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05/06/2026

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03/06/2026

Applications are now open for the Power Institute's Cité Internationale des Arts Fellowship in Paris 🇫🇷

The prestigious program offers the opportunity to live and work in the heart of a global creative centre.

Apply now: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2026/05/22/applications-open-for-paris-art-fellowship.html

02/06/2026

Join our next “Meet the Expert” free workshop, delivered in collaboration with the NSW Department of Education for high school teachers!
This term, we are focusing on Performing Arts, exploring how storytelling can bring the spaces students live, study and play to life.

This workshop will offer fresh ideas, and you’ll also gain practical strategies for:
• Place-based storytelling
• Site-specific performance
• Using documentary materials in class

We look forward to seeing you online on Wednesday 17 June at 3:30 pm!
📌 Don’t forget to register here > https://bit.ly/4qMNYJM

26/05/2026

How connected were ancient societies before the Inca Empire?

New research using ancient DNA reveals a rich web of migration, marriage and kinship along Peru’s coast, showing people travelled more than 700km, settled, and built lasting social networks centuries earlier than expected.

🔗 Read more: http://srkr.io/6189BEK1

21/05/2026

Congratulations to the four Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences researchers awarded funding in the latest Australian Research Council Linkage Projects round:

• Dr Jedidiah Evans
• Associate Professor Justine Humphry
• Dr Amy Way
• Associate Professor Emma Tseris

Their industry-linked research projects will help address important social challenges spanning prison education, youth justice, cultural revitalisation and disability inclusion.

Read more: http://srkr.io/6182BDI0

19/05/2026

We are proud to celebrate distinguished journalist Kate McClymont, who has been awarded an honorary doctorate by University of Sydney in recognition of her outstanding contribution to investigative journalism and public life.

Through a career defined by integrity, courage and public service, Kate McClymont has made a significant impact on Australian journalism and accountability.

Read more: http://srkr.io/6180BDlQ

18/05/2026

Congratulations to distinguished alumna Samantha Meers AO on being admitted as an Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney.

A passionate advocate for the arts, culture and social inclusion, Meers has dedicated her career to philanthropy and community impact through the Nelson Meers Foundation, supporting hundreds of transformative projects across Australia.

Her enduring commitment to creativity, compassion and access to education reflects the very best of our alumni community.

14/05/2026

📚 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences staff and alumni are heading to this year’s Sydney Writers' Festival — and HSC students are invited too.

Featuring bestselling author and Professor of Practice (Creative Writing) Anna Funder (Stasiland, All That I Am, Wifedom), Emerita Professor Raewyn Connell (Trans Lives, Masculinities, Southern Theory), and Associate Professor Huw Griffiths, presenting Spotlight on Studying Shakespeare, a special session for Year 11 and 12 students.

Part of Student Sessions at Carriageworks on 20 May, the program is built around the Stage 6 NSW English syllabus and presented in partnership with NESA.

Free for eligible schools.

11/05/2026

Professor Stephen Garton AM has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Sydney in recognition of his outstanding leadership, scholarship and service to the University community.

From historian to Vice-Chancellor, his impact on higher education and the humanities has shaped generations of students, staff and researchers. Congratulations on this well-deserved honour.

Read more: http://srkr.io/6188B80a

04/05/2026

Big news: award-winning author Anna Funder has officially joined us today as Professor of Practice in Creative Writing. 🎉

Professor Funder is one of Australia's most celebrated writers, known for her fearless creative writing and her belief in storytelling as a public and civic act. In her new role at the School of Art, Communication and English, she'll be representing the University at major events here and abroad and will also be working on a new creative project of her own.

We're proud to welcome someone who embodies exactly what we believe: that writing matters, and that universities should be places where it thrives. Read more about Professor Funder's appointment at the link below, and join us in giving her a warm welcome. 👇

http://srkr.io/6189B8B5

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