From: Sally Daly



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CHASS Newsletter
Dear ~~first_name~~,
 
We are excited to be able to share the Congress of HASS poster. We welcome and encourage you to share it widely. There will be Congress updates soon. 
 
Congress of HASS
The Congress of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
November 24 - December 3, 2022

There is still time to join this event. If your association has a conference, symposium or workshop 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)

  • 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
  • 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
HASS Awards & Prizes
New: 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.
Application deadline: June 30. 
Read on...
 
New: 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.
Entries close: April 29th. Read on... 
 
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
Nomination deadline: April 27. Read on...
 
Holberg Prize
An international prize awarded annually for outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law and theology.
Nomination deadline: 15 June. Read on...
   
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.
Submission deadline: May 1, 2022. Read on...
 
HASS Events
New: Writing Tasmanian Lives
Australian University Heads of English Symposium
22–24 June 2022
Submission deadline: April 14. Read on...
 
New: Building Good Mental Health Habits into Your Teaching Day
Drama Victoria
Online, May 9, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
For details, and to register, read on...
 
New: Urgent Histories
Australian Historical Association Conference
Monday 27 June – Friday 1 July
Deakin University Geelong Waterfront Campus
For details, read on...
 
New: “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
Wednesday 27 April 11:00am AWST / 1:00pm AEST
For details, and to register, Read on...
 
New: Future Theology
Australia & New Zealand Association of Theological Studies Annual Conference, 2022
3-6 July 2022, Sydney, Australia
Submission deadline: April 30. Read on... 
 
New: Supporting Communication In Our Schools
Australian Association of Special Education
Online, Wednesday, 11 May, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM AEST
For details, and to register, Read on...
 
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... 
 
Critical Perspectives on COVID-19: Engaging the Social Sciences and Humanities
21-22 April
The Critical Perspectives on COVID-19 conference is a venue for Australian-based researchers to come together in person to share their research. The conference will be held across two days, with hubs in Sydney and Melbourne to facilitate face-to-face encounters and networking opportunities.
For details, and to register, read on...
 
AAS2022
New: 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.
TASA 2022 logo
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... 
HASS Funding
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.
For details, read on...
 
Research Grant Opportunity
Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies
Application deadline: May 31. Read on...
 
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.
 
HASS Publications

Book Reviews

Ansari, M. (2022). Jan A. Ali, Islam and Muslims in Australia: Settlement, Integration, Shariah, Education and Terrorism. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.21997
 

Journals

Lilli Alanen (2022) Love and Objective Reality in Spinoza’s Account of the Mind’s Power over the Affects, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, DOI: 10.1080/00048402.2021.2023893
 
Antoinette Schapper (2021) Beyond ‘Macassans’: Speculations on layers of Austronesian contact in northern Australia, Australian Journal of Linguistics, 41:4, 434-452, DOI: 10.1080/07268602.2021.2000365. [OPEN ACCESS]
 
Hayes, Jan, Sarah Maslen and Myriam Merad. 2022. "The Making of a Legitimate Standard." Safety Science 152:105771. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105771. [Free access for 50 days]
 
Davis, M. D. M., Schermuly, A. C., Smith, A. K. J. & Newman, C. (2022) "Diversity via datafication? Digital patient records and citizenship for sexuality and gender diverse people", Biosocieties, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41292-022-00277-5. [OPEN ACCESS]
 

Reports

Dr. Holly Randell-Moon and Danielle Hynes have completed the following report: ‘It just works!’: Regional and rural consumer understandings of smart technologies in North West New South Wales. This Report outlines regional and rural consumer understandings of smart technologies and their applications in North West New South Wales, Australia. The Report draws on an evidence base from over 130 participants and 6 case studies including Dubbo, Wellington, Narromine, Peak Hill, Gilgandra, and Local Aboriginal Land Councils. The project is funded by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN). The report can be accessed from: https://smartregions.csu.domains/

Publication: Randell-Moon, H. & Hynes, D. (2022). ‘Too smart’: Infrastructuring the Internet through regional and rural smart policy in Australia. Policy & Internet, 1–19. DOI: 10.1002/poi3.286

Statements

Humanities and GLAM sector not represented on ARC Advisory Committee
DASSH notes with serious concern the complete lack of representation of the humanities or GLAM sector within the advisory committee established by the Australia Research Council. Read on...
 
Statement of the Executive Committee of the Anthropological Society of Western Australia against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Read on...
 

Podcasts

I’m not racist, but…The data is in: racism in Australia is on the rise. But in recent years has racism become more covert than it once was? This podcast unpacks the spectrum of racist behaviour looking at racism in Australia today, and considers why, even as it goes undercover, it’s getting worse. Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. 
 
 

HASS Employment Opportunities
New: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
Culture and Society is particularly interested to welcome passionate teachers with experience of and/or commitment to working with students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds many of whom may be the first generation to attend university and who often face socioeconomic disadvantage.
Application deadline: April 18. Read on...
 
New: Work Integrated Learning Team Leader
Faculty of Arts Macquarie University
Application deadline: April 13. Read on...
 
New: Lecturer 
Department of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Sydney
Expertise preferably in the field of French and Francophone Cultural Studies (cultural, historical or literary studies) or socio-linguistics but other areas relevant to French and Francophone Studies will be considered.
Application deadline: April 24. Read on...
 
New: Senior Research Officer
School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University – Liverpool City Campus
Application deadline: April 10. Read on...
 
New: Teaching Fellow
The Contemplative Studies Centre, the University of Melbourne
Application deadline: April 14. Read on...
 
New: Lecturer - Sociology
Monash University
Application deadline: April 26. Read on...
 
Research Fellow
The Australian National University, College of Asia & the Pacific
Application deadline: April 15. 
Read on...
 
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer, Philosophy
The School of Philosophy and Theology
The University of Notre Dame Australia
Application deadline: May 2nd. Read on...
 
Scope-University of Melbourne Partnership – Younger People in Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC): Towards living a better life
Casual Research Assistants located across Australia are sought to carry out qualitative fieldwork during August and September 2022.
For details, read on...
 
Head, Communications and Marketing
Australian War Memorial, Campbell ACT
Application deadline: April 14. Read on...

HASS Scholarship Opportunities
New: 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 
Applications close: April 30th. Read on...
 
PhD Scholarship Opportunity – Gendered Dynamics in Community Volunteering Practices
The University of Melbourne
Applications close: April 27. Read on...
 
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  • 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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