Join our Media@Sydney research seminar with Dr Wilfred Wang (University of Melbourne). He will explore how China's internet platforms are challenging Silicon Valley's dominance. 🗓️Fri, 27 Mar, 1:30pm. On campus and online via Zoom. whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/6f9ed5...
Valued at $10,000, the Lesley Charles Hunter English Scholarship supports undergraduate English and Writing students who are experiencing financial hardship. Apply by 16 March: sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
Join our Media@Sydney research seminar with Dr Diana Chester, a sound studies scholar and artist. This talk explores sonic storytelling through deep listening, offering new ways to understand environmental change. 🗓️Fri 6 Mar, 1:30pm 🎯Register: whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/c41051...
Associate Professor Huw Griffiths reviewed 'The Normal Heart' for @aunz.theconversation.com. 🎭🏳️🌈 "...a compelling picture of what it takes to fight for your life and for the lives of your friends and lovers." theconversation.com/the-normal-h...
Group of Art History students in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.
Our Art History students travelled to Berlin to visit museums, galleries, exhibitions, and art districts. Through a fieldwork unit, they explored one of Europe’s most vibrant cultural hubs for academic credit. 🔗 www.sydney.edu.au/arts/news-an...
In his review of 'Interviewing Hitler' for @theconversation.com, Dr Alexander Howard (Discipline of English and Writing) unpacks why impaired critical journalism enables authoritarian tendencies when reporters prioritise access over scrutiny. theconversation.com/one-uk-journ...
Young people leaning against a wall, using smartphones to access social media platforms.
Professor Terry Flew (Media and Communications) wrote an op-ed for the Sydney Morning Herald on Australia's under-16s social media ban making waves across the globe. "Waiting for the tech industry to prioritise safety as a social obligation has failed..."
smh.com.au/national/why...
Sydney College of the Arts gallery: New Contemporaries 2025. 🎨🖼️📽️On display are 100+ works across screen arts, photography, painting, print media, sculpture, ceramics, glass, jewellery and object by our graduating cohort. Exhibition runs until 13 Dec. sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
Celebrating 5 years of the Arts and Social Sciences / Bell Shakespeare partnership 🎉Master of Museum and Heritage Studies student Beatrice Waller recently interned at the theatre company. Her project explored the motivations of its philanthropic supporters. sydney.edu.au/arts/news-an...
Alex Howard from the Discipline of English and Writing reflects on Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò (120 Days of Sodom) for
@aunz.theconversation.com. A polarising critique of consumer capitalism and modern complicity. theconversation.com/cinemas-most...
Dr Teodor Mitew from the Discipline of Media and Communications will join a panel to discuss AI's potential to reshape humanity's future. 🗓️Tue, 18 Nov, 6pm, NSW Parliament House.
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Dr Catherine Page Jeffery from the Discipline of Media and Communications shares her research on young people’s social and digital media use. It's already a source of family conflict. Will the under-16s social media ban exacerbate this issue?
sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
Join our lecture with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges. The former New York Times Middle East bureau chief will speak on journalism and modern day genocide. 🗓️ Tue, 21 Oct, 1pm, Pharmacy Lecture Theatre ➡️ whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/8cb953...
Dr Vanessa Berry will discuss with Dr Toby Fitch her latest projects, the specific work that her essays and creative non-fiction do, and the broader work of being an academic in #CreativeWriting. 🗓️ Wed, 29 Oct, 6pm. Join us on campus or via Zoom ➡️ whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/61dc0e...
Author and poet Sarah Holland-Batt will discuss the work of her poetry, the work of an academic in creative writing, and advocating for poetry and broader social issues. Join our Writers at Work session on Wed, 27 Aug, 6pm. ➡️ whatson.sydney.edu.au/event/2d4fe0...
📺 Stream Dr Matthew Sussman's ARTiculate talk on 'Three poems by Asian-Australian poets: Using language to understand the self'. youtube.com/watch?v=_gP_...
Designed around the HSC texts and curriculum, the talk supports high school students and teachers in the lead up to their assessments.
🎯 Join our Media@Sydney webinar on Fri, 29 Aug, 1:30pm. Dr Daria Kuznetsova from the University of Canterbury (NZ) will examine pro-government digital communication in Russia and Belarus. Register here: bit.ly/45nt7UI
Blue Art Journal is here! Supported by @sydney.edu.au, it’s the first Australian publication dedicated to critical writing on First Nations art—locally and globally. Learn more: srkr.io/6183gu9
The Mungo William MacCullum Scholarship in Literature supports undergraduate English & Writing students experiencing financial hardship with $8k p.a. ✍️ Apply by 30 September. ➡️ See T&Cs: sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
A new National Gallery of Australia exhibition created by Dr Sanné Mestrom invites families to play, build and rethink modernist art. Her works examine female representation in the modernist canon and reimagine how audiences engage with art. sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
SSSHARC Visiting Fellowships 2026 are now open!
The Visiting Fellows program supports collaborative research in the humanities and social sciences at the University of Sydney
Deadline ⏰ 14 July 2025
Apply here ➡️ shorturl.at/pnqVH
@sydney.edu.au @usyd-sace.bsky.social @usyd-humanities.bsky.social
Congratulations to Prof. Daniel Browning on being awarded
the Walkley Foundation's 2025 Arts Journalism & Arts Criticism Prize for a feature on Indigenous multimedia artist Archie Moore. 🏅 Access the ABC Indigenous and ABC News Story Lab's winning article here: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05...
Image of University with text 'Top 25 in the world QS World University Rankings 2026'.
@sydney.edu.au has ranked top 25 globally in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Ranked 2nd in Australia for employer reputation, 11th globally for sustainability, all following the great news of 1st in Australia in the US News rankings! go.sydney.edu.au/TJPD6d
#USYD #UniRankings #QSRankings
Image of the Quadrangle with text on the left "1st in Australia US News Best Global Universities 2025 - 2026".
We’re proud to share @sydney.edu.au has risen to first in Australia in the US News Best Global Universities rankings 🎉
Read more about our rankings: go.sydney.edu.au/bC1sGH
#USYD #UniRankings #USNewsRankings
Daniel Browning, a highly respected and award-winning Bundjalung and Kullilli writer, journalist, and broadcaster, joins @sydney.edu.au as the inaugural Professor of Indigenous Cultural and Creative Industries within the School of Art, Communication and English. ➡️ sydney.edu.au/arts/news-an...
📣 HSC English students and teachers: Zoom in on our free ARTiculate webinar 🗓️ Tue, 10 June, 5pm 🧑🏫 Dr Matthew Sussman will examine how contemporary Asian-Australian poets use language to depict self-discovery, identity, and belonging. Register ➡️ bit.ly/4mHtQI8
Through nuanced analyses of several East Asian films, Pao-chen Tang's new book 'The Animist Imagination in East Asian Cinema' theorises a mode of filmmaking that explores how to live with the nonhuman. Find out more: shorturl.at/S5kaG #FilmStudies
Digital Content Creation Lecturer Dr Brittany Ferdinands unpacks how social platforms transform the music industry. 🌟"Success today can mean building a niche fanbase that’s hyper-engaged, even before an artist signs a label deal" sydney.edu.au/news-opinion... #Eurovision2025 #ESC2025
🗓️Media@Sydney webinar with Monique McKenzie (School of Social and Political Sciences) on Fri 16 May 3:30pm. Explore how digital platforms shape and exploit labour relationships through design and control. The research exposes the hidden dynamics of platform-mediated work. ➡️ bit.ly/MediaAtSydney16May
A new @aunz.theconversation.com article co-written by @olgarithmic.bsky.social from Digital Cultures unpacks why President Zelensky might have secured a win for his country in the US-Ukraine minerals deal. theconversation.com/why-zelensky...
