[csaa-forum] Social Sciences Week Events: 7-13 September

[Emily-Kate Ringle-Harris]

*SOCIAL SCIENCES WEEK EVENTS: 7-13 September*

Social Sciences Week is coming soon. Western Sydney University is pleased to be involved in events covering topics including COVID-19; conspiracy theories; Australian culture, inequalities and social divisions; freedom of speech; and myth busting with the BLab Coats podcast.

A SOCIOLOGY OF COVID-19
7 September, 1-2pm

The Journal of Sociology launches a special pandemic issue with Editors-in-Chief, Associate Professor Steve Matthewman and Associate Professor Kate Huppatz, and issue contributors, Professor Raewyn Connell, Emeritus Professor David Rowe, Professor Lyn Craig, Dr Simon Barber, Dr Sereana Naepi and Professor Robert van Krieken, reflecting on how the virus has both exacerbated inequalities and opened up opportunities for reimagining the social. Organised by TASA and Western Sydney University.

https://socialsciences.org.au/socialsciencesweek/event/a-sociology-of-covid-19

SOCIAL SCIENCE MYTH BUSTERS BY THE BLAB COATS PODCAST
8 September, 10-11:30am

Expert social science myth busters from the BLab Coats podcast, including Western Sydney University students, will tackle some burning, awkward and fascinating questions about life and society during a live podcast.

https://socialsciences.org.au/socialsciencesweek/event/social-science-myth-busters-by-the-blab-coats-podcast

STATE RESPONSES TO COVID-19: MIGRANTS, THE PACIFIC AND SOUTH ASIA
9 September, 12-1:30pm

Associate Professor Nichole Georgeou will lead a panel discussion on the response strategies of different states and the evolution of crisis management in public health and national economies during the pandemic.

https://socialsciences.org.au/socialsciencesweek/event/state-responses-to-covid-19-migrants-the-pacific-and-south-asia

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH
9 September, 4-5:30pm

Through a panel discussion and workshop, Professor Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, Dr Peter Bansel, Associate Professor Lucy Nicholas, Professor Adam Possamai, and Joshua Pitt, will debate societal tensions across academic and press freedom, religion, sexuality, entertainment, and race.

https://socialsciences.org.au/socialsciencesweek/event/freedom-of-speech-why-understanding-society-is-vital-to-free-communication

AUSTRALIAN CULTURE, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL DIVISIONS: CLASS, POLITICS AND TASTE
10 September, 2-3.30pm 

Professor Tony Bennett, Dr Michelle Kelly, Professor Greg Noble, Professor Deborah Stevenson, Associate Professor Liam Magee, and Emeritus Professor David Rowe, from the University’s Institute for Culture and Society, share research into the relationship between culture and society in Australia, challenging common claims that culture is just a matter of personal taste.

https://socialsciences.org.au/socialsciencesweek/event/australian-culture-inequalities-and-social-divisions-class-politics-and-taste/

CONSPIRACY THEORIES, US ELECTIONS AND THE FUTURE AHEAD
10 September, 4-5:15pm

Associate Professor Chris Fleming and Professor James Arvanitakis explore conspiracy theories during the global pandemic: from 5G to secret USA and Chinese military experiments. Organised by TASA.

https://socialsciences.org.au/socialsciencesweek/event/conspiracy-theories-us-elections-and-the-future-ahead/

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Social Sciences Week is a week-long series of events held across Australia each September offering insight into the impact of the social sciences on our lives. It is an initiative of several of Australia’s Social Sciences associations and is coordinated by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

For further information on Social Sciences Week see: https://socialsciences.org.au/socialsciencesweek/ 

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Emily-Kate Ringle-Harris | Research Media and Communications Officer
(Institute for Culture and Society)
Office of Marketing and Communication
Western Sydney University
westernsydney.edu.au/ics