The Australian Historical Association
The site for and about historians working in or on Australia.
The AHA would like to thank all who applied for the inaugural AHA/Honest History Teacher Scholarship. The scheme supports a secondary school History teacher to attend the annual Australian Historical Association Conference to promote engagement between History teachers and the broader historical community. Funding for this scheme is made possible by a generous donation from Honest History Read more …
Organisation for what is shaping up to be a great conference is now in the final stages. The organising committee are seeking more chairs for sessions, panels and roundtables. Please have a look at the updated draft conference program, and get in touch with the organisers if you are interested. Further information
25-26 July 2019, CQ Functions, Melbourne The History Teachers’ Association Victoria 2019 Annual Conference, themed Past Tense, Present Tension will feature an impressive range of workshops, lectures and practical seminars that will provide ideas for engaging classroom strategies, activities and pedagogy to help build on the learning outcomes of students. Early Bird Registrations close 12 July 2019 Read more …
Congratulations to Pete Minard for the publication of All Things Harmless, Useful and Ornamental: Environmental Tranformations through Species Acclimitization, from Colonial Australia to the World (University of North Carolina Press, 2019). This book argues that the colonies, not the imperial centres, led the movement for species acclimatization. By focusing particularly on the Australian colony of Victoria, Minard reveals a global network of would-be Read more …
The AHA Executive has made submissions to three reviews relevant to the history discipline in Australia: the NAA Tune Review on the purpose, role and functions of the NAA; the ARC Review of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification; and the AAH Future Humanities Workforce Consultation on the challenges and opportunities facing Australia’s humanities-trained workforce. Read more …
Congratulations to Karen Fox for the publication of her edited work True Biographies of Nations? The Cultural Journeys of Dictionaries of National Biography (ANU Press, 2019). This book brings together practitioners from around the English‑speaking world to reflect on national biographical dictionary projects’ recent cultural journeys, and the challenges presented to them by such developments as the transition to a Read more …
Congratulations to Ben Silverstein for the publication of Governing Natives: Indirect Rule and Settler Colonialism in Australia’s North (Manchester University Press: 2018). This book locates Aboriginal history within imperial history, situating the settler colonial politics of Indigeneity in a broader governmental context. Further information.
The History Council of South Australia have announced joint winners of the Wakefield Press Essay Prize. First essay prize winner is Professor Philip Deery for his essay ‘Spying in South Australia: “Comrade Anne” and ASIO’s infiltration of the South Australian Communist Party’. Second essay winner is Flinders University PhD student, Anita Stelmach, who won the Read more …
1-3 July 2019, Queensland University of Technology The 2019 conference will build on previous themes of impact and engagement, to explore the interweaving strands of capacity of research and the transformative capability of Indigenous research for the 21st century. Full details of the program can be found online. Registrations close 7 June 2019 Further information
The Victorian Community History Awards are presented by the Public Record Office Victoria and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. The Awards recognise excellence and originality in historical storytelling. Award categories are: the Collaborative Community History Award; the History Publication Award; the Local History- small publication award; the Cultural Diversity Award; the Multimedia History Award; Read more …