The Faculty of Arts Acting Dean, Associate Professor Anne Dunn travelled to China in November to attend a number of meetings and events in pursuit of faculty specific goals.
Arts graduate Jack Manning Bancroft has been named the NSW Young Australian of the Year for his work establishing the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience, which he runs from the University's Wentworth Building. Click here to read the full article.
All four finalists in the general history category for the 2009 NSW Premier's History Awards are from Department of History in the Faculty of Arts. Click here to see the full article.
The Faculty's Student Advisory Committee met for the first time on Tuesday 15 September chaired by the Acting Dean, Associate Professor Anne Dunn. Members of the Committee are: Associate Professor Anne Dunn, Courtney Tight, Rebecca Santos, Melissa Brooks, Jonathon Wallace, Liz Shek-Noble (Student Members), Dr Nerida Jarkey (Director of Student Support Programs) and Mark Leary (Executive Director).
The Sydney University Arts Association presents The Professorial Lecture of Professor Cassandra Pybus, Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow, School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry entitled 'Black Caesar and Billy Blue - Subversive African Performance in Early Colonial Sydney'.
The Careers Centre at the University of Sydney is hosting the event, Careers in Film, TV and Media. This event is open to all disciplines and will showcase an array of options available in the film, tv and media industries, revealing the highlights of the professions represented as well as the lowlights and thus lifting the veil on the media industry.
The idea of this symposium is to begin a conversation about ways forward in terms of incorporating Indigenous Knowledges and approaches to protocols, ethics, philosophy, research methodologies and pedagogies that are informed by IK development.
All graduates and their families are invited to enjoy a full day of festivities, cultural and sporting events and family activities. Click here to register.
Scandals often reveal changes and challenges to social, sexual and political mores in unique ways. In this discussion, scholars from the University of Sydney will present new research into 'scandal' and explore how different incidents have illuminated diverse societies, past and present.
The Sydney University Arts Association presents the Inaugural Lecture entitled Southeast Asian Studies after Edward Said by Professor Adrian Vickers, Professor of Southeast Asian Studies School of Languages and Cultures.
The 2009 round of Faculty of Arts Excellence in Teaching Awards are now open. Designed to recognise the teaching excellence of staff at all career levels, the Teaching and Learning Committee encourages all teaching staff in the Faculty to submit names for consideration.
Workshops for our successful Tutors' Development Program (TDP) are about to commence for Semester 2. All tutors in the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Education and Social Work are invited to register for the TDP. Tutors who are new to tertiary teaching are particularly welcome, but more experienced tutors are also warmly encouraged to join in. Further details and registration can be found at http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/tdp
To accept your offer for a course in the following programs, Media Practice, Health Communication and Strategic Public Relations for semester 2, 2009, please email arts.pg@usyd.edu.au stating your UAC number, full name and course name.
The Faculty of Arts has officially opened the new Postgraduate Arts Research Centre (PGARC) in Fisher Library. PGARC Fisher provides research students with access to physical resources such as computers, photocopying, printing and phones in a 'hot desk' environment while providing students with a stimulating environment where they can meet and discuss ideas and research.
The Go8 will co-sponsor a conference with Harvard University and the C9 group of research intensive universities in China on March 2010 at Harvard University.
Congratulations to Dr Gaynor MacDonald who has been awarded a Thompson Fellowship. The fellowship is designed to promote and enhance the careers of academic women. During this time Dr MacDonald is keen to complete her book, Promises and Lies: Australian Aboriginal Experiences of Modernity, which uses an ethnographic lens to force a reassessment of NSW Aboriginal peoples place in the history of Australian nation building, and throw new light on why Aboriginal communities are experiencing social stress and violence unprecedented in their earlier experiences as colonial subjects.
The University of Sydney's Kevin Lee post-doctoral fellow Dr Sebastiana Nervegna talks about Menander, a late 4th century Greek playwright who refocused Athenian comedy on domestic intrigues. Click here to see the full article in The Australian.
Staff from the University of Sydney's Archaeological Computing Laboratory (ACL) have collaborated with the ABC Digital Innovation Unit to develop an immersive, interactive website about the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Click here for the full story.
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The Faculty of Arts Acting Dean, Associate Professor Anne Dunn travelled to China in November to attend a number of meetings and events in pursuit of faculty specific goals. 
All graduates and their families are invited to enjoy a full day of festivities, cultural and sporting events and family activities. 
To accept your offer for a course in the following programs, Media Practice, Health Communication and Strategic Public Relations for semester 2, 2009, please email 
The Faculty of Arts has officially opened the new Postgraduate Arts Research Centre (PGARC) in Fisher Library. PGARC Fisher provides research students with access to physical resources such as computers, photocopying, printing and phones in a 'hot desk' environment while providing students with a stimulating environment where they can meet and discuss ideas and research. 
The Go8 will co-sponsor a conference with Harvard University and the C9 group of research intensive universities in China on March 2010 at Harvard University.
Dr Fiona Allon from the 
Dr Caroline West from the 
Congratulations to Dr Gaynor MacDonald who has been awarded a Thompson Fellowship. The fellowship is designed to promote and enhance the careers of academic women. During this time Dr MacDonald is keen to complete her book, Promises and Lies: Australian Aboriginal Experiences of Modernity, which uses an ethnographic lens to force a reassessment of NSW Aboriginal peoples place in the history of Australian nation building, and throw new light on why Aboriginal communities are experiencing social stress and violence unprecedented in their earlier experiences as colonial subjects.
Article by Dr Alastair Blanshard, senior lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History. 
Staff from the University of Sydney's Archaeological Computing Laboratory (ACL) have collaborated with the ABC Digital Innovation Unit to develop an immersive, interactive website about the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.