The Australian Historical Association
The site for and about historians working in or on Australia.
Jill Roe’s history of Theosophy, Beyond Belief, has long been prized for its insights into Australian cultural and intellectual history, as well as the story of alternative religious movements in this country. Wakefield Press in Adelaide have just released a new edition of this classic work, with a new title – Searching for the Spirit: Theosophy Read more …
Congratulations to Sue Silberberg for the publication of A Networked Community: Jewish Melbourne in the Nineteenth Century (MUP 2020). The book highlights the role of the Jewish community as developers and builders, and their influence on the formation of the urban fabric of the city as it first formed. Further information
Congratulations to Romain Fathi and Emily Robertson for the publication of Proximity and Distance: Space Time and World War I (MUP, 2020). The book explores how participants and observers in World War I negotiated the temporal and spatial challenges of the conflict. Further information
The NSW Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Issues is conducting an inquiry into proposed changes to the current administrative arrangements of State Archives and Sydney Living Museums. The proposed changes involve the creation of a new agency designated to fulfil the current legislative responsibilities of both organisations. The AHA has lodged a submission to the enquiry, which can Read more …
Michelle Arrow for The Seventies: The personal, the political and the making of modern Australia (NewSouth, 2019) Bettina Bradbury for Caroline’s Dilemma: A Colonial Inheritance Saga (New South, 2019) Annabel Cooper for Filming the Colonial Past: The New Zealand Wars on Screen (Otago University Press, 2018), and James Dunk for Bedlam at Botany Bay (NewSouth, 2019) Further information
As noted previously, the AHA annual conference for 2020 has been cancelled due to COVID-19. The planning for the next two conferences is currently taking place. The 2021 conference will be held at University of New South Wales and the 2022 conference will be hosted by Deakin University. In the meantime, in order to stay Read more …
In accordance with the Constitution of the Australian Historical Association, elections are held every two years for membership of the Association’s Executive Committee. The term of office for the incoming Executive will be from the date of the Annual General Meeting in 2020 to that of the Annual General Meeting in 2022. A thoughtful, hard Read more …
Oral History Australia is delighted to announce the following winners of the inaugural Oral History Australia Awards. ORAL HISTORY AUSTRALIA BOOK AWARD 2019: Peg Fraser, Black Saturday: not the end of the story (Monash University Publishing, 2018)The Victorian bushfires of February 2009 captured the attention of all Australians and made headlines around the world. One Read more …
9-12 December 2020, Auckland Abstracts are invited from scholars bringing historical perspective on law who wish to gather at The University of Auckland and AUT University – there to listen to and discuss papers and panels on aspects of law in history. The 2020 theme invites a comparative lens on British imperial and colonial histories. Other papers Read more …
In recognition of the widespread disruptions caused by Covid-19, the AHA and History Australia are extending the due date for the Ann Curthoys Prize. The 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 in which Read more …