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04 October 2024
New Australian opera Gilgamesh powerfully reimagines ancient legend
Dr Louise Pryke from the Department of Classics and Ancient History reviews the visceral retelling of Gilgamesh, a production composed by Sydney Chamber Opera Artistic Director and PhD candidate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Jack Symonds.
04 October 2024
Moulin Rouge celebrates 135 years of scandal and success
Dr Will Visconti from Art History explores the enduring relevance of Parisian icon and home of the cancan, the Moulin Rouge. Surviving scandal, an inferno, fallen sails and heavy rain, the French institution can still argue its status as the pinnacle of live entertainment 135 years on.
01 October 2024
Is praising our kids good or bad?
Parents, teachers and relatives say 'good girl' and 'good boy' to praise children all the time. Dr Amanda Niland from the Sydney School of Education and Social Work suggests why you should say something else to celebrate kids' success or positive behaviour.
27 September 2024
How Google could better fund journalism
Dr Rob Nicholls, Professor Terry Flew (Discipline of Media and Communications), Cameron McTernan (UniSA) and Associate Professor Scott Fitzgerald (Curtin) propose alternative approaches for major tech players in Australia's concentrated media economy to invest in public interest journalism.
26 September 2024
Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship 2024 recipients announced
Sydney College of the Arts graduates Leigh Rigozzi and Szymon Dorabialski have been awarded a combined total of $40,000 as recipients of the 2024 Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship, a prize that supports mid-career and emerging artists to develop their practice through travel.
24 September 2024
Why are the violins the biggest section in the orchestra?
Dr Laura Case, Lecturer in Musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, explains the history of the orchestra's composition, and why violinists steal the limelight as the largest group of musicians sitting centre stage.
19 September 2024
Early dingoes are related to dogs from New Guinea and East Asia
The findings challenge previous claims that dingoes derived from pariah dogs from India or Thailand.
19 September 2024
"This is for Dad": First Indigenous professor in School of Education and Social Work
Lynette Riley, Chair of Aboriginal Education and Indigenous Studies, is the first Indigenous academic to be promoted to professor in the School of Education and Social Work. She shares her story of being first in her family, and community, to achieve such prestigious academic success.
18 September 2024
What is Australia looking for in its inaugural poet laureate?
Peter Kirkpatrick in the Discipline of English and Writing asks what an Australian poet laureate will be expected to do or achieve ahead of the position's official appointment in 2025.
17 September 2024
How well is the Australian government regulating social media?
Dr Rob Nicholls from the Discipline of Media and Communications evaluates the federal government's regulation of social media companies, in light of the recent proposal to enforce age verification for social media and ban children from accessing a range of digital apps.
02 September 2024
Zeus comes in many forms on screen - just as he did in the original myths
Craig Barker, Head of Public Engagement at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, reviews the many portrayals of the mythical god Zeus in film and television, including the new Netflix series KAOS.
29 August 2024
Tripti's journey from a slum in Delhi to the University of Sydney
Tripti grew up in the slums of Delhi and is now studying at the University of Sydney. She received the Sydney International Equity Scholarship, created for exceptional postgraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds around the world.
29 August 2024
Revisiting James Baldwin's masterpiece, Giovanni's Room
In celebration of the centenary of James Baldwin's birth, Dr Dan Dixon, Lecturer in English, returns to the significance and dazzling beauty of the American author's groundbreaking novel exploring male desire, Giovanni's Room.
28 August 2024
British rock band Oasis is back: 10 songs you should know
Dr Jadey O'Regan, lecturer in Contemporary Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, revisits the albums of influential rock band Oasis to select 10 songs that matter.
28 August 2024
Fiona Wright named Charles Perkins Centre 2024 Writer-in-Residence
Writer, editor and critic Fiona Wright, author of poetry collection Knuckled and book of essays Small Acts of Disappearance, joins the Charles Perkins Centre as the 2024 Judy Harris Writer-in-Residence Fellow.
27 August 2024
Early career researchers awarded $9m funding
The University of Sydney has received funding for 19 research projects through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.
26 August 2024
Union Made
An exhibition of works from University of Sydney's University Student Union (USU) art collection has opened the University's Chau Chak Wing Museum.
26 August 2024
The potter's quarter
Bronze Age Greek figures, a Torres Strait bird specimen and Chinese ceramic cats have inspired a new suite of artworks by Australian artists in a free show opening at the Chau Chak Wing Museum this week.
21 August 2024
MCA art exhibition by Julie Rrap challenges perceptions of the female body
Professor Julie Rrap, co-director of Sydney College of the Arts, has a new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring works of photography, sculpture, performance and video spanning more than 40 years.
14 August 2024
The trace is not a presence ... exploring Chinese heritage through art
Five Australian artists of Chinese heritage celebrate the evolving nature of identity in 'The trace is not a presence ...', at the Chau Chak Wing Museum's China Gallery, opening on 24 August.