If you have any information to share in the Newsletter please send it through to Anna, the newsletter will be published every fortnight. You can read all our news here, but don’t forget we regularly put out information by our social media channels including Facebook. We also now have a presence on LinkedIn.
Please note, the next newsletter will be published on the 22nd July as your humble correspondent heads to warmer climes for a break.
News from Members and Associates
- Advisory Board member Bob Gartland was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Kings Birthday honours. Congratulations Bob!
- Deborah Lee-Talbot published an article concerning the connections between librarians and Australian-Pacific historians for ‘From the Archives’ in ALIA’s Incite Volume 45, Issue 2, pp 8-11.
- Klaus Neumann has a new publication – “Don’t mention the Holocaust: The Alternative für Deutschland and its engagement with pasts, histories, and memories.” In Claiming the People’s Past: Populist Politics of History in the Twenty-First Century, eds. Berber Bevernage, Eline Mestdagh, Walderez Ramalho and Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt, 31-48. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Seminar Series
We are now nearly all booked up for our seminars in Trimester 2. Seminars kick off on 10th July with Robyn Fuerst – Understanding trauma through the senses. Please feel free to share details of seminars that you think will interest your networks. A flyer is available here.
APH News
Last week on the APH website, Helen Gardner, Brad Underhill and Jon Ritchie wrote a piece – The making of the Australian Historical Studies 55:2 (2024) ‘Wan Solwara: Australia and Papua New Guinea.
The Australian Policy and History Network is currently seeking EOIs for book reviewers. APH invites reviewers from all career stages and welcomes EOIs from HDRs who may be new to book review writing and the editorial process. EOIs, which contain a brief summary of interests or a specific book to be reviewed, can be emailed to APH’s books editor Lyndon Megarrity: drlyndon@bigpond.net.au
Events
‘Science and Power in the Nineteenth-Century Tasman World’ (HCV Book+Author Seminar)
Thursday 27 June 2024, 6pm to 7pm, The Wheeler Centre
The History Council of Victoria’s third Book+Author seminar for 2024 will feature friend of CCH Alexandra Roginski, Melbourne-based historian, writer and heritage worker and Visiting Fellow of Deakin University, who will be discussing her fascinating new book in conversation with convenor Dr Yves Rees. Science and Power in the Nineteenth-Century Tasman World is Alexandra’s second book, and explores the contentious science of phrenology, which once promised insight into character and intellect through external ‘reading’ of the head. In this compelling work, Alexandra Roginski recounts a history of this everyday practice, exploring how it featured in the fates of people living in, and moving through, the Tasman World. More information and registrations here.
“Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Rights, Power, and Knowledge” – Indigenous Data Sovereignty Live Public Keynote by Dr Jacob Prehn
26 June, 10am, Livestreamed
Jacob is an executive member of Maiam nayri Wingara, the Australian Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDSov) Collective, and a member of the Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA). His Keynote will reflect, in part, his work chairing the just released Framework for Governance of Indigenous Data (2024), and set the frame for the remainder of the day of international scholars presenting and workshopping data sovereignty ideas. The link for the livestream is here.
Geelong Historical Society Lecture Series
3 July, 7.30pm, Virginia Todd Community Centre
The Geelong Historical Society’s next lecture in their series is by Phoebe Wilkens – Geelong Stories from a researcher behind SBS Australia’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’. You can find details of the whole series here. CCH members Bart Ziino and Tony Joel will be presenting seminars later in the year.
CCH Research Grants
Don’t forget that CCH Research Grants are still available. If you have plans for research at the end of T2, get your application in now! Funds are limited.
You can still apply for CCH Research Grants in 2024. We have changed the grant guidelines, so it is important that you read the new guidelines before you apply for a grant. Check out the guidelines and the application forms in our hub site.
CCH Shut Up and Write
every Monday, 9am-1.30pm, via Zoom.
Start the week strong with a Shut Up and Write! We will run 4 x 50 minute blocks of writing/focus, with breaks in between to chat, grab coffees, etc. All CCH colleagues welcome, especially ECRs, HDRs, and those who work remotely. Feel free to join at any time – it doesn’t matter if you can’t make it to every session, or every block in a session, just come when you can.
The zoom link is here. (Meeting ID: 822 0730 8335, Password: 65182364)
If you would like a recurring invite in your calendar, or you have any trouble joining, email Mia at mia.martinhobbs@deakin.edu.au
Opportunities
Call for Abstracts – Remaking Futures: Justice, Equality and Global Flourishing
25-26 November 2024
Keynote panellists include Professor Loretta Baldassar (Edith Cowan University) and Professor Pam Nilan (Deakin University / University of Newcastle).
ADI welcome abstracts that address the following themes:
Migration, diversity and the future of mobility, Climate change and sustainability, Indigenous rights and the challenge of recognition and justice, Public health crises and the social implications, Technology and digital transformation, Justice and power in international relations
Learn more and submit your abstract here.
Call for papers: Australian Queer Histories Conference 2024
20-21 September 2024
Victorian Pride Centre
We’re Back! Following Covid lockdowns and smaller symposiums in 2022-2023, the Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) is pleased to announce that our previously-annual Australian Queer Histories Conference will return in 2024 and will be held in Melbourne at the Victorian Pride Centre on September 20 and 21.
We are seeking proposals relating to any aspect of Australian LGBTIQ+ histories. Offers are welcome from academics, emerging scholars, community historians and creative practitioners involved with LGBTIQ+ histories. These may be in the form of papers, panels, posters, or other non-traditional formats.
We endorse and aim to reflect the Archives’ commitment to diversity which seeks to celebrate the racial, ethnic, class, cultural, political and locational and the national distribution and international significance of Australia’s diverse sexuality, sex and gender communities.
AQuA aims to ensure that AQHC is a welcoming, inclusive, and safe space for all LGBTIQ+ community members and their allies, and as such is subject to our Code of Conduct.
Proposals should be no more than 150 words, plus the name and affiliation (if any) of the presenter. If you have a preferred day, please indicate this. Proposals should be sent to Conference2024@queerarchives.org.au by 1 July 2024. Questions can also be sent to the same email. You can find out more at the conference website AQHC Conference – AQuA (queerarchives.org.au).
**RESCHEDULED** Statistics Workshop
Foundations of Social Statistics: A Beginner’s Workshop
7 August, 10am-2pm
Deakin Downtown/Zoom
In an increasingly data-driven academic landscape, grasping the basics of statistical analysis is invaluable. We are repeating our half-day workshop on social statistics, this time with an added focus on applying the methods to individual researchers’ data. Led by Professor Andrew Singleton, during this workshop, we will cover:
- Discovering the Relevance: Understand why statistics are helpful in your social research pursuits.
- Core Concepts: Gain familiarity with key statistical ideas, from sampling to data collection.
- ABS Data and Excel: Learn to access and summarise ABS data effectively using Excel.
- Visualising and Interpreting Data: Acquire skills to read and present data using tables, graphs and charts.
- Real-world Impact: Explore how statistics contribute to addressing societal issues and shaping policies.
No prior statistical knowledge is required, but participants are encouraged to bring their own data to work with. Participants who attended the previous session in December may want to join for the after-lunch applied session.
The workshop will be held at Deakin Downtown and via Zoom. Please email mia.martinhobbs@deakin.edu.au if you would like to attend, indicating whether you intend to attend in-person (along with any dietary requirements) or via Zoom, by 31st July.
2025 National Library Scholarships and Asia Study Grants
Applications are now open for the 2025 Scholarships offered by the National Library of Australia. There are several new Scholarships on offer this year thanks to new generous donors, including a Scholarship in Asian Studies, a new First Nations Scholarship, and a new Scholarship for research on any subject. There is also the Carol Moya Mills Scholarship for a scholar from regional or rural Australia. There are a total of nine funded NLA Scholarships and five Asia Study Grants to distribute for 2025.
You can find out more information about the Scholarships here. Applications will close TODAY 24th June.
Opportunity for HDR Students at U3A Stonnington
We are aware of excellent presentation possibilities at U3A Stonnington. This is a valuable chance to share your research with a broader audience and gain feedback from engaged community members.
Presentation Possibilities:
- Semester 2, 2024: 22 July to 22 November
- Semester 1, 2025: 10 February to 20 June
- Typical Duration: 1 hour
- Preferred Time: Tuesday mornings (other days available)
If you are interested, please contact either Andrew Singleton or Elizabeth Brown, President and Program Planning Coordinator at U3A Stonnington.
The Laura Bassi Scholarship
The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline and the next round of funding will be awarded in Summer 2024:
Summer 2024
Application deadline: 24 July 2024
Results: 10 August 2024
All currently enrolled master’s and doctoral candidates are eligible to apply, as are academics in the first five years of full-time employment. Applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV through the application portal by the relevant deadline. Further details, including previous winners, and the application portal can be found here.
National Library Campaign
The National Library is raising funds to support the digitisation of their collection of election ephemera. Among the huge array of items in the material are a “how to vote” card for Edmund Barton in 1901, an election poster for pioneering suffragist Vida Goldstein in 1917, all the way to hats, stickers and corflutes from our most recent federal elections. You can find out more information here.
CCH Hub Site
We now have a Sharepoint site (for Deakin staff and students only). This is where you can find CCH templates and logos, and importantly – new grant application forms. CCH members should have access, but you will need to use your Deakin login.
Cover Photo
Komodo Island, NTT, Indonesia