[Joint Media Statement from Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, and Peter Garrett, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts]

A $17 million Creative Industries Innovation Centre will provide free hands-on assistance to small and medium businesses in the creative sector to boost their productivity and realise their potential for wealth and job creation.

The national centre, hosted by the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), was launched today by Innovation Minister, Senator Kim Carr, and Arts Minister, Peter Garrett.

[From the Australian Academy of the Humanities].

Associate Professor Kate Crawford has been awarded Australia’s most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities.

The Max Crawford Medal is presented biennially by the Australian Academy of the Humanities to an Australian-based, early-career humanities scholar, who has contributed to the enrichment of the cultural life of Australia. The award recognises high quality academic research that contributes to a deeper understanding of an aspect of the humanities in a general audience.

[From the DEEWR website]

The Higher Education Endowment Fund will provide funding to Australian higher education institutions for capital expenditure and research facilities. From 2009, the HEEF program will become part of the Education Investment Fund (EIF) announced in the 2008-09 Budget.

More information on the EIF can be found on the EIF page.

2009 Funding Round

Here is the citation for a recent article on the effects of marriage and children for academic women's career paths in the humanities and social sciences.

Nicholas H. Wolfinger and Mary Ann Mason and Marc Goulden. "Problems in the Pipeline: Gender, Marriage, and Fertility in the Ivory Tower." The Journal of Higher Education 79.4 (2008): 388-405. Project MUSE. 28 Jul. 2008 .

Where do the limits on academic freedom begin and end? Who defines this and how?

The Endeavour Research Fellowships provide financial support for postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows from Australia to undertake short-term research (4-6 months), in any field of study. The research is to be undertaken in participating countries within the Asia/Pacific region and the Middle East.

The Endeavour Research Fellowships aim to:

-enable high achieving scholars from Australia to undertake research within the Asia/Pacific region and the Middle East

-further develop Award Holders’ knowledge and skills in their field of research

The Council for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences is seeking an energetic person to conduct research, manage outsourced research, and draft papers and submissions. This is an exciting opportunity, a chance to work in a small-team environment for an organisation making a difference in policy circles.

The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards are currently open for entries.
There is $225,000 in prize money to be won from 14 categories from television, drama and film scripts, fiction, non-fiction and history books to poetry and short story collections, science writing and children's books.

The winner of the science category will be awarded $15,000.

Entries close 23rd of May. Call 3405 5215 if you have any questions or feel free to visit the website www.literaryawards.qld.gov.au

The Institute for Social Research (ISR) is currently seeking applications for another ISR Emerging Scholars Workshop. This time, we are looking for honours and postgraduate students who are writing a thesis on issues of DEMOCRACY. I would be most grateful if you could publicise the workshop among your honours, MA and PhD students.

The Writing and Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney presents: The PhD in the Public Realm - a forum for students & professionals in the Arts & Humanities on the value of the PhD outside the academy

Wednesday 17 October,5.30 for 6.00pm
Edmund Barton Room, Sydney Grammar School, College St, Darlinghurst

Strong foundations: rebuilding social norms in Indigenous communities
Organisation: Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
Dates: 25-Jun-2007 09:00 AM to 26-Jun-2007 at 05:00 PM
Address: Pacific International Hotel, Cairns QLD

Phone: 07 4046 0600, Email: info@cyi.org.au
Web: www.cyi.org.au

Reshaping Australasian housing research
2nd Australasian Housing Researchers Conference
Dates: 20-Jun-2007 09:00 AM to 22-Jun-2007 at 05:00 PM
Address: Customs House, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD
Phone: 07 3346 9686
Email: uqsrc@uq.edu.au
Web: www.uqsrc.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=55015&pid=26297

This conference follows the highly successful inaugural conference of housing researchers held in Adelaide in June 2006, and we invite housing academics, other housing researchers and post-graduate students, and users of housing research to this second conference.

Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions

6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities

January 11 - 14, 2008

Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio

Honolulu Hawaii, USA

Submission Deadline: August 23, 2007

Sponsored by:University of Louisville - Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods
The Baylor Journal of Theatre and Performance

Web address: http://www.hichumanities.org

Email address: humanities@hichumanities.org

An independent research body affiliated with the Australian Democrats aiming to promote the values of a civil society through active engagement in public policy debates on issues which impact on the Australian community.

Funding is available to investigate one of the following contemporary issues:

* Environmental sustainability and topics related to the social impact of global warming and climate change

* Protecting human rights

* Privatisation - costs and benefits

* Corporate governance and corporate responsibility - what does it entail?

Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

CHASS on the Hill 2007 Registrations now OPEN

CHASS is pleased to announce that registrations for "HASS on the Hill 2007" are now open!

HASS on the Hill (HOTH) will be in Canberra on 19-20 June 2007. The event allows people working in research, education or practice to discuss the value of their work with Members of Parliament.

It is an important opportunity to speak directly to the decision-makers - and this is an election year!

Invitation and Call for Papers