 | Dear ~~first_name~~,
The Congress of HASS is over for another year and we are deeply grateful to our host, the University of Western Australia, and especially the School of Social Sciences led by Professor Amanda Davies. Our thanks also to BE Perth for its sponsorship, and to the UWA Public Policy Institute and Australian Political Studies Association for partnering with us on the very timely and engaging ‘Is Democracy Done?’ event. A video of that can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5aOBW7TJ_U
For the Congress as a whole, there were about 1500 delegates all up, with about a dozen participating organisations. Organisations such as the Australian Political Studies Association, the Australian Anthropological Society and The Australian Sociological Association held their major conferences as part of the Congress. Other bodies, such as the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy, organised thematic seminars and conferences. As a historian, I was delighted to attend most of the Everyday Heritage and Difficult Legacies symposium, which was supported by the Australian Historical Association, along with several other organisations. That typified the way the Congress works, bringing together scholars, practitioners and partner organisations in support for the HASS enterprise. What a privilege it was for me to be able to drop in on so many events and gain a taste of the brilliant work being done in the HASS fields and disciplines.
On the Thursday night of the Congress, the Academy of the Social Sciences hosted Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley who presented the Shape the Nation Lecture 2024 on 'The secret sauce to a better Australia'. This was a marvellous discussion of the possibilities for collaboration between natural and social sciences in grappling with the biggest problems the world faces today. A report of the lecture as well as the video can be viewed at: https://socialsciences.org.au/news/australias-chief-scientist-reflects-on-social-sciences-at-the-2024-shape-the-nation-lecture/
While the Congress was a splendid showcase for HASS, many of us move into the summer break with much anxiety about the future of the arts, humanities and social sciences in Australian universities. The year ahead will call for our powers of advocacy, and CHASS will be active in this arena. I wish you all the best for the festive season, as well as for the year ahead.
Warm regards,
Frank Bongiorno AM
President, CHASS | Sorento Creative Writing Prize
Prize: $5,000
| The Australian Linguistic Society is currently seeking application for the Susan Kaldor Scholarship, which funds international summer school or intensive programs for Australian linguistics students. The Susan Kaldor Scholarship provides funding of up to $2,500 to assist an ALS student member to attend an international institute, summer school or similar intensive course (for example the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute; the LOT Summer School (The Netherlands); etc).
| Congress
2025 Congress of HASS
CHASS
The University of Melbourne
Monday 24 - Friday 28 November 2025
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Conference
The ANZAMEMS 15th Biennial Conference: ‘Possibilities’
ANZAMEMS
The University of Melbourne
Wednesday 3 - Friday 5 December 2025
| All of the below articles are available on open access:
Uekusa, S., Nguyen-Trung, K., Lorenz, D. F., Michael, S., & Karki, J. (2024). Bourdieu and early career researchers (ECRs) in disaster research: A collaborative autoethnography (CAE). International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 104969.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104969
Nicholas, L., Clark, S., Agius, C., & Cook, K. (2024). Antifeminist, manosphere and right-wing extremist sentiment among men who use domestic and family violence: masculinism, misinformation, and the justificatory logics of violence. NORMA, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/18902138.2024.2430513
Nicholas, L., Clark, S. & Falzon, C. (2024) A scoping review of non-binary research in “Australian” social sciences: Community, solidarity, resilience and resisting marginalisation. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 00, 1–17. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.374
Johnson, B., Shakes, P. & Maylea, C. (2024) Prenatal testing technologies in Australia: Unintended clinical and emotional complexities in underprepared systems. Social Science & Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117368
Štětka, V., Brandao, F., Tóth, F., Mihelj, S., Rothberg, D., Hallin, D., Klimkiewicz, B., & Ferracioli, P. (2024). Beyond Social Media: The Influence of News Consumption, Populism, and Expert Trust on Belief in COVID-19 Misinformation. The International Journal of Press/Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241302755
Nguyen-Trung, Kien, Saeri, Alexander K., Kaufman, Stefan, Applying ChatGPT and AI-Powered Tools to Accelerate Evidence Reviews, Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 2024, 8815424, 14 pages, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/8815424
Hameleers, M., & Garnier Ortiz, M. (2024). Risk Perceptions of Misinformation Exposure Across Platforms, Issues, Modalities, and Countries: A Comparative Study Across the Global North and South. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612241304050
Newton, G., Kirby, E., Hofstätter, L., Judd-Lam, S., Smith, L., Churchill, B., Strnadová, I., & Newman, C. E. (2024). ‘Is There Anything Else You’d Like to Tell Us About Your Experience?’ Orientations Towards Listening to Open-Ended Survey Responses. Sociological Research Online. https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804241287628
Radford, D., Krivokapic-Skoko, B., Hetz, H., Roberts, R., Soong, H., & Tan, G. (2024). Everyday refugee integration: A holistic reconceptualization of refugee integration through the everyday practices of Hazara Afghan refugees. Journal of Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833241291617
| Hungry for hope in the new year
A podcast called Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny recently had an episode with Professor Frank Bongiorno and Dr Marija Taflaga reflecting on the year that was and made some forecasts about the political future ahead of us.
The podcast can be found here.
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The full text can be accessed here.
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