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Symposium | Australian Policy and History Website | Biographies and Memoirs New Publication | Vacancy Marilyn Lake elected to top history post La Trobe University historian and prize-winning author, Professor Marilyn Lake, has been elected President of the Australian Historical Association (AHA). A two year posting, she takes over from Professor Martyn Lyons from the University of New South Wales. The Association has more than 800 members, including scholars, teachers, writers and librarians. It promotes history among members and the general public, through conferences, prizes, a website and journal, History Australia. Professor Lake has written 12 books, ranging from labour history to land settlement, the history of feminism and the politics of anti-racism. She has a particular interest in the ways in which class, gender and race shape people's experience and their politics. Recent books include What's Wrong with Anzac? written with Joy Damousi, Mark McKenna and published in 2010 and Drawing the Global Colour Line, co-authored with Professor Henry Reynolds from the University of Tasmania. It won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction, as well as the Queensland Premier's History Book Prize and the University of Melbourne's prestigious Ernest Scott History Prize. Professor Lake recently drafted the AHA's response to the National History Curriculum, supporting the proposal to establish History as a separate subject in the nation's primary and secondary schools. Professor Lake is a Fellow of the Australian Academies of Social Sciences and Humanities. She has held a range of visiting posts overseas and within Australia, including the Harvard Chair in Australian Studies and professorial fellowships at Stockholm, the ANU and University of Sydney. Contact: Marilyn Lake, Tel: 03 9479 1610; Mob: 041 9871713. 
Australasian Association for European History University of Western Australia Perth, 11–14 July 2011 Under the title War and Peace, Civilisation and Barbarism in Modern Europe and its Empires, the conference will engage with the contradictory nature of Europe in modern times. The AAEH is seeking for original contributions that stretch the boundaries of debate in European history. Postgraduate participation is especially appreciated. For more information see the AAEH flyer or visit their website. 
Sydney Sawyer Conference: The Atlantic World in a Pacific Field University of Sydney 5–7 August 2010 The conference will focus on the pragmatics of comparison in the appraisal of new places and peoples. How does a strange place or people become comparable with those more familiar? What does it take to relate a new plant or animal to those already well known? How does one standardize observations and mobilize things and people and situations so they have meaning elsewhere? That is, how was the Pacific made into the obligatory site for exploring the issues that mattered in the Atlantic world? In particular, this conference will examine the ways in which both oceanic regions were co-produced through a complicated series of intellectual and practical interactions over many centuries. Moreover, it will seek ways in which to make the Pacific visible again in global scholarship. Contact: Katherine Anderson Website 
Powerhouse Museum Regional Services Program 2011 The Regional Services Program of the Powerhouse Museum supports cultural heritage organisations across New South Wales to record, preserve and display their collections for the benefit of regional communities. Organisations and individuals with a specific project are invited to submit an Expression of Interest for support through Regional Internships, the Movable Heritage Fellowship or the Professional Advice and Project Assistance program. Information and Application Forms for these opportunities are enclosed and can also be found on the Museum’s web site at Powerhouse Museum – Regional Services Program The closing date for applications for Professional Advice, Project Assistance and Regional Internships is 27 August 2010. Applications for the Movable Heritage Fellowship close on 4 February 2011. For further information on any of the above programs please contact Rebecca Pinchin, Regional Services Coordinator, telephone 02 9217 0220, free call 1800 882 092. Any interested individual can sign up for the new Regional Services electronic newsletter at Powerhouse Museum – Regional Services Program.
We seek postcolonial analyses (broadly construed), historical and current, of mobile peoples and populations. To members of the dominant ‘white’ population these mobile peoples seem to be interlopers, out-of-place, a source of anxiety. This proposal is concerned with the ways in which the law (eg. criminal and civil), and other forms of regulation and surveillance (eg. immigration regulation and policy; official state classifications) construct mobile peoples. We are also interested in the shaping of the categories of gender and sexuality in relation to mobile peoples in and through these regimes. In order to explore these, and other related areas, we seek scholarly articles, artworks, reviews, and creative writing from scholars and practitioners in law, geography, demography, history, gender studies, anthropology and other disciplines on themes and topics including, but not limited to:
Deadline for submission of abstracts: Tuesday 31 August 2010 Abstracts may be submitted for the symposium, for volume 15 of Law Text Culture, or for both. Please indicate in your abstract whether you are interested in presenting a paper at the symposium. Registration for the symposium is free. Abstracts should be 300 words. Please also include a 300 word biographical statement and your contact details. Abstracts will be assessed for their appropriateness for the theme of the volume and symposium, and papers will be due in early 2011. Contact person for questions and submission of abstracts: Dr Tahu Kukutai 
Australian Policy & History works to link historians with policy-makers, the media and the Australian public. They aim to inform public debate and promote better public policy-making through an understanding of history. Website
Women's History/Gender History, Assistant Professor (tenure-track) University of Oregon Main Category: Women/Gender Secondary Categories: African American History or Studies Womens History/Gender History. The History Department at the University of Oregon invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship to begin September 16, 2011. We seek an excellent and innovative scholar, whose research may focus on any part of the world. Ph.D. in hand by time of application. The successful candidate will be expected to teach an array of undergraduate courses, including a survey within the field, and comparative/transnational courses at the graduate level. Send c.v., a letter describing research and teaching interests, a chapter-length writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to Matthew Dennis, Chair, Search Committee, Department of History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1288. The review process will begin on October 15, 2010, but the position will remain open until filled. The University of Oregon is committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse institution and seeks candidates with demonstrated potential to contribute positively to its diverse community. The University of Oregon is an AA/EO/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity. Contact Info: Matthew Dennis Chair, Search Committee Department of History University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1288 Website. 
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