Dear ~~first_name~~,
Welcome to this month’s CHASS update.
In this edition, we are pleased to share a range of opportunities from across the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences community, including upcoming events, recent publications, job opportunities, and other sector news. We hope this roundup helps you stay connected and informed about developments across the HASS landscape.
As always, thank you for your ongoing engagement with CHASS.
The CHASS Team.
| | HASS Scholarships & Fellowships | National Library of Australia Fellowships
Open to researchers in various fields and disciplines, these fellowships offer financial and research support for dedicated time using our collections. Providing extended access to Australia's largest cultural collection, National Library Fellowships foster research that produces new knowledge to shape Australia's intellectual landscape and contributes to public understanding of our collections.
| | NEW: ABC Top 5 Media Residencies
Presented by ABC Radio National, the ABC TOP 5 is for early-career PhD scholars with a passion for communicating their work to non-academic audiences.
Each year, they put a call out to Australia’s higher education sector and research organisations to find the TOP 5 PhD scholars in three categories:
Three media residencies are presented each year. The five winners in each category will spend two weeks at the ABC learning about the media and developing new communication skills.
The media residencies are designed to provided researchers with the skills to share their knowledge and expertise with audiences seeking credible information and informed debate.
| SAVE THE DATES
2026 Social Sciences Week
Saturday 12 - Sunday 20 September 2026
Conferences
NEW: 2026 ASCP Conference
Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy
Macquarie University
Tuesday 1 - Thursday 3 December 2026
More information to come.
2026 AAS Conference
Australian Anthropological Society
Mparntwe/Alice Springs
Wednesday 10 - Friday 12 June 2026
2026 AAP Conference
Australasian Association of Philosophy
Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, Aotearoa
Sunday 5 - Thursday 9 July 2026
The Australian Sociological Association
Revolution & Resistance
University of the Sunshine Coast
Tuesday 24 - Friday 27 November 2026
Submission deadline: April 24th.
| All of the below articles are available on open access:
Jensen, C. (2026). The Unionization of State Government Employees and the Cost of State Government: Re-Evaluating an Evolving Relationship. Administration & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997251415556
Chandra, S., Broom, A., Ridge, D., Haire, B., Bradshaw, C., Broom, J., Peterie, M., Lafferty, L., Applegate, T., & Guy, R. (2026). Friendship and the Sociality of GBTQ+ Sexual Health in Times of Resistance. Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385261418857
Kyaw, A. T., Hanckel, B., Thwe, N. K., Zimmerman, C., & Ranganathan, M. (2026). Invisible girls, visible harms: health, well-being, and safety among child domestic workers in Myanmar. Community, Work & Family, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2026.2631438
Schultz, H. (2026). Feedback-Only AI for Writing Instruction: A Constrained-Generative Tool That Preserves Authorship. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/23294906251414835
Mansouri, F., Weng, E., & Jamal Al-Deen, T. (2026). Digital activism and intergenerational perspectives on social justice and racial equity among multicultural youth. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2025.2610646
Nguyen-Trung, K., & Nguyen, N. L. (2026). Narrative-Integrated Thematic Analysis (NITA): How can LLMs support theme generation without coding? Qualitative Research in Psychology, 1–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2026.2638348
Noh, JE., Prainsack, B., Weiss, E. et al. Understandings and practices of solidarity in global health: a scoping review of the literature. Global Health 22, 29 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-025-01170-z
Zurstiege, G., & Borchers, N. S. (2026). Spaces of digital disconnection: A go-along study of dining areas, libraries, and movie theaters. Media, Culture & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437261428614
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The Great Debate — that Australia's history unites us
A podcast called The Great Debate, presented by Natasha Mitchell, recently had an episode giving six esteemed scholars six minutes each to wrestle with how our past unites, divides, and defines us.
The podcast can be found here.
The Lancet in conversation with - Louise Chappell and Na'ama Carlin on Personal Cancer Stories
A podcast called The Lancet in conversation recently had an episode with Louise Chappell and Na'ama Carlin, two cancer survivors who discuss their unique experience with cancer and the importance of personalised cancer care not only on their bodies but also on their lives.
The podcast can be found here.
| | HASS Employment Opportunities |
Lecturer - Architecture Communications Theory
Full Time
The University of Newcastle Australia
Lecturer - Computational Design and Digital Methods
Full Time
The University of Newcastle Australia
NEW: Lecturer, School of Humanities
Full Time
Macquarie University
NEW: Lecturer, Literacy
Full Time
RMIT University
NEW: Director, Institute for Culture and Society
Full Time
Western Sydney University
NEW: Senior Lecturer in Modern Greek & Byzantine Studies
Full Time
University of Sydney
NEW: Lecturer in Design
Full Time
University of Sydney
NEW: Lecturer in Viola
Part Time
University of Sydney
NEW: Lecturer - Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation
Full Time
Monash University
Lecturer in History
Full Time
Australian National University
NEW: Lecturer in Music (Teaching Focused)
Full Time
The University of Newcastle Australia
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