AHA Newsletter 3: 20 February 2009 TRANSNATIONAL TIES: AUSTRALIA LIVES IN THE WORLD: SYMPOSIUM Speakers include: Professor Kay Shaffer, Dr. Peter Stanley, Professor Ann Curthoys, Professor Paul Pickering, Professor Desley Deacon and Professor Angela Woollacot sponsored by The National Centre of Biography McDonald Room, Menzies Library The Australian National University 3 March 2009 (Tuesday) 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. * * * TRANSNATIONAL TIES: AUSTRALIA LIVES IN THE WORLD by Desley Deacon, Penny Russell and Angela Woolacott BOOK LAUNCH: The Coop Book Shop, Union Court, ANU Tuesday 3 March 2009, 5 p.m. (for 5:30 p.m. start) Light refreshments served RSVP * * * (UN)LOVED MODERN CONFERENCE 2009, SYDNEY AUSTRALIA, 7-10 JULY 2009 Registration is now open for the (Un)Loved Modern Conference 2009 on conserving 20th Century heritage. Keynote speakers include Theo Prudon (US), John Schofield (UK), Phillip Goad (Aus) plus over fifty papers. More details here. Register NOW to take advantage of early bird registration rates. For more information please contact the conference secretariat: conference@aicomos.com * * * CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO THE ICHS BUREAU FOR 2010–2015 The second General Assembly of ICHS, to be held during the Amsterdam Congress of 2010, will have to elect the next Bureau of ICHS for the 2010–2015 quinquennium. Article 5 of the ICHS constitution sets the rules of this election and stipulates that 'Members of the Board may be re-elected but the President and three other members of the Board must be replaced at each general election. Persons who have reached the age of seventy are not eligible or re-eligible.' The Nominating Committee, elected by the General Assembly in Beijing (2007), will meet on 15 September 2009, in order to prepare the list of candidates for the elections of the ICHS Bureau for 2010–2015, to be held during the General Assembly in 2010. On its behalf, the Secretariat is issuing this call for nominations to all National Committees, Affiliated International Organizations and Internal Commissions. In the framework of Article 5, the Nominating Committee is looking for active scholars, known for the quality of their work, sharing the overall concerns and goals of the ICHS, with an inclination towards networking and organizing. The Nominating Committee must present a balanced slate of candidates in terms of countries and continents, broad areas of specializations and gender. Please send your proposals, accompanied by a short CV to the Executive Officer of the AHA, no later than July 31st, 2009. * * * A reminder that your membership renewal is due by 28 FEBRUARY 2009. If you have not already renewed please do so as soon as possible to ensure you receive uninterrupted access to AHA and History Australia services. Renewal options are at this site: http://www.theaha.org.au/members/membership.htm * * * REMAKING THE TASMAN WORLD by University of Canterbury's Professor Philippa Mein Smith, Emeritus Professor Peter Hempenstall (History) and former UC lecturer Shaun Goldfinch, now Associate Professor at Nottingham University Business School, explores New Zealand's most important and extensive relationship—with Australia—on a variety of levels. This newly published book from Canterbury University Press, explores the multiple ties that bind Australia and New Zealand together. * * * DARWIN'S ARMADA: HOW FOUR VOYAGERS TO AUSTRALASIA WON THE BATTLE FOR EVOLUTION AND CHANGED THE WORLD by Iain McCalman Darwin's Armada tells the stories of Charles Darwin, Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley and Alfred Wallace, four young amateur naturalists from Britain who voyaged to the Southern Hemisphere in search of adventure and scientific fame. Published by Penguin, 2009. Page constructed by Carolyn Brewer Last modified by Carolyn Brewer 23 February 2009 1109 URL: http://www.theaha.org.au/newsletters/2009/newsletter3.htm