Faculty of Arts
Our mission is to engage in research and teaching across the breadth of the humanities and social sciences that makes a difference to the lives of our students, staff and the wider world. What is distinctive about our Faculty is the way we incorporate our internationally recognised research into our teaching and how that research is, in turn, deeply shaped by our engagement with our students and the broader community. In joining us, we want to help you develop the intellectual skills to not only succeed in life, but gain meaning and value from it as well.
News and Events
Easy to be cynical in game of it's a knockout
Organisations in conflict with each other come to resemble each other. This insight of the great American public policy scholar James Wilson is amply confirmed whether we look at commercial TV networks, spy agencies, football clubs - or political parties.
Benefits of the NBN go beyond the individual
The debate surrounding the National Broadband Network has confirmed that it is among the most dramatic points of policy divergence in this election. It’s a choice between a relatively frugal, business-as-usual, hands-off policy from the Coalition and an expensive government monopoly with dramatically faster, almost universal broadband.
Careers Centre Workshop: Career Options for Arts Graduates
This workshop is offered by the Careers Centre specially for Arts Students.
Courageous Women’s Rights Campaigner to Inspire University of Sydney Audiences
Listed as one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential persons for 2009, inspirational women’s rights advocate, Suraya Pakzad is a woman with an incredible story to tell.
The Department of History Reveals Australia’s Forgotten Faces for History Week
The History Council of New South Wales’ History Week 2010 is on from the 4-12 September, with the theme “Faces in the Street”.
To explore this idea, the Department of History is presenting a series of four fascinating public lectures across the week.
English Literature and the Antipodean Imaginary
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Paul Giles, Challis Professor of English, School of Letters, Arts and Media.
Careers Centre Workshop: Writing Effective Resumes and Letters
This workshop is offered by the Careers Centre specially for Arts Students.
Careers Centre Workshop: Successful interview technique
This workshop is offered by the Careers Centre specially for Arts students.