The School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sydney are currently recruiting for a Senior Lecturer Role (continuing) in Modern Greek. For details and the position description, click on the link above. The application period closes 13 September, 11.59pm.
In association with CO.AS.IT., AALITRA is proud to present “Literary Translation & AI: A Roundtable”. This roundtable asks: What does generative AI mean for the future of literary translation? And how can literary translators shape the future of this human profession? Globally, publishing houses have begun to explore AI for literary translation. This development has exposed what Jitka Zehnalová &…
The Languages and Cultures Network of Australian Universities (LCNAU) invites proposals for the 2026 National Colloquium, to be held at the Australian National University on the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples, 23–25 November 2026. The 2026 Colloquium will bring together educators, researchers, policymakers and community practitioners to explore how language and culture education can respond to contemporary challenges…
The LCNAU congratulates with the recipients of the 2025 Patji-Dawes Award. The 2025 awardees are - Jannette McCormack (Arrernte, ASCL) - Hiroko Oashi (Japanese, RMIT) - Jindan Ni (Mandarin, RMIT) The recipient of the Patji-Dawes Certificate of Commendation is Natalia Batova (Russian, University of Melbourne). The purpose of the Patji-Dawes Language Teaching Award is to honour outstanding achievements in teaching…
From 27–29 November 2024, the Eighth Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) Colloquium was hosted at the University of Sydney on the theme of 'Trans/Formation: research and education in languages and cultures'. You can read a full description of the events on the conference website.
In November 2024, a group of five passionate First Nations educators undertaking Batchelor Intitutes’s Certificate IV in Teaching a First Nations Language presented at the Languages & Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) Eighth Biennial Colloquium, held at Sydney University. The full description of their presentation is now available on the Batchelor Institute website.
This scholarship is aimed at supporting an MRes/PhD candidate in Japanese Studies within the Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature (MCCALL) at Macquarie University. Eligibility and conditions To be eligible, applicants must: Be enrolled as domestic students and possess an outstanding academic record. Be enrolled or accepted into a full-time Master of Research (MRes) or Doctoral (PhD)…
Call for papers now open for abstracts and panel proposals for the 2024 LCNAU Eighth Biennial Colloquium. Hosted by the University of Sydney’s School of Languages and Cultures, the LCNAU2024 Colloquium will explore the theme ‘Trans/Formation: research and education in languages and cultures’. LCNAU invites scholars, practitioners, early career researchers and postgraduate students to submit papers on a wide range of…
The School of Culture, History and Language at ANU is currently advertising for two Level B academic positions in Indonesian Studies (1 x full time continuing, 1 x full time fixed term). For details please visit the webpage of the position description.
Monash University is looking for a continuing Level B/C (teaching and research) academic in Japanese with a focus on SLA/ Heritage Language Education/ Language Education Policy. For more information and to apply see Monash Japanese job.