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News from Members and Associates

• Congratulations to Amy Nethery and the Parliamentary Research Unit who have developed their new website – you can see it here. The team have been busy in other ways, with Andrew Young, Zim Nwokora and Amy Nethery presenting the “Standards for Codes of Conduct for MPs and Parliamentary Workplaces” at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference and parallel Society of Clerks at the Table meeting last week in Sydney. These conferences are attended by delegates from the 180 parliaments across the Commonwealth.
• Amy Nethery also has a new publication in The Conversation – Dozens of refugees are still stranded in precarious situations in PNG – and support from Australia is dwindling
• Advisory Board member Bob Gartland features in a new video created to celebrate 50 years of Deakin. Check it out here.
• Huge congratulations to CCH Members who were successful in their applications for Academic Promotion – this includes Kerri Gerrard (to Senior Lecturer), Ian Warren and Bart Ziino (to Associate Professor) and Tiff Shellam (to Professor)!
• We were sad to hear of the passing of John Waiko, a prominent PNG academic, playwright, politician and the first Papua New Guinean to graduate with a PhD. He has collaborated on projects with CCH members and associates, including Jon Ritchie. There are many tributes to John including this, published on the PNG Attitude blog.

APH News

This week you can read Carolyn Holbrook’s Address at the Ballarat Reform League Charter’s 170th Anniversary on the APH site.

Events

Deep Knowledge & Practical skills: Why Choose our MA in International History & Politics? (Geneva Graduate Institute)
4 December, 5pm (Geneva Time)

Join us for an insightful webinar exploring how our International History and Politics MA gives you both the deep knowledge and the practical skills to build successful careers in international and governmental organizations, NGOs, business, and academia. Former CCH Member Bernard Keo is an Assistant Professor at the the Geneva Graduate Institute. You can find out more and register for the event here.

CCH Research Grants

If you have plans for research in 2025, you can apply for a 2025 research grant now!

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

Gale Scholar Asia Pacific, Digital Humanities Oxford Fellowship

This fellowship will support a short period of research into any topic and in any field of study, using the special collections or Centre for Digital Scholarship of the Bodleian Libraries. Fellowships may be awarded for a period of up to 3 months.

Gale Scholar Asia Pacific, Digital Humanities Oxford Fellows will be expected to present their work at a seminar or other event and can propose to develop a digital resource or other innovative output during their time at Oxford. Application deadline for the academic year 2025–2026 is 29 November 2024. More details here.

2025 OER Grant Program

Do you have ideas for innovative resources for use in teaching? Have your students had issues with accessing texts or provided suggestions for content? What support would you need to develop your ideal resource? Would it be useful to others in higher education landscape for use in their teaching?

Applications are now open for the 2025 Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant Program. As part of the Open Education 2025 Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP), the OER Grants will support staff in using and developing OER in their teaching, learning and assessment. Check out this link for more details and applications. Examples of current and past projects can be found here.

Powerhouse Research Scholars Program 2025

Powerhouse invites academic and independent researchers including those with established creative practices to apply for the 2025 Powerhouse Research Scholars Program.

The 12-month scholars program provides a supportive environment to undertake research related to the Powerhouse Collection or areas of professional museum practice such as education, curation and conservation. Scholars will have access to a range of Powerhouse resources including the Powerhouse Research Library and Archives, while collaborating with Powerhouse Staff.

The program will enable researchers to deepen specialist knowledge while providing a springboard for additional research trajectories, including funded national and international project work.

Applications close 25 November 2024, 5pm (TODAY!). Find out more and apply now via this link.

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 Winter 2024:

Application deadline: 25 November 2024 (TODAY!)
Results: 11 December 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 at: https://editing.press/bassi

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.

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

Jon Ritchie and John Waiko at Girua airport outside Popondetta, in front of a WW2 (American) Mitchell bomber at the start of the Kokoda Oral History Pilot Study.