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AHA Newsletter 1: 3 February 2010 National Cultural Policy | Cold War Dossier 27 Petitions against the National Archive closures in Darwin, Adelaide and Hobart Anne Picot has posted the petitions to Dr Brian Lloyd, Secretary to the Petitions Committee. The total number of signatures was 6789, from over 220 returns. The Adelaide crew of the ABC's 7.30 Report have begun gathering material for a story about the Archive closures - for a possible screening date in March. Conferences Call For Papers
Berkshire Conference on Women's History "GENERATIONS: Exploring Race, Sexuality, and Labor across Time and Space" 9–12 June 2011, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Proposals due March 1, 2010 The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians is holding its next conference at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on June 9-12, 2011. 2011 marks the 15th Berkshire Conference on Women's History and the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, which was first celebrated in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland and is now honored by more than sixty countries around the globe. The choice of "Generations" reflects this transnational intellectual, political, and organizational heritage as well as a desire to explore related questions such as:
For more information on this conference, please click here. Call For Papers Divining the Past: Dialogues between Christianity and History A conference hosted by the Evangelical History Association 23 July 2010 at Macquarie University, Sydney Divining the Past is a conference dedicated to the exploration of relationships between Christianity and History. How has the Christian tradition informed the theory and practice of history? How important is history to the belief and expression of Christianity? And how have Christian people, groups, movements, ideas and experiences been significant in past centuries? The conference aims to bring together a variety of perspectives on these questions. It is open to scholars associated with theological colleges as well as universities. Students doing original research in history are especially encouraged to participate. The EHA invites proposals for papers on any aspect of the relationship between Christianity and History. We particularly welcome papers with an historiographical or theoretical focus, or that engage with the following topics:
Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to Dr Meredith Lake (meredithelake@gmail.com) by 31 March 2010.
18th – 19th February 2010 University of New South Wales, Sydney Registrations are now open for the third Australasian Social Welfare History Workshop to be held in Sydney on the 18th and 19th February 2010. Papers from scholars in history, social policy and social work will be presented, covering a range of subjects including Australasian welfare's intersections with the histories of gender, war, race, childhood, disability, mental illness, religion, volunteering, labour, philanthropy and activism. Special plenary session with Stephen Garton, Jill Roe and Brian Dickey. Program and registration form now available at: http://hist-phil.arts.unsw.edu.au/news-and-events/australasian-social-welfare-history-workshop-2010-238.html
This one-day colloquium features presentations on:
For more information see the Conference Website Isolated Cases 100 years of Australian Medical Research RPA Hospital, Sydney
The History Council of New South Wales invites event registrations for History Week 2010 to be held 4–12 September 2010. History Week is our state's annual festival of history. The official theme for this year is Faces in the Street. Join us in History Week 2010 for a walk down the streets of the past and into the lives of those you pass. Explore the biographies of our leaders, those who shaped our world and the worlds of lesser known identities. Registering your event online is easy and FREE: http://www.historycouncilnsw.org.au/events/history-week-2010 Registrations must be received by Friday 26 March 2010. The History Council of NSW has urged the Federal Government to include strong references to history in it's forthcoming National Cultural Policy. Read the Council's submission at http://www.historycouncilnsw.org.au/advocacy/legislative-issues. Click here to read Les Louis' Cold War Dossier 27, December 2009 
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