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29 March 2010
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2011 AHA Regional Conference | Vacancies | Conferences Discussion: Myth and Memory | Honours History Workshop: Reminder | Prize Winner Dear Members, I would like to jazz up the front page of the AHA website with some images. If you have old historical photos that are not subject to copyright - or you can waive the copyright - and you would happy for me to use them on the AHA site, please send them to me as .jpg files. We will acknowledge all sources, so provide relevant details. National Archives 2010: Grants Now Open 
The National Archives offers a range of research grants for advanced research and professional development:
The Archives also participates in collaborative research with universities and other cultural institutions through the Australian Research Council grants scheme.
John Ferry Award – Call for Nominations! The History Council of New South Wales invites nominations for the John Ferry Award for 2010. The award honours the memory of John Ferry (1949-2004), an exemplary teacher and community historian who played a major role in practising and encouraging quality local studies during his career as a school-teacher, and then as lecturer and senior lecturer at the Armidale College of Advanced Education and University of New England. The purpose of this award is to recognise outstanding New South Wales local and community histories. The winning entry will be a local or community history that demonstrates excellence in addressing its subject, proficiency in the use of original materials and clarity of exposition. The winner will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $500.00. The award will subsequently be announced in History Magazine, which will publish the citation. The Council, in conjunction with the Royal Australian Historical Society, will encourage publication of the winning entry. The deadline for nominations is 25 June 2010 Website
The appointed Keith Cameron Professor will offer expert leadership in the areas of research and teaching and learning. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to develop Australian Studies both within the university and nationally, as well as enhancing UCD’s profile internationally. The appointee will be expected to play a full role in the life of University College Dublin. The University welcomes applications in any area of Australian history, but candidates with an expertise in Australia’s role in the wider world are particularly encouraged to apply. The post is available for a period of one year, corresponding to the Australian academic year (January to December). Two appointments will be made from the current application round:
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. UCD is unable to accept late applications. Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the UCD Job Vacancies website. All current recruitment which is taking place within UCD is dependent on non-Exchequer, external and self-funding sources of finance. Tutü te Puehu: New Zealand's Wars of the Nineteenth Century – Call For Papers Massey University Campus in Wellington, New Zealand, 11–13 February 2011. Call for Papers Deadline: 30 June 2010 The organisers of major history conferences on the South African War, the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War will stage their fifth conference, Tutü te Puehu: New Zealand’s Wars of the Nineteenth Century, at the The Tutü te Puehu Conference Committee would like to hear from anyone interested in presenting papers on military, political, social, economic or cultural aspects of the wars in New Zealand or other comparative nineteenth century colonial conflicts. Speakers will include Professor James Belich, Professor Ian Beckett, and Dr Monty Soutar and a range of other New Zealand and overseas scholars. The Tutü te Puehu Conference Committee intends to publish the conference proceedings. For more information please contact Ian McGibbon or John Crawford. Tutü te Puehu Conference Committee PO Box 9724 Wellington 6141 New Zealand University of Southern Queensland 15–16 July, 2010 Original 20-minute papers are sought for the symposium 'Migrant Security: Citizenship and Social Inclusion in a Transnational Era'. The symposium is hosted by the Public Memory Research Centre at the University of Southern Queensland. The symposium aims to promote cross-disciplinary debate in order to probe new formulations of migrants' experience of community and individual security. Significantly, the symposium will embed this approach with scholarship regarding transnational identities, the politics of forgiveness and belonging, and the study of social memories. There is growing scholarly interest in migration, social inclusion and new understandings of transnational sentiment. Areas of interest include forms of insecurity preventing migrants from attaining a sense of inclusion, and how local and/or transnational networks can be used to mitigate this. There is significant interest in the dialectic between refugee/migrant and cosmopolitan sentiment, and particularly how this is experienced as a form of security. It is anticipated that the symposium will reveal aspects of the relationship between local/national belonging and transnational identities. Scholars are particularly encouraged to apply from the areas of anthropology, citizenship studies, cultural geography, cultural studies, developmental studies, education, gender studies, history, international relations, philosophy, policy making, political science, religious studies, social/community welfare practice and sociology. The symposium will produce peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and papers will also be considered for publication in an edited collection. The deadline for the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 1 April 2010. Full details of the symposium may be found at the conference website. Robert Mason University of Southern Queensland
When: 20 April 2010, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Where: The Hero of Waterloo Hotel, 81 Lower Fort St, Millers Point Cost: $5.00 Bookings Essential: 02 9252 9437, email: secretary
Over three days participants will have an opportunity to work intensively with members of the Transnational History Group including convenors Dr Bruce Buchan (ARC Future Fellow) and Dr Fiona Paisley and a range of other leading scholars whose expertise in transnational history includes, intellectual history and the circulation of ideas; histories of urbanity, literary forms, and reading publics; new imperial histories. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss their own work as well as to contribute in a range of seminars with leading scholars in transnational history. For more information about History at Griffith University see the staff pages. Eligibility: We are seeking applications from honours students in history and related fields whose work investigates transnational history through the myriad interconnections between the local and the global and across diverse geographies, cultures, and populations. Applicants will share our interest in the border crossings of individuals, things, ideas or practices for their capacity to investigate complex relationships between colonial, national and imperial histories, or otherwise illuminate dynamic connections between seemingly distinct contexts, locales and regions and the multidirectional flows of mobility. Applicants will also seek to extend the parameters of research through their pursuit of diverse transnational subjects. Location: Our workshop will be held at the Queensland College of Art on Griffith's centrally located South Bank campus. This campus is in close proximity to the QLD State Library, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane Art Gallery, and a range of affordable restaurants and cafes in the heart of the riverside cultural precinct of Brisbane. Funding: Successful applicants will receive the following financial support:
Applications due date: 2 April 2010. Applicants are required to email a short statement of no more than 500 words describing their thesis project and a brief cv listing other achievements of relevance to their application. Email applications to either: Dr Bruce Buchan or Dr Fiona Paisley Invitations will be emailed to successful applicants by 7 April. The Transnational History Honours Workshop is supported by the School of Humanities and the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas, Griffith University.
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