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ICS Director to perform at Sydney Writers' Festival
ICS Director Professor Ien Ang will take part in a theatrical storytelling performance at Sydney Writers' Festival titled Stories Then & Now. Stories Then &....Read more.
Deborah Stevenson appointed to NSW Arts and Cultural Policy Reference Group
ICS member Professor Deborah Stevenson is a member of the newly-formed NSW Arts and Cultural Policy Reference Group. The five-member reference group has been appointed....Read more.
Louise Ryan wins international essay competition
Congratulations to ICS PhD student Louise Ryan who has won an international essay competition for her essay on MONA (Museum of Old and New Art....Read more.
ICS welcomes new members and students
Welcome to the new members and students who have joined the Institute for Culture and Society recently. Our newest members are Dr Louise Crabtree Research....Read more.
New book: Transnational Student-Migrants and the State
Dr Shanthi Robertson has had a new book published by Palgrave Macmillan: Transnational Student-Migrants and the State: The Education-Migration Nexus. The boundaries around the categories....Read more.
Latest member activities
ICS members have been busy over the last couple of months engaged in a variety of activities within Australia and overseas. Here is a summary....Read more.
ICS congratulates its new graduates
Congratulations to the five Institute for Culture and Society students graduating in the UWS autumn graduation ceremony today. 18 ceremonies are being held at the....Read more.
New book: Making Culture Changing Society
Professor Tony Bennett has had a new book published by Routledge: Making Culture Changing Society. This book proposes a challenging new account of the relations....Read more.
Frances Williamson leads OLT funded project
ICS HDR student Frances Williamson is leading a new Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) funded project PASSwrite. PASSwrite presents a strategic and....Read more.
The Great British Class Survey
The Great British Class Survey the largest study of class in the UK has found the traditional working middle and upper class distinctions to be....Read more.
Philippa Collin speaks at Women's Day event
On Thursday 7 March the eve of International Women’s Day Prime Minister Julia Gillard visited the University of Western Sydney to join women from across....Read more.
Communication & Sport launch
Today the Institute for Culture and Society held a seminar marking the Australasian launch of the new journal Communication & Sport. Communication & Sport is....Read more.
Kearrin Sims published in Globe magazine
ICS PhD student Kearrin Sims has had an article published in Southeast Asia Globe magazine. Kearrin’s article entitled 'Playing Dirty' discusses how everyday Laotians are....Read more.
What is Shaping the Future of Australian Sport?
On Monday 11 March Professor David Rowe was one of four speakers at the What is Shaping the Future of Australian Sport? event in Canberra.....Read more.
Where Is Home: Place, Belonging and Citizenship in the Asian Century
Where Is Home: Place Belonging and Citizenship in the Asian Century is a two-day workshop examining the transformations of place-making and cultural citizenship in the....Read more.
David Rowe a panellist at Women in Sport Forum
Professor David Rowe is a panellist at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Women in Sport Forum to be held Friday 15 and Saturday 16 March.....Read more.
ICS student 'summer hotdesker' at Information and Cultural Exchange
Institute for Culture and Society PhD student Alejandro Miranda is one of seven UWS students who are ‘summer hotdeskers’ at Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE).Information....Read more.
ICS members' conference involvement
Last week ICS members Professor James Arvanitakis Professor Bob Hodge and Professor David Rowe were involved in conferences run by the Oxford-based Interdisciplinary Network. Professor....Read more.
Global Islamophobia roundtable event
On Wednesday 20 February two ICS members Dr George Morgan and Professor Greg Noble will participate in a roundtable discussion on Global Islamophobia held by....Read more.
New staff members
Over the last couple of weeks we have been pleased to welcome three new staff to the Institute: a new Institute Manager Terry Fairclough and....Read more.
New research grant
Congratulations to ICS Senior Research Fellow Fiona Cameron who with Professor Katarina Serrano from the University of the South Pacific has recently been awarded a....Read more.
New book: Heritage and Tourism: Place, Encounter, Engagement
Heritage and Tourism: Place Encounter Engagement is a new book edited by Robyn Bushell and Russell Staiff from the Institute for Culture and Society and....Read more.
ICS visiting scholars 2013
The Institute for Culture and Society regularly hosts international visiting scholars from around the world. This year we expect the following scholars to visit ICS:....Read more.
New ICS members
The Institute for Culture and Society is pleased to welcome six new school-based members to the Institute in January 2013. The new members joining us....Read more.
