Institute for Culture and Society

The Institute for Culture and Society hosts a range of events throughout the year from international conferences to seminars, workshops and book launches.

Upcoming Events

ICS Seminar Series

The next seminar is Thursday 21 June, 2-4.30pm, on the Parramatta campus. Speakers are Terry Flew, Queensland University of Technology: Four Public Enquiries and No Political Funeral: The Unexpected Return of Media Policy Debates in Australia, and Emma Power, School of Social Sciences and Psychology / UWS: More-than-human Neighbouring in Sydney Apartments: Materialities, Textures and Apartment Design.

For more details on the next seminar and for the 2012 schedule please see the ICS Seminar Series page.

Lunchtime Seminar Series

The next lunchtime seminar will be held on Tuesday 3 July. Speaker: Jen Li: A Kind of Paradise: The changing spaces of public libraries.

Forums

The Inaugural NSW Timor-Leste Forum: “Building Collaborative Partnerships for Timor-Leste” will be held on Saturday 14 July 2012.

This forum is a partnership between The Blue Mountains East Timor Sisters, the Institute for Culture and Society, and the Sustainability and Social Research Group. It aims to create a space for new dialogues between organisations and community groups that have experienced the challenges of, and developed expertise in, collaborating with Timor-Leste communities.

Conferences

In 2012 the Institute will co-host the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 19th Biennial Conference 2012. This will be held at The University of Western Sydney 11-13 July 2012 with the theme of ‘Knowing Asia: Asian Studies in an Asian Century’.

The Governing City Futures Conference will be held 16-17 August 2012 in Sydney.

Past Events

Past events include the successful Knowledge/Culture/Social Change International Conference of November 2011. Information on these events is available on the Past Events page.