ACPHA's What's On page

Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations Inc

What's On in History
Australia and the Pacific Region

Prepared by Cathy Dunn and Christine de Matos

JUNE/JULY 2008

'What's On in History' is a calendar of history events in Australia and the Pacific region, updated every two months. To contribute to this page e-mail details to Christine de Matos or Cathy Dunn before 20th of each month. We especially would love to hear about events outside of the NSW region. Please note that this page is under continuous development and events in additional regions will be added as they come to hand.

Exhibitions

New South Wales

‘Summers Past: Golden Days in the Sun 1950-1970’. Until 20 June 2008. Venue: Australian National Maritime Museum.

‘Convict hulks: Life on the prison ships’. Until 26 July 2008. Venue: Hyde Park Barracks Museum.

‘Dockside: Sydney's working harbour, 1840-1875’. Until 10 August 2008. Venue: Picture Gallery, State Library NSW.

‘Citizen soldiers: The New South Wales Volunteer Rifles, 1854–85’. Until October 2009. Venue: Hyde Park Barracks Museum.

‘Sydney's pubs: liquor, larrikins & the law’. Until 2 November 2008. Venue: Justice and Police Museum.

Events June

New South Wales

7 Walking tour. 'Sydney Architecture Walks: Utzon'. HHT. Meeting venue: Museum of Sydney Time: 10.30am-12.30pm Cost: $25, mem/conc $20 Bookings essential: ph: (02) 8239 2211. Full pgm at www.sydneyarchitecture.org

10 Tour. ‘Tour of the Powerhouse Discovery Centre – Collection Stores at Castle Hill’. SAG. Enquiries/Bookings essential: web: http://www.sag.org.au/downloads/2008activities2ndqtr.pdf

11 Walking tour. 'Sydney Architecture Walks'. HHT. Meeting venue: Museum of Sydney Time: 10.30am-12.30pm Cost: $25, mem/conc $20 Bookings essential: ph: (02) 8239 2211. Full pgm at www.sydneyarchitecture.org

15 Talk. ‘Paradise, Purgatory, Hell Hole: the Saunders quarrymen and Sydney's golden sandstone’, with Bob Irving. RAHS. Venue: Reception Rooms, History House Time: 12n- 4.30pm Cost: $27, mems $23 Bookings essential: ph: (02) 9247 8001; email: history@rahs.org.au

17 Lecture. ‘The Golden Years of the Magnificent Flying Boats’, with Warwick Abadee. RAHS. Venue: History House Time: 5.30 for 6pm Cost: $7 Bookings essential: ph: (02) 9247 8001; email: history@rahs.org.au

20-21 Fair. ‘Shoalhaven Family, Local & Cultural History Fair’. School of Arts Berry St Nowra. Enquiries: web: http:// www.shoalhaven.net.au/historyfair/.

21 Workshop. ‘Digital Recording Equipment - a hands-on experience’. Venue: Coles Room and the Sumitomo Room, State Library of NSW Time: 10am-1pm Cost: $40, OHAA mems $30 Bookings essential: Rosemary Block (02) 9273 1697.

24 + 1 & ‘8 July Lecture Series. ‘Origins, arrivals and writing about them: a course on writing and recording family history’. WEA and RAHS. Venue: Auditorium, History House Time: 12.30-2.30pm Cost: $60.00 for all 3 Bookings essential: WEA ph: (02) 9264 2781.

Victoria

3 Lecture. ‘From Charles La Trobe to Charles Gavan Duffy - selectors, squatters and Aborigines’. RHSV. Venue: 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne (entry via William Street) Time: 6 for 6.30pm Cost: $20 Bookings essential: ph: (03) 9326 9288; email: office@historyvictoria.org.au

6-9 Conference. ‘New Worlds, New Sovereignties Conference’, Melbourne. Enquiries: web: www.newsovereignties.org.

For more events see the PHA (Vic) events page at: www.phavic.org.au/news.htm

Overseas

8-11 Conference. ‘The Inclusive Museum’, Leiden, The Netherlands. Enquiries: web: http://www.Museum-Conference.com

Events July

New South Wales

2 Walking tour. 'Sydney Architecture Walks'. HHT. Meeting venue: Museum of Sydney Time: 10.30am-12.30pm Cost: $25, mem/conc $20 Bookings essential: ph: (02) 8239 2211. Full pgm at www.sydneyarchitecture.org

2 Lecture. ‘The Development of the Royal Flying Doctor’. With Doug Roser. RAHS. Venue: History House Auditorium Time: 1pm Cost: $7, mems $5 Bookings essential: ph: (02) 9247 8001; email: history@rahs.org.au

2 Tour. ‘National Archives Research Day at Chester Hill’. SAG. Meeting venue: Richmond Villa Time: 8.30am-4pm Cost: $45, mems $40 Bookings essential: web: http://www.sag.org.au/downloads/2008activities2ndqtr.pdf

5 Walking tour. 'Sydney Architecture Walks: Utzon'. HHT. Meeting venue: Museum of Sydney Time: 10.30am-12.30pm Cost: $25, mem/conc $20 Bookings essential: ph: (02) 8239 2211. Full pgm at www.sydneyarchitecture.org

24-25 Conference. ‘Literature and History: The Second Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Literature’. Macquarie University, North Ryde. Enquiries: web: http://www.aal.asn.au/conference/2008/index.html.

Victoria

1-3 Conference. ‘Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 17th biennial conference: Is this the Asian Century?’, Sebel Albert Park Hotel, Melbourne. Enquiries: web: http://www.conferenceworks.net.au/asaa/.

7-10 Conference. 'Locating History: Australian Historical Association Biennial Conference’, 7-University of Melbourne. Enquiries: email: aha-info@unimelb.edu.au

For more events see the PHA (Vic) events page at: www.phavic.org.au/news.htm

Overseas

15-18 Conference. ‘The Sixth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities’, Istanbul, Turkey. Enquiries: web: http://www.HumanitiesConference.com

Upcoming Conferences

‘Minority reports - Indigenous and community voices in Archives. International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (ICHORA4)’, 3-5 August 2008, University of Western Australia. Enquiries: email: ichora4@ecu.edu.au; web: http://www.archivists.org.au/ichora/ICHORA4/index.html

‘Recovering Lives’. 6-8 August 2008, Old Canberra House, Australian National University & Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia. Enquiries: web: http://rsh.anu.edu.au/events/2008/recoveringlives/index.php

‘Archives - discovery and exploration. The Australian Society of Archivists annual conference’, 7-9 August 2008, Perth. Enquiries: email: asaconference@emailme.com.au; web: http://www.archivists.org.au/2008-conference-perth.

‘Race, Nation, History: A Conference in Honour of Henry Reynolds’, 29-30 August 2008, National Library of Australia, Canberra. Enquiries: web: http://rsh.anu.edu.au/events/2008/racenationhistory/index.php

‘Collective Biography Conference’, 8-10 September 2008, ANU, Canberra. Enquiries: web: http://rsh.anu.edu.au/events/2008/collectivebiography/index.php.

‘Revisiting the Massacre in History: An Interdisciplinary Workshop’, 25-26 September, 2008, University of Newcastle, NSW. Enquiries: Dr Philip Dwyer, email: Philip.Dwyer@newcastle.edu.au or Prof. Lyndall Ryan, email: Lyndall.Ryan@newcastl.edu.au.

'Let's Talk About Sex: Histories of Sexuality in Australia and New Zealand', 2-3 October 2008, Macquarie University. Enquiries: Lisa Featherstone, email: Lisa.Featherstone@humn.mq.edu.au or Rebecca Jennings, email: Rebecca.Jennings@humn.mq.edu.au

‘The Centenary Conference of Rugby League in Australia’, 7-8 November 2008, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Enquiries: Andrew Moore, email: A.Moore@uws.edu.au

‘Work, Work Work!: Work and the History of Education’, 8-11 December 2008, University of Sydney. Enquiries: web: http://www-faculty.edfac.usyd.edu.au/projects/anzhes/work/.

Call for Papers

‘Identity and its Discontents’, 26-28 November 2008, University of Melbourne. Abstracts of 300 words and bio of. 50 words due by 30 June 2008. Enquiries: email: identityanditsdiscontents@gmail.com

‘Re-Orienting Whiteness’, 3-5 December 2008, Melbourne. Abstracts of 200 words plus half-page CV due by 29 August 2008. Enquiries: email: reorientingwhiteness@gmail.com.

‘2008 Digital Humanities/ Computer Science Colloquium (DHCS)’, 1-3 November 2008, University of Chicago. Paper submission deadline is 31 August 2008. Enquiries: web: http://dhcs.uchicago.edu.