The site for and about historians working in or on Australia.
The Australian Historical Association was founded in 1973 and is the peak national organisation of historians working in all fields of history. We have over 700 members represented by an Executive Committee drawn from all over the country. The AHA is committed to quality and integrity in the practice of history and advocacy on issues 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 ...
29 November-2 December 2021, UNSW Sydney and State Library of NSW The Australian Historical Association is delighted to be holding the 39th AHA Conference at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. The AHA 2021 Conference will bring together scholars from across the disciplines with a shared interest in history. The conference is open to academics, Read more ...
The AHA has written to members of the crossbench to urge them to vote against the Commonwealth government’s proposed cuts to humanities funding. You can read these letters below. The AHA would also encourage members, especially those located in the constituencies of Senator Lambie and the Centre Alliance, to contact their representatives individually if you 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 ...
29 November-2 December 2021, State Library of New South Wales & UNSW Sydney The Australian Historical Association is delighted to launch the call for proposals for the 39th AHA Conference. Co-organised with UNSW Sydney, the AHA 2021 Conference will bring together scholars from across the disciplines with a shared interest in history. The conference is Read more …
The AHA is delighted to announce a new ECR initiative, the new monthly ‘Skills for New Historians’ Seminar Series. This series will offer advice and guidance on academic life, and the various things emerging historians need to think about as they move into new phases of their careers. Seminars will focus on developing skills in relation to grants, publishing, and book proposals, to name just Read more …
The Jill Roe Prize is awarded annually for the best unpublished article-length work of historical research in any area of historical enquiry produced by a postgraduate student. The Award will consist of a cash payment of $150 and a citation. Applications due 31 March 2021 Further information.
Responses to our ECR survey indicated that ECRs are looking to develop their mentoring skills to, amongst other things, start preparing for future supervision responsibilities, and to forge stronger links with the HDR community. With that in mind, the ECR representatives, Chelsea Barnett, Joel Barnes and Anna Temby, have been working with the HDR representative, Joshua Black, Read more …
A special resolution to change the following AHA membership category definitions was passed at the 2020 AHA AGM: 1. A Concession member will henceforth be defined as a person who is in a fixed term position (1 year’s duration or under) OR retired. The membership fee for this category will be fixed at $100 per Read more …
After full and extensive consultation with the AHA membership, a list describing where various measurements have been applied to journals has been created. The AHA Executive decided that the AHA would not rank journals itself but rather provide members with a compilation of existing journal metrics (eg Scimago, H-index, impact factors). The idea behind the Read more …
A new AHA ECR blog is now live! In this week’s entry, Jatinder Mann writes on promoting yourself in academia, and shares his experience of the benefits and limitations of some of the major online platforms. Further information
The AHA would like to thank all who applied for the AHA-Copyright Agency Early Career Mentorships. The judges were most impressed with the high quality of the topics and the enthusiastic support of proposed mentors and institutions. We are delighted to announce the successful applicants and look forward to seeing their work published over the next year. Warm congratulations to Simon Graham, Niro Read more …
We are delighted to announce that Kate Fullagar, Jessica Lake, Benjamin Mountford and Michael Ondaatje from Australian Catholic University have been appointed as the incoming editors of History Australia. They will take up this role in January 2022.
AHA Newsletter 10 December 2020 Contents AHA News | Congratulations | Announcements | Opportunities | Call for Papers | Reminders AHA NEWS Many members did not receive the AHA’s 3 December 2020 newsletter as it was labelled as spam by some email servers. The AHA would like to apologise and is working to find a Read more …
The AHA is pleased to open applications for the AHA-Copyright Agency ECR Mentorship Scheme. This award supports Early Career Researcher historians to develop their professional skills. Specifically, it will link Early Career Researchers with senior historians who will mentor them in the development of new and innovative works of historical scholarship, in the form of Read more …
The Allan Martin Award is a research fellowship intended to assist early-career historians further their research in Australian history. It is available to all early career historians (within five years of the award of their PhD degree), whether academic, professional, or public historians working in museums, war memorials and other institutions. Funding of up to Read more …
Due to ongoing issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the organising committee of the 2021 AHA Annual Conference have pushed the conference back to 29 November to 2 December 2021. This revised timing represents the best chance for this conference to be primarily face-to-face, subject to the pandemic. More information (including a CFP) will follow Read more …
The AHA has written to members of the crossbench to urge them to vote against the Commonwealth government’s proposed cuts to humanities funding. You can read these letters below. The AHA would also encourage members, especially those located in the constituencies of Senator Lambie and the Centre Alliance, to contact their representatives individually if you Read more …
The Australian Historical Association was delighted to announce the winners of its 2020 annual and biennial prizes and awards on Thursday 2 July 2020 at the AHA Annual General Meeting. (Click on links to read judges’ citations.) The Jill Roe Prize is awarded annually for the best unpublished article-length work of historical research in any Read more …