The Macquarie University Research Fellowship (MQRF) Scheme has opened for formal Expressions of Interest. Macquarie University will offer up to ten full-time Research Fellowship positions commencing in 2016. Fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis and will be fixed-term for three years. Applicants must have been...
NLA Creative Arts Fellowships Open for applications The National Library of Australia have opened a new round of Creative Arts Fellowships, to assist creative practitioners, artists and writers to develop new work using or inspired by the Library’s rich collections. Applications for 2016 National Library of Australia...
Philosophy@UWS of the University of Western Sydney in collaboration with the State Library of NSW, ABC Radio National and Fordham University Press invite you to this year’s Thinking Out Loud: The Sydney Lectures in Philosophy and Society. David Wood Responsibility in the Age of the Climate Change Climate...
CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS AND WORKSHOPS Neolife; full of surprises. From the odd to the mundane, new forms of life are emerging in labs, workshops and studios. With the promise of exploitation for health and wealth we are seeing life as it previously never existed, albeit smothered...
Deb Anderson, Monash University CSIRO Publishing Endurance presents stories of ordinary Australians grappling with extraordinary circumstances, providing insight into their lives, their experiences with drought and their perceptions of climate change. The book opens with the physical impacts, science, politics and economics of drought and climate change in...
The Limits of the Numerical Project at the University of Chicago invites applications for two Postdoctoral Scholar positions supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, both expected to last for a total of three academic years (2015-18). Each Postdoctoral Scholar will propose and pursue an...
Visualising Environmental Humanities And History: A Postgraduate Workshop (4-8 May, 2015) Australia-Pacific Environmental Humanities Observatory, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney. Centre for Environmental History, Australian National University, Canberra. 4-8 May, 2015 Are you writing a PhD or MA in environmental history or humanities, and are interested in the...
Network of African Environmental Humanities Featured in the African Historical Review From the Rachel Carson Center: An article on the African Network of Environmental Humanities (ANEH) was recently featured in the African Historical Review, a biannual, peer-reviewed academic journal on the history of Africa. Written by Dr....
Ruth A. Morgan University of Western Australia Press, 320 pp, PB, February 2015. For nearly 200 years the visions and aspirations of the people of Australia’s west have been characterised by an unquenchable thirst. Ruth Morgan uncovers the fear of running out of water — a fear...
Plumwood Mountain: an Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics will dedicate volume 2, issue 2 (September 2015) to the memory of Martin Harrison (1949-2014). A key member of Plumwood Mountain’s inaugural editorial board, and acclaimed poet, critic and teacher, Martin's impact upon contemporary Australian poetry...