AHA Newsletter 5: 11 March 2009 AHA Biennial Conference   |   Minutes ICHS Bureau   |   Conferences   |   Seminar   |   Women's History Month AHA BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 2010 The University of Western Australia, Perth July 5–9, 2010 Theme: (Re)Viewing History * * * INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF HISTORICAL SCIENCES Minutes of the meeting of the ICHS Bureau The Hague, November 14 and 15, 2008 * * * CONFERENCES CENTRE & PERIPHERY New Zealand Historical Association Conference Massey University, Palmerston North 27–29 November 2009 The theme of the conference is ‘Centre and Periphery’, broadly interpreted, but papers on any historical topic will be considered. Papers on either New Zealand or non-New Zealand topics from any period are welcome. Presenters will be given twenty minutes to speak and ten minutes for questions. Graduate students who present a paper at the conference and submit their text by 1 February 2010 will be eligible for a prize awarded by the NZ Historical Association. Poster submissions from postgraduate students are also invited. Please send by 30 June 2009 an abstract of about 250 words, along with your name, contact details and affiliation, if appropriate, to the NZHA Secretary: Dr Christopher van der Krogt School of History, Philosophy and Classics Massey University Private Bag 11222 Palmerston North * * * CATHOLICS IN AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC LIFE SINCE 1788 ACHS (Australian Catholic Historical Society) The Catholic Institute of Sydney, 99 Albert Rd, Strathfield, NSW 2135, 12 September 2009 (Saturday) Call for Papers on the theme, Catholics in Australian Public Life since 1788: 1 May 2009 The theme allows for a variety of issues, including: church-state relations; the place of the churches, individuals and their faith in public life; advocacy for religious and social justice objectives; church involvement in politics, education, healthcare, social welfare, the mass media. While the Society presumes that most papers would have a Catholic context, we welcome papers on the theme which deal with other religious groups. We particularly welcome proposals from historians and tertiary students of religious history. For conference amd registration details see the ACHS Website: Email: John Luttrell fms. Other organisers: Damian Gleeson PhD and Perry McIntyre PhD Phone: 612 9752 9513 * * * SEMINAR MAKING PUBLIC HISTORIES SEMINAR The Making Public Histories Seminar Series is offered jointly by the Monash University Institute for Public History, History Council of Victoria and the State Library of Victoria. The 2009 program begins on Thursday 19 March at 5:30pm with Recording Everyday Life and ‘Writing for History’: Mass Observation in Britain and Australia featuring Dorothy Sheridan, MO Archive Development Director and Honorary Professor at Sussex University and Kate Darian-Smith Professor of Australian Studies & History at The University of Melbourne. Venue: Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria, Entry 3 LaTrobe Street, Melbourne Admission is free of charge and all are welcome to attend, Bookings are Required Online Bookings at: Making Public Histories: Recording Everyday Life and 'Writing for History' Tel: 03 8664 7099 or Email.                         * * * WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: 2009 Download your very own Parliamentary Women souvenir poster Discover the very first women to sit in the nine Australian parliaments in the WHM 2009 Gallery feature, Pioneering Parliamentary Women Find an event near you, on the WHM 2009 Calendar. We are specially pleased to welcome participating bookshops this year – these include Avid Reader in Brisbane, Gleebooks and the Feminist Bookshop in Sydney, and Mary Martin Bookshop in Adelaide. If you are visiting beautiful autumnal Canberra, you will find special Women's History Month displays at Paperchain Bookstore in Manuka, and the bookshops at Parliament House, Old Parliament House, the National Portrait Gallery, and the National Library. And don't miss the launch of Women Parliamentarians in Australia 1921–2009 at Parliament House on Tuesday 17th March, with an address by Professor Marian Sawer on why 'Women's work is never done'. Australian Women's History Forum Website Email Page constructed by Carolyn Brewer Last modified by Carolyn Brewer 11 March 2009 1623 URL: http://www.theaha.org.au/newsletters/2009/newsletter5.htm