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31 May 2010
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Research and Scholarship Opportunities | Brisbane City Council Award | Conferences | New Releases Query from Tigress Productions A Message from Prof Iain Hay (Australian Learning and Teaching Council): Please find attached a short newsletter about the Australian National Learning and Teaching Academic Standards (LTAS) project as it relates to the disciplines grouped under the general title Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (ASSH). The newsletter sets out some background information on the context and purpose of the project, provides some detail on recent progress, and offers advice on ways of finding out more and getting involved. Two other newsletters updating work on the project will be sent out in August and November. Postgraduate Scholarship in Intercultural Inquiry in Western Arnhem Land
Applicants should have an Honours 1 or 2A degree in musicology, history, performance studies, linguistics, anthropology, medial and cultural studies or a related discipline. Applicants must be Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or New Zealand citizens. The scholarship stipend is $27,222 per annum (tax exempt) for up to three years. For further information, contact Associate Professor Linda Barwick (Phone: 9351 2002; Fax: 9351 7572). Applications, including a curriculum vitae, copy of an academic transcript, proof of citizenship or permanent residency, and the names and contact details of at least two academic referees should be sent to Professor Tim Fitzpatrick, School of Letters, Arts and Media, The University of Sydney NSW 2006. Closing date: 15 June 2010 Research Programme: Australian Prime Ministers Centre: Reminder 
The Australian Prime Ministers Centre offers Fellowships and Summer Scholarships to support research projects which investigate the lives, achievements and governments of Australia’s prime ministers. Fellowships are available to established scholars or creative artists with a substantial record of achievement in their field. One Fellowship is also reserved for early career academics or creative artists with a record of high achievement. Summer Scholarships are open to students undertaking studies at final-year Honours or postgraduate level. Applications for the 2010–11 round of Fellowships will close on 30 June, 2010. Applications for Summer Scholarships will close on 1 October, 2010. For application forms and further information about the program see the website or contact Linda Macfarlane, Manager, Australian Prime Ministers Centre, phone: (02) 6270 8134.
What sort of projects?
The successful project will take a creative approach to making the research available to the community through developing a website, publishing a book, developing a performance or possibly creating a exhibition of artefacts or artworks. The award honours the work of the late Helen Taylor who combined research skills and writing history with a passion for making history accessible to the community. Applications close Friday 16 July 2010. For more information:
Divining the Past: Dialogues between Christianity and History A conference hosted by the Evangelical History Association Macquarie University, Sydney 23 July 2010 Registration is now open for Divining the Past – 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 will bring together a variety of perspectives on these questions. The program includes sessions on Christianity and intellectuals, evangelicalism and social concern, theological and methodological questions in history – and a panel of experts on the links between Christianity and the discipline of history. For further information and registration details, please visit the EHA's website. Annual Conference, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, 6–9 December 2010 Call for Papers 3 July 2010 The 2010 Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society (ANZHES)Conference will be convened in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia from 6–9 December 2010. The conference theme invites participants to explore connections and ruptures between ‘Centre and Periphery’ in diverse settings: Indigenous and non-Indigenous; rural and metropolitan; pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial; northern and southern; eastern and western; metropole and empire; gender regimes and divides; class structures; ages and life stages; central management and teachers; as well as across spaces, temporalities and geographies. A feature of the conference will be an Indigenous Histories of Education Symposium exploring the conference theme within Australian and international contexts. The conference will be convened in the inland New South Wales regional City of Wagga Wagga. Located mid-way between Melbourne and Sydney, Wagga Wagga is easily accessible by car, air and train. The conference venue is Wagga’s Riverine Club, established in 1881 as a retreat for pastoralists and professionals. The Club is located in the heart of Wagga’s historical buildings district and adjacent to the Murrumbidgee River. The site was also the location of Wagga’s first public school. Accommodation is available at the Club or at a range of hotels and motels within easy walking distance of the venue. The historic buildings precinct also features a diverse selection of restaurants, bars and coffee shops. For more information on Wagga Wagga visit the Website or Contact: Dr Peter Rushbrook, Charles Sturt University or visit the conference website. Alberta, Canada 29 April 2011 This international conference will bring together specialists in Victorian art history, history, gender studies, science, and literature to contemplate the theme of disease in Victorian England and its colonies. Papers will address medical and social histories of disease, literary and artistic representations of disease, and disease as metaphor in Victorian culture. Keynote speaker: Pamela Gilbert, Albert Brick Professor of English, University of Florida Please submit a 500 word abstract and short (50–75 word bio) by 15 September 2010 to Kristen Guest, Program Chair, The conference will take place at the Banff Park Lodge in Banff, Alberta in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. For more information visit the conference website. Invitation to Submit an Article for Aboriginal History 2011 The 2011 volume will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the publication of the special edition of Aboriginal History (1981) which focussed on Asian-Aboriginal connections and interactions. We hope to bring together articles which reflect the development of scholarship in this field over the last 30 years and include a range of contributors. Articles of 6000–8000 words will be considered. All papers will be blind peer-reviewed. Submission date: 30 June 2010 Please indicate your interest in contributing to Aboriginal History 2011 by emailing Christine Choo or Peta Stephenson with the working title of your article. Email your article by the due date to: Christine Choo or or Peta Stephenson and mail a hardcopy to PO Box 1007, West Leederville, WA 6901 For style guidelines visit the Aboriginal History website. The Japan Foundation is currently organising a lecture series titled 'Living Histories: the personal face of the Australia-Japan relationship,' which addresses the topic of people from Japan and Australia who have played a role in shaping the relationship between the two countries from the 1800s to the present day. On Friday 18 June, Dr Oliver will give a lecture titled 'Living Legacies: Japanese – Australian stories of friendship and tragedy' which will be followed by the launch of her latest book, Raids on Australia: 1942 and Japan's Plans for Australia. Please find below a brief outline of the lecture series:
Venue: Multipurpose Room, The Japan Foundation, Level 1 Chifley Plaza, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney Admission: Free. Bookings Essential. RSVP or phone 02 8239 0055 The Japan Foundation website provides full details of each lecture and profiles of the speakers.
Ruth Harries works for a wildlife production company in the UK called Tigress Productions. They are currently working on a new series for National Geographic called ‘Wild Case Files’. The series looks at wildlife mysteries across the globe and they talk to the scientists who are investigating them and any conclusions they may have come to. The company is currently thinking about doing a piece on the ‘big cat’ mysteries in Australia. Ruth wonders if any pictures exist of a US army member with a big cat as a mascot or a picture of the gold diggers with a big cat. If anyone can help, please email Ruth Harries. 
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