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School of Art, Communication and English (USYD)
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Researching and teaching a broad and creative range of textual, verbal, and visual programs.

The University of Sydney | CRICOS 00026A
Dr Teodor Mitew from the Discipline of Media and Communications will join a panel to discuss AI's potential to reshape humanity's future. 🗓️Tue, 18 Nov, 6pm, NSW Parliament House.
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A.I.'s Next Frontier: Reshaping Humanity's Future
A.I. is a toy no longer. What have been the breakthroughs? How will it change the workforce, society, and geopolitics?
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November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Dr Catherine Page Jeffery from the Discipline of Media and Communications shares her research on young people’s social and digital media use. It's already a source of family conflict. Will the under-16s social media ban exacerbate this issue?
sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
How to minimise family conflict over the social media ban
Australia’s social media ban will come into effect on 10 December, when all Australians under the age of 16 will be restricted from holding accounts on major social media platforms including TikTok, S...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Join our lecture with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges. The former New York Times Middle East bureau chief will speak on journalism and modern day genocide. 🗓️ Tue, 21 Oct, 1pm, Pharmacy Lecture Theatre ➡️ whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/8cb953...
October 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Dr Vanessa Berry will discuss with Dr Toby Fitch her latest projects, the specific work that her essays and creative non-fiction do, and the broader work of being an academic in #CreativeWriting. 🗓️ Wed, 29 Oct, 6pm. Join us on campus or via Zoom ➡️ whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/61dc0e...
October 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Author and poet Sarah Holland-Batt will discuss the work of her poetry, the work of an academic in creative writing, and advocating for poetry and broader social issues. Join our Writers at Work session on Wed, 27 Aug, 6pm. ➡️ whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/2d4fe0...
August 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
📺 Stream Dr Matthew Sussman's ARTiculate talk on 'Three poems by Asian-Australian poets: Using language to understand the self'. youtube.com/watch?v=_gP_...
Designed around the HSC texts and curriculum, the talk supports high school students and teachers in the lead up to their assessments.
ARTiculate English | Three poems by Asian-Australian poets: Using language to understand the self
YouTube video by The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney
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August 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
🎯 Join our Media@Sydney webinar on Fri, 29 Aug, 1:30pm. Dr Daria Kuznetsova from the University of Canterbury (NZ) will examine pro-government digital communication in Russia and Belarus. Register here: bit.ly/45nt7UI
August 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Blue Art Journal is here! Supported by @sydney.edu.au, it’s the first Australian publication dedicated to critical writing on First Nations art—locally and globally. Learn more: srkr.io/6183gu9
August 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The Mungo William MacCullum Scholarship in Literature supports undergraduate English & Writing students experiencing financial hardship with $8k p.a. ✍️ Apply by 30 September. ➡️ See T&Cs: sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
July 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A new National Gallery of Australia exhibition created by Dr Sanné Mestrom invites families to play, build and rethink modernist art. Her works examine female representation in the modernist canon and reimagine how audiences engage with art. sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
Please touch the art: Breaking the museum taboo
A major new exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra is turning the traditional museum experience on its head. Created by Dr Sanné Mestrom, artist at the Sydney College of the Arts,...
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July 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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SSSHARC Visiting Fellowships 2026 are now open!
The Visiting Fellows program supports collaborative research in the humanities and social sciences at the University of Sydney

Deadline ⏰ 14 July 2025
Apply here ➡️ shorturl.at/pnqVH

@sydney.edu.au @usyd-sace.bsky.social @usyd-humanities.bsky.social
Opportunities
SSSHARC provides innovative platforms and fellowships to approach and solve problems, such as huddles, ultimate peer reviews, pop-up research labs and more.
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June 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Congratulations to Prof. Daniel Browning on being awarded
the Walkley Foundation's 2025 Arts Journalism & Arts Criticism Prize for a feature on Indigenous multimedia artist Archie Moore. 🏅 Access the ABC Indigenous and ABC News Story Lab's winning article here: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05...
June 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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@sydney.edu.au has ranked top 25 globally in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Ranked 2nd in Australia for employer reputation, 11th globally for sustainability, all following the great news of 1st in Australia in the US News rankings! go.sydney.edu.au/TJPD6d

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June 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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We’re proud to share @sydney.edu.au has risen to first in Australia in the US News Best Global Universities rankings 🎉

Read more about our rankings: go.sydney.edu.au/bC1sGH

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June 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Daniel Browning, a highly respected and award-winning Bundjalung and Kullilli writer, journalist, and broadcaster, joins @sydney.edu.au as the inaugural Professor of Indigenous Cultural and Creative Industries within the School of Art, Communication and English. ➡️ sydney.edu.au/arts/news-an...
June 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
📣 HSC English students and teachers: Zoom in on our free ARTiculate webinar 🗓️ Tue, 10 June, 5pm 🧑‍🏫 Dr Matthew Sussman will examine how contemporary Asian-Australian poets use language to depict self-discovery, identity, and belonging. Register ➡️ bit.ly/4mHtQI8
June 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Through nuanced analyses of several East Asian films, Pao-chen Tang's new book 'The Animist Imagination in East Asian Cinema' theorises a mode of filmmaking that explores how to live with the nonhuman. Find out more: shorturl.at/S5kaG #FilmStudies
June 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Digital Content Creation Lecturer Dr Brittany Ferdinands unpacks how social platforms transform the music industry. 🌟"Success today can mean building a niche fanbase that’s hyper-engaged, even before an artist signs a label deal" sydney.edu.au/news-opinion... #Eurovision2025 #ESC2025
May 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
🗓️Media@Sydney webinar with Monique McKenzie (School of Social and Political Sciences) on Fri 16 May 3:30pm. Explore how digital platforms shape and exploit labour relationships through design and control. The research exposes the hidden dynamics of platform-mediated work. ➡️ bit.ly/MediaAtSydney16May
May 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A new @aunz.theconversation.com article co-written by @olgarithmic.bsky.social from Digital Cultures unpacks why President Zelensky might have secured a win for his country in the US-Ukraine minerals deal. theconversation.com/why-zelensky...
Why Zelensky – not Trump – may have ‘won’ the US-Ukraine minerals deal
Not only are experts sceptical of the value of Ukraine’s reserves, profits could be decades off. Trump, however, may have other motivations for making the deal.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Students identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander can now apply for an Art Curating or Museum and Heritage Studies Scholarship, valued at $10,000. For T&Cs visit www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
May 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Last week we hosted our 2025 Prizes and Awards Ceremony to celebrate the achievements of 45 students from Art History, English and Writing, and Media and Communications. Congratulations! We would like to thank our donors for their valuable contribution and everyone attending. 🗒️🏅 bit.ly/sace2025
May 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Watching gambling live streams may increase the likelihood of gambling harm, world-first study finds. Dr Mark Johnson
researched the impact of live streams and found it reinforced harmful gambling psychology. ➡️ sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
April 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
HDR students in Literature can now apply for the Dame Leonie Kramer Postgraduate Research Scholarship. Valued at $8000, it provides financial assistance to Masters' by Research or PhD students undertaking research in Australian Literature. Closes 24 April. sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
March 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The Rosemary Samios Research Award in Celtic Studies supports postgraduate students or academic staff and their research in Celtic Studies. Apply by 24 April. www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
March 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM