AHA Newsletter 7: 30 March 2009
Our Heritage at Risk Program | AHA Regional Conference 2009 | Victoria University History Scholarship
German contribution to Queensland's history | Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine
Online Exhibitions & Writing for the Web
OUR HERITAGE AT RISK PROGRAM
Message from the President: Martin Lyons
The AHA recently accepted an invitation to become a partner of the Australian Council of National Trusts and its 2009 'Our Heritage at Risk Program.'
Dr Grace Karskens at the University of New South Wales has generously agreed to be our 'Heritage Officer' and will co-ordinate our submissions to the Program.
The general objective is to 'utilise the combined advocacy of the Trusts to focus community and media interest on the kinds of threats facing heritage places, and to marshal community action and government attention to address threats facing listed places and to achieve policy changes to address the issues raised by those threats.'
We now would like to ask members to propose national heritage sites at risk.
We would like you to go to the National Trust Website, where you will find more details on the Program, as well as a nomination form which asks us to identify sites and
explain why they are at risk.
Please either send the completed form, or just adopt its format to send your ideas for heritage sites to be nominated to Grace Karskens and please copy to The AHA. We would like to receive your suggestions by 6 April if possible.
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CONFERENCE
AHA REGIONAL CONFERENCE 2009
The final call for abstracts for the 2009 AHA Regional Conference is Friday 24 April 2009.
Early bird registrations are available until 30 April.
Conference Website
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VICTORIA UNIVERSITY HISTORY SCHOLARSHIP
Attention: MA and Honours students
Victoria University (Wellington, New Zealand) has a 3 year PhD scholarship available (NZD$21,000 per annum plus tuition fees). Full details of scholarships are at Victoria University of Wellington. Students can shape the proposal to suit their interests within the broad area described below.
Historians generally agree that New Zealanders serving in WWI were civilians at war; they saw the army as 'just another job' and they returned quickly to civilian life. Soldiers' personal papers continue, however, to be used only as evidence of lives at war rather than of civilians' relationships, perspectives and experiences. New Zealand’s WWI records are recognised internationally as some of the richest in the world. They allow questions of masculinity, social mobility, religion and faith, relationships with and loyalty to family and friends to be investigated. This scholarship invites applicants to re-examine the WWI archive to illuminate men’s lives from the 1890s to 1939, using tools of analysis from social and cultural history. Located in New Zealand’s capital city, Victoria University offers postgraduate students unparalleled access to the rich and diverse holdings relating to the Great War at the national repositories as well as to outstanding regional archives.
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GERMAN CONTRIBUTION TO QUEENSLAND'S HISTORY
Andrew Bonnell and Rebecca Vonhoff are considering putting on a workshop to mark the German contribution to Queensland's history, on the occasion of Queensland's 150th birthday celebrations.
In the past there have been important symposia on German-Australian history by scholars such as John Moses, Alan Corkhill and others. Given the 150th birthday of the state, we felt it timely to provide a forum for recent research in this field.
To this end we are calling for expressions of interest from scholars in the field who would be willing to offer a paper on their research on any aspect of the history of Germans in Queensland over the past 150 years. At this stage, projected titles and short abstracts are invited from potential participants.
Planned date: 6 November 2009, during the day
Venue: University of Queensland, St. Lucia
Consideration will be given to publication of papers.
Please get expressions of interest to us by Monday, 1 June 2009.
- More detailed planning for the day can then proceed.
If interested, please contact Andrew Bonnell or Rebecca Vonhoff.
Please forward to any potentially interested colleagues.
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COLLOQUIUM
ISOLATED CASES
100 years of Australian Medical Research
RPA Hospital, Sydney
21 February 2010
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Marking the centenary of the establishment of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, this one-day colloquium seeks presentations on all aspects of the history of medical research in Australia.
Possible Themes
Parochial pursuits: medical science addressing intrinsically Australian problems
The national interest: medical research directions fostered by the state
The travel bug: science mapping Australia onto regional and global pathologies
Research outside the institutes: public health, epidemiology and community studies
Theory or fact: intellectual and commercial outcomes of Australian medical science
Collaboration or colonisation: the rise of international research projects
Petri-fying: local projections and public receptions of medical research
More Information
Contacts: Kathryn Hillier and Peter Hobbins
Deadline for submissions: 31 July 2009
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SEMINAR
ONLINE EXHIBITIONS & WRITING FOR THE WEB
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Discover how to use information technology to help preserve and promote your collections. Industry experts will provide you with information on developing web content. Some of the issues addressed will be determining audience, purpose, and structuring information that is easily accessible.
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Presenters include:
Associate Professor Stephen Huxley, Director, Film and Television, Faculty of Design, Swinburne University
Vicky Court, Local History Officer, Royal Historical Society Victoria
Brett McLennan, Screen Education Manager, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Dr. Sebastian Gurciullo, Archivist, Online Projects
Editor, Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria Public Record Office Victoria
Barbara Wels, Writer, editor and Manager Building Better Museums, Museums Australia (Victoria)
Dey Alexander, Dey Alexander Consulting
Date: Monday 6 April 2009
Time: 10am – 3pm
Place: City Museum, Spring Street Melbourne
Cost: $50 members / $100 non-members
Bookings essential
For further information and a booking form please contact Dimity Mapstone at the Museums Australia (Victoria) office.
T: 03 8341 7344
F: 03 8341 7333
Regional Freecall: 1800 680 082
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