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AHA Newsletter 21: 17 September 2009 National Archive Registration David Carment advises members that a new registration process for National Archives readers has just been introduced due to a security breach in the Canberra reading room. Details on how to register are at http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch/registering.aspx. Martyn Lyons, President of the AHA has written the following regarding the National Curriculum in History: Dear ACARA, The Australian Historical Association does not wish to add anything substantial at this stage to the detailed comments we have already offered on the proposed National Curriculum in History. The AHA continues to endorse the concept of a national curriculum, as well as the division of history into Ancient and Modern courses. We note that there are two university historians on the advisory panel, which is re-assuring as far as it goes, but it is a pity that they are both primarily specialists in Australian history. The professed aim of giving Australian history an international context might have been better served if a wider range of historical expertise was represented. Best wishes, Martyn Lyons
Professor Martyn Lyons, BA, DPhil (Oxon), FAHA,
President, Australian Historical Association Dear Prime Minister, On behalf of the Australian Historical Association, which is the umbrella professional organisation for all historians working in Australia, I would like to express our appreciation of your recent speech delivered at the launch of Tom Keneally's new book. All the historians we represent will take encouragement from the emphasis you placed on the importance of history in our own (and every) society. We may not completely agree with you that history is the 'handmaid of country', since we believe our work should not be put into service by any political interest. We may not entirely agree with your emphasis on biography, either, since so much has been contributed by the other forms of history-writing in which we are engaged, as well. But we would certainly agree with you that history is a passion, and of fundamental importance to Australia's view of itself, as well as to the world's view of Australia. Finally, we coincide completely in our respect for Tom's lifelong achievements, with best wishes, Martyn Lyons, President, Australian Historical Association
Yale University The Program in Economic History of the Economic Growth Center at Yale University invites applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in Economic History. The position is for one year, renewable for a second year, and will begin on July 1, 2010. We welcome applications from scholars of all disciplinary backgrounds, working on any period or geographical area, so long as their primary current research focus is economic history. We prefer applicants whose PhD is not in economics. For more information click here. University of Toronto The Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships. Up to three Fellows in the Humanities will be selected for a two-year fellowship on the basis of accomplishment, promise of excellence, and relevance of their research to the annual theme, Image and Spectacle. Human beings make worlds appear by imagining and imaging them; they display worlds to others in performances. This cross-cultural theme embraces the study not only of how images relate to the reality of the world, but also of how both as individuals and as societies we generate images. The spectacle of performance, which was the origin of theory in the Ancient Greek world, leads to many kinds of reflection—from performativity to epistemology, from theories of history to literary and aesthetic theory, from cultural criticism to palaeography. It extends ultimately to examining the role of reflection (speculation) and criticism of images and their worlds. For more information click here. To view Newsletter No. 6 of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria Newsletter, please click here. Geraldine Horgan suggests you scroll down to NEWS & then follow the prompts. She says you can read about History Week which will run from 25 October to 1 November 2009. 
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