ANU COLLEGE OF ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES
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CASS BRIEF
● August 2007 ●
Diary dates
25 August
Open Day. For further information contact Monica Casaca, x52629
20 August
Deadline for comments on draft of the Review of Education Committee’s report.
4 September
ANU Research Office Lunchtime Program: Demistifying the ARC Process. 12.30-1.30pm, Ross
Hohnen Room, Chancelry Tower.
24-28 September
Melbourne Program 2007, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus. Registrations
now open. Details.
Check the CASS Calendar for other important dates this month.
Events
August- September
ANU School of Music concert program for August and September.
17 August
Crossing Cultures, Crossing Time Special Event: ‘A Museum of Props’: The Imperial Russian
Sleeping Beauty (1890), nineteenth-century French historiography and the balletic challenge to
the historical text, presented by Dr Helena Hammond, University of Warwick, chaired by Prof
David Williams. 1-2.30pm, Theatrette, Old Canberra House.
21, 28 August
Freilich Foundation Eminent Lecture Series: Religious Toleration in an Age of Terrorism, Professor
Susan Mendus, Philosophy York University UK. 6pm, Finkle Theatre, John Curtain School of
Medical Science.
22-23 August
Reasons, Reasoning and Rationality: Themes from the work of John Broome Workshop.
24 August
RSH Friday Forum: Can ‘Bad’ Art be Good Practice? Presenters: Ruth Lee-Martin, Ruth Wall,
Alistair Riddell. Facilitator: Martyn Jolly. 1-2.30pm, Old Canberra House.
27 August
Water policy and management: the role of the social sciences, Stephen Dovers and Karen Hussey.
3.30-5.30pm, Ross Hohnen Room, Chancelry Tower.
28-29 August
Workshop: Emotions, Morality, Co-operation in Evolutionary Context. Lecture Theatre, Innovations
Building.
7 September
RSH Friday Forum: Trials of Infidelity – Courts and Novels. Presenters: Gillian Russell and Alan
Pasco. Facilitator: Carolyn Strange. 1-2.30pm, Old Canberra House.
15-16 September
2007 Australasian Modern British History Association (AMBHA) conference: Visual Cultures of the
British World, Sydney.
22 August
CAEPR Seminar Series: The Transformation of Aboriginal Communities in Crisis, David Martin.
12.30-2pm, Humanities Conference Room, AD Hope Building.
29 August
CAEPR Seminar Series: Indigenous Victims of Violent Crime, Don Weatherburn. 12.30-2pm,
Humanities Conference Room, AD Hope Building.
23-26 September
20th Annual ANZSOC Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre.
12-14 December
RSSS Conference: Governing by Looking Back: How history matters in society, politics and
government. Online registration available.
Contents
AUQU ● College Forum ● Delegations ● Entering events in the ANU Billboard ● 2008 HC Coombs Creative
Arts Fellowship ̶ call for nominations ● Health, Medicine and the Body ● Funding for new CAEPR project ●
Mobile phones and work/life balance ● Comings and goings ● Bouquets
AUQA
A big thanks to all of you who participated in the AUQA review meetings. Initial feedback from the review
panel to the Vice-Chancellor and University Executive has been quite positive. The University is now awaiting
the formal response.
College Forum
The second College Forum for this year was held on Monday of this week. The following points were
covered:
Staffing. Please see the powerpoint presentation by the Convener, Mandy Thomas, in relation to staffing.
The College will be shortly establishing a small working party to consider how best to respond to issues
associated with staffing, including gender and age balance. If you are interested in participating, please
advise Mandy Thomas.
Mentoring Program. Monique Skidmore described the work of a small group interested in establishing a
mentoring scheme for staff of the College. If you are interested in participating in this group, please advise
Monique Skidmore.
College Structure. An email in relation to this matter has already been circulated by Alastair Grieg. Please
see further information in relation to the models currently under consideration.
Delegations
Some delegations in relation to student matters have changed. If you are uncertain about what these
changes mean for administering undergraduates and postgraduates, please check this summary before
approving.
Entering events in the ANU Billboard
When using the ANU Billboard to publicise events, make sure they also get picked up on our College website
by indicating that it is a CASS event. You can note this at the top of the summary section (either in caps or
set off by asterisks). You can also note which other college or colleges should be tagged if it is a crosscollege event. This will assist MAC to correctly designate the event and they will remove the comment as
part of their approval process.
2008 HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship ̶ call for nominations
ANU Schools and Centres from relevant areas are invited to nominate a Writer (including literature, prose,
poetry, script writing) for the 2008 HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship. Guidelines for nominations.
Enquiries.
Health, Medicine and the Body
Health, Medicine and the Body is one of the College of Arts and Social Science's ten research themes. I'm
convening the theme with Robert Attenborough. The theme aims to encourage communication and
collaboration among those working in areas related to cultural and social aspects of health, illness, medicine
and embodiment. We know there is lots of great work going on in this field in many different locations and
we would like to enhance its visibility. We want the theme to be as inclusive as possible. As a first step we
have set up an email list for 'HMB' related discussion and for circulating information about relevant seminars,
conferences and other events. If you would like to join the mail list, please email me and put HMB in the
subject line of your email. Further developments related to the theme will be circulated through this list. Of
course, we would also be happy to hear of any ideas you have for theme-related activities. Helen Keane.
Funding for new CAEPR project
Professor Jon Altman, Director, CAEPR has secured funding from a major Australian philanthrophic
organisation, the Sidney Myer Fund to undertake community-based research on environmental management
on the Indigenous estate in the Northern Territory. The research aims to collaborate with a number of
community-based and regional organisations to provide frameworks and skills transfer to ensure rigorous
monitoring of outcomes from natural resource management activities. These collaborations will generate
evidence to assist policy makers to make informed decisions about the best way to ensure the sustainability
of Indigenous NRM programs for both local and national interest. The research will be carried out over three
years (extendable to five). The research team will consist of Professor Altman as leader, two full-time
postdoctoral/research fellows and a full-time research assistant. It is anticipated that graduate students may
also be recruited to participate in the project. Professor Altman has spent a significant amount of time
developing this project and his relationship with the Sidney Myer Fund.
Mobile phones and work/life balance
Judy Wajcman (RSSS) launched the first report of an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant partnered
with the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) (the peak industry body for the mobile
telecommunications industry) at the AMTA annual conference in Sydney on 16 July. The presentation of the
report "The Impact of the Mobile Phone on Work/Life Balance" attracted a great deal of media attention.
Comings and goings
Welcome to Monica Casaca our new Deputy Manager in the College External Relations Office.
Farewell Rob Tidy, from the College HR Office who has moved to the RSPhyS in the College of Science.
Welcome to School of Social Sciences visitors: Professor Anthony Gary Dworkin from the Department of
Sociology, University of Houston, USA, will be working with Professor Lawrence Saha on the New
International Handbook of Teachers and Teaching from August 6 to August 15; and, Dr Dimi Giorgas from
the Department of Sociology, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW from August 8 until October 31.
Bouquets
Congratulations to the following staff for being awarded a 2007 Carrick Institute Award
for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Elisabeth Findlay, School of
Humanities, Faculty of Arts; Rebecca Kippen, Australian Demographic and Social
Research Institute; Elizabeth Minchin, Classics, School of Language Studies, Faculty
of Arts; Gilbert Riedelbauch, School of Art, Faculty of Arts
Harold Gretton, PhD student at the ANU School of Music, winner of the 2007 Cordoba Guitar Competition
at the prestigious Cordoba Guitar Festival in Spain. Harold was supported in his trip to Spain by the ANU
Friends of the School of Music.
Barry Higman (History, RSSS), made Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies. The
University of West Indies is a multi-state institute so his status applies on all campuses not just Jamaica.
Tom Griffiths (History, RSSS) appointed Distinguished Visiting Chair in Australian Studies at the University
of Copenhagen for the first half of 2008.
If you know of someone who deserves a ‘bouquet’, please let Karen Downing know.