AHA 2012 - News

 

 

 

The AHA is pleased to announce the recipients of the AHA/CAL Travel and Writing Bursaries for the AHA 'Connections' Conference July 2012:

Those awarded full bursaries are Cath Bishop, Kyla Cassells, Fiona Davis, Emma Dortins, Brett Holman, Rebecca Kummerfield, Julia Miller, Jon Piccini, Ben Silverstein, Sybil Nolan, Nadia Rhook and Dmytro Ostapenko. The AHA has also awarded part-bursaries, consisting of a conference fee waiver and access to the mentoring and workshop scheme, to Steven Anderson, Justine Greenwood, Margaret Hutchinson, Kiera Lindsey, Sally Newman, Clare Parker and Rachel Patrick.

 

Shortlist for the 2012 Serle Award:

Bill Garner, 'Land of Camps: The Ephemeral Settlement of Australia' (University of Melbourne) 
Marie Kawaja, 'The Politics and Diplomacy of the Australian Antarctic 1901-1945' (Australian National University) 
Cameron Muir, 'Broken Country: Science, Agriculture and the "Unfulfilled Dreams" of Inland Australia, 1880 to Present' (Australian National University)
Agnieszka Sobocinska, 'People's Diplomacy: Australian Travel, Tourism, and Relations with Asia, 1941-2009' (University of Sydney)
David Stoneman, 'The Church Act: The expansion of Christianity of the imposition of moral enlightenement?' (University of New England)

 

Shortlist for the 2012 Kay Daniels Award:

Emma Christopher, A Merciless Place (Allen & Unwin)
Penny Edmonds, a collection of 3 very fine journal articles
Bill Gammage, The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (Allen & Unwin)
Anna Johnston, The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales (UWA Publishing)

Shortlist for the 2012 Magarey Medal:

Fiona Capp, My Blood's Country: in the Footsteps of Judith Wright (Allen & Unwin) 
Eileen Chanin, Book Life: the Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell (Australian Scholarly Publishing) 
Sheila Fitzpatrick, My Father's Daughter: Memories of an Australian Childhood (Melbourne University Publishing)
Katie Holmes, Between the Leaves: Stories of Australian women, writing and gardens (University of Western Australian Press) 
Rani Kerin, Doctor Do-Good:  Charles Duguid and Aboriginal Advancement, 1930s-1960s (Australian Scholarly Publishing)

The winners will be announced at the AHA Conference dinner at the University of Adelaide on Thursday, 12 July.