School of Letters, Art, and Media
In SLAM, in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney, graduate and postgraduate studies and research in our departments and studies programs extend across a broad and creative range of textual, verbal, film and visual media, from medieval manuscripts to new, digital media and multi-media communication. Our graduates have a deserved reputation for excellence, and for their impact and influence on contemporary debates about our daily lives, social perspectives and networks, and history.
Attributes gained undertaking humanities-based studies at the School provide graduates with a wide range of internationally recognised career opportunities in research, government, teaching and industry. The internship, industry and related programs within the School, and the community and industry engagement programs of the University, enhance and extend these opportunities.
Our School offers postgraduate programs for both academic fields of interest, and professional needs. We are a leading innovator in the application of new media and communications technologies to the humanities.
SLAM is one of the four Schools of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney; the others being the Schools of Languages and Culture (SLC), Social and Political Sciences (SSPS), and Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI).
Latest News
John Clark’s Asian Modernities wins 2011 AAANZ Book Prize
Asian Modernities, written by Professor John Clark, and published by Power Publications in 2010, has been awarded the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand’s 2011 Best Book Prize.
Getty Foundation funds South-East Asian art research
The histories of modern art in South-East Asia will be supported by a new partnership with the Getty Foundation in an exciting new initiative.
New publication series: Power Polemics
The Power Institute is delighted to announce major support for a new series of books to be produced by Power Publications over the next five years.
International recognition for Department
A 2012 Clark fellowship has been awarded to Professor Roger Benjamin of the Department of Art History and Film Studies.
New Foundation Council members
Power Institute Foundation President, Lynn Fern, and the Director of the Power Institute Foundation, are delighted to announce three new board members for the Foundation Council.
In Memoriam, Frank MacDonald
The Power Institute is sad to pass on the news of the death of influential arts figure Frank MacDonald.
Changing of the guard at Schaeffer Library
After 25 years of valuable service, the Power Institute bids farewell to Schaeffer librarians Peter Wright and John Spencer.
Roger Benjamin and Anita Callaway in Tsukuba
Two Department members, Anita Callaway and Roger Benjamin, recently took part in a workshop in Tokyo as part of the Department’s exchange program with Tsukuba University.
Power joins RIHA
The Power Institute has joined RIHA, the International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art.
Latest Events
Symposium: Picasso at Large - 3 March 2012
Retirement Party for John Spencer and Peter Wright - 8 March 2012
Old Art New Ideas: A conversation with Keith Moxey and Michael Holly - 20 March 2012
Symposium: “All at sea?” Piracy, the Indian Ocean, and Art History - 23 March 2012
Special Guest Research Seminar by Shelly Errington, cultural anthropologist - 29 March 2012
Power Institute 50th Anniversary Alumni Gathering - 1 May 2012
The Beuys Effect: What does Beuys mean now - 5 May 2012
The Legacies of Bernard Smith: A symposium at the Universities of Melbourne and Sydney - 20 September 2012 to 21 September 2012