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Date: 11/20/2022
Subject: Congress Opening Ceremony: HASS Changing the World (drinks & canapes) *Free* for students/PW/UE
From: TASA



 
Congress of HASS - Opening Ceremony
 
HASS Changing the World

Dear ~~first_name~~,
 
As you have hopefully heard, TASA 2022 is a part of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) inaugural Congress of HASS. In addition to the plethora of wonderful TASA sessions available, the Congress has several events that are open to all conference delegates and non-conference delegates. 
 
To start with, the opening ceremony has a stella line up of panellists including fellow member Raewyn Connell. The Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sally Capp, and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne, Russell Goulbourne, will make some opening remarks before the panellist (see list below) discuss HASS Changing the World. The facilitator for the event is Misha Ketchell, Editor in Chief at The Conversation. Sunday November 27th, 4:00pm - 6:30pm. 
 
Panellists:
Tony Birch - Author
Liz Allen - Demographer
Raewyn Connell - Sociologist
Alec Coles OBE - CEO, WA Museum
 
Following the discussion, drinks and canapés will be served. The event is free to attend for students, the precariously employed and the unemployed. The registration fee for others is $15.00. 
 
We encourage you to register today and go along in support of sociology and HASS.
 
The other CHASS  Congress events (all free to attend) include:
  • The Most Pressing Issues facing Early and Mid-Career Academics 28/11/22 1.30pm
  • Social Ventures and the Translation of HASS Research 29/11/22 12.30pm
  • HASS means Business 30/11/22 12.30pm
  • HASS - Tracks Out of Covid 01/12/22 12.30pm
And, the closing ceremony HASS – Making better futures 02/12/22 4.30pm 
This panel will be a facilitated discussion with the below listed 4 panellists reflecting on how they see HASS playing a crucial role in addressing contemporary and future challenges.

Fellow member Zlatko Skrbis - Sociologist
Yves Rees - Historian
Fellow member Maggie Walter - Social Scientist
Larissa Hjorth - Artist and Digital Ethnographer 
 
All events will be held in the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West Building, University of Melbourne.
 
You can register for all of the above events, by clicking here.
 
Congress opening ceremony

 

TASA 2022 is being supported by the Melbourne Convention Bureau.
 
To discover Melbourne and start planning your visit to TASA 2022, click here.
 
 
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