The Australian Historical Association
The site for and about historians working in or on Australia.
The Centre for Media History at Macquarie University is hosting a free masterclass with Associate Professor Fay Anderson (Monash) on Wednesday 7 September at 2pm, to coincide with the release of her latest book, Shooting the Picture: Press Photography in Australia (Melbourne University Press). Early career researchers and postgraduate students are particularly welcome. Expressions of Read more …
The Australasian Journal of Irish Studies and the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand are delighted to announce the 2017 ISAANZ Irish Studies Postgraduate Essay prize, which consists of publication of the winning essay in Australasian Journal of Irish Studies (subject to normal academic refereeing), a cash prize of AUD$300 and a year’s membership Read more …
Postgraduate students are sought to join the team of university and institutional researchers at UWA and Deakin University working on this ARC Linkage Project in partnership with Western Australian Museum, State Library of Western Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, and British Museum. Further information.
As part of History Week, 3–11 September 2016, History Council NSW presents Speaker Connect, a series of 11 free talks on a range of topics. Further information.
Proposals are invited for 20 minute papers, roundtables and lightning sessions at the next biennial Oral History of Australia conference ‘Moving Memories: Oral History in a Global World’. Themes covered include memories generated across space and time, local and national, cross-cultural and international, as well as memories which have an emotional impact on listeners. Deadline for Read more …
A position is available at the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) history unit within the Sea Power Centre-Australia, located at Fyshwick, Canberra. Applications close 24 August 2016 Further information.
Early Bird registrations close Friday 19 August 2016. There is a final registration date of Monday 31 October 2016. Further information.
A fellowship of $30,000 for professional development and/or $20,000 for a commissioned piece of research with the Australian Museum with a unique opportunity to explore their NSW Aboriginal collection. Applications are now open and close 19 September 2016. Further information.
Congratulations to AHA member David Lee, whose new book analyses Australia’s second great minerals rush that began in the 1960s with the development of new export industries based on coal, iron ore and bauxite, continued in the 1970s and early 1980s with the ‘resources boom’ and reached its apogee in the China boom from 2002 to Read more …
Congratulations to Associate Professor Robert Crawford, who has won the 2017 David Scott Mitchell Memorial Fellowship awarded by the State Library of NSW, for his project, ‘Probing the Consumer’s Mind: The Ashby Research Service and the Post-war Australian Market’. Further information.