School of Languages and Cultures
Languages and cultures research
Languages and cultures in the non-English speaking world
We study languages, literature and cultures, along with studies of ancient and modern societies in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, as well as the multilingual reality of Australia.
We have expertise in a wide range of areas including linguistics, history, political science, anthropology, religion and sociology related to the countries and regions across the globe.
Research groups
Research centres and institutes
Conferences
Academic staff from the School of Languages and Cultures are often involved in convening and organising international conferences, both at the University of Sydney and at other venues.
Past conferences
The 32nd Conference of the Australian Association for Jewish Studies | Imagining Jews: Jewish Imaginings
- 9–10 February, 2020
- Download program (pdf, 2.2MB)
- Dr Avril Alba
ASAA 2018 | The 22nd Asian Studies Association of Australia Conference
- 3-5 July, 2018
- Professor Michele Ford
Reformation and Revolution | Responses to Crisis in Modern European Intellectual and Political History
- 29 November - 1 December, 2017
- Download program (pdf, 813KB)
- Associate Professor Bronwyn Winter and Dr Cat Moir
Performance, Empathy, Trauma and the Archive
- 6-8 August 2017
- Dr Avril Alba
Reverberations International Symposium
- 26-28 February, 2017
Research clusters and reading groups
Modern German Thought
- Convenors: Cat Moir (Germanic Studies), Dalia Nassar (Philosophy)
Perspectives on the Past
- Convenors: Adrian Vickers (Asian Studies; Indonesian Studies), Jarah Wayan Sastrawan (Asian Studies), Nien Yuan Cheng (Theatre and Performance Studies)
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Translatability of Cultures
- Convenors: Vrasidas Karalis (Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies), Giorgia Alù (Italian Studies)
