2024
Articles
23 February 2024
Experience the Spanish-speaking world: an encounter with español
What is it like to learn a new language in a new environment overseas? We caught up with Science student Dominique D’Silva, who shares about her experience in Spain where she learnt the Spanish language as a beginner through cultural immersion.
21 February 2024
Embracing lifelong learning with a Diploma of Language Studies
With a head and heart for lifelong education, Michael Wright has entered retirement embarking on further studies to pursue his passion for language acquisition.
21 February 2024
Should Taylor Swift be taught alongside Shakespeare? Yes!
Professor Liam Semler, a Shakespeare scholar in the Discipline of English, explains how Taylor Swift is not only a genuine ally of serious literature but that she deserves a place on the university curriculum alongside Shakespeare's Sonnets.
19 February 2024
What can we learn from nature if we listen to it deeply?
Dr Diana Chester, a sound studies scholar from Media and Communications in FASS, and Associate Professor Damien Ricketson, a composer from Sydney Conservatorium of Music invite visitors to lie down, close their eyes and listen to the sand, sea and wind in a new research project called Listening to Earth.
16 February 2024
Experience Italy: growing valuable skills with a new language
Stepping out of your comfort zone to study a new language overseas can lead to a rich learning experience. Arts and Science student, Adeline Chai, shares about her time of growth in Italy when she embarked on an intensive in-country unit.
15 February 2024
Taylor Swift: why academics are studying the pop star
Taylor Swift, who is about to tour Australia with her much-anticipated Eras concerts, was the subject of a three-day academic conference, known as a Swiftposium, in Melbourne, where academics presented papers on her global impact.
14 February 2024
Sydney Spotlight with Dr Sophie Chao
Dr Sophie Chao is a DECRA Fellow and Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sydney. We caught up with her to learn about her passion for justice and interdisciplinary collaboration.
06 February 2024
Lunar New Year 2024: What does the Year of the Dragon mean?
Associate Professor Xiaohuan Zhao, from Chinese Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures, shares what it means to be born in a Year of the Dragon or to live through the Year of the Dragon in 2024.
06 February 2024
Why do we have single sex schools?
Tradition and retrograde ideas about social interactions between boys and girls still inform discussions around co-educational versus single-sex schooling, write University of Sydney authors for The Conversation.
31 January 2024
Collaboration, mentorship and opportunity: life as a Sydney history student
From invigorating classes to influential extra-curricular opportunities, here’s what our students had to share about their experiences studying history at the University of Sydney.