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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 …
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You have tried to access content (including funding opportunities, calls for papers, news and events) that is only available to AHA members. But it is easy to join us!
You have tried to access content (including funding opportunities, calls for papers, news and events) that is only available to AHA members. But it is easy to join us!
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