Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter. If you have things you’d like to share with the CCH community, please email Anna before the next fortnightly newsletter. We will also share news and updates on LinkedIn. Please do tag us in the news that you are posting on Linkedin so we can share it!

News from Members and Associates

Congratulations to Scott McCarthy, who has a new article in the Journal of Australian Studies – The Catholic Elite and the Issue of Loyalty During the Great War in Australia.

Scott’s article appears in a special issue of the Journal of Australian Studies -Insiders and Outsiders, Winners and Losers: Close-Ups of the Struggle for Power and Status in Australia, edited by Sybil Nolan and Chris Wallace. Sybil has also has an article – Robert Menzies’s Mallee: The Region as a Frame of Elite Struggle has an article in the issue, as does Matthew Ricketson – Rupert Murdoch: Elite Outsider.

Congratulations to Luke James who has a new article in the International Journal of Heritage Studies – The fear of losing national and institutional face: exploring Australia’s resistance to World Heritage In Danger listing

We are really excited to see that a new book, edited by Brad Underhill, Helen Gardner and Gima Keimelo is being published this week. Debating the Nation: Speeches from the House of Assembly, 1972-1975 has been supported by the DFAT, the DVCRI and the CCH. Helen and Brad will be talking about the book in a CCH Seminar on the 30th July. The book will be officially launched at an event at the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby in August.

Kaus Neumann has two new publications – “Australien.” In Report Globale Flucht 2025, eds. Jochen Oltmer, Marcel Berlinghoff, Franck Düvell, Benjamin Etzold, Christine Lang and Andreas Pott, 234-244. Frankfurt/Main: Fischer Taschenbuch (2025) and Quincentenary of a revolution in Inside Story.

Seminar Series

Our Trimester 2 Seminar Series kicks off on the 9th July with Geoff Robinson –Liberal politics and liberal history: David Kemp’s histories of Australian liberalism. David Lowe will be the following week (16th July) with a seminar about his new book – The Colombo Plan – Development Internationalism in Cold War Asia..

Call for Papers

2025 Labour History Conference
The Spirit of 1975: Transformations in Australian Labour History

In 2025, the Melbourne Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH) will host the Society’s 19th Biennial Conference. The venue is the beautifully renovated Trades Hall Council building.
The conference will be held from 26 to 28 November 2025 and commemorates the 50th anniversary of the International Women’s Year, the dismissal of the Whitlam Government, and the end of the American War in Vietnam.

The Spirit of 1975: Transformations in Australian Labour History invites historians and activists to take up this theme, as well as addressing wider issues and developments epitomised by that year. We welcome a wide range of papers considering the significance of the events of the 1970s in politics, protests, ideas, and cultural and social movements in Australia and abroad.For abstract submissions and panel proposals, go to this link. Abstracts are due by 1 August 2025.
Hosted by the Victorian Trades Hall, The Spirit of 1975: Transformations in Australian Labour History is held under the general auspices of the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Events

Q-Lit Festival
24 June, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Library at the Dock

Unpacking queer culture through the lens of academics. Bringing together leading researchers exploring queer culture, history, and literature. Relax into the evening as academics share insights into LGBTQIA+ storytelling, activism, and identity. Whether you’re a scholar or a curious mind, this night offers a thought-provoking deep dive into the research shaping our understanding of queer experiences. Hosted by Paul Venzo, and featuring Carolyn D’Cruz, Tom Sandercock, Bron Bateman, Clare O’Hanlon, and Hans Kek. More information and tickets can be found here.

HCV Book+Author Event – Dhoombak Goobgoowana
26 June, 6pm
Bard’s Apothecary

Ross Jones will be in conversation with Yves Rees to discuss his new book (co-authored with James Waghorne and Marcia Langton) Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne Volume 1: Truth. The book acknowledges and publicly addresses the long, complex and troubled relationship between the Indigenous people of Australia and the University of Melbourne. It is a book about race and how it has been constructed by academics in the University. It is also about power and how academics have wielded it and justified its use against Indigenous populations, and about knowledge, especially the Indigenous knowledge that silently contributed to many early research projects and collection endeavours. Booking details are here.

CCH/APH Policy Brief Workshop for PhD/ECRs
13 August 2025
Deakin Downtown
Are you a PhD candidate or ECR interested in learning how to write a policy brief? Join us at Deakin Downtown for a whole-day workshop to learn the ropes of policy writing and translate your expert knowledge into advice for policymakers.

The workshop will include an overview and examples of what a policy brief should entail, scenarios based on your area of research, free-writing a plan/draft a policy brief, feedback from peers and CCH mentors, and a reflective session for questions and concerns. Dr Sarah Pinto and A/Prof Carolyn Holbrook will offer advice from their experience teaching and writing policy briefs, and participants will be invited to submit their policy briefs for publication in Australian Policy and History. 

If you are interested in joining the workshop, please RSVP to mia.martinhobbs@deakin.edu.au by 15 July with the following information:

• Main research project
• Suggestions of potential policy issues related to your research
• Any dietary requirements

CCH Research Grants and other opportunities

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

It is important that you read the guidelines before you apply for a grant. Check out the guidelines and the application forms in our hub site.

Keep an eye out for Researcher Development Academy workshops available over coming months. For full details of workshops ranging from recruiting graduate researchers to impact to grant writing support and running mostly just 1-2 hours in length, see this RDA page.

There are also research training opportunities available through Deakin eResearch for high-performance computing, MS Excel, programming, data management, cleaning, visualisation, exploration and more. More details are 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

2026 National Library Scholarship

PhD candidates are encouraged to apply for 8 philanthropically funded scholarships offered by the National Library in 2026 to further their postgraduate research. The amount of financial assistance has increased this year, with successful applicants each receiving $10,000. Applications close on 30 June 2025. You can find out more here.

Journal of Pacific History Publication Incentive Grant

The Journal of Pacific History Inc. invites qualified persons to apply for a Publication Incentive grant. These competitive grants are offered to help support early career Pacific historians to prepare manuscripts for submission to the Journal of Pacific History for peer review. Anyone who has completed a PhD or MA since 2019 in a field relevant to Pacific history, or who is currently enrolled for a doctorate in such a field, can apply for a grant of $3,000 to prepare a manuscript for submission to peer review. Applications are due by the 30 September 2025, and more details and instructions are available in this link.

The Pacific History Association Teresia Teaiwa Prize 2025

The Pacific History Association (PHA) established the Teresia Teaiwa Prize in 2018 to honour the profound legacy of Teresia Teaiwa, former President and Secretary of PHA. The inaugural prize was awarded at the PHA’s 2021 conference. The 2025 winner will be decided and announced at the PHA’s biennial conference to be held on 2-5 December 2025 at the National University of Samoa. The prize is for a conference presentation. Finalists will be shortlisted on the basis of an essay submitted prior to the conference. The 2025 winner will receive a prize of $1000. You can find further information and eligibility requirements here.

Gunson Essay Prize

A prize of AUD $1,000 will be awarded at the 2025 Pacific History Association Conference, for the winner of the Gunson Essay Prize Competition. Postgraduate or senior students from any country are invited to submit an essay in English between 5,000 and 8,000 words on any topic relating to the pasts of the Island Pacific and its peoples by 1 November 2025. For further details and eligibility requirements see this link.

Member of Finance Subcommittee (Voluntary), Australian Queer Archives

The Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) has a vacancy on our finance subcommittee due to the retirement of one member. AQuA collects, preserves and celebrates material from the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex, queer, Brotherboy and Sistergirl (LGBTIQA+) Australians. More details 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