New Institute for Cultural Research

The New Institute for Cultural Reseach was launched on 23 June 2000. This newly launched institute is a new and innovative research centre for the promotion of informed, accessible and culturally diverse research in the areas of arts, humanities and social science. The principal aim of the Institute is to foster research collaborations, partnerships and joint projects between academic and non-academic sectors. The Institute will also encourage and pursue research partnerships with government departments, cultural institutions and other community organisations and will have the potential to create and open up new research markets and new research agendas.

The Institute is a collaborative venture between the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and the University of Western Sydney (UWS), and is comprised a consortium of participating groups drawn from both universities.

For more information on this new Institute, kindly email rcis@uws.edu.au

Fellowships and Grants

Australian Federation Grant Funding 

• The Federation Grant Funding by the Queensland Government has resulted in the following 3 Chinese projects:
  
  Croydon Shire Council Croydon; Its Chinese Community's Role In Nationhood
  Croydon's Chinese temple site is a heritage nominated place. It contains significant archaeological evidence of Chinese occupation around the time of Federation. The once large temple retains an associated rock oven: a rare feature on sites of Heritage. It is proposed to protect and present the area to demonstrate the valuable, but unheralded value of the contribution of Chinese Settlers to Australia since Federation.
  
  Society of Chinese Australian Academics, Queensland: From Pawns To Politicians - The Journey Of The Chinese In Queensland Since Federation
  This one-hour TV documentary will recount the 100 year journey of the Chinese since Federation from an insider's perspective. It will explore the effect of the 'White Australia Policy' on the spirit of the remaining Chinese for the better part of this century, and subsequently focus on the growth and blooming of the Chinese community since the burial of the White Australia Policy. It will be a coming - of - age celebration, etched against the background of the triumph of Australia's multicultural policy over the last 20 years.
  
  Chinese Cultural Mapping Reference Group: Australian/Chinese Journeys
  Australian/Chinese Journeys will further the Chinese Cultural Mapping Project currently being undertaken with Brisbane's Chinese communities through an art competition, inviting interpretation of experiences, journeys, memories, images and perceptions of people who have a connection with the broad Chinese community. Selected entries will be developed into a travelling exhibition throughout Queensland, and will be published on the Internet through the highly successful Brisbane Stories site. The competition will focus on Brisbane in 2000, and broaden its scope in 2001 to include the Chinese communities of Queensland. A new website will be developed for this stage and launched at the autumn moon festival in September 2001.

• The New South Wales Government has recently called for application for History Grants to be awarded out of the State's Federation Grant Funding.