The Australasian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres (ACHRC) is a network for groups engaged in Humanities-based research. Our aim is to connect Humanities researchers and centres, both within the Australasian region and internationally, and to promote relationships with cultural institutions and sector representative bodies in the wider community. We provide a virtual and physical hub for information about research opportunities and events, and seek to strengthen the public profile of research in the Humanities.

 

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United States National Humanities Centre Fellowships for 2014-2015

The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities for the period September 2014 through May 2015. Applicants must have doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and new PhDs should be aware that the Center does not normally support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The Center is also international and gladly accepts applications from scholars outside the United States. Areas of Special Interest. Most of the Center?s fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research. These include a fellowship for a young woman in philosophy and fellowships for environmental studies, English literature, art history, Asian Studies, and theology. Stipends. Fellowships are individually determined, according to the needs of the Fellow and the Center?s ability to meet them. The Center seeks to provide at least half salary and also covers travel expenses to and from North Carolina for Fellows and dependents. Facilities and Services. Located in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, the Center provides an environment for individual research and the exchange of ideas. Its building includes private studies for Fellows, conference rooms, a central commons for dining, lounges, reading areas, a reference library, and a Fellows' workroom. The Center's noted library service delivers books and research materials to Fellows, and support for information technology and editorial assistance are also provided. The Center helps locate housing for Fellows in the neighboring communities. Support. Fellowships are supported by the Center's own endowment, private foundation grants, contributions from alumni and friends, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Deadline and Application Procedures. Applicants submit the Center's form, supported by a curriculum vitae, a 1000-word project proposal, and three letters of recommendation. A downloadable application form and instructions may be found at the Center's website: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org. Applications and letters of recommendation must be postmarked by October 1, 2013.
 

 

 

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ACHRC Annual Meeting: Spaces and Networks for the Humanities: Building Research Environments. July 8-9, Perth.


The ACHRC annual meeting is a two day symposium devoted to discussing issues of relevant to the diverse of Humanities-based research centres. 

This year the meeting is hosted by the Insititute of Advanced Studies at The University of Western Australia.

Keynote Speaker:
Alan Liu, University of California, Santa Barbara, with the paper "Values, Strategies, and Technologies for Humanities Advocacy in the Digital Age".


Panels:

  • The Digital Humanities and Virtual Research Environments
  • The Humanities in the Asian Century
  • Building Research Impact and Environment
  • Communicating Research and the Public Humanities
  • Collaborating with Collecting Institutions
  • Regional Connections and Networks
     

For more information on the program or to register, see the website.

 

CHCI Meeting to Focus on Humanities, Publics and the State

The Consortium of Humanities Centres and Institutes, to which the ACHRC is affiliated, will meet at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, to discuss issues of relevance to research in the Humanities.

Humanities, Publics, and the State will explore the philosophical, political, and pragmatic dimensions of public humanities in the context both of current challenges to the university and emerging responses. What is the public mission of the research university? What role should the university play in the political and social transformation of the state of which it is part? What is the relationship between the university and other state humanities bodies, and how does this relationship differ internationally? What is the relationship between the humanities center and the public it serves? What are the implications of the arts and humanities having for long served in the role of sustaining national culture? How can we restore the democratic vision of the university’s service to the social and public good? How can we defend the public value of our teaching and research?

Robert Phiddian, Director of the ACHRC, and member of the CHCI's Public Humanities program, will represent the ACHRC at the meeting.

State Library of New South Wales Opens New Collection Space


The State Library of New South Wales has opened a new AMAZE gallery to show case curious objects in the library's collection, particularly from the Dixson collection which contains items such as the only extant Ned Kelly Wanted poster and James Cook's charts of New Zealand. 

To support engagement with the collection, the library has developed a smartphone app that can be used downloaded onto visitors' own devices or used on one of the library's devices.

See the library's exhibition space website for more information or listen to Dr Alex Byrne, director of the library, on Radio National's PM program via the podcast on the RN website.

Valuing the Humanities: A Forum from The Australian Academy of the Humanities


The Australian Academy of the Humanities "Valuing the Humanities" forum will take place Tuesday 19 February 2013 at the National Library of Australia in Canberra. Convened by Professor Mark Finnane FAHA, the public forum will draw together humanities expertise and perspectives to inform the Government’s deliberations around research impact assessment.

With panels titled Evaluating the Impact of the Humanities – Learning from International Experience, Understanding the Impact Agenda, and Evaluating the Humanities in Australia – Learning from the Excellence in Innovation for Australia Trial, the forum promises to unpack practical methods and policy implications for determining value in the Humanities in Australia.

The full programme is available here.

Professor Stuart Cunningham on Research Impact in the Humanities

5 December 2012

Professor Stuart Cunningham is quoted in The Australian this week on the news that an "impact measurement system" may be deployed alongside the Excellence in Research (ERA) process.

Cunningham, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence at Queensland University of Technology's Creative Industries faculty, argued that ``there are currently fewer standard indicators for impact in arts and humanities, and academics in these areas are perhaps less experienced in making what are essentially `business cases' for their impact.''  

While Vicki Thomson, executive director of the Australian Technology Network (ATN)  says the case study trial of impact found "no bias against arts and humanities case studies getting a rating of considerable or above, but it is harder to get an A rating". Read more  at The Australian website or through Factiva , or read The Conversation's take on it.

What should government research funding be spent on?

Director of the Centre for the History of Emotions, Professor Philippa Maddern, has responded to Opposition finance spokesman Andrew Rob's statement that research funding be directed to projects that support productivity and innovation, instead of "questional projects" such as the History of Emotions. Read more at The Australian. See also the University of Western Australia news site for Professor Maddern's response.

 

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