Australian Historical Association Website

Featuring (among lots of other interesting things):

Remembering and forgetting bushfire 'An unnatural disaster'?
Tom Griffiths

Sound, reform, modernity and nation in Australia, 1915–1922 Henri Verbrugghen's auditory utopianism
Diane Collins

Women and music in early Ballarat Beyond gentility
Anne Doggett

Putting the colonial woman reader in her place Melbourne's sites of reading
Kylie Mirmohamadi

Embodying women's humour and laughter in colonial Australia Rebellious bodies and subversive sniggers?
Alecia Simmonds

The anatomy inspector and the government corpse
Helen MacDonald

Cross-racial collaboration in the Country Women's Association of New South Wales and the ethos of countrymindedness More than tea and scones?
Jennifer Jones

Mixed marriages and sectarian tensions between Catholics and Protestants in pre-multicultural Australia Not in front of the altar
Siobhan McHugh

Family history in a digital age Speed-relating
Graeme Davison

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* * * Prize Winners for the 2009 AHA/CAL Postgraduate Papers are:

Lisa Curtis-Wendlandt, 'Beating Around (In) the Bush: Corporal Punishment and Moral Reform at Hermannsburg Mission in Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century Australia'

and

Claire McLisky, 'The Location of Faith? Power, Gender and Spirituality in the 1883-4 Maloga Revival'.

Special commendation was awarded to Samuel Furphy, '"Our Civilisation Has Rolled Over Thee": Edward M. Curr and the Tide of History.'

To read the judges comments and citations see: http://www.theaha.org.au/awards/aha_cal/winners.htm#2009

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* * * Three vacancies in the History Department of the University of Groningen (the Netherlands)

History of the Censorship of History (1945-2010) [PhD student]
Censorship of Archives (1945-2010) [PhD student]
Legal Cases on Posthumous Privacy and Reputation (1980-2010) [Postdoc]

Applications are due before 15 October 2009.

For more information, please click on: http://www.concernedhistorians.org/images/va/vacancies.pdf

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* * * Bursaries to Support Candidates Applying for ARC Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University

ARC Australian Postdoctoral (APD) Fellowships provide opportunities for researchers at the postdoctoral level to undertake research of national and international significance and to broaden their research experience.

APD Fellowships are available to researchers with up to three years' research experience since the award of the PhD degree or equivalent research doctorate.

To support candidates applying for ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellowships, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University is offering bursaries of $6,000 to well qualified candidates. Applications are called for in the following fields: Archaeology, History, Literature, Linguistics, Media and Communications, Philosophy, Politics and Sociology.

Applicants should send a statement of their proposed research project of up to 6 pages in length and a CV, including a full list of publications, to:

Trish Hills

For further information please contact Professor Marilyn Lake, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: m.lake@latrobe.edu.au.

Applications close Friday 30 October 2009.

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* * * International Year of Astronomy

As part of the International Year of Astronomy and to mark the 400th anniversary of Galileo turning a telescope to the sky, History and Philosophy of Science at UNSW will be marking the occasion with two special events:

The Re-Trial of Galileo

Cast includes:

Former Premier Bob Carr,
Julian Burnside QC,
Professor Fred Watson and
ABC presenters including Robyn Williams and Geraldine Doogue

This event is being filmed by the ABC Compass Program to be shown as an hour long special in early 2010.

Date: Monday 26 October 2009 6:30pm
Venue: Sir John Clancy Auditorium (Gate 9), The University of New South Wales, Kensington campus, Sydney 2052
RSVP

and

Public Lecture

The Galileo Affair: 1609–2009

Dr Maurice A. Finocchiaro,
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Date: Thursday 22 October 2009 6pm – 7:30pm
Venue: Central Lecture Block (CLB) 8, (Gate 8) The University of New South Wales, Kensington campus, Sydney 2052
RSVP: Rebecca Straker.

For further information contact: Rebecca Straker (02) 9385 8512; Website

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* * * Social Research Methods and Technology

– Short Course 2010 Summer Programme –

The New Zealand Social Statistics Network is offering short courses at the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, 8–19 February 2010.

For more information and/or to enrol, please visit http://www.nzssn.org.nz or email courses@nzssn.org.nz

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* * * Position Vacant: Senior Curator in Social History

The Cultures and Histories Program of Queensland Museum, Brisbane wishes to appoint a Senior Curator in Social History to our South Bank campus.

This is a permanent, full-time position.

Applications close on 26 October 2009.

For more information about the position please visit the Queensland Government Jobs website.

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