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News from Members and Associates
- Anna Wilkinson was on a recent episode of the Radio National show History Listen – discussing her research on Japanese war brides, the BCOF occupation, and Asian Australian history. If you missed in live, it will be repeated on the 29th October at 3.30pm or you can catchup in podcast form via this link.
- David Lowe has a new article published in History of Education Review. The article – Post-pandemic positions: new perspectives on international education and public diplomacy in Australia – is the introduction to a special issue in the journal.
- In addition to catching up with Clare Corbould’s take on the US election via the new podcast Presidency Pending, you can also listen back to her on Triple R’s Future Perfect from 21st October. Click the link here.
APH News
Two new book reviews on the APH site – Wayne Bradshaw reviews Dennis Glover’s Repeat: A Warning from History and Andrew G. Bonnell reviews Andrew Saniga and Robert Freestone’s (eds) Campus: Building Modern Australian Universities.
Events
State Library of NSW Fellowship Celebration
30 October 2024, 6pm
SLNSW, Sydney
In 1974 the State Library of NSW advertised the CH Currey Memorial Fellowship for the first time. In 2024, the Library called for applications for 11 Fellowship opportunities. Join the SLNSW to celebrate 50 years of a program dedicated to supporting researchers work with the Library’s rich collections. Richard Neville will be in conversation with Carol Liston, Mark Dunn, Ian Hoskins and Deborah Lee-Talbot, with Caroline Butler-Bowdon announcing the 2025 cohort of Fellows. Refreshments will be served from 6 pm, with formal proceedings starting at 6.30 pm. You can register for the event here.
History Council Event – Book + Author
31 October 2024, 6pm
The Wheeler Centre
Dr Jordana Silverstein will be in conversation with the HCV’s Dr Yves Rees about her ground breaking book Cruel Care: A History of Children at Our Borders.
Mastering Networking and Social Media – HDR Seminar
1 November 2024, 10.30am – 11.30am
via Zoom
Unlock the power of connections and digital presence in an interactive session with Dr Deborah Lee-Talbot. Whether you’re looking to expand your professional network or enhance your social media skills, this session is for you. Expect practical tips, insightful discussions, and a chance to connect with like-minded individuals. Join via the zoom link here.
Geelong Historical Society Lecture – Bart Ziino
6 November 2024, 7.30pm
Virginia Todd Community Centre
In the lead-up to Remembrance Day, Bart Ziino will be presenting the monthly lecture at the Geelong Historical Society on the topic ‘The Red Cross in Geelong during World War One’. All are welcome to attend.
HCV Annual Lecture 2024
14 November 2024, 6pm
State Library of Victoria
Drought, flooding rains and futures: environmental history in the Murray Darling Basin – Professor Katie Holmes. The cycle of drought and flooding rains provides a dramatic stage for the history of environmental change in the Murray Darling Basin. It is also the backdrop for much of the social, cultural and political history of the Basin. And it is around such histories that storytellers gather, shaping narratives that tell of nature and place, love of Country, conflict, climate, community, family history and survival, technological change, and the contentious topic of water. More details and registrations here.
‘Remaking Futures: ‘Justice, Equality and Global Flourishing’ – ADI Conference
25-26 November 2024
Deakin Burwood Corporate Centre
We are pleased to advise registrations for the ‘2024 ADI Conference – Remaking Futures: Justice, Equality and Global Flourishing’ are now open via Cvent. Thank you to everyone who has been involved in organising panels or who has submitted an abstract for an individual paper – we are excited about the breadth and depth of contributions we have lined up. All Deakin staff and students are entitled to a complete waiver of the registration fee.
CCH Research Grants
Don’t forget that CCH Research Grants are still available for ECRs and HDRs. If you have plans for research before the end of 2024, get your application in now! Funds are limited.
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.
The University’s Research Development Academy is also running grant writing and grant managing workshops. You can find details and registration details here.
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
Journalism History – 2024-25 Essay Competition Call
The Journalism History journal calls for scholarly essays that explore the development of journalism’s norms and practices – those subtle but significant values and beliefs that define journalism within and across national and cultural contexts.
This year’s competition seeks essays that explore the historical construction and development of the mosaic of professional norms and practices across cultural, generational, or national contexts around the globe. This exploration can be done through a significant historical event or individual within a specific national context, or it can be an examination of a norm or practice’s evolution over time or across cultural contexts in a given era.
The winning essay will receive a $100 (US) prize. Top essay(s) will be published in the Journalism History journal; runners-up will be published on the Journalism History website. See this document for more details, and entries (not including an essay) are due 15 December.
International Australian Studies Association (InASA) 2025 Biennial Conference
5-7 February 2025
This InASA conference will revolve around the theme ‘Australian Studies in the 21st Century: Human and More-Than-Human Worlds’. It aims to foster interdisciplinary and cross-cultural dialogues on Critical Indigenous Studies, history, literature, culture, creative arts, politics, media, sociology, anthropology, geography, ecology, and other disciplines that engage with human experiences and/or more-than-human worlds.
The organisers welcome proposals for individual papers, 3 member panels, or 4-5 member roundtables for plenary sessions, that engage with the conference theme from diverse disciplines, perspectives, and methodologies. We particularly encourage submissions that prioritise Indigenous voices.
More details on submission guidelines and topics of interest can be found on the website. The submission deadline has been extended to Monday 4 November 2024.
The Melbourne Colonial and Post-colonial Histories Symposium
20 March 2025
ACU Melbourne Campus
Postgraduate students researching any aspect of colonialism and post-colonial pasts are invited to apply to participate in this one-day symposium hosted by the Australian Catholic University and Victoria University. The workshop aims to provide collegial feedback on doctoral research and build scholarly networks. Student participants will pre-circulate an article manuscript or a thesis chapter. In addition to receiving feedback from the group, each student will be paired with an experienced academic who will provide detailed comments on their work in progress.
We particularly welcome research focused on Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas after 1600. Possible themes include but are not limited to:
- Colonial and other archives
- Mobilities and connected colonial histories
- The invention of race and colonial difference
- Feminist theories and methods
- Colonial law and (in)justice
- Violence in colonial projects
- Anti-colonial rebellions and the limits of colonial power
- Colonial relics: objects and material culture
- More-than-human actors
- Colonialism and popular memory
To apply, please send an expression of interest to Dianne.hall@vu.edu.au and kristie.flannery@acu.edu.au by 1 November 2024. Your expression of interest should include your name, contact information, an abstract of the chapter or article you wish to present (200 words), up to 5 key words, and a short note on your thesis progress to date (100 words). Successful applicants will be notified by 1 December 2025.
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
Five figures in Halloween costumes standing at the entrance of a picture theatre. Fred Boyle, 1953. State Library of Victoria.