Hashtags, Heroines, and Histories: Popular Culture in History
Macquarie University’s Department of Modern History, Centre for Media History and Centre of Applied History present a symposium on pop culture in research.
Pop! goes the beach: Women’s Popular Culture on Newcastle’s Beaches
Join Dr Nancy Cushing as she reveals what went on at Ladies’ Bathing Places and why women so valued their time at the beach in the late nineteenth century.
History Week: Annual History Lecture 2017
Our Annual History Lecture 2017, ‘The Popular is Political: struggles over national culture in 1970s Australia’, will be delivered by Michelle Arrow.
Finding the ‘Perfect Blend’ in an Undervalued Genre
At Margaret Martin Library, Dr Liz Giuffre and Dr Sarah Attfield will examine television soap opera Neighbours as a piece of Australian media history.