The Australian Historical Association 31st Annual Conference
Call for Papers
Important Dates
ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 16TH APRIL 2012
Submission of Abstracts opens: January 23rd
2012
Close for Submission of Abstracts: March 30th
2012
Notification to Abstract submitters: April 28th
2012
AHA/CAL Travel and Writing Bursaries
Funding opportunities for Postgraduate Students and Independent Historians
Applications due: 31 March 2012
The Australian Historical Association (AHA) in association with the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) is pleased to announce the availability of twelve Travel and Writing Bursaries linked to this year’s AHA conference at the University of Adelaide, 9–13 July, 2012.
The bursaries are intended to encourage and support emerging historians, particularly those who would otherwise be unable to attend the conference. The bursary, valued at $700 per applicant, provides financial assistance to conference participants who have little or no institutional support to cover their conference costs. These may include postgraduate students and independent scholars in the fields of history, heritage and museum studies. The bursary is to be used to cover travel and accommodation; the conference registration fee will be waived. Those who have already submitted abstracts to the conference and/or paid their registration can still apply (registration will be refunded if successful). Local students who do not need travel and accommodation but would like to participate in the mentoring and workshops program should also apply.
Religious History Association - Call for Papers: Secularism and History
‘Secularism and History’: Call for Papers: 8th Biennial Conference of the Religious History Association in collaboration with the Australian Historical Association, Adelaide, 9 – 13 July. Deadline for submission of abstracts 30 March, 2012.
The interface between religious and secularism has in recent years generated both heat and light about the evolution of modern post-industrial, post-colonial societies. Local advocates of secularism have argued that neither Australian nor New Zealand are Christian nations and that secularism without religion forms the underlying ideology of the post-enlightenment state. Other scholars have been less convinced, pointing not just to high levels of historical commitment to a wide spectrum of religious beliefs in most western countries but to the contemporary resurgence of religion internationally coupled with the collapse of secularist regimes in the former Soviet Union and the Middle East. Far from going away, religion appears to be asserting itself more powerfully than ever both on the world stage and in post-colonial settler societies where, it was thought, religion was on a trajectory to oblivion. The challenge to secularism has also seen a rise in interest in the historical origins of the secular state and the religious subcultures who have flourished under the secular umbrella. It is at least arguable that state secularism has encouraged the proliferation and fragmentation of belief that characterizes the information age. The 8th Biennial Conference of the Religious History Association aims to consider the question of the relationship between secularism and history. Speakers are invited to address the theme broadly and with regard to all periods of history and societies other than Australia. Papers may be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Religious History.
The keynote speaker is one of the world's foremost authorities on secularism, Professor Barry Alexander Kosmin, Director, the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture and Research Professor, Public Policy & Law Program, at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut.
All Abstracts must be submitted through the main conference website of the Australian Historical Association. For all inquiries contact: Prof Hilary M. Carey, President of the Religious History Association
email: Hilary.Carey@newcastle.edu.au
'Realising Secularism. Australia and New Zealand', ed. by Wallace, Max (Sydney: Australia New Zealand Secular Association, 2010)
The Australian Women’s History Network - Call for Papers
Connections Made and Broken: Intimacy and Estrangement in Women’s History
The Australian Women’s History Network invites proposals that address relationships in women’s history that are located across a range of temporal and geographical contexts. Papers might, for example, explore cases of connection,
intimacy, tension or estrangement between mothers and children; daughters and fathers; individuals and place; friends;
lovers; women’s organisations; leaders and their constituents; or employers and employees.
Speakers could pursue analyses through lenses such as the history of immigration; colonialism; affect; manners; or sexuality, but are by no means limited to these approaches.
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Please email 300-word abstracts to: Catherine.Kevin@flinders.edu.au no later than March 31, 2012.
For more information, please visit our website: www.auswhn.org.au
Thursday July 12, 2012 at the University of Adelaide
A reception will precede the program of papers on the evening of Wednesday July 11. This event is free to members of
the Australian Women’s History Network, a fee of $8 will be charged to non-members.
History of Emotions - Call for Papers: Emotional Connections
Papers and panels relating to CHE’s research interests and which address the AHA conference theme of ‘Connections’ are welcomed, but need not be limited by the AHA theme. We are particularly interested in new theoretical approaches to emotions in the past. All Abstracts must be submitted through the main website of the Australian Historical Association.
The Keynote speaker is Dr David Lederer, Department of History, National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Dr Lederer’s work on madness and suicide is highly acclaimed, and he has also researched fear during the Thirty Years War and the history of despair in a transnational context.
Travel Bursaries
Postgraduate and Honours students please note that CHE will be offering a number of travel bursaries to students presenting papers on an emotions topic. Bursaries are not limited to papers on European history between 1100 and 1800, although preference will be given to those aligned with the Centre’s programs and timeframe. To apply for a travel bursary, please download the application form and email to Dr Tanya Tuffrey.
Any queries about the Emotions strand at the AHA Conference should be directed to:
Dr Claire Walker
ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
School of History and Politics
The University of Adelaide
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