Call for Applications | 12 Funded PhD Positions with the International Research Training Group (IRTG) Cultures of Repair, 1 Feb 2027 – Deadline 12 July 2026 | more info: https://australienstudien.org/2026/06/04/pre-call-for-applications/ #DoctoralResearch #CulturesOfRepair #HumanitiesResearch #CulturalStudies #PostcolonialStudies #LiteraryStudies #MediaStudies #GenderStudies #QueerStudies #History #UniversityOfPotsdam #UniversityOfMelbourne #PhDOpportunity

AAALS 2026 VIRTUAL SEMINARS | The American Association of #Australasian Literary Studies is hosting a series of academic #seminars in June 2026. Visit the website with seminar details and registration form. tinyurl.com/AAALS2026WEB

»›Sharing a Planet - Sustainability Transitions and Environmental Justice‹ | The Fourth #Sustainability Forum of the University of Cologne addresses the question of how global ecological challenges can be considered together with social and environmental justice, participation, and planetary responsibility.« https://uni-koeln.de/en/university/at-a-glance/sustainability/events/fourth-sustainability-forum

»For the first time in Australian history, younger generations are forecast to have a lower standard of living than their parents. People across the country know about the cost-of-living crisis and the housing #affordability crisis.« https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2026/05/australia-is-showing-how-a-rich-country-gets-poorer

»A row over academic influence is brewing at one of Australia’s top universities as the #University of Melbourne holds secret talks over a partnership with a controversial philanthropic program.« https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/it-s-about-influence-melbourne-uni-row-breaks-out-over-scholarships-from-ramsay-centre-20260506-p5zub6.html

»New research led by Flinders University argues thick tooth enamel helped #kangaroos chart an unconventional evolution story, compared to the animals of other continents.« https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2026/05/04/kangaroos-reveal-upside-down-evolution/

»One in four #humanities students will take more than 25 years to fully repay their student loans because of Morrison government changes to university fees, newly public Treasury modelling reveals.« https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/04/hecs-student-loan-humanities-students-australia-25-years

»After European colonisation, much of the Indigenous land management stopped. Since then, plant life in many parts of Australia has changed, exacerbating the risk and impact of wildfires.« #FirestickFarming #FirstNations https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2026/lake-mud-reveals-7000-years-of-kangaroo-islands-complex-firehistory.php

»A new paper from RMIT University and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) is urging #universities around the world to fundamentally reevaluate their purpose, arguing that higher education institutions have a critical and largely untapped role to play in addressing the global environmental and social crises now facing humanity.« https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2026/may/living-universities-paper-launch

»A key narrative of the white supremacist, anti-Indigenous racism in Australia is that the white man created Australia [...]. The 60,000-plus years of Aboriginal history is very inconvenient.« https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/world/asia/australia-indigenous-aboriginal-welcome-to-country.html