FASStival is back! Following last year’s success, the UTS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences public showcase and event series is happening again in 2024.
Join us on weekdays between 2nd - 11th December 2024 for this multi-faceted event series which will feature:
A free, open exhibition of academic and student works of excellence
Panel discussions and talks on various days of the week.
We are still currently in the midst of updating this year's program as we go - so watch this space!
Monday 2 - Wednesday 11 December (excluding weekends)
9am - 9pm
free event
City - Broadway
CB02 Building 2 - 235 Jones St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
Explore our work
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Come and explore the excellent work produced by visionary FASS academics and students in these areas
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Communication
- Animation
- Creative Writing
- Digital and Social Media
- Journalism
- Media Arts and Production
- Media Business
- Music and Sound Design
- Social and Political Sciences
- Strategic Communication
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International Studies and Education
- Criminology
- Education
- Learning Design
- International Relations
- International Studies and Languages
- Sustainability and Environment
FASStival schedule of events
We are still adding sessions to our 2024 program as they are finalised, so keep checking back to see what's new!
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Open Exhibition
Academic and student showcase.
* No registration required
Monday 2 - wednesday 11 December
10 am - 8 pm weekdays
UTS Central - Building 2
Foyer/Exhibition area - View map -
Tuesday 3 December
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Tuesday 3 December AND Wednesday 11 DECEMBER 1 PM - 3 pm
Collective Visions (UTS Data Arena)
Collective Visions is a collaborative + interactive screen experience. Generative AI helps people design visions of a "desirable climate future". Directed by audience members, AI-generated images appear on the Data Arena screen- a growing collective-vision of a rich, diverse, and possible climate futures.
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TUEsday 3 December, 2 pm - 3 pm
France in the 21st Century: Restless citizens in a global state
Emile Chabal, Professor of Contemporary History, University of Edinburgh will explore how the tension between successive French rulers and disgruntled and restless people has developed over the past 30 years.
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TUEsday 3 December, 3 pm - 4 pm
Reflecting on 30 Years of our Bachelor of International Studies: Fostering Global Citizenship
Join us to explore how nurturing global citizenship empowers us to engage with diverse perspectives and fosters a commitment to intercultural understanding and collaboration.
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TUEsday 3 December, 4 pm - 5:50 pm
Strategic Communication Student-Industry Networking Panel Series: Transitions into the Workplace
Features a panel discussion between students and industry on the requisite skills and knowledge for successful transition followed by a speed-networking session.
*Invitation only – please email us if you did not receive an invitation.
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TUEsday 3 December, 4 pm - 5:50 pm
FASS Industry-Student Engagement Appreciation Session
We thank our industry partners who offered internships or placements over the past year(s) with student-industry presentations. Open to new industry partners interested to engage with our students.
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Thursday 5 December
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Thursday 5 December, 12 pm - 2 pm
Public Universities: Time for New Agendas?
This forum debates new agendas for the university - beyond fees, HECs, cuts and casualisation, and against elitism, racism and militarism. We know universities are in crisis - but what are the progressive agendas, and how can they be advanced?
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THUrsday 5 December, 5 pm - 6 pm
Talking Teachers Goes Live on education in schools, the community and universities
Join hosts Associate Professors Jane Hunter and Don Carter with guest Amy Gill, Deputy Principal of Impact and Innovation at ‘Youth off the Streets’ and ‘Talking Teachers’ producer William Verity from Verity Media.
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THUrsday 5 December, 6 pm - 7 pm
Teaching for Linguistic Diversity in Schools
Join authors Dr Robyn Moloney, Professor Lesley Harbon and Associate Professor Susan Oguro on a panel discussion led by Professor Monica Attard on the launch of this new book for student wellbeing and achievement
Friday 6 December
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Friday 6 December, 12 PM - 1 PM
Idle wind turbines and switched-off solar systems?
Prof Müller sheds light on the socio-technical implications of digitizing electricity systems. Who turns solar panels, wind turbines or bio gas plants on or off remotely? What are rationales behind it? Who wins, who loses?
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Friday 6 December - Sunday 8 DECEMBER
Animation Capstone Showcase
Come see the best of our student films in Animation Production.
Public sessions (UTS Building 6, Level 3, Room 022):
Fri 6 Dec - 6:30 PM - 9 PM; Sat 7 Dec - 9:30 am - 6:30 pm; Sun 8 Dec - 10:30 - 1 :30 pm.
No registration required.
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FRIDAY 6 December, 5 pm - 6 pm
Sound Bytes: Game Engines x Music
Join three songwriters and researchers exploring game engines as a tool in expressing their music.
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FRIDAY 6 December, 6 pm - 7 pm
Together Apart
Join us for the premier performance of Dr Brent Keogh's original works of world chamber music. Brent is a composer and lecturer in Music and Sound Design at UTS. The performance features Brent Keogh on oud and mandola, Kate Moloney on harp and Katie Anderson on flute.
Monday 9 December
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MONDAY 9 December, 1 pm - 2:30 pm
Queering Research @ UTS
A panel presentation and discussion on how researchers at UTS are advancing social justice through research into queer communities and "queering" research by exploring and challenging gender and sex-based binaries.
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MONDAY 9 December, 4:30 PM - 6 PM
Youth and Social Media: Is Banning Access the Solution?
As issues of digital trust and safety continue to dominate the political and social agenda, the Albanese government's proposal to ban youth access to social media has sparked a heated national conversation. Join us for critical discussion on the motivations and implications of this proposed ban.
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MONDAY 9 December, 6 pm - 8:30 pm
10th Anniversary celebration of our Digital and Social Media Discipline
Our Digital and Social Media discipline within the School of Communication celebrates their 10th anniversary with a cocktail reception with alumni, casual staff, industry guests and students .
*Invitation only – please email us if you did not receive an invitation.
Tuesday 10 December
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TUESDAY 10 December , 1 PM - 3 PM; UTS Data Arena
Spirits of the Hoey – a Love Letter to The Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills
This immersive documentary ‘experience’ will allow you to re-engage with the space. Partly funded by the City of Sydney, and supported by Powerhouse Museum and State Library of NSW Visiting Fellows program.
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TUESDAY 10 December , 4 PM - 5 PM
The Making of Misbehaving Machines
What would happen if we designed an AI machine that didn’t pretend to be so certain... that would openly misbehave? This year, a group of UTS researchers and librarians from four Greater Sydney libraries made a “Misbehaving AI answer machine”.
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TUESDAY 10 December, 6 pm - 7 pm
Crisis Cultures: Narratives of Western Modernity in the Digital Age
A/Prof John Rees speaks to author Dr Nicholas Manganas who argues in his new book that crisis should be understood not as a series of isolated events, but as a constitutive state intrinsic to modern Western societies.
Wednesday 11 December
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Wednesday 11 December, 1 pm - 2 pm
Copyright Agency x UTS Writer in Residence - Vivian Pham
Join us as Vivian explores in her dystopian writing - the intersections between nature and culture in the context of a shift towards sustainable futures.
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Wednesday 11 December, 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
2024 UTS Writers’ Anthology – Insights from the Student Editorial Committee
The students will discuss the process of producing this year's anthology including selection into the committee, reading, voting and selecting pieces, editing, promotions, launch and everything in between!
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Wednesday 11 December, 5 PM - 6 pM
In Orbit - This Kingdom of Dust by David Dyer
Join us for an conversation between our Creative Writing alumnus David Dyer and academic Dr Delia Falconer on his new book, the attraction of writing about space and his path to writing the notoriously difficult second novel.
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Wednesday 11 December, 4 PM - 5:30 pm
Designing a GenAI Literacy course - a UTS Students as Partners Initiative
What better way to teach GenAI literacy than by having students design and develop the course for their peers? In this presentation, recent graduate and Junior Learning Designer Shayaan Malik will introduce the initiative she led to design a GenAI Literacy course at UTS.
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Wednesday 11 December, 5 pm - 7:30 pm
Media Arts and Production Showcase and Prize Night
Celebrating the best of our final year student films in the capstone subject of our Media Arts and Production degree with an end-of-year screening and awards night featuring students and prizes from industry including partners like Sony.
*Invitation only – please email us if you did not receive an invitation.
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Wednesday 11 December, 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
Mission: Impossible? How to stay Human as a Senior Executive in Hollywood
We chat with alumnus Jim White, Senior Vice President, HR, Paramount Pictures (LA) on his insights and strategies in leading change during uncertainty and technological revolutions, and his philanthropic work to help combat poverty and homelessness in LA.
