Events

2013 Dietrich Bonhoeffer Conference

14-15 November, 2013

The 9th annual Australian Bonhoeffer Conference will be held at St Joseph's Spirituality and Education Centre, Kincumber NSW, on 14 and 15 November 2013. This year's conference will explore the theme: Hearing the Word, Acting in Faith.

Click here to download conference program


Public Lecture - The Imposition of Western Epistemology on Education and Learning in the Global South by Professor Anders Breidlid

12-1.30pm - Wednesday 8 May 2013

ANDERS BREIDLID is Professor in International Education and Development at Oslo University College. His recent books include: Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South. Contesting Knowledges for a Sustainable Future, Routledge (2013); A Concise History of South Sudan (2010); and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa (2009), UCT Press (with J. Baxen).

Where: The Treehouse, Shortland Union Building, Callaghan Campus
When: 12-1.30pm - Wednesday 8 May 2013
RSVP Monday 6 May to Camilla Fisher

Click here to download Invitation including abstract


RHD Welcome Afternoon Tea

21 March, 2013

The Pro Vice-chancellor of FEDUA is hosting an afternoon tea for all our Faculty RHD students on the afternoon of 21 March 2013.

This newly established annual event is designed to welcome our new RHD students to the Faculty as well as celebrating the progress of our hard-working continuing RHD students.

Students who commenced in Semester 2 2012 and Semester 1 2013 will receive a pack containing information from the Faculty and Schools about completing an RHD within the Faculty of Education and Arts, as well as some extra “goodies” to help you study.

All attending students will go into the draw to win a $100 Westfield voucher.

If you would to attend this event please RSVP to Amanda Hall-Griffin (Amanda.Hall@newcastle.edu.au) by Friday 8 March 2013

DATE:  Thursday 21 March, 2013
PLACE: W301A, Behavioural Sciences Building
TIME:  2:30pm


NewMac 2013: The Macquarie and Newcastle Universities' Humanities Postgraduate Symposium

2  March 2013

The NewMac Annual Conference is returning in 2013.  With the guidance of a staff member, the conference is run by Humanities postgraduate students, for Humanities postgraduate students, from the Universities of Newcastle and Macquarie in conjunction.  

The conference is hosted by The University of Newcastle. In 2013, the conference will again be held at our University here in Newcastle, on Saturday 2nd  March, 2013.

Registration cost is $15 and includes morning tea and lunch. 

Please click here to view the NewMac flyer and Call for Abstracts to see how to contact us or submit an abstract, and read about what NewMac offers and why it is so important to students.

Click here to visit the NewMac 2013 conference site


School of Humanities and Social Science Seminars and Conferences

For a list of upcoming events hosted by the School, please visit the School of Humanities and Social Science events page.