The site for and about historians working in or on Australia.
The AHA was founded in 1973 and is the peak national organisation of historians – academic, professional and other – working in all fields of history. We have over 900 members represented by an Executive Committee that draws its members from all over the country. The Association holds an annual conference and administers a portfolio Read more ...
Monday 8 – Friday 12 July 2019, at University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba How have the local and the global intersected, inspired and transformed experiences within and from Australia’s history? How do the histories of Indigenous, imperial, migrant and the myriad of other communities and networks inform, contest and shape knowledge about Australia today? The Read more ...
History Australia is the official journal of the Australian Historical Association, and is proudly published by Taylor & Francis. All members of the AHA receive a subscription to the journal. History Australia aims to reflect the concerns, publish the research and increase the professional self-awareness of historians making, teaching and applying history, particularly in Australia Read more ...
Monday 8 – Friday 12 July 2019, at University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba How have the local and the global intersected, inspired and transformed experiences within and from Australia’s history? How do the histories of Indigenous, imperial, migrant and the myriad of other communities and networks inform, contest and shape knowledge about Australia today? The Read more ...
History Australia is the official journal of the Australian Historical Association, and is proudly published by Taylor & Francis. All members of the AHA receive a subscription to the journal. History Australia aims to reflect the concerns, publish the research and increase the professional self-awareness of historians making, teaching and applying history, particularly in Australia Read more ...
AHA members have exclusive access to notices about funding opportunities, positions vacant and calls for papers, as well as extra events and news items. Members also receive a weekly newsletter and subscription to the AHA journal History Australia which publishes refereed articles that draw on new historical research or address ways of teaching, exhibiting or Read more ...
The AHA Executive has made submissions to three reviews relevant to the history discipline in Australia: the NAA Tune Review on the purpose, role and functions of the NAA; the ARC Review of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification; and the AAH Future Humanities Workforce Consultation on the challenges and opportunities facing Australia’s humanities-trained workforce. Read more …
A reminder that conference registrations are still open. Please note that there is an invoice option of 30-day payments for those who need it. The draft conference program is also available on the conference website. Presenter Registrations close 1 June 2019 Attendance Registrations close 7 July 2019 Full details
Dear Members The AHA AGM will take place, as usual, during the annual conference. The meeting is open to all financial members of the AHA and we encourage you to attend. The Agenda will be circulated closer to the date (mid June), but please make note of the time and date. Time: Thursday 11 July Read more …
Because increasingly universities, job applications and the Australian Research Council (ARC) have been requiring academics to justify the quality of their work, the AHA Executive has made the decision to develop a rankings system to assist in the process. This is a pragmatic response to developments within the tertiary sector. Increasingly, universities have been designing Read more …
The AHA would like to thank all who applied for the inaugural AHA/Honest History Teacher Scholarship. The scheme supports a secondary school History teacher to attend the annual Australian Historical Association Conference to promote engagement between History teachers and the broader historical community. Funding for this scheme is made possible by a generous donation from Honest History Read more …
Organisation for what is shaping up to be a great conference is now in the final stages. The organising committee are seeking more chairs for sessions, panels and roundtables. Please have a look at the updated draft conference program, and get in touch with the organisers if you are interested. Further information
Congratulations to Alexia Moncrieff, who has been awarded the 2018 Bryan Gandevia Prize for Australian Military-Medical History for her thesis, titled ‘“We are entitled to some control”: the Australian Army Medical Corps in the First World War.’ The prize rewards an outstanding honours, masters or doctoral thesis on a significant subject on military, social, or medical aspects of Australian wartime history. Further information.
A new AHA ECR Emerging Historians blog is now live! Dr Yves Rees addresses the important topic for scholarly communities worldwide: how to turn stated commitments to inclusivity into real, meaningful inclusion of trans and gender diverse people. Further information
The third part of the AHA’s ECR Blog series, ‘A Conversation about Casualisation,’ is now available! In response to a recent controversial article about casualisation on The Conversation, the third part of this series is a compilation of short responses by early career academics in History who are, or recently were, employed casually in Australian universities. Further Read more …
The AHA’s ECR Representative André Brett has commenced a series, ‘A Conversation about Casualisation,’ in response to a recent controversial article about casualisation on The Conversation. Parts One and Two are now live! In Part One, André responds to the article with some of his own reflections. In Part Two, Dr Joel Barnes tackles how casual jobs are Read more …