Announcements
The latest news from across the history community including call outs, awards and prizes,
grants, projects and more.
HCNSW Submission about Higher Education Support Amendment
The HCNSW, along with other History Councils, has made a submission to DESA about the Higher Education Support amendment.
HC Event – Transformational Histories | 21 July 2020
The winners of the 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards – Lyndall Ryan, Alison Lloyd and Christina Thompson will gather online to reveal how and why they wrote their transformational histories.
History Now – Statue Wars: Vandalism or Vindication and what to do with the empty plinth? | 20 July 2020
Please join us & the UTS Australian Centre for Public History for another episode of our joint mini-series for ‘History Now’! Chaired by Dr Kiera Lindsey (UTS, HCNSW Councillor).
The History Effect Online Series – Careers in History, Ep 2
The Careers in History series presents talks from historians, museum curators, researchers and other history professionals about career experiences.
A Humanities education: what’s the point?
The HCNSW, along with other History Councils, is supporting the recent HCV statement: A Humanities education: what’s the point?
The History Effect Online Series – Captain Cook & the Frontier Wars
This online seminar responds to the 250th anniversary of the visit of Lieut James Cook to the east coast of Australia and explores how Indigenous Australians are responding to this anniversary.
The History Effect Online Series – Careers in History
The Careers in History series presents talks from historians, museum curators, researchers and other history professionals about career experiences.
Speaker Connect | Invisibilising the Orphans | Jo Henwood @ Bathurst Library | 16 June 2020
Please join valued HCNSW member Bathurst Library & HCNSW Speaker Jo Henwood in a presentation on ‘Invisibilising the Orphans’ on Tuesday, 16th June at 6 pm – 7:30 pm!
The History Effect Online Series – Spanish Flu
Histories of the Spanish Flu in Australia. Join Historians Nancy Cushing, Lisa Murray, Peter Hobbins, Kate Ariotti and Laila Ellmoos – Online.
The History Effect Online Series – Uluru Statement from the Heart
The Uluru Statement from the Heart: why and how truth-telling about our history matters. Join Professors Megan Davis & Heidi Norman in conversation online.