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Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne

Locality: Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Address: Arts West Building, Parkville 3010 Parkville, VIC, Australia

Website: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/

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25.01.2022 Dr Genevieve Timmons is an international consultant in philanthropy and grant-making who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1978. Across more than three decades in philanthropy, Dr Timmons has worked to address disadvantage and promote diversity. Last year she received our Arts Alumni Leadership Award. Applications are open for our 2021 Arts Alumni Awards. Nominate now: go.unimelb.edu.au/krq6

25.01.2022 Meet Saiful Bakhri, a Master of Cultural Materials Conservation graduate and the second recipient of our Rising Star Award for Young Alumni as part of this year's Arts Alumni Awards. Saiful graduated in 2018 and is now working as a conservator at the Bali Cultural Heritage Preservation Office and a cultural heritage conservation consultant who has led conservation projects focused on disaster preparedness and recovery. Read more:

24.01.2022 Wear it Purple today and get involved with events happening across the Uni as we support and celebrate rainbow young people

24.01.2022 We're incredibly pleased to announce that the winner of this year's Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry is Zenobia Frost for her work 'After the Demolition'. Our judges wrote that "Frost's poems move easily and surprisingly between poignancy and politics, offering striking images of contemporary Australian life". Congratulations Zenobia! Learn more about the Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry: go.unimelb.edu.au/z79j

23.01.2022 Mourning the loss of Keeping Up with the Kardashians? Same But even if you're not interested in the family, our own Dr Lauren Rosewarne says that it's naive to assume that these women just stumbled upon fame

23.01.2022 In our latest bite-sized lecture, we asked Senior Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Management Guy Morrow to explore a pair of age-old questions, what is art? And what is art for?

22.01.2022 "There is an intimate, human response needed to this virus. It forces an honesty upon us." Professor Kevin Brophy teaches poetry and the art of the personal essay in our Creative Writing program. He's penned this reflection on his lockdown experience:

22.01.2022 Artificial Intelligence and Automation will transform many professions that women are leading. Our new Artificial Intelligence and Women Microcredential is aiming to upskill women with the knowledge they need to step in and lead in our digital world.

21.01.2022 Have you explored our Being Human Festival international hub yet? There's still time to chill into your weekend with our Memento Vivere audio experience or Field Notes meditation series: arts.unimelb.edu.au/e/being-human-festival

21.01.2022 Join us this Thursday as Professor Michelle Arrow delivers the annual Ernest Scott Lecture. Professor Arrow will explore how new understandings of gender and sexuality transformed Australian politics and society in the 1970s. Register:

21.01.2022 As part of Social Sciences Week, we're hosting a panel bringing together sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, and artists to debate how we can translate Black Lives Matter into long-lasting & meaningful change at the University. Register:

20.01.2022 Zhichen is an international student studying a Master of Public Policy and Management. She reflects on what remote learning has been like for other international students who haven't been to Australia yet

20.01.2022 Our own Dr Hannah McCann writes that as a society, we underestimate the important social work undertaken by salon workers and we need to do more to prepare them for the intimate conversations they're having with clients:

19.01.2022 We're incredibly proud that this year's recipient of our Lifetime Achievement Award is Christos Tsiolkas. Christos is a Melbourne-based playwright, essayist, film critic, and award-winning author of six novels. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1987 and his notable works include Loaded, Dead Europe and of course, The Slap. Congratulations Christos

18.01.2022 Join us on Thursday 24 September as Professor Michelle Arrow delivers the annual Ernest Scott Lecture. Professor Arrow will explore how new understandings of gender and sexuality transformed Australian politics and society in the 1970s. Register:

18.01.2022 We're really proud to announce our 2020 Arts Alumni Award recipients! The awards recognise alumni who have achieved excellence in their chosen field, and who have made a considerable contribution to the Faculty, the University and their communities. We'll be profiling each of our five recipients over the next five days. First up is our Rising Star recipient, Christie Ding. A Bachelor of Arts graduate, Christie has gone on to establish her own multicultural brand experience agency. Read more: https://arts.unimelb.edu.au//rising-star-award-for-young-a

17.01.2022 As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the USA and the 2020 United States presidential election edges closer, Donald Trump's presidency looks increasingly precarious. We hosted a conversation between Associate Professor in American Politics Tim Lynch and American foreign policy expert Professor James Goldgeier to explore: go.unimelb.edu.au/86gj

17.01.2022 In the next episode of our Community Conversations series, senior lecturer in our Anthropology and Development Studies program Dr Dilly Kikon joins Master of Journalism graduate Dilpreet Kaur Taggar to discuss the cultures of South Asia, the impact of digital media and Dilpreet's newly-launched online publication South Asian Today. Have a watch: go.unimelb.edu.au/sc7j

17.01.2022 A huge congratulations to our own Professor Sally Young for winning the Colin Roderick Literary Award and the H T Priestley Medal for her nonfiction book 'Paper Emperors: The rise of Australias newspaper empires'. Great work, Sally

17.01.2022 Our own Professor Barry Judd writes that as long as Indigenous people remain locked out of off-field leadership roles with the AFL, the extent to which the organisation claims to support reconciliation and anti-racism must remain a question mark.

16.01.2022 As part of Melbourne Fringe, our Arts and Cultural Management Program is presenting a free event that explores how the sector is responding to changes brought on by COVID-19. Register:

16.01.2022 No doubt it's been a tough year for everyone...so we asked our experts about years when things were even harder and how people made it through

15.01.2022 Saiful Bakhri is a Master of Cultural Materials Conservation alum and a conservator at the Bali Cultural Heritage Preservation Office. He works as a cultural heritage conservation consultant who has led conservation projects focused on disaster preparedness and recovery. Last year Saiful received our Rising Star Award for Young Alumni. Applications are open for our 2021 Arts Alumni Awards. Nominate now: go.unimelb.edu.au/krq6

15.01.2022 Applications are now open for the Indigenous Futures Scholars Award. The award is available to Indigenous Australians enrolled or considering enrolling in Honours in the Faculty of Arts, majoring in a broad area of study with an ambition to contribute to the mental and social wellbeing of Indigenous communities. Learn more and apply: go.unimelb.edu.au/y5ni

15.01.2022 Welcome to Social Sciences Week! This week we're holding a series of events that explore and offer insight into the impact of the social sciences on our lives. Check out our events and register

14.01.2022 Associate Professor Alison Inglis is a leader in the field of art curatorship, art museum studies and art history, contributing to the Faculty of Arts through her teaching over several decades and promoting the University of Melbourne through her outreach into the community. Last year, she received our Contribution to the Faculty and University Award. Applications are open for our 2021 Arts Alumni Awards. Nominate now: go.unimelb.edu.au/krq6

14.01.2022 What does working from home look like for a textile conservator? Find out with Victoria from our Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation

13.01.2022 The Master of Leadership for Development is a fully online master program run in partnership with the University of Manchester, focused on the practical skills, global connections and collaborative outlook needed to make a real difference in the development world. If you'd like to learn more, we're holding a webinar next Tuesday evening. Register:

13.01.2022 Beverley Farmer was an Australian novelist and short-story writer, as well as a Faculty of Arts alum. In the latest instalment of Black Inc.'s Writers on Writers series, Josephine Rowe explores her work:

13.01.2022 Turkey is increasingly intervening militarily in the territories of several of its Middle East neighbours - a distinct shift in the nation's foreign policy direction. Turkish affairs analysts Iain MacGillivray and Dr Tezcan Gümü discuss: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=728562

10.01.2022 Our own Prof/ Andrew Rosser and Dr Ken Setiawan write that the United Nations Guiding Principles on business and human rights are struggling to gain traction in places where abuses are just business-as-usual for powerful elites:

10.01.2022 Did you know that Russia is a popular destination for Vietnamese people seeking to make their fortunes abroad? International development expert Dr Lan Anh Hoang explores why on the latest episode of our Ear to Asia podcast: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=719427

10.01.2022 For the first time ever, our much-loved 10 Great Books series is being held online and tickets are on sale now! Beginning in February, a host of expert presenters will join us to explore world-changing texts and authors. Book your place: go.unimelb.edu.au/t8ji

09.01.2022 Diplomacy is a vital part of reducing conflict and building peace, so how and why are current diplomatic frameworks falling short? We're hosting a panel featuring Professor John Langmore, Professor the Hon Gareth Evans and Erika Feller to explore. Register:

09.01.2022 COVID-19 has spread quickly across the Middle East and North Africa, and things aren't likely to improve much throughout 2021. More in Melbourne Asia Review:

09.01.2022 We're really pleased to be a part of the Melbourne International Film Festival again with MIFF Talks You have until Sunday night to have a watch - don't miss out!

08.01.2022 Professor John Power is 87 years old and suffers from Parkinsons Disease. He has written about his experience living through COVID-19 as a particularly vulnerable person:

08.01.2022 A big, warm welcome to all of our first-year Bachelor of Arts students We hope you were able to make it to yesterday's commencement ceremony! If not, don't worry it's available to stream online

08.01.2022 Join us on Thursday 10 September as we host a panel discussion exploring the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on young peoples transition from education to employment and what policymakers can do to create more genuine opportunities. Register:

08.01.2022 This Friday is Wear it Purple - a day to celebrate rainbow young people, to support them to feel proud and safe to be who they are. There are a bunch of ways that you can get involved, learn more

07.01.2022 We'd like to congratulate the recipient of our 2020 Contribution to the Faculty and University Award, Associate Professor Alison Inglis A/Prof Inglis has coordinated the Master of Art Curatorship program since 1995 and many of her students now work in the museum sector in Australia and overseas - a testament to her inspirational teaching. Congratulations Alison!

07.01.2022 Cat Gay is a PhD candidate working to uncover the life stories of girls in nineteenth-century Victoria. Nicole Davis chatted with Cat about her research, background and her aspirations for the future:

06.01.2022 For the last 9 years, conservator and PhD candidate Sophie Lewincamp has been investigating how conservators can better engage with community knowledge. Sophie had a chat with us about her new engagement framework the Tiered Contact Zones Model.

06.01.2022 How do people at the intersection of LGBTQIA+ and Asian ethnicity fare when migrating to Australia? Associate Professor Claire Maree and Dr Jay Song examine their lived experiences and life challenges on the latest Ear to Asia podcast.

06.01.2022 The 2020 Kate Challis RAKA Award is now open for applications from Indigenous poets. The RAKA is awarded annually to an Indigenous artist in one of five categories creative prose, poetry, scriptwriting, drama and visual arts. Learn more and apply: go.unimelb.edu.au/e7cx

05.01.2022 The landscape of global contemporary development is rapidly changing. Join us next Monday 18 January for a panel discussion on what those changes look like and how the new Master of Leadership for Development program will help you prepare for them.

05.01.2022 The Taiwan governments handling of the COVID-19 crisis has widely been reported as exemplary in the international media, but local reporting has revealed political bias writes Jasmine Li-Chia Chang in Melbourne Asia Review:

05.01.2022 Our Deputy Dean, Professor Sarah Maddison, started uni as a 25-year-old single parent so that she could learn how to make policy that would improve young people's lives. Read more about her story and the transformative power of education

04.01.2022 When Christos Tsiolkas is asked how he became the writer he is today, the answer comes easily - by being a reader. In the fourth instalment of the Signposts series, Alexis Wright sits down with Christos Tsiolkas to talk about family, doubt, storytelling and looking for God in low places. Watch the full ep: go.unimelb.edu.au/a3nj

02.01.2022 Over time, Turkey has steadily transformed from a democracy to an authoritarian regime, but opposition parties are mobilising against this increased autocracy. https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au//the-art-of-opposition-in-e

02.01.2022 This week we're celebrating the recipients of our 2020 Arts Alumni Awards Congratulations to the recipient of our Leadership Award - Dr Genevieve Timmons. Genevieve has been actively involved in philanthropy for more than three decades working at organisations such as the Paul Ramsay Foundation and the Naomi Milgrom Foundation. Learn a little more about Genevieve:

02.01.2022 We're hosting a panel discussion as part of Social Sciences Week in collaboration with Brotherhood of St Laurence and Scope to examine how we can make more meaningful progress towards improving access to secure and sustainable employment for people with disability. Register:

01.01.2022 Sports stars act as a face of Australia both to ourselves and to the world they can show the best of our country, as well as the worst.

01.01.2022 A new microcredential lead by Associate Professor Leah Ruppanner is helping to bridge the digital gender divide. Learn more about why it's so important and our new Artificial Intelligence and Women MicroCert.