Digital History Workshop Associate Professor Michelle Moravec of Rosemont College, Philadelphia, will hold a workshop on the use of computational linguistics in historical research on the first day of the Newcastle conference: 1:00 – 5:00 pm, Monday 3 July 2017, University House. A few places remain; register through the conference website. Welcome reception Immediately after Read more …
There will only be one AHA Newsletter issued in July 2017 – on 13 July. There will be no newsletter during the week of the AHA conference in Newcastle and none during the last two weeks in July as the EO will be on leave. So – if you have any publications, prizes, CFPs or Read more …
The almost-final program has eight panels with only two speakers each. In order to fill those panels, the organisers would be happy to consider late abstracts that coincide with one of those themes. Please let your colleagues know that there is still an opportunity to present at Newcastle 2017 and contact the organisers as soon Read more …
Congratulations to Professor Amanda Nettelbeck (University of Adelaide), who has been appointed to the prestigious position of Keith Cameron Chair in Australian History, University College Dublin, for 2018. Further information.
We are looking forward to the first keynote address at the Newcastle AHA conference. Professor Dane Kennedy, Elmer Louis Kayser Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University will present on ‘Colonial Cosmopolitanism’ after the conference opening, 5:15 pm, Monday 3 July 2017, Newcastle City Hall.
Victoria’s wide and wonderful history will come alive during History Week, coordinated by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. The week features history-making events across the state that include engaging discussions, country adventures and walking tours. All are designed to open a window into Victoria’s past. Highlights enable participants to: see the fascinating change in Read more …
Honest History’s E-newsletter out on 11 October announces the Honest History book (tentatively titled Honest History: Beyond Anzackery) to be published in April 2017 by NewSouth. The newsletter also includes links to new stories analysing the speeches of the director of the Australian War Memorial and showing how a Turkish general played an important role Read more …
Congratulations to AHA’s Frank Bongiorno, whose book The Eighties: The Decade that Transformed Australia has been shortlisted for the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences’ 2016 book prize. Also shortlisted are historians Klaus Neumann, for Across the Seas: Australia’s Response to Refugees, and Brenda Niall for Mannix. Further information.
AHA member Jatinder Mann co-convened an International Symposium on ‘Citizenship in a Transnational Perspective’, from 6–7 July 2016 at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Recordings of sessions can be accessed here.
Melanie Nolan, Fiona Paisley and Christina Twomey will be installed as new Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia at the Academy’s Annual Symposium and General Meeting 7–9 November 2016. We congratulate these scholars on this prestigious recognition of their distinguished research careers.