The links on this page are designed to provide information on the Humanities research community in Australia. They also provide a guide to research opportunities relevant to Humanities scholars and to resources for on-going research planning.
KEY AUSTRALIAN ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia: http://www.assa.edu.au/
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia is a member of the Australian Council of Learned Academics (ACOLA). ASSA has a Workshops Program (see below), within Research Program page ‘Upcoming projects and research news’ will announce calls for Applications or for Expressions of Interest relating to research and funding opportunities through ASSA. The website contains information on current and completed research projects; many on ‘Completed projects’ contain links to digital open access copies of reports etc.
Australian Academy of the Humanities: http://www.humanities.org.au/
ACOLA member. The Academy is ‘constituted by a body of more than 500 elected Fellows who are leaders and experts in the broad disciplinary groups which share a common and central concern with human behaviour and culture… [and] embraces new and emerging fields in the humanities, promoting the crucial role of the humanities in interdisciplinary collaboration.’ One of the Academy’s key roles is to act as consultant and advisory body on matters concerning the humanities; online open access to policy submissions are available from 2008 to the present.
Australia Council for the Arts: http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, delivering over $160 million annually in funding for arts organisations and individual artists across the country. The site contains extensive research publications commissioned/authored by the Australia Council and noted individuals.
Australia Research Council: http://www.arc.gov.au/
Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS): http://www.chass.org.au/
Council of Australian University Libraries (CAUL): http://www.caul.edu.au/
See also: National Fellowship Opportunities, Grants Opportunties
National Archives of Australia: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/
Consisting of more than 50 million items, ‘the collection includes records received, created or kept by Australian Government agencies since Federation in 1901, including those of departments, statutory authorities, royal commissions, military units, security and intelligence agencies, diplomatic posts, law enforcement agencies, and Cabinet. We hold the key documents relating to the birth of the Australian nation, as well as records on immigration, military service, transport, Indigenous Australians, the environment, communications, security and intelligence, foreign affairs and the arts. We also hold records of the High Court of Australia, as well as the papers of prominent individuals.’
See also: National Fellowship Opportunities, Grants Opportunities
National Library of Australia: http://www.nla.gov.au/
See also: National Fellowship Opportunities
NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
ANU Research School of Humanities and the Arts fellowships:
http://hrc.anu.edu.au/visiting-fellowships
H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship
http://rsha.anu.edu.au/coombs/guidelines
Arts NSW fellowships:
Australian Academy of the Humanities fellowships:
http://www.humanities.org.au/Fellowship/AboutFellowship.aspx
‘The Fellowship of the Academy comprises more than 500 distinguished individuals elected by their peers in recognition of the excellence and impact of their scholarship.’ – ‘grants and academic exchange program’
CAUL International Travelling Fellowship:
http://www.caul.edu.au/about-caul/caul-strategic-plan/caul-travelling-fellowship
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National Film and Sound Archive research fellowships: Frederick Watson Fellowship:
http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/grants/frederick-watson/index.aspx
The NFSA invites proposals from people who wish to conduct high-level research into the national audiovisual collection. This research may take various forms: an academic may want to write a book or produce a website; a creative artist may wish to create a film, musical composition, dance piece or some other artwork; a curator may wish to create an exhibition; historians, scientists and policymakers may wish to delve into Australia’s audiovisual past.
For 2011, the application timetable was as follows: Applications opened the last Friday of February, with applications closing Friday 6 May 2011. Winners announced September, currently no information for 2012 applications.
National Library of Australia: Harold White Fellowships:
http://www.nla.gov.au/awards-and-grants/harold-white-fellowships
State Library of New South Wales research and writing fellowships:http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards/index.html
Annual fellowship and grants opportunities for research and writing into Australian history and culture.
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowships:
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust aims to provide an opportunity for Australians to travel overseas to conduct research in their chosen field that is not readily available in Australia. There are no prescribed qualifications required in order to apply. The subject of a proposed project is ‘limitless providing a benefit to Australia is evident and a willingness to share the research findings with the Australian community is displayed.’ The value of each Fellowship is different; they are calculated according to number of countries visited, the duration of the Fellowship, and the estimated airfare, with the average ‘currently well in excess of $20,000.’ Applications for 2012 fellowships close 29 Feburary 2012 for travel occurring between 1 Sept 2012 – 31 August 2013.
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
http://sydney.edu.au/research_support/funding/international_fellowships.shtml
http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/index.cfm
http://members.efn.org/~acd/resources.html#PreDoc
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowships:
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/programmes.html
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships:
http://www.acls.org/programs/acls/
Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library fellowships (Yale):
http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/brbleduc/brblfellow_generalinfo.html
The Bellagio Center Residency Program:
http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/bellagio-center/residency-program
The Rockefeller Foundation – The Bellagio – offers an Academic Writing Residency, an Arts and Literary Arts Residency, and a Practitioner Residency.
British Academy fellowships:
http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/about-fellows.cfm
http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/index.cfm
Consortium of Humanities Centres and Institutes fellowships and other funding opportunities:
http://chcinetwork.org/category/fellowship_funding/
Harry Ransom Centre (University of Texas at Austin) research fellowships:
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/
The Harry Ransom Centre annually awards over 50 fellowships to support projects that require substantial on-site use of its collections (http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/guide/). The fellowships range from one to three months
The Huntington Library fellowships:
http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=566
Scholars come from around the world every year to conduct advanced humanities research using The Huntington’s collections. The institution awards around 120 grants to scholars in the field of history, literature, art, and the history of science
Institute for Historical Studies residential fellowships 2012-13: Rethinking Diplomacy: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/historicalstudies/fellowships/resident-fellows.php
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Applications close January 15 2012.
‘The IHS expects to appoint four resident fellows for 2012-13 whose work engages with the year’s theme of Rethinking Diplomacy (http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/historicalstudies/theme/overview.php). Fellowships are available for all ranks. They are not restricted to historians, but projects must have significant historical content.’
National Humanities Centre (USA) fellowships:
http://www.nationalhumanitiescenter.org/fellowships/index.htm
Library of Congress (USA) fellowships:
http://www.loc.gov/hr/employment/index.php?action=cFellowships.showHome
http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/
Smithsonian Fellowships (Washington):
National Museum of American History: Lemelson Centre Fellowships and Lemelson Centre Travel to Collections http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm#fnmah
The Lemelson Center Fellowship Program and Travel to Collections Award Program support projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. These include, but are not limited to, historical research and documentation projects resulting in publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, and multimedia products.
The programs provide access to the expertise of the Institution’s research staff and the vast invention and technology collections of the National Museum of American History (NMAH). The NMAH Archives Center documents both individuals and firms across a range of time periods and subject areas including railroads, musical instruments, television, radio, plastics, and sports equipment.
The Lemelson Center invites applications covering a broad spectrum of research topics that resonate with its mission to foster a greater understanding of invention and innovation, broadly defined. However, the Center especially encourages project proposals that will illuminate the role of women inventors; inventors with disabilities; inventors from diverse backgrounds; or any inventions and technologies associated with groups that are traditionally under-represented in the historical record.
The Lemelson Center Fellowship Program annually awards 2 to 3 fellowships to pre-doctoral graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and other professionals who have completed advanced training. Fellows are expected to reside in the Washington, D.C. area, to participate in the Center’s activities, and to make a presentation of their work to colleagues at the museum. Fellowship tenure is based upon the applicants’ stated needs (and available funding) up to a maximum of ten weeks. Stipends for 2012-2013 will be $575/week for pre-doctoral fellows and $870/week for post-doctoral and professional fellows. Applications are due 15 January 2012; notifications will be made by 15 April 2012. For application procedures and additional information, please see http://invention.smithsonian.org/
**Application Deadlines**
Travel to Collections Awards: November 30, 2011
Fellowships: January 15, 2012
Applicants must apply using the Smithsonian Online Application System (https://solaa.si.edu).
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Fellowships:
http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/index-eng.aspx
Wellcome Trust Fellowships:
GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia international grants scheme:
http://www.assa.edu.au/programs/international/international_grant_schemes.php
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Workshops Program grants:
http://www.assa.edu.au/programs/workshop/
Workshops Program: ‘Through the Workshops Program, the Academy is now a major facilitator of collective intellectual work in the social sciences in Australia. The ASSA Workshops Program is a competitive program bestowing grants to assist social science researchers to convene a two-day, multidisciplinary research workshop’
Arts NSW funding:
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/index.php/category/funding-and-support/
Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand (ACSANZ) grants:
http://www.acsanz.org.au/wordpress/?page_id=26
Australia-China Council (DFAT) grants:
Australia-India Council grants:
Australia Council for the Arts grants:
Australian Academy of the Humanities grants: http://www.humanities.org.au/Grants/GrantsAwards.aspx
Also publication subsidy scheme (http://www.humanities.org.au/Grants/PublicationSubsidyScheme.aspx)
Australia International Cultural Council Grants Program:
http://www.dfat.gov.au/aicc/grants.html
Australian Research Council:
http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/src/src.htm
National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP): ‘Administration of the NCGP is usually scheme-based and across the following inter-disciplinary groupings: Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; Engineering Mathematics and Informatics; Humanities and Creative Arts; Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; and Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences.’
Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme: http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/lief/lief_default.htm
The scheme provides funding for research infrastructure, equipment and facilities to eligible organisations. It ‘enables higher education researchers to participate in cooperative initiatives so that expensive infrastructure, equipment and facilities can be shared between higher education organisations and also with industry. The scheme also fosters collaboration through its support of the cooperative use of international or national research facilities.’
Applications are processed once a year; LIEF funding for 2012 closed 22 June 2011; no information regarding 2012 applications.
British Academy Research funding:
http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/index.cfm
CAUL Achievement Award:
http://www.caul.edu.au/about-caul/caul-strategic-plan/caul-achievement-award
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Copyright Agency Limited’s Cultural Fund: http://www.copyright.com.au/About_CAL/CALs_Cultural_Fund/CALs_Cultural_Fund.aspx
Cultural Fund: ‘CAL’s Board is authorised by CAL’s Constitution to allocate 1.5% of its income to cultural development. This is known as the Cultural Fund. The Cultural Fund supports a wide variety of projects which aim to encourage, and provide practical assistance… The priority areas of funding [are for] “supporting innovation in the Australian creative industries to develop local and foreign markets for Australian works”. Applications for most recent round of funding closed 5pm 2 September 2011.
Creative Industries’ Career Fund: Applications for next round of funding close 5pm 20 January 2012.
‘As part of the Cultural Fund, Cal also allocates $150,000 a year to support individual Australian creators and those involved in the creative industries who wish to develop their skills and take their careers to the next level. Applicants can apply for grants of up to $5,000 to undertake training, travel or other activities that will enhance their careers.’
Department of the Prime Minster and Cabinet Office of the Arts: http://www.arts.gov.au/funding/opportunities
Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Office for the Arts funding and support opportunities: film and television, movable cultural heritage, music, regional & touring arts, support for artists, and further funding and support opportunities
Harold Mitchell Foundation grants:
http://www.haroldmitchellfoundation.com.au/Documents.asp?ID=24&Title=How+to+Qualify+
National Archives of Australia research grants:
http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/grants/index.aspx
‘One of the National Archives’ key roles is to promote archival research in Australia and to encourage scholarly use of our collection. We offer three research grants for advanced research and professional development… Our awards and fellowships are designed to help scholars complete an innovative research project that: is significant to Australian audiences; makes substantial use of the National Archives collection; and produces articles, a book, website, exhibition, film or event to promote the National Archives collection.’
Ian Maclean Award: A research grant for archivists: http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/grants/ian-maclean/index.aspx
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For 2011, the application timetable was as follows: Applications opened the last Friday of February, with applications closing Friday 6 May 2011. Winners announced September, currently no information for 2012 applications.
Margaret George Award: A research grant for talented, emerging scholars: http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/grants/margaret-george/index.aspx
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For 2011, the application timetable was as follows: Applications opened the last Friday of February, with applications closing Friday 6 May 2011. Winners announced September, currently no information for 2012 applications.
United States Study Centre (USYD) research grants:
http://ussc.edu.au/research/research-grants
http://www.philanthropy.org.au/links/fund.html ** Databases, links
http://www.monash.edu/researchoffice/links/
GRANTS ETC. DATABASES
GrantsLINK, Australian Government grants search portal:
http://www.grantslink.gov.au/index.aspx
GrantsLINK [blah] relevant grants for community,research
GENIUS and SMARTS:
http://www.anu.edu.au/ro/OSR/Funding/funding_SPIN.php
**SPIN for ANU only
http://australia.infoed.org/spin/spinmain.asp
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CALLS FOR PAPERS
http://www.iqpc.com.au/australia.html
http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/global-calendar
Conference Alerts:
http://www.conferencealerts.com/index.htm
Search by field and country
EUROCLIO conferences and calls for papers:
EUROCLIO is the European Association of History Educators that ‘promotes a responsible and innovative teaching of history based on multi-perspectivity, critical thinking, mutual respect, and the inclusion of controversial issues’. The page is a portal for the announcement of (mostly European-based) conferences, workshops, and calls for papers.
H-Net (Humanities and Social Sciences On-line) announcements: http://www.h-net.org/announce/
An open access announcement portal. Announcements are categorised into separate forums for:
*Upcoming conferences
*Calls for papers
*Calls for publications
*Programs and workshops
*Funding and fellowships
*New websites
International in scope, can search all announcement forums by country
IIR Conferences: Conferences and training courses:
Penn English Calls for Papers:
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/
DIGITAL HUMANITIES RESOURCES
Academia.edu:
Academia.edu is an online network of over 770,000 members for academics to share and follow research in over 100,000 research areas. It is free to sign up, and members can, in social networking style, “follow” other academics and see new papers and other research updates from those academics in their News Feeds.
Arts-Humanities Net:
http://www.arts-humanities.net/
ArtsHub Australia:
The Australian arts portal for arts news and information, jobs, directory, and classifieds of auditions, competitions, grants and funding, and venues/spaces for hire/wanted
Australian E-Humanities Gateway:
The Australian E-Humanities Gateway is designed as a reference point for those involved in or seeking information about projects and events concerned with the use of digital resources in humanities disciplines in Australia.
Australian Journals Online:
‘AJOL is the National Library of Australia’s database of Australian electronic journals, newspapers, etc. The database provides details and links to over 2000 titles that include local and overseas work with Australian content, authorship and/or emphasis as well as entries for sites which advertise or promote Australian journals.’ The site was last updated in 2003; a current E-Journal portal can be found on the Sydney University website: http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/ejournals/
The British Library:
jjdk. Help à for all researchers à articles and external links.
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Heritage of the People’s Europe (HOPE):
http://www.peoplesheritage.eu/
HOPE networks the digital collections of European institutions in social history and the history of the labour movement through the access points of the Europenna and the Labour History Portal databases; links to each on the homepage.
Humanities and Social Sciences Online:
An online collaboratory and information space; international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers; ‘our edited lists and websites publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussion for colleagues and the interested public’ – extensive ‘discussion networks’ of subscription mailing lists hosted by H-Net, over 100 spanning various fields of humanities and social science studies.
Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory:
Intute:
Intute is an open access online service database of web resources for both research and study, with ‘each resource [having] been evaluated and categorised by subject specialists based at UK universities.’ Intute closed due to lack of funding in July 2011, though ‘the website will remain available for three years. However the site will not be maintained or updated, and no additional resources will be added.’
LabforCulture.org:
The networking platform for information on European arts and culture.
Library of Congress:
dkfjhsdk. Extensive open access to various searchable digital collections.
National Library of Australia Australian Government Entry Point:
The NLA Australian Government Entry Point provides links to all Australian governments and legislation. Through this site you can access politicians, departments, media releases and speeches.’
PANDORA:
PANDORA – Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia – is a growing collection of archived Australian online publications. Contains over 28,000 collections of categories, which can be searched or alphabetically browsed.
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography:
http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html
‘The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography presents selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. The bibliography covers a wide range of topics, such as digital copyright, digital libraries, digital preservation, digital repositories, e-books, e-journals, license agreements, metadata, and open access.’
State Library of NSW eResources: http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/?HomeLink=eresources
Libraries, museums and archives search category.
Roy Rosenzweig Centre for History and New Media research tools:
http://chnm.gmu.edu/research-and-tools/
A collection of helpful applications, programs and guides for history/humanities scholars interested in producing digital/online work.
Trove Australia (formerly Australian Research Online):
Trove Australia is a research database containing nearly 250 million Australian and online resources. Searches can be conducted simultaneously (or independently) across the following categories: books – pictures, photos, objects – journals, articles and data sets – digitised newspapers etc. – music, sound and video – maps – diaries, letters, archives – archived websites (from 1996) – people and organisations – lists
World Digital Library:
‘The World Digital Library makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world’. Can search by place, time, topic, type of item, or institution.
KEY JOURNALS AND PUBLICATIONS
(Links provided for journals with open online access)
Studies in Higher Education
Australian Universities Review
Higher Education
Higher Education Review
Studies in Continuing Education
Higher Education Research and Development
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
Journal for Institutional Research: http://www.aair.org.au/journal/index
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Australian Humanities Review: http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/
Humanities Australia: http://www.humanities.org.au/Publications/HumanitiesAustralia.aspx
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Field Methods
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International Journal of Art and Design Education (formerly Journal of Art & Design Education)
Studies in Art Education
The Journal of Aesthetic Education
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Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture and Policy
Journal of Writing Research
Textual Practice
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International Journal of Music Education
National Film and Sound Archive Australia Journal: http://nfsa.gov.au/research/nfsa-journal/
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The American Historical Review
People and Place: http://arrow.monash.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Collection/monash:63642/free/pnpv8n4/v8n4_7Birrell,O’Connor.pdf
History and Theory: http://www.historyandtheory.org/
History & Memory
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A collection of links to journals focused on art history, history, art/culture, and media: http://members.efn.org/~acd/Articles.html
SYDNEY ARTS AND CULTURE LINKS
Art Gallery of NSW:
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
Museum of Contemporary Art:
Regional and Public Galleries Association of New South Wales: http://www.rpg.nsw.gov.au/site/index.cfm
Carriage Works:
http://www.carriageworks.com.au/
Sydney.com:
http://www.sydney.com/things-to-do/arts-and-culture
Sydney.com is the official tourism site for Destination New South Wales, a department of the NSW Government. The link contains a listing of current and upcoming arts, culture, and heritage events in Sydney.
Sydney Festival:
http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/
Sydney Film Festival:
Sydney Fringe Festival:
http://thesydneyfringe.com.au/
Sydney Opera House:
http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/
Sydney Theatre Company:
http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/
Tropfest:
Flickerfest:
http://www.flickerfest.com.au/
Sydney Writers’ Festival:
HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS
Arts & Letters Daily:
Published by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Arts & Letters Daily is an index of articles (and other information/sources) on culture and ideas. It has a global scope/focus, though much of the material pertains to the U.S. and American contributors, and new material is added six days a week.
The Australian’s Higher Education Supplement: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education
The Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://chronicle.com/section/Home/433
The Chronicle of Higher Education is an online and print magazine for news, advice and jobs for those in academe. It is a U.S. based organisation and as such much of the material pertains to the U.S. and American contributors, though the News section does have a ‘global’ feed. The site is updated every weekday.
The Conversation:
http://theconversation.edu.au/
Launched in March 2011, The Conversation is an independent source of information, analysis and commentary from the Australian university and research sector. Beta site.
Times Higher Education: