Professional Historians Australia 2021 Conference
As a result of the situation associated with COVID-19, Professional Historians Australia, in consultation with PHA (Qld) Conference Planning Committee, postponed the PHA 2020 conference. The committee is now hoping to hold the conference in September 2021.
We will keep members informed of any decisions, and wish to thank everyone who offered to present papers (who have been contacted individually), as well as the conference planning committee for their work to date.
PHA (NSW & ACT)
History Matters: Women’s History
Wednesday 3 March 2021, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Online via Zoom
State Library of NSW
Women’s history has burst into the public domain over recent months. Several feature films focused on women’s battle for equality in the 1960s and 1970s, a new statue dedicated to women’s rights campaigner Mary Wollstonecraft sparked intense international public debate, and the Australian project Invisible Farmer connected us to the experiences of women on the land. Two speakers involved with projects on the history of women’s work will discuss the process of engaging with the public to gather women’s true stories.
Speakers:
Martha Ansara is a veteran filmmaker, and consulting producer/archival researcher on Women of Steel, which follows the group of women who fought for the right to work in Wollongong’s steel industry. She is the author of The Shadowcatchers: A History of Cinematography in Australia (2012), and collaborated with the Aboriginal protesters on the sacred site of the Waugal at Perth’s Swan Brewery on the documentary and book Always Was Always Will Be (1989).
Sophie Couchman is an independent professional historian and curator who works closely with communities to tell their stories, and was a curator on the Invisible Farmer Project (2019). Previously a curator at the Chinese Museum in Melbourne, Sophie has worked on a range of projects including the British Migrants: Instant Australians exhibition (2018), Shooting the Past podcast (2018), Chinese Australian Hometown Heritage Tours (2017-2019), and the Makassar-Yirrkala: Creative Collaboration (2019).
Chair:
Jeannine Baker is a historian who researches women’s work in the media industries. She is the author of Australian Women War Reporters: Boer War to Vietnam (2015) and co-curator of the website ‘100 Voices that Made the BBC: Pioneering Women’.
Click here to register for this free online event.
Presented by Professional Historians Association (NSW & ACT) and Oral History NSW.
PHA (Vic & Tas)
Cultural Walks
Sunday 21 February, 10:45am-2pm
Choose from two guided cultural walks in Melbourne or Bendigo on Sunday 21 February to meet with your PHA (Vic & Tas) colleagues in person.
Fitzroy (Melbourne): First Nations history walking tour led by Wurundjeri Elder, Uncle Colin Hunter Jnr. Walking tour followed with coffee at one of Fitzroy’s famous cafes.
Book now:
https://phavic.wildapricot.org/event-4165245
Bendigo: Research Officer Leigh McKinnon wil give members a personalised guided tour of the Golden Dragon Museum followed by a BYO lunch in the Chinese Gardens.
Book now:
https://phavic.wildapricot.org/event-4162239
Sharpen up your grant application
Sunday 28 February, 2pm-4pm
Jonathan O’Donnell (@researchwhisper) has designed an exclusive grant writing workshop for PHA (Vic & Tas) members with the Victorian Local History Grants Program in mind.
This practical skills workshop will help applicants improve that vital first impression, sharpen up ideas and make your application competitive. It will be helpful for anyone who is writing a grant application this year.
Members only online workshop book via https://phavic.wildapricot.org/event-4154991
For more upcoming events from PHA (Vic & Tas), click here.