Announcements
The latest news from across the history community including call outs, awards and prizes,
grants, projects and more.
Nominations now open for 2018 NSW Library Council Honours
The State Library of NSW is calling for nominations for the 2018 Library Council Honours. Nominations close 5pm, Friday 3 August 2018.
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History Lab Ep 2: Damages for a broken heart
Episode two of the brand new history podcast ‘History Lab’ is out now! In this episode, host Tamson Pietsch sifts through historical remains on a quest to understand the history of love.
read moreFairfield City Museum & Gallery AiR (Artist in Residence) Program 2019
Fairfield City Museum and Gallery is currently inviting artists to submit expressions of interest for our 2019 Fairfield Artist in Residence (AiR) program. Applications close: Midnight, Sunday 17 June 2018.
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Workshop: Racism, Violence and Empire
The Centre for the History of Violence at the University of Newcastle, Australia will be holding a one day workshop for beginning historians and early career researchers on Thursday 2 August. Submissions close 30 June.
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New Executive Officer at History Council of NSW
We’re pleased to announce the appointment of our new Executive Officer, Catherine Shirley, and would like to thank Nicole Cama for her dedicated work and service over the past two and half years.
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Immersive Histories, Sydney Writers’ Festival (Summary notes)
The History Council of NSW has created summary notes from our ‘Immersive Histories’ panel session held at the 2018 Sydney Writers’ Festival last Thursday 3 May.
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Oral History NSW – Excellence in Community History Award
Oral History NSW has announced a new award for 2018 for ‘Excellence in Community History’. Applications close Sat 30 June.
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GLAMcity 2018: The Year That Everything Changed 2001
On this season’s final episode of GLAMcity, Tamson Peitsch and Anna Clark were joined by Phillipa McGuiness, author of The Year That Changed Everything 2001.
read moreCall for Papers: Global War, Global Connections, Global Moments
The call for papers is now open for the 2018 conference ‘Global War, Global Connections, Global Moments’ which will take place from 16–18 July 2018.
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The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the early colony, 1788-1817
Stephen Gapps’ new book The Sydney Wars is out now! Published in May 2018, Gapps charts the history of military engagements between Europeans and Aboriginal Australians around the greater Sydney region.
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