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AHA Newsletter 18: 10 August 2009 Regional Service Program Australasian Welfare History Workshop 2010
Venue: University of New South Wales, Sydney. The third Australasian History of Social Welfare Workshop will be held in Sydney in February 2010. We invite proposals for papers in any aspect of Australasian welfare history – including its intersections with the histories of gender, war, race, childhood, medicine, religion, volunteering and philanthropy. The workshops are open and lively gatherings of scholars from fields including history, politics, social work and social policy. The first workshop was held in Melbourne in February 2005, the second in Wellington, NZ in November 2007. Post-graduate students have made an important contribution and are very welcome. The workshop will feature a special plenary session reflecting on social welfare history in the 21st century featuring three of the founding Australian scholars in the field: Professor Stephen Garton, Professor Jill Roe and Professor Brian Dickey. Please send abstracts of 250 words max with your name and affiliation to A/Prof Melanie Oppenheimer or A/Prof Anne O'Brien, by 30 Oct 2009. Conference
Reunion
History Council Of NSW Website
Highlight features include:
Powerhouse Museum Moveable Heritage Fellowship
The successful student will undertake a research project on an object or group of objects in a community museum, historical society or other collecting institution. The student will receive $5,000 and spend a minimum of one week at the Powerhouse Museum working with a supervisor. The project outcome will depend on the student’s interests. For example, in the Albury Regional Museum there is a small collection of objects relating to two Chinese market-gardening families in the town. Students could: write a background paper on the history of market gardening in Albury as told through these objects and include significance statements for some of these objects; having researched the objects and their significance in Albury history, write a radio play based around the experiences of Chinese market gardeners in the district; or develop an activity for primary aged school children using these objects The closing date for applications is 6 November 2009. Please see the website for application forms and further information Regional Service Program, 2010 Expressions of interest are invited for the Powerhouse Museum Regional Services Program in 2010. Movable heritage projects that focus on migration, agricultural machinery, dress and textile collections or historic photographic collections are key areas of interest, as are projects which highlight the contribution of Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie as part of the Macquarie 2010 Bicentenary Celebrations. Included in the Program are training opportunities, on site visits, internships, staff placements, collaborative projects, heritage event participation and research. Please see the website for application forms and further information about the types of support available. The closing date for applications is 25 September 2009. For further information contact Regional Services Coordinator, Telephone 02 9217 0220, Free call 1800 882 092 or Email. 
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