ICS Participates in UWS Research Week Events

From 1 to 5 December, the University will hold its inaugural Research Week. With a series of events spread across the Greater Western Sydney region in a mix of on-campus and off-campus locations, Research Week is a great opportunity to see the varied and high-calibre research undertaken at UWS.

ICS is involved in two UWS Research Week events: This Sporting Life? The Place of Sport in Western Sydney and Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in Australia.

This Sporting Life? The Place of Sport in Western Sydney

Date: Tuesday 2 December, 2014
Time: 5.30-8 pm
Location: Parramatta Leagues Club

Professor David Rowe from ICS will lead a discussion about his research, addressing the concerns of the current Australian Research Council project A Nation of 'Good Sports? Cultural Citizenship and Sport in Contemporary Australia. Participants will discuss the history, present and future of sport in the lives of people in both the Greater Western Sydney region and across Australia in a globalising world.

ICS School-based member Dr Jorge Knijnik and ICS PhD student Keith Parry will also present at the event along with representatives from the School of Science and Health and The MARCS Institute.

Mapping the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Date: Thursday 4 December, 2014
Time: 3-6 pm
Location: EZ.G.23, West Wing, Female Orphan School, Parramatta South Campus, UWS

Professor Graeme Turner will present the findings of the Mapping the Humanities and Social Sciences in Australia report. The report, based on a project conducted by the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the Academy of Social Sciences, provides the most comprehensive account of the HASS sector to date. The presentation will be followed by contributions from Professor Denise Meredyth and Professor Marian Simms who will bring an Australian Research Council perspective to bear on the report's findings. This event is hosted by ICS and convened by Professor Tony Bennett.

To RSVP for these events please see the UWS website.

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The Institute for Culture and Society is located in Parramatta, “the place where the eel sets down” in Dharug language,
along the north bank of the Parramatta River. It sits on the traditional lands and waters of the Burramattagal people of the Dharug Nation,
who have been stewards and caretakers of these territories since time immemorial, in what today is referred to as Greater Western Sydney,
one of the most diverse cultural communities in the world and home to the largest number of Indigenous Australians in the country.
The Institute for Culture and Society acknowledges the Dharug, Eora, Dharawal (also referred to as Tharawal)
and Wiradjuri peoples as traditional custodians and Indigenous knowledge-holders, whose storytelling serve
as historical record, a form of teaching and learning, a way to care for Country,
and an expression of Indigenous culture and identity.