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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 Australian Historical Association and the editors of History Australia are pleased to announce a new prize for work by Early Career Historians. The Ann Curthoys Prize is awarded for the best unpublished article-length work by an Early Career Researcher (within 5 years of PhD graduation) in any one or combination of the following fields Read more …
National Archives of Australia/Australian Historical Association scholarships assist talented postgraduate scholars with the cost of copying records held in the Archives. Students enrolled in a Masters or PhD degree in history are invited to apply for these scholarships. Applications for this round close Wednesday 30 April 2019. Further information.
The AHA2019 Organising Committee is very pleased to announce that the draft conference program is now available on the conference website. Registrations are open and early bird registrations will close on Tuesday 7 May. Thank you all for your patience! Further information
A new AHA ECR Emerging Historians blog is now live! In this Q&A Gwyn McLelland talks about oral history, ‘dangerous memory’, and the financial stresses of ECR life. Further information.
On Wednesday the 3rd of April, the Federal Government tabled the Inquiry into Canberra’s National Institutions Report, titled ‘Telling Australia’s Story – and Why it’s Important’. The inquiry focused on Canberra’s Museum of Australian Democracy, National Film and Sound Archive, National Gallery, National Library, National Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Australian War Memorial and National Archives Read more …
‘AHA Casualisation Survey and Other Items of Interest’ This post by AHA ECR representative Andrè Brett discusses the new AHA casualization survey and other updates. Further information.
To better understand how historians are affected by casualisation in the tertiary education sector, the AHA is undertaking a survey among members and non-members of the association. The survey runs from 1 to 31 March 2019. Purpose of the survey: • To gain more direct understanding of the experiences of casual academics regarding the nature Read more …
8-12 July 2019, 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 conference theme speaks to the Read more …
A reminder that abstracts for the 2019 AHA conference are due on the 28 February 2019. The call for papers for affiliated conference streams at the 2019 AHA Conference in Toowoomba are also due on the 28 February 2019. See below for the CFPs for the Religious History Association, Australian and New Zealand Environment History Network, Australian Migrant History Network, Institute Read more …
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Congratulations to Dr Ian Willis who was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia, General Division (OAM) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours! This award recognised his service to community history.