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Understand the causes of conflict and violence and the means of attaining peace, justice and human rights through postgraduate study with the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS).
Prospective students and their families were recently treated to a special Arts and Careers breakfast event featuring some of our high-achieving alumni from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. 
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Tess Lea from the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies has been shortlisted for the 2015 Victorian Premiers Literary Award in the best non-fiction category for her book entitled Darwin. 
Discover more about the Faculty's overseas engagement activities through its new online international portal.
Dr Christopher Neff has examined the narratives and shark hunt policies implemented by different WA Governments between 2000 and 2014 and found striking similarities to the 1975 Spielberg classic.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Daniel Anlezark and Professor Adrian Vickers on their Fellowship appointments to the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
The Department of English was pleased to present the David Harold Tribe Fiction Award 2014 to novelist and poet John A. Scott on Friday evening.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences increased the amount of its Early Offer Year 12 (E12) offers by 30 per cent over a three-year period, according to the latest figures from the University's Admissions Unit.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences launched its new Executive Master of Arts and Social Sciences (EMASS) at an Industry Breakfast in Sydney recently.
Over the past three weeks, the Departments of English and History welcomed more than 200 high school students to campus as part of the FASS Schools Engagement program, 'Widening Participation in the Humanities'. One of many FASS social inclusion initiatives and now in its fourth year of operation, Widening Participation in the Humanities is designed to raise aspirations among low-SES students of diversebackgrounds. 
The Australian population should be concerned with the knock-on effect of the public service they stand to lose due to budget cuts to the national broadcaster, writes Jonathon Hutchinson.
Outstanding humanities students can earn a dual arts degree with one of Europe's leading humanities institutions, following the signing of a new partnership agreement with Sciences Po.
Friday saw the inaugural Sydney Social Justice Network conference. Dean Professor Duncan Ivison looks at some of the ways universities can contribute to the realisation of social justice in our society.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is directly involved in the University of Sydney's efforts to build on the growing rapport between India and Australia by establishing new opportunities for staff and student mobility between the two countries.
The role of higher education institutions in fostering social justice will be examined today at the Sydney Social Justice Network (SSJN) conference, The University and Social Justice.
Please join us for breakfast to discuss how the nature of effective leadership is evolving. 
Congratulations to Professor Warwick Anderson on winning the History of Science Society's Price/Webster Prize.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences nearly doubled its research awards tally from last year, following the latest ARC funding announcement.
An innovative open-access website will give teachers imaginative ways to engage with Shakespeare, outside the boundaries of the curriculum.
World-renowned security Peter W Singer will examine how "cyberspace" moved from being a term from Science Fiction to part of our everyday lives, and the resulting cybersecurity challenges we all now face.
Explore the answer with our Master of Public Policy.
Human rights advocate and barrister Julian Burnside will describe Australia's new security laws as "the stuff of a Kafka nightmare", at the City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture tomorrow.
Professor Dianna Kenny's population study finds that pop musicians die younger than most.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney has been recognised as Australia's leading faculty for Social Sciences by The Best Global Universities Rankings.
Change your outlook through one of our postgraduate programs offered by the Department of Government and International Relations.
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences alumnus and former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam has passed away this morning at the age of 98. Whitlam had a remarkable career in Australian public life, which stemmed from his early studies in both arts and law at the University.
Enhance your career and mind with our Postgraduate Economics Program.
Challenge your thinking through our Postgraduate Development Studies Program.
Many incidents of violence and harassment directed at Australian Muslims have been reported recently. These are visible confirmation of fears expressed by their community amid a worrying rise of Islamophobia, writes Dr Leticia Anderson.
With the spread of Ebola throughout Europe now said to be unavoidable, Western militaries are finally taking action. But unfortunately, the ADF can't be among those sending troops, writes Dr Adam Kamradt-Scott.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences continues to be recognised as a world leader in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2014.
The Political Economy program at the University of Sydney offers unparalleled insight into the key trends underlying the global economy and its transformation. 
Professor Colm Harmon has congratulated the three student winners of an essay writing competition run by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Economic Society of Australia. 
An increase in social media use leads to more political participation by young people, with Facebook the most effective channel, a study has shown.
With the UN estimating that by 2050 globally we will need a 70 per cent increase in cropping and grazing to feed the world, it is clear more of what we eat must come from the sea. 
How do you best prepare for your exams in humanities subjects? As Dean of an Arts and Social Sciences faculty, I have been asked this question frequently when speaking to high school students over the past few months.
Register to attend our Information Session on 7 October during Postgraduate Week.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is proud to announce a new partnership with AIESEC.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney is pleased to announce the introduction of 9 Honours Research Fellowships to be awarded to outstanding undergraduates intending to undertake an Honours year in 2015. 
There is a link between our brain structure and our tolerance of risk, new research suggests.
From investigating conspiracies around the assassination of JFK to Dr Who's influence on British culture, Sydney high school students explored diverse and influential moments of the 20th century for the Department of History's social inclusion program.
Low income households could increase their savings by over 25 per cent if bank accounts with a regular lottery prize for depositors were introduced in Australia, University of Sydney economists have found.
A hacker's release of personal photos of female celebrities has again drawn attention to the security of our personal information online. Are we really aware of what we upload, asks Dr Grant Bollmer.
Dr Emma Christopher from the School of Philosophy and Historical Enquiry premiered her documentary titled 'They Are We' at the opening of the UN 'Victory Over Slavery' exhibition in New York.
NSW Premier, Mike Baird has announced the shortlist for the 2014 NSW Premier's History Awards with two academics from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences featuring in the list.
Learn more about your study options with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences during Open Day, which takes place on Saturday, 30 August 2014.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is proud to announce a new partnership with Yenching Academy of Peking University.
For Master of Publishing graduate Lex Hirst, a well-placed internship and a couple of stints volunteering in her passion industry have led to both a career in editing at Random House and to being selected as a Co-Director of National Young Writers' Festival. 
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences again has reason to be extremely grateful for the generous and imaginative support of University alumni for the Ancient North African research project (ANA).
The Sydney Democracy Network is excited to announce that editor and Co-founder of The Conversation, Andrew Jaspan will open this year's Festival of Democracy with a public lecture entitled The Conversation and the future of journalism.
The new Chair of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Professor Sahar Amer, is already implementing dynamic programs with the introduction of Australia's first Queer Arab Film Festival.
Dr Sophie Loy-Wilson from the Department of History will travel to China to explore the private Shanghai archives of a Chinese-Australian socialite, thanks to a new fellowship made possible by a donation to the Faculty.
Excellence in leadership combined with a humanities and social sciences mindset - the dual objective of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences' new Executive Master of Arts and Social Sciences (EMASS).
New research on homelessness, mobile phones and the internet shows high mobile ownership but a struggle to stay connected.
Last week I was part of a contingent of Australian political researchers, including several from the University of Sydney, who attended the International Political Science Association's (IPSA) 2014 World Congress.
Semester II will see the opening of the doors of the newly refurbished Archaeology Teaching Lab 102 in Old Teacher's College.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Ben Goldsmith from Government and International Relations and Associate Professor Daniel Anlezark from the Department of English on receiving Australian Research Council (ARC) Fellowships.
Affordable childcare should not come at the expense of high quality service or worker exploitation, writes Dr Elizabeth Hill, of the Department of Political Economy.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences are proud to announce the recipients of the 2014 Future Leaders Scholarship.
Associate Professor Gaby Ramia of the Graduate School of Government will lead a landmark study into how formal and informal networks affect employment outcomes for the long-term and youth unemployed.
Allegations of communism have surfaced in Indonesia's increasingly tight presidential election, writes Lecturer in Indonesian Studies, Dr Vannessa Hearman.
Two cutting edge literary conferences at the University of Sydney next week and a redesign of the Masters of Creative Writing show the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences' critical engagement with the written word.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Yixu Lu on winning the Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Prize, awarded to a scholar from outside Germany who has made a particularly distinguished contribution to research and teaching and to international collaboration in German studies.
Leading Australian and international thinkers will discuss the upheaval in Egypt at the University of Sydney on Monday 23 June, in the first of a series of new talks probing sweeping change across the Arab world
David Otto Fitzgerald reviews the Sydney Film Festival screening of Jodorowsky's Dune, a documentary about the ultimately doomed adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic, Dune.
The Sydney Film Festival concluded on Sunday night with Two Days, One Night announced as the winner of the Sydney Film Prize. Dr Bruce Isaacs gives his verdict on all this year's prize entries.
PhD candidate Olivia Hopkins is unimpressed by found footage horror film Willow Creek. Read her Sydney Film Festival review.
Fell at Sydney Film Festival is flawlessly executed by serious Australian talent, finds Ellen Becker. It is ideal cinema - where all the elements available to the form are seamlessly melded.
Arts student Elisabeth Murray has wasted no time in pursuing her dream - the promising University of Sydney undergraduate has just had her first novella published.
Dr Richard Smith reviews The Rover, starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson, which is vying for the Sydney Film Festival Official Competition. 
As Obama makes a new global climate agreement a priority, Australia's very public and ideological retreat will not be looked upon favourably, writes Professor David Schlosberg in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Boyhood is shaping up as the frontrunner for the Sydney Film Festival's Official Competition, writes Dr Richard Smith in his latest Conversation column.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences would like to congratulate Professor Barbara Caine AM, who has been made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for significant service to tertiary education, particularly to gender studies, women's history, and as a role model and mentor.
Dr Richard Smith assesses Locke's chances as one of the 12 Official Competition Films at Sydney Film Festival. 
How have governments used football and the World Cup as a political instrument? Dr Fernanda Penaloza and Dr Barrie Wharton explore that question in The Conversation.
Professor Paul W. Glimcher from New York University is perhaps the world's leading expert on the neurobiology and economics of human decision-making, and he will be presenting his groundbreaking research at a special Sydney Ideas event on Friday 13th June.
Dr Melissa Hardie explores the Sydney Film Festival retrospective of US director Robert Altman. 
Policy changes always carry a law of unintended consequences caveat, but the proposed higher education reforms are riskier than most, writes Professor Colm Harmon in The Australian.
The Sydney Film Festival (SFF) opened last night, kicking off not only one of the landmark cultural events of the city, but a program that draws films from almost 50 countries throughout the world.
Students graduating from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences on Friday were treated to a special address, delivered by Alumni and current Managing Director of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Mark Scott.
BA Honours student, Nicola Bauman has returned from the Global Voices delegation to the OECD Forum in Paris and filed a special report for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Professor John Keane looks at the legacy of Tiananmen Square, 25 years after the tumultuous events of June 1989.
Professor James Der Derian reviews four books, including Luke Harding and Glenn Greenwald's accounts of Edward Snowden's defection, in the latest issue of the Australian Book Review.
Dr Luke Russell delved into the world of politics, superstition, history and literature as he explored the concept of evil at Sydney Writers' Festival.
Six talented students have reviewed sessions and interviewed authors at Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF), putting to use the breadth of skills they have learned from their Arts degrees at the University of Sydney.
MECO student Greta Mayr reviews Adam Johnson at Sydney Writers' Festival.
Benjamin Law started writing for the freebies. Now he does it to satisfy his curiosity. It seems his funny, poignant take on families and communities is paying dividends, finds MECO student Tom Langshaw.
Speaking at the Sydney Writers' Festival's Bloomberg Stage, David Braddon-Mitchell told us "writing and storytelling will help us find what we have reason to love."
Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and most recently, The Valley of Amazement, a historical narrative about life in the courtesan houses of China in 1905. 
The Sydney Writers' Festival has exciting programs running for children, from storytelling workshops to colouring-in and activity sessions.
I was particularly struck by one moment during the launch of Tara Moss' new non-fiction book The Fictional Woman, at Sydney Writers' Festival last night.
What does writing mean for Alice Walker? In the screening of the documentary Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth at the Sydney Writers' Festival, the audience was given a few answers.
Professor Iain McCalman weaved a rich tapestry of history, science, culture and environment to explore the various identities of the Great Barrier Reef at a Sydney Writers' Festival talk on Monday night. 
Leading foreign correspondent Hamish McDonald led a panel discussion between human rights professor Ian Buruma, author Frank Dikötter and University of Sydney Honorary Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick, on the devastation of war and the ongoing implications for both the victors and vanquished.
Annie Corlett (BEc) has had an impressive career - and while some may know her as business woman extraordinaire - we hold her in very high esteem as President of the Alumni Council of the University of Sydney, for her dedication and commitment to our students, staff and alumni. 
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences held the fifth Best and Brightest Showcase at Parliament House recently, celebrating the most outstanding Honours Theses in Government and International Relations.
On Thursday, 10 April 2014, the Dean, Professor Duncan Ivison, hosted a Reception for Alumni and Friends of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in the MacLaurin Hall of the University of Sydney's Main Quadrangle.
Dr Lucia Sorbera talks about grassroots democracy in the Middle East and North Africa, ahead of her appearance on the Arab Autumn panel at Sydney Writers' Festival.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to announce a new accelerated pathway to the Diploma of Language Studies, delivering a more flexible way to study languages other than English.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is delighted to build on our continuing sponsorship with Sydney Film Festival in 2014 by becoming presenting partner of the International Documentary Series. 
On Thursday May 8, Professor of Religious Studies Carole Cusack will deliver her 2014 professorial Insights lecture titled Religion, the Supernatural, and the Maintenance of Professional Boundaries
The Faculty's Postgraduate Arts Research Centre recently underwent extensive refurbishment in order to improve the space for the Faculty's postgraduate research students. 
Professor Barry Spurr has been selected as a specialist in literature for the Australian Curriculum Review as the country moves towards a controversial national curriculum.
Professor Pippa Norris is the 2014 winner of the Karl Deutsch Award, a prestigious prize awarded once every three years by the International Political Science Association (IPSA).
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney has entered into a special new collaboration with the Cervantes Institute and Spanish Government, to offer Spanish language training to school teachers.
Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications) student, Alexander Enrico filed this report on the University of Sydney Team's performance at the 7th annual International Quidditch Association (IQA) World Cup.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences would like to congratulate BA Honours student, Nicola Bauman on being selected for the Global Voices delegation to the OECD Forum in Paris during May. 
To equip Australia to better respond to challenges in agriculture, resources, energy and commodity pricing, the University of Sydney's disciplines of Agriculture Economics and Resource Economics (ARE) will join the School of Economics. 
The University of Sydney is pleased to announce it is continuing its cultural partnership with the Sydney Film Festival in 2014.
The debate over the need for "rebalancing" of the Australian Human Rights Commission raises fascinating questions about the nature of human rights as a public ideal.
Editor of Australian Book Review, Peter Rose, recently delivered a master class to postgraduate research students, drawing on his deep experience in writing, editing and publishing.
The University of Sydney will host the Rwandan community of New South Wales on Thursday as it partakes in a global commemoration to mark 20 years since the genocide against the Tutsi.
The University of Sydney is bringing bold and bright ideas to the 2014 Sydney Writers' Festival, with members of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences featuring right across this year's program.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is continuing the enhancement of its facilities with the Brennan MacCallum building the latest site to receive an upgrade.
Final year Media and Communications students, Kate Bolster and Robert North share their experiences working as interns in South Korea.
A symposium, War and Peace: Universities and the First World War, to be held at The University of Sydney on the 28th March, will delve into Australian universities' contribution to the first global conflict,
What can frontline social justice workers learn from academics and vice versa? And how can government policy better serve the most vulnerable people in our communities?
CONTEMPORARY notions of propaganda evoke modern-day North Korea or Nazi Germany, but attempts by the powerful to influence the minds of every day people have been around since ancient times.
The $1.8m Woolley Building renovation has been completed, and its occupants could not be happier with the facelift.
Oscars nominations and winners this year offered an unparalleled level of racial diversity, writes Dr Helen Young.
The University of Sydney is giving bookworms a teaser of this year's partnership with the Sydney Writers' Festival, with two special off-season events featuring best-selling authors Alexander McCall Smith and Elizabeth Gilbert. 
In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are accurate? And which are false complaints from sore losers?
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences featured prominently in the the new QS world rankings by subject.
Two universities are putting rivalry aside to save foreign language programs.
This two-day workshop will examine how a 'culture of security' ushered in after 11 September 2001 has involved exceptional legal measures and increased recourse to secrecy on the basis of protecting public safety and national security.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is well represented in this year's Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is excited to announce a new scholarship, aimed at students with potential to contribute to society. The Future Leaders Scholarship Scheme is being introduced in time for the start of semester 1 2014.
As the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) worsens, researchers from the Atrocity Forecasting Project argue that models for predicting genocide and politicide could help prevent these instances of mass violence.