The Department of History hosted a group of Year 12 students from Willyama High School last week, helping them see the City of Sydney, and the University, in a whole new light.
Eleven Media and Communications students will undertake international Fellowships and gain a taste of foreign reporting from the streets of our regional neighbours over the summer University break.
Professor Paul Griffiths has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the highest honours in the field.
A delegation of PhD researchers from the Department of History, led by Associate Professor Michael McDonnell, have travelled over 1100 km to the state's west to host a series of history classes and activities at regional high schools.
Five scholars from the University of Sydney have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, one of the highest honours available in the humanities in Australia.
Associate Professor Michele Ford shares why university-based expertise on Southeast Asia is crucial to the national interest in the Australian newspaper.
On Thursday evening, in the sunny courtyard of the Mint on Macquarie Street, alumni and friends gathered for our annual ArtSS in the City event, aimed at, but not exclusive to, our young alumni living and working in Sydney.
Former head of the Al-Jazeera network, Wadah Khanfar, will deliver his assessment of the Middle East's progress since last year's 'Arab Spring' at the University of Sydney this Thursday in his talk 'Journalism and Political Transition in the Arab World'.
In the November/December edition of America's most influential international relations magazine Foreign Affairs, Dr. Megan MacKenzie from the Department of Government and International Relations argues that the US military should lift their outdated ban on women serving in front-line combat.
Postdoctoral Research Associate in the ARC Centre for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800) (CHE), Rebecca McNamara, discusses the value of her research project on emotions related to suicide in medieval Europe, and its relevance on Australia today.
Staff from across the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) this week converged in the University of Sydney Art Gallery to mark their milestone 5th year of operation.
The pioneering work of the Power Institute's inaugural Director and founding Professor of Contemporary Art, Bernard Smith, will be celebrated at a two-day symposium beginning Friday 9th November.
Broadcaster Angela Catterns will join Professor Simon Chapman, Associate Professor Danielle Celermajer and Dr Richard Miles next Monday (November 12) to discuss how academics can get their message across in the mainstream media.
Two students from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences have won the inaugural Vox Animalia Student Essay Prize, which was presented at this afternoon's 'Not the Melbourne Cup' event.
Associate Professor Michele Ford, Director of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, is pushing for a fundamental rethink in how Australia approaches learning about some of our closest neighbours.
Professor Annamarie Jagose, Head of the School of Letters, Art and Media at the University of Sydney, invites guests of her Insights lecture tonight to be orgasmologists for the evening.
It took Associate Professor David Brooks, lecturer in Australian Literature, seven years to write a novel that takes place over just seven hours. The result is an evocative story of substance and style.
Award-winning poet and novelest, Luke Davies, will tonight launch an innovative new series that at once unites and celebrates the talents of Australia's most prominent writers and artists.
The generosity and dedication of two Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) academics, Professor Glenda Sluga and Associate Professor Ariadne Vromen, has been recognised with the first FASS Research Mentoring Award 2012.
Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick from the University's Department of History has been awarded the American Historical Association's 2012 Award for Scholarly Distinction.
The Digital Cultures program will join the Department of Media and Communications from January 2013 as the media industries worldwide turn to online and digital platforms.
The distinguished Australian feminist philosopher Elizabeth Grosz returns to the University of Sydney this week to deliver a Sydney Ideas lecture exploring the connections between the painter Francis Bacon and the philosopher Gilles Deleuze.
A new book by University of Sydney researcher Deborah Lupton explores why the 'fat body' has become so reviled and, in extreme cases, viewed as diseased.
In the face of Tibet's politically sensitive climate, one Master of Human Rights and Democratisation alumna is now working to ensure future generations of Tibetan children have a more equitable future.
Professor Kerry Brown will present a Sydney Ideas lecture this Tuesday 16 October looking at the leadership transition occurring in the Communist Party of China as the era of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao draws to a close.
PhD candidate from the Department of Government and International Relations, Phillip Lawrence, on Australian attempts to stop illegal logging in Indonesia on The Conversation.
Budding University of Sydney writers and poets will see their work showcased alongside some of Australia's best-known literary talent with the launch of the Hermes 2012 journal on Thursday 11th October.
The University of Sydney has been ranked amongst the top 25 in the world for arts and humanities, according to the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Media and Communications, Richard Broinowski, will launch a new book on the physical and psychological damage caused by Japan's worst nuclear disaster, entitled 'Fallout from Fukushima'.
A short film written and directed by Media and Communications alumnus Nick King, and co-produced with his former classmate Sophie Wiesner, has premiered at the 69th Venice Film Festival this September.
Professor Robert Dixon and Dr. Brigid Rooney represented the University at an exciting series of events in New York celebrating the lives and works of Australian writers, Patrick White and Shirley Hazzard.
As you leave Professor Rick Benitez's office, you're faced with a colourful lollypop sign with the word 'infin'. It's an image he wants his students to remember because of the message behind it - the journey of learning is infinite.
At a time when many media jobs are being slashed worldwide, Media and Communications alumna Alice So has found a niche as part of the CNN Broadcast Sales and Affiliate Relations team in Hong Kong.
Master of Art Curatorship student, Alice Stokes, has co-curated the 'GastroPorn' exhibition, which will open to the public on 25th September as part of the Crave International Food Festival.
They're taboo topics most often met with aversion and trepidation, but death, suicide and infirmity will lead discussion at the upcoming and aptly titled Danse Macabre I conference.
The Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Dennis Richardson, will deliver an assessment of Australia's changing role within a new global order in an upcoming lecture entitled 'Australia and the World'.
Cameron Clyne, who graduated with an arts degree from Sydney in 1989, took over as the CEO of NAB in 2008. He spoke at last week's Sydney Connections Breakfast for alumni.
On Tuesday 11 September, an estimated 1.5 million people joined a demonstration in Barcelona, marching under the slogan of 'Catalonia, the next state in Europe'.
In a celebratory lunch at the Four Seasons on Friday, returning Olympians from the University of Sydney shared candid insights into their Olympic experience, and the challenges of juggling study and intensive sporting commitments.
In tonight's Sydney Ideas lecture Professor Paul Ginsborg, chair of Contemporary European History at the University of Florence, looks at the historical roots of Italy's troubled membership of the European Union.
In the face of an uncertain future, international media professionals and academics will discuss pressing issues for public service media at the Re-Visionary Interpretations of the Public Enterprise (RIPE) Conference.
After nearly four decades on the shelf, the collection of pioneering University of Sydney archaeology student Maureen Byrne has finally been analysed, revealing unique insights into Australia's convict past.
As the federal government maps its strategic blueprint on the 'Asian Century', the China Studies Centre (CSC) at the University of Sydney will launch two new degrees preparing graduates for a China-focused future.
The unveiling of the National Anti-Racism Strategy in Melbourne on Friday marked an early but significant successful engagement for the University of Sydney's newly established Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR).
University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor Dr Michael Spence, ABC radio's Adam Spencer and alumna Fiona Roughley will take on three top student debaters for the annual Alumni versus Students Comedy Debate.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, in collaboration with the United States Studies Centre, offered an unprecedented opportunity to study at UCLA in their summer. This is one student's story.
With her Bachelor of Arts degree drawing to a close, anthropology and English major Eleanor June Smith jumped at the chance to undertake an internship in Darwin, where she was able to examine the significance of Indigenous sea sites.
High School work experience students Tiffanie Zuccala and Isobel Blomfield recap their experiences interning at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Dr Penny O'Donnell and Associate Professor David McKnight discuss the findings of their 'Journalism at the Speed of Bytes' report into the future of newspapers and journalism quality in the digital age.
Though she only started competing in the Paralympic sport of goalball in 2009, Jenny Blow is already on her way to the world's largest sporting stage: the Paralympic Games.
In this week's Insights 2012 lecture, Professor Colin Wight will argue that the social sciences have failed to achieve their initial lofty goals as set out by the thinkers of the Enlightenment.
Samuel Moyn, Professor of History at Columbia University, will discuss how attitudes towards human rights have changed since the UN's landmark 1948 declaration at the next Sydney Ideas talk.
In an innovative new course from the United States Studies Centre, the sexual, racial and gender aspects of American popular music will be examined through the eyes of some of the music industries biggest influencers.
Arts and Social Sciences alumna Amanda Shalala is at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London as a reporter. A self-confessed sports addict who loves the thrill of competition, Amanda is working hard to pave the way for Australian women in sport.
In an opinion piece in the state-owned People's Daily newspaper last month, president of China's Foreign Affairs University Wu Jianmin argued that Western countries still hold deep prejudices against the country's political system and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
From the exam room to the Olympic stadium, Arts and Social Sciences students continue to put their knowledge and skills to the test as they head to the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Imagine what it would be like to study at the most prestigious institutions for humanities in the world. Then envisage experiencing one of Europe's most vibrant cities in the process. Two postgraduate students did just that thanks to a Berlin travel scholarship from the Sydney Democracy Initiative.
The Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS) commences today with a keynote speech from Professor Michael C Williams from the University of Ottawa.
In the lead up to the 2012 London Olympics, hear our inspirational students' stories as they head to the world's greatest sporting event. Faculty Olympian of the week is Loudy Wiggins (BA (Media and Communications) 2004), who will compete in diving.
In the next Sydney Ideas lecture a leading economist will discuss his experiences in the US designing markets that have some of the most important impacts on our lives - school markets, job markets and health markets.
Academics from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences received funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) this week for projects on immigration and asylum worth a combined total of $1,120,000.
At what point does a fish, which travels through various routes in its lifespan, become 'sustainable'? How does this 'sustainability' affect fishing communities?
Antonio Castillo discusses the vulnerability of Latin American democracies in light of Paraguay's political coup last week. First published in The Conversation.
The Department of Media and Communications pays tribute to the life of Anne Dunn, who sadly passed away on the weekend. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences extend our deepest condolences to her family and friends; she will be sorely missed.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to announce a sponsorship of the 18th Biennale of Sydney's Opening Week Symposium, in conjunction with the Power Institute.
As the print media industry crisis continues, our media experts Dr Tim Dwyer and Dr Fiona Martin discuss the impact of cross-media ownership and the rise of the internet on media diversity and the resulting increase in 'churnalism'. Originally published in The Conversation.
It seems that few academics are using Pinterest at the moment, or have even heard of it. But closer inspection and reflection on the capacities of the platform led me to think that Pininterest had the potential to be a very useful tool for sociological research and teaching.
A hundred years of restaurant menus from New York City, old ships' logs, and tax records are just some of the innovative sources being used to recreate an accurate historical picture of the world's oceans and marine life.
Dr Fiona Martin, Senior lecturer in Online and Convergent Media at the University of Sydney believes that students looking to a career in journalism and publishing should not be discouraged.
Senior lecturer in journalism and international media in the Department of Media and Communications, Dr Penny O'Donnell, considers the future of newspapers in the digital age.
Two of the world's leading humanities institutions in two great global cities have joined forces in a landmark agreement, providing unique research and learning opportunities for their students.
As momentum builds in a US Presidential election year, a Sydney Ideas panel this Friday looks towards the United States, and what has been dubbed a 'War on Women'.
Vrasidas Karalis, Chair of the Department of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Sydney, believes the Greek political system needs a complete overhaul.
Head of the School of Letters, Arts and Media, Professor Annamarie Jagose, will argue a progressive, pro-gay perspective against the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the Intelligence Squared live debate.
Jennifer Blow (B. Arts & B. Education) has been selected on the Australian Paralympic Team to compete at the 2012 Paralympic Games in the sport of goalball.
Where does society go next if it accepts the systematic violation of human rights as a prerequisite for public safety? Can the many laws designed to protect against this abuse of power really be undone by the phrase: "If the President orders it, it's legal"?
A focus on landscape was central to Friday's talk Her Beauty and Her Terror, a look at how Australian poetry fares in comparison to the rest of the Anglosphere.
As part of the first year course 'Introduction to Sociology 1', students created video pieces of 'Sociology in action', posting them to YouTube in an innovative learning project.
With all of his other appearances sold out, it seemed fitting that David Brooks was able to share his work, The Sons of Clovis at his home away from home, the University of Sydney.
After an affectionate introduction by the Sydney Writers' Festival Artistic Director, Chip Rolley, the petite Jeanette Winterson appeared, instantly filling the cathedral-like venue with her incredibly likeable personality.
At the University of Sydney we came together to hear the too-often unheard stories of Indigenous authors and poets for the Sydney Writers' Festival Turning the Tide Event.
As the rank and file of Occupy enthusiasts and intrigued guests filled the University of Sydney's Great Hall, I couldn't help but feel a palpable sense that I wasn't alone in my doubts.
Renowned democracy expert John Keane will join a special Sydney Writers' Festival panel this week in the Great Hall on the future of the Occupy movement.
Li Xiang from Fudan University in China is enjoying a one-off scholarship at the University of Sydney, as part of a joint Masters in Health Communication program with the Chinese university.
Since 2008 the People's Republic of China has increasingly focused on 'telling the China story', notes Professor Geremie Barmé - China expert, filmmaker and presenter of tomorrow's Sydney Ideas lecture.
Celebrated Australian filmmaker John Duigan, whose work has won him numerous AFI awards, is holding a pre-release screening of his new film Careless Love at the University of Sydney on May 1.
South-East Asian nations surrounding the Lower Mekong Basin should put construction of hydro-electric dams on the Mekong River on hold if they want to avoid a human security disaster more reminiscent of sub-Saharan Africa than modern Asia, a University of Sydney PhD candidate researching the impact of hydro-electric development on the river says.
Since its inception ten years ago, a major in International and Comparative Literary Studies (ICLS) has been offering students an avenue for cross-cultural study in literature and humanities.
The faculty in collaboration with the United States Studies Centre is thrilled to be able offer Arts and Social Sciences students an unprecedented opportunity to study at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) during this year's winter break.
Mark Scott, managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, is in conversation with Rod Tiffen, Emeritus Professor of Government and International Relations.
The University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will collaborate with the 2012 Sydney Writers' Festival as part of a dynamic new partnership to create a range of panel-led discussions and workshops with leading authors and researchers.
The Writing Hub is introducing a new unit of study in 2012, to go along with a new batch of student fellows and their common room, all of which aim to help students improve their academic writing at university.
"Neuroscience is everywhere," says Professor Bernard Faure from Columbia University, "its concepts have penetrated the discourse of the media, and its rapid progress has made it the most often quoted model of scientific progress.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is sponsoring The Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) in 2012, and SWF is putting a call-out for volunteers for their world-class festival this May 14th-20th.
When thinking of the challenges we face in responding to climate change, it is time to admit that our political focus has been fairly narrow: limiting emissions and moving beyond carbon-based energy systems.
Climate change challenges us to rethink the whole narrative of human progress, and a range of unsustainable political and social practices. This process will be both a deeply disturbing yet potentially transformative, says Professor David Schlosberg who will deliver the inaugural 2012 Insights lecture tonight.
The Russian presidential elections, held on 4 March, gave a solid electoral win to the President-elect Vladimir Putin. But much of the Western press saw it as a tainted victory.
This Wednesday the Yale University political philosopher Thomas Pogge looks at the big questions confronting all of us concerned with human rights and global justice today in his Sydney Ideas lecture.
The current economic crisis has renewed interest in alternative economic ideas. Most conspicuously, Keynesianism has returned from the margins. Unfortunately, particularly in Europe, policymakers quickly…
Javier Cercas, Spain's most celebrated contemporary writer, will deliver a Sydney Ideas lecture in the University's Great Hall this Wednesday 29 February.
A short film about an Indigenous family living a technologically engaged life in a remote region to the north-east of Darwin, has been screened in the prestigious Berlin international film festival (Berlinale).
A leading international thinker in the field of gender and cultural studies, Professor Sara Ahmed, will feature in a Sydney Ideas panel this week that will explore the topic 'Why Gender Matters'.
Professor Warwick Anderson of the Department of History has been shortlisted for the 2011 Mary Gilmore Award for his recent book of poems entitled 'Hard Cases, Brief Lives'.
When and how do animals 'become' dangerous? In Australia, neither sharks nor spiders were considered serious hazards to human life until almost 100 years ago and we've been trying to quantify, control and exterminate these beasts ever since.
Is Valentine's Day a Christian ritual or a consumerist's dream? Do we love with or without reason? Two members of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences shed light on very different aspects of the day of love.
As observers warn the European debt crisis could lead to a global depression, and as recent Australian employment data falls well short of forecasts, the arrival in Australia of economist Professor Guy Standing could not be timelier.
From the impact of posting mobile phone footage on YouTube to the notion that hopes for greater autonomy are futile, a new e-book from the University of Sydney brings together myriad perspectives on West Papuans' quest for self-determination.
An initiative that brings together 30 young leaders from India and Australia to discuss contemporary economic, social, cultural and political issues, was launched last week in Delhi.
Dr Juanita Feros Ruys, Associate Director of the Medieval and Early Modern Centre, recently took to the stage as part of the Sydney Festival Bright Club. Here is her account of turning scholarly ideas into audience laughs.
With the Chinese New Year upon us, the Acting Director and some of the staff from the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney give their perspectives on the year ahead.
Joining the University of Sydney debating society comes with a number of potential perks - there's the possibility of world travel and the chance to pit your intellect and wits against some of the best young minds from around the globe.
Students from the Koori Centre recently undertook a field trip to Nambucca Heads, Macksville and Bowraville as part of the University of Sydney's Indigenous Australian Studies program.
Dr Andrew McGarrity, who teaches Indian Sub-continental and Buddhist Studies in the University of Sydney's School of Languages and Cultures, responds to the Sydney Festival production Babel (Words).
Professor Cassandra Pybus, from the University of Sydney's Department of History, reflects on one of the Aboriginal heroes portrayed in the Sydney Festival production I Am Eora
Alumna Beth Gilfillan thought she had found her dream job as Principal Social Planner with the NSW Government back in 2006. Today, as co-founder of a progressive public library service in East Timor's Ermera district, she realises how quickly dreams can change.
Faculty PhD candidates Mark Sutton and Dominic Santangelo last night took the stage in The Famous Spiegeltent to convey their research as comedy, as part of Sydney Festival's late-night program.
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Senior lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney, Graham White, explains the concept of quantitative easing.
The Department of History hosted a group of Year 12 students from Willyama High School last week, helping them see the City of Sydney, and the University, in a whole new light. 
Professor John Keane considers the developments towards democracy, and the challenges ahead, in the two years since the Arab Spring.
Eleven Media and Communications students will undertake international Fellowships and gain a taste of foreign reporting from the streets of our regional neighbours over the summer University break.
Professor Paul Griffiths has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the highest honours in the field.
Ryan Wittingslow, a PhD candidate in Film and Philosophy, on how the internet is changing our memory, first published in The Conversation.
A delegation of PhD researchers from the Department of History, led by Associate Professor Michael McDonnell, have travelled over 1100 km to the state's west to host a series of history classes and activities at regional high schools.
Five scholars from the University of Sydney have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, one of the highest honours available in the humanities in Australia.
Associate Professor Michele Ford shares why university-based expertise on Southeast Asia is crucial to the national interest in the Australian newspaper.
On Thursday evening, in the sunny courtyard of the Mint on Macquarie Street, alumni and friends gathered for our annual ArtSS in the City event, aimed at, but not exclusive to, our young alumni living and working in Sydney. 
Former head of the Al-Jazeera network, Wadah Khanfar, will deliver his assessment of the Middle East's progress since last year's 'Arab Spring' at the University of Sydney this Thursday in his talk 'Journalism and Political Transition in the Arab World'.
The student makers of a competition to create a mock campaign ad for the US presidential contest are on their way to Washington DC. 
'We are surely living in the Age of the Celebrity Professor,' says Dr Richard Miles in The Conversation.
In the November/December edition of America's most influential international relations magazine Foreign Affairs, Dr. Megan MacKenzie from the Department of Government and International Relations argues that the US military should lift their outdated ban on women serving in front-line combat.
Postdoctoral Research Associate in the ARC Centre for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800) (CHE), Rebecca McNamara, discusses the value of her research project on emotions related to suicide in medieval Europe, and its relevance on Australia today. 
Staff from across the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) this week converged in the University of Sydney Art Gallery to mark their milestone 5th year of operation.
The pioneering work of the Power Institute's inaugural Director and founding Professor of Contemporary Art, Bernard Smith, will be celebrated at a two-day symposium beginning Friday 9th November.
Broadcaster Angela Catterns will join Professor Simon Chapman, Associate Professor Danielle Celermajer and Dr Richard Miles next Monday (November 12) to discuss how academics can get their message across in the mainstream media.
Two students from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences have won the inaugural Vox Animalia Student Essay Prize, which was presented at this afternoon's 'Not the Melbourne Cup' event.
Associate Professor Michele Ford, Director of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, is pushing for a fundamental rethink in how Australia approaches learning about some of our closest neighbours.
Professor Annamarie Jagose, Head of the School of Letters, Art and Media at the University of Sydney, invites guests of her Insights lecture tonight to be orgasmologists for the evening.
It took Associate Professor David Brooks, lecturer in Australian Literature, seven years to write a novel that takes place over just seven hours. The result is an evocative story of substance and style.
Sydney alumnus Jacob Taylor will head to the University of Oxford next year after winning the prestigious 2013 NSW Rhodes Scholarship. 
Award-winning poet and novelest, Luke Davies, will tonight launch an innovative new series that at once unites and celebrates the talents of Australia's most prominent writers and artists.
The generosity and dedication of two Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) academics, Professor Glenda Sluga and Associate Professor Ariadne Vromen, has been recognised with the first FASS Research Mentoring Award 2012.
Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick from the University's Department of History has been awarded the American Historical Association's 2012 Award for Scholarly Distinction.
The Digital Cultures program will join the Department of Media and Communications from January 2013 as the media industries worldwide turn to online and digital platforms. 
The distinguished Australian feminist philosopher Elizabeth Grosz returns to the University of Sydney this week to deliver a Sydney Ideas lecture exploring the connections between the painter Francis Bacon and the philosopher Gilles Deleuze.
A new book by University of Sydney researcher Deborah Lupton explores why the 'fat body' has become so reviled and, in extreme cases, viewed as diseased.
In the face of Tibet's politically sensitive climate, one Master of Human Rights and Democratisation alumna is now working to ensure future generations of Tibetan children have a more equitable future.
The 2012 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics has been jointly awarded to Alvin Roth, a recent visitor to the Faculty of Economics, and Lloyd Shapely.
Professor Kerry Brown will present a Sydney Ideas lecture this Tuesday 16 October looking at the leadership transition occurring in the Communist Party of China as the era of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao draws to a close.
PhD candidate from the Department of Government and International Relations, Phillip Lawrence, on Australian attempts to stop illegal logging in Indonesia on The Conversation.
Budding University of Sydney writers and poets will see their work showcased alongside some of Australia's best-known literary talent with the launch of the Hermes 2012 journal on Thursday 11th October.
The University of Sydney has been ranked amongst the top 25 in the world for arts and humanities, according to the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings. 
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Media and Communications, Richard Broinowski, will launch a new book on the physical and psychological damage caused by Japan's worst nuclear disaster, entitled 'Fallout from Fukushima'. 
A short film written and directed by Media and Communications alumnus Nick King, and co-produced with his former classmate Sophie Wiesner, has premiered at the 69th Venice Film Festival this September. 
Professor Robert Dixon and Dr. Brigid Rooney represented the University at an exciting series of events in New York celebrating the lives and works of Australian writers, Patrick White and Shirley Hazzard.
As you leave Professor Rick Benitez's office, you're faced with a colourful lollypop sign with the word 'infin'. It's an image he wants his students to remember because of the message behind it - the journey of learning is infinite.
At a time when many media jobs are being slashed worldwide, Media and Communications alumna Alice So has found a niche as part of the CNN Broadcast Sales and Affiliate Relations team in Hong Kong. 
Master of Art Curatorship student, Alice Stokes, has co-curated the 'GastroPorn' exhibition, which will open to the public on 25th September as part of the Crave International Food Festival.
They're taboo topics most often met with aversion and trepidation, but death, suicide and infirmity will lead discussion at the upcoming and aptly titled Danse Macabre I conference. 
Rochelle Diver, who is of Native American descent, had always been inspired and motivated by the human rights field. 
The Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Dennis Richardson, will deliver an assessment of Australia's changing role within a new global order in an upcoming lecture entitled 'Australia and the World'.
Cameron Clyne, who graduated with an arts degree from Sydney in 1989, took over as the CEO of NAB in 2008. He spoke at last week's Sydney Connections Breakfast for alumni.
On Tuesday 11 September, an estimated 1.5 million people joined a demonstration in Barcelona, marching under the slogan of 'Catalonia, the next state in Europe'.
In a celebratory lunch at the Four Seasons on Friday, returning Olympians from the University of Sydney shared candid insights into their Olympic experience, and the challenges of juggling study and intensive sporting commitments. 
In tonight's Sydney Ideas lecture Professor Paul Ginsborg, chair of Contemporary European History at the University of Florence, looks at the historical roots of Italy's troubled membership of the European Union.
In the face of an uncertain future, international media professionals and academics will discuss pressing issues for public service media at the Re-Visionary Interpretations of the Public Enterprise (RIPE) Conference.
After nearly four decades on the shelf, the collection of pioneering University of Sydney archaeology student Maureen Byrne has finally been analysed, revealing unique insights into Australia's convict past.
As the federal government maps its strategic blueprint on the 'Asian Century', the China Studies Centre (CSC) at the University of Sydney will launch two new degrees preparing graduates for a China-focused future. 
The unveiling of the National Anti-Racism Strategy in Melbourne on Friday marked an early but significant successful engagement for the University of Sydney's newly established Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR). 
Are most economic policies biased towards men? Come to a free public talk this Wednesday to find out from visiting scholar Diane Elson.
University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor Dr Michael Spence, ABC radio's Adam Spencer and alumna Fiona Roughley will take on three top student debaters for the annual Alumni versus Students Comedy Debate.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, in collaboration with the United States Studies Centre, offered an unprecedented opportunity to study at UCLA in their summer. This is one student's story.
With her Bachelor of Arts degree drawing to a close, anthropology and English major Eleanor June Smith jumped at the chance to undertake an internship in Darwin, where she was able to examine the significance of Indigenous sea sites. 
The Arts Revue team turn their trademark irreverence towards the unlikely topic of the apocalypse for this year's show, 'Artsmageddon'.
High School work experience students Tiffanie Zuccala and Isobel Blomfield recap their experiences interning at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Dr Penny O'Donnell and Associate Professor David McKnight discuss the findings of their 'Journalism at the Speed of Bytes' report into the future of newspapers and journalism quality in the digital age.
How can we live with climate change? Join a free talk by international expert Dale Jamieson from New York University to find out. 
Australia's dealings with China have a unique immediacy, closeness and urgency, says the incoming head of our China Studies Centre, Dr Kerry Brown. 
Though she only started competing in the Paralympic sport of goalball in 2009, Jenny Blow is already on her way to the world's largest sporting stage: the Paralympic Games.
In this week's Insights 2012 lecture, Professor Colin Wight will argue that the social sciences have failed to achieve their initial lofty goals as set out by the thinkers of the Enlightenment.
Samuel Moyn, Professor of History at Columbia University, will discuss how attitudes towards human rights have changed since the UN's landmark 1948 declaration at the next Sydney Ideas talk.
Pulitzer Prize winner and writer with The New Yorker, Katherine Boo, will discuss life in the underbelly of Mumbai in a free Sydney Ideas talk. 
In an innovative new course from the United States Studies Centre, the sexual, racial and gender aspects of American popular music will be examined through the eyes of some of the music industries biggest influencers. 
Arts and Social Sciences alumna Amanda Shalala is at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London as a reporter. A self-confessed sports addict who loves the thrill of competition, Amanda is working hard to pave the way for Australian women in sport.
In an opinion piece in the state-owned People's Daily newspaper last month, president of China's Foreign Affairs University Wu Jianmin argued that Western countries still hold deep prejudices against the country's political system and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
From the exam room to the Olympic stadium, Arts and Social Sciences students continue to put their knowledge and skills to the test as they head to the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Imagine what it would be like to study at the most prestigious institutions for humanities in the world. Then envisage experiencing one of Europe's most vibrant cities in the process. Two postgraduate students did just that thanks to a Berlin travel scholarship from the Sydney Democracy Initiative. 
The Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS) commences today with a keynote speech from Professor Michael C Williams from the University of Ottawa.
In the lead up to the 2012 London Olympics, hear our inspirational students' stories as they head to the world's greatest sporting event. Faculty Olympian of the week is Loudy Wiggins (BA (Media and Communications) 2004), who will compete in diving. 
In the next Sydney Ideas lecture a leading economist will discuss his experiences in the US designing markets that have some of the most important impacts on our lives - school markets, job markets and health markets.
Academics from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences received funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) this week for projects on immigration and asylum worth a combined total of $1,120,000.
At what point does a fish, which travels through various routes in its lifespan, become 'sustainable'? How does this 'sustainability' affect fishing communities? 
Antonio Castillo discusses the vulnerability of Latin American democracies in light of Paraguay's political coup last week. First published in The Conversation. 
The Department of Media and Communications pays tribute to the life of Anne Dunn, who sadly passed away on the weekend. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences extend our deepest condolences to her family and friends; she will be sorely missed. 
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to announce a sponsorship of the 18th Biennale of Sydney's Opening Week Symposium, in conjunction with the Power Institute.
As the print media industry crisis continues, our media experts Dr Tim Dwyer and Dr Fiona Martin discuss the impact of cross-media ownership and the rise of the internet on media diversity and the resulting increase in 'churnalism'. Originally published in The Conversation. 
It seems that few academics are using Pinterest at the moment, or have even heard of it. But closer inspection and reflection on the capacities of the platform led me to think that Pininterest had the potential to be a very useful tool for sociological research and teaching. 
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A hundred years of restaurant menus from New York City, old ships' logs, and tax records are just some of the innovative sources being used to recreate an accurate historical picture of the world's oceans and marine life.
Two of the world's leading humanities institutions in two great global cities have joined forces in a landmark agreement, providing unique research and learning opportunities for their students.
Political science expert Dr David Smith explores whether Australia has fallen for President Barack Obama's soft power.
Professor of Poetry and Poetics, Barry Spurr, has been long-listed for the 2012 Calibre Prize, Australia's premier essay-writing competition.
As momentum builds in a US Presidential election year, a Sydney Ideas panel this Friday looks towards the United States, and what has been dubbed a 'War on Women'.
Faculty academics provide insight into the working life of Patrick White, Australia's only Nobel Prize winner for literature, at a free public talk.
Vrasidas Karalis, Chair of the Department of Modern Greek Studies at the University of Sydney, believes the Greek political system needs a complete overhaul.
John Keane's Insights 2012 public lecture will present a cutting reflection on the recent spate of world disasters since 2007.
Head of the School of Letters, Arts and Media, Professor Annamarie Jagose, will argue a progressive, pro-gay perspective against the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the Intelligence Squared live debate.
Jennifer Blow (B. Arts & B. Education) has been selected on the Australian Paralympic Team to compete at the 2012 Paralympic Games in the sport of goalball.
Where does society go next if it accepts the systematic violation of human rights as a prerequisite for public safety? Can the many laws designed to protect against this abuse of power really be undone by the phrase: "If the President orders it, it's legal"? 
A focus on landscape was central to Friday's talk Her Beauty and Her Terror, a look at how Australian poetry fares in comparison to the rest of the Anglosphere. 
As part of the first year course 'Introduction to Sociology 1', students created video pieces of 'Sociology in action', posting them to YouTube in an innovative learning project.
We are paying the price for cheap energy, write Linda Connor and Stuart Rosewarne. 
With all of his other appearances sold out, it seemed fitting that David Brooks was able to share his work, The Sons of Clovis at his home away from home, the University of Sydney. 
After an affectionate introduction by the Sydney Writers' Festival Artistic Director, Chip Rolley, the petite Jeanette Winterson appeared, instantly filling the cathedral-like venue with her incredibly likeable personality.
At the University of Sydney we came together to hear the too-often unheard stories of Indigenous authors and poets for the Sydney Writers' Festival Turning the Tide Event.
As the rank and file of Occupy enthusiasts and intrigued guests filled the University of Sydney's Great Hall, I couldn't help but feel a palpable sense that I wasn't alone in my doubts. 
Renowned democracy expert John Keane will join a special Sydney Writers' Festival panel this week in the Great Hall on the future of the Occupy movement.
Human rights expert Danielle Celermajer will talk to former CIA interrogator Glenn Carle in this challenging Sydney Writers' Festival event.
Li Xiang from Fudan University in China is enjoying a one-off scholarship at the University of Sydney, as part of a joint Masters in Health Communication program with the Chinese university.
Since 2008 the People's Republic of China has increasingly focused on 'telling the China story', notes Professor Geremie Barmé - China expert, filmmaker and presenter of tomorrow's Sydney Ideas lecture.
Last night alumna Anna Rose presented the much talked-about documentary 'I Can Change Your Mind About...Climate' on ABC1. 
Celebrated Australian filmmaker John Duigan, whose work has won him numerous AFI awards, is holding a pre-release screening of his new film Careless Love at the University of Sydney on May 1.
South-East Asian nations surrounding the Lower Mekong Basin should put construction of hydro-electric dams on the Mekong River on hold if they want to avoid a human security disaster more reminiscent of sub-Saharan Africa than modern Asia, a University of Sydney PhD candidate researching the impact of hydro-electric development on the river says.
Since its inception ten years ago, a major in International and Comparative Literary Studies (ICLS) has been offering students an avenue for cross-cultural study in literature and humanities.
The faculty in collaboration with the United States Studies Centre is thrilled to be able offer Arts and Social Sciences students an unprecedented opportunity to study at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) during this year's winter break.
Associate professor Russell Ross on infrastructure spending in The Sydney Morning Herald
Mark Scott, managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, is in conversation with Rod Tiffen, Emeritus Professor of Government and International Relations.
English literature professor Margaret Harris was a key agent behind the publication this week of Patrick White's lost novel The Hanging Garden.
The Writing Hub is introducing a new unit of study in 2012, to go along with a new batch of student fellows and their common room, all of which aim to help students improve their academic writing at university.
"Neuroscience is everywhere," says Professor Bernard Faure from Columbia University, "its concepts have penetrated the discourse of the media, and its rapid progress has made it the most often quoted model of scientific progress.
The online documentary sensation Kony 2012 raises an important question for human rights advocates, writes Danielle Celemermajer
When thinking of the challenges we face in responding to climate change, it is time to admit that our political focus has been fairly narrow: limiting emissions and moving beyond carbon-based energy systems.
The Russian presidential elections, held on 4 March, gave a solid electoral win to the President-elect Vladimir Putin. But much of the Western press saw it as a tainted victory.
This Wednesday the Yale University political philosopher Thomas Pogge looks at the big questions confronting all of us concerned with human rights and global justice today in his Sydney Ideas lecture.
The current economic crisis has renewed interest in alternative economic ideas. Most conspicuously, Keynesianism has returned from the margins. Unfortunately, particularly in Europe, policymakers quickly… 
Madeleine King, a student in the department of media and communications, has completed an exciting Fellowship with Agence-France Presse in Tokyo.
DR Anika Gauja, Department of Government and International Relations, on the rules for a leadership contest in The Conversation.
Javier Cercas, Spain's most celebrated contemporary writer, will deliver a Sydney Ideas lecture in the University's Great Hall this Wednesday 29 February.
A short film about an Indigenous family living a technologically engaged life in a remote region to the north-east of Darwin, has been screened in the prestigious Berlin international film festival (Berlinale).
Political communications expert Richard Stanton writes about the battle for the top political office in Australia.
A leading international thinker in the field of gender and cultural studies, Professor Sara Ahmed, will feature in a Sydney Ideas panel this week that will explore the topic 'Why Gender Matters'.
Professor Warwick Anderson of the Department of History has been shortlisted for the 2011 Mary Gilmore Award for his recent book of poems entitled 'Hard Cases, Brief Lives'. 
When and how do animals 'become' dangerous? In Australia, neither sharks nor spiders were considered serious hazards to human life until almost 100 years ago and we've been trying to quantify, control and exterminate these beasts ever since.
An international conference is looking at surveillance in everyday life, from loyalty cards to internet cookies to DNA swabs.
Alumnus and Rhodes Scholar Eric Knight launched his new book Reframe: How to Solve the World's Trickiest Problems on February 6. 
Is Valentine's Day a Christian ritual or a consumerist's dream? Do we love with or without reason? Two members of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences shed light on very different aspects of the day of love.
As observers warn the European debt crisis could lead to a global depression, and as recent Australian employment data falls well short of forecasts, the arrival in Australia of economist Professor Guy Standing could not be timelier.
From the impact of posting mobile phone footage on YouTube to the notion that hopes for greater autonomy are futile, a new e-book from the University of Sydney brings together myriad perspectives on West Papuans' quest for self-determination.
An initiative that brings together 30 young leaders from India and Australia to discuss contemporary economic, social, cultural and political issues, was launched last week in Delhi.
Dr Juanita Feros Ruys, Associate Director of the Medieval and Early Modern Centre, recently took to the stage as part of the Sydney Festival Bright Club. Here is her account of turning scholarly ideas into audience laughs.
This Australia Day members of the University of Sydney's Department of History reflect on both the origins and current meaning of the day.
University of Sydney student Senthorun Raj's philosophy is to follow your passions and be open to opportunities.
Joining the University of Sydney debating society comes with a number of potential perks - there's the possibility of world travel and the chance to pit your intellect and wits against some of the best young minds from around the globe.
Students from the Koori Centre recently undertook a field trip to Nambucca Heads, Macksville and Bowraville as part of the University of Sydney's Indigenous Australian Studies program.
Dr Andrew McGarrity, who teaches Indian Sub-continental and Buddhist Studies in the University of Sydney's School of Languages and Cultures, responds to the Sydney Festival production Babel (Words).
Professor Cassandra Pybus, from the University of Sydney's Department of History, reflects on one of the Aboriginal heroes portrayed in the Sydney Festival production I Am Eora
Alumna Beth Gilfillan thought she had found her dream job as Principal Social Planner with the NSW Government back in 2006. Today, as co-founder of a progressive public library service in East Timor's Ermera district, she realises how quickly dreams can change.