Annual Report 2015-16
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Australian Academy of the Humanities ANNUAL REPORT 2015–16 THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF THE HUMANITIES promotes excellence in the humanities in Australia for the benefit of the nation. Established by Royal Charter in 1969, its nearly 600 distinguished Fellows are elected in recognition of the excellence and impact of their work in fields including archaeology, art, Asian and European studies, classical and modern literature, cultural and communication studies, languages and linguistics, philosophy, musicology, history, and religion. The Academy: • is the authoritative organisation for the humanities in Australia; • provides services to its Fellows; • hosts annual events and workshops; • informs and influences humanities-related policy development; • supports excellence in the humanities through a grants and awards program; • promotes the next generation of humanities researchers and teachers; • demonstrates the value of the humanities to governments, industry, the media and the public; • supports, conducts and publishes humanities-related research; and • encourages international research collaboration. LIST OF ACRONYMS AAH Australian Academy of the Humanities NGA National Gallery of Australia ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation NMA National Museum of Australia ACOLA Australian Council of Learned NPG National Portrait Gallery Academies NSCF National Scholarly Communications Forum ACT Australian Capital Territory NSW New South Wales AGM Annual General Meeting RSNZ Royal Society of New Zealand ANU Australian National University SAF Securing Australia’s Future ARC Australian Research Council SAGE Science in Australia Gender Equity BBC British Broadcasting Service SBS Special Broadcasting Service CASS Chinese Academy of Social Sciences STEM Science, technology, engineering & maths CRM Client relationship management UAI Union Académique Internationale CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial (International Union of Academies) Research Organisation UK United Kingdom DASSH Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Social Sciences and Humanities Cultural Organization GLAM Galleries, libraries, archives and museums USA United States of America ECR Early career researcher UWA University of Western Australia HASS Humanities, arts and social sciences LASP Learned Academies Special Projects AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF THE HUMANITIES ANNUAL REPORT 2015–16 This document is a true and accurate account of the activities and abridged financial report of the Australian Academy of the Humanities for the financial year 2015–16, in accordance with the reporting requirements of the Academy’s Royal Charter and By-laws, and for the conditions of grants made by the Australian Government under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Cth). CONTENTS The Year at a Glance ii Publications and Communications 20 From the President iv Grants and Awards 22 From the Executive Director vi International Activities 24 Governance 1 Obituaries 26 The Fellowship 3 Treasurer’s Statement 54 Events 9 Abridged Financial Report 55 Policy and Research 15 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Funding for the production of this report and a number of the activities described herein has been provided by the Australian Government through the Department of Education and Training. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Education and Training. ii THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF THE HUMANITIES ANNUAL REPORT 2015–16 THE YEAR AT A GLANCE Academy The Grants & Research & Roles Fellowship Awards Policy Council Fellowship Humanities 4 research projects Travelling 11 members 586 Fellows Fellowships 1 ARC– LASP 4 meetings 2 Academy-led New Fellows 16 awarded ACOLA SAF projects Heads of Section facilitating research 21 elected in 2015 in Austria, Canada, 1 History of the 11 members China, France, Georgia, Academy Initiative Honorary Fellows Germany, Israel, New Awards Committee Zealand, Taiwan, UK, US 3 publication 2 elected in 2015 launches 3 members Publication Contributions Subsidy Scheme The Power of the Language Studies to research Humanities Advisory Group 10 awarded 19 Fellows contributing Humanities Australia to ACOLA Securing 6 members Crawford Medals SAF 11: Australia’s Australia’s Future Diaspora Advantage Secretariat program 2 awarded 5 Fellows contributing 6 policy submissions 7 employees to ARC–LASP Medal for Excellence as at 30 June 2016 for Translation 9 media releases (5.8 FTE equivalent) In development 3 project staff 1 major new award 10+ government Section workshop (to be announced consultations & Joint AAH-ACOLA program late 2016) policy briefings 9 meetings Peak sector meetings 4 GLAM sector 4 Research Agencies 3 Research & Innovation Alliance THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF THE HUMANITIES ANNUAL REPORT 2015–16 iii Events International Publications & Communications Annual Symposium AAH workshops/ China Humanities roundtables Australia No. 7 140 delegates 6 delegates from CASS Research Assessment 22 universities, visit Australia for joint 10 contributors & the Humanities from all 6 states Philosophy Symposium and 1 territory NSCF: Scholarly The Power of Communication and India the Humanities 12 ECR poster Publishing in a Global presentations Australian Government 20 contributors Research Environment education mission AGM Research Infrastructure to India In development AAH-CASS 127 Fellows 3 publications Philosophy Symposium Indonesia 22 Charter Book signings New website Indonesia-Australia AAH involvement in 1 new Council Science Collaboration Implementing new sector events member elected Forum, Canberra CRM database Communications Fellows’ Dinner Over 17 events, including DASSH, Future Korea strategy of Work, Knowledge 142 delegates Memorandum of Social media profile Nation, Digital Understanding with e-newsletter Humanities Conference AAH Lectures Korea’s National Academy of Sciences 1 Academy Lecture ECR support 1 Triebel Lecture 20+ awards and grants New Zealand 14 supported to attend Strengthened ties with AAH Symposium Royal Society of New ECR workshop in Zealand development United Kingdom Meetings with British Academy Vice-President In development 9 country profiles (ARC-LASP) iv THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF THE HUMANITIES ANNUAL REPORT 2015–16 FROM THE PRESIDENT t has been an honour to serve as President over the for yet another major contribution to the Academy and Ipast year and to collaborate with Council, Fellows the humanities in Australia. and the Secretariat in promoting excellence in the We’ve continued to work closely with the other three humanities, in advocating for humanities voices to be Learned Academies through the Australian Council heard on issues that matter, in giving policy advice, in of Learned Academies (ACOLA) on the Securing building partnerships, and in planning and executing Australia’s Future (SAF) program. The SAF program international collaboration. has clearly demonstrated the vital ways in which the The Academy has invested time and resources this year humanities come together with the sciences and social through its policy and research work to contribute to the sciences to tackle big issues bearing on Australia’s development of whole-of-sector policies on education, future such as building an innovative workforce, research and innovation, including planning for the next developing deeper links with the Asia region through generation of researchers and educators. research and cultural diplomacy, and capitalising on technological developments with a view to wider social Our message to Government and policy makers has and community need. been that programs that encourage industry-researcher engagement, innovation, or international collaboration Two of the SAF projects the Academy initiated and led should be made accessible to researchers in all were completed during the reporting period: the SAF 11 disciplines and to a wide range of private and public project, Australia’s Diaspora Advantage, co-chaired sector organisations, including cultural institutions by Professor Kam Louie FHKAH FAHA and Professor and community organisations, if the nation is to benefit Fazal Rizvi FASSA; and the SAF 10 project, Skills and fully from the expertise embedded in Australia’s Capabilities for Australian Enterprise Innovation, chaired research community. by Professor Stuart Cunningham AM FAHA. I was honoured to represent both the Academy and ACOLA at This year, one of the Academy’s stand-out achievements the launch of SAF 11 at the National Library of Australia was the The Power of the Humanities publication, in Canberra. launched by The Hon Christopher Pyne MP at Parliament House in Canberra. I also represented the Academy at a joint symposium on the ‘Future of Work’, hosted by the Royal Society of The case studies profiled in The Power of the Humanities New South Wales, and drew on the work of these two focus not only on domestic challenges such as health, SAF projects to espouse a set of principles for guiding the social cohesion, the environment, the economy and development of national capabilities to take full advantage food security, but also on Australia’s place in the of innovation and maximise productivity gains across all Asia-Pacific region and on the benefits of a historical sectors of the economy. These include: perspective in a rapidly changing world. Many of the case studies are directly relevant to the national • adopting a broad view of innovation, acknowledging research priorities identified by the Chief Scientist and that social and cultural innovation are as