

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2022
Members of the History Council of NSW are invited to join us for the 2022 Annual General Meeting which includes Council elections.

Careers in History Ep. 2 – Digital Public Histories, Archives and Media
For many students and early career professionals interested in history, finding employment opportunities beyond their tertiary studies can be both challenging and daunting. Join the History Council of NSW with Session Chair Dr Matt Allen for an informal session featuring a diverse range of guest speakers working in the history sector.

Premiere – Statue Wars: Protests, Public Histories and Problematic Plinths. So, where are we now?
In this webinar, we launched a brand-new special issue of Public History Review which is devoted to the Statue Wars and based upon a two-part seminar series hosted by the History Council of NSW shortly after the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.
Job vacancy: Project Officer, First Nations Histories
HCNSW Job – Project Officer, First Nations Histories. The position is for 16 hrs a week until March 2023, with a possibility of extension. Applications close 6 September 2022.

Careers in History Ep. 1 – Heritage, Museums and Archaeology
For many students and early career professionals interested in history, finding employment opportunities beyond their tertiary studies can be both challenging and daunting. Join the History Council of NSW with Session Chair Dr Kiera Lindsey for an informal session featuring a diverse range of guest speakers working in the history sector.

So, where are we now? Statue Wars: Protests, Public Histories and Problematic Plinths
In this seminar, we will launch a brand-new special issue of Public History Review which is devoted to the Statue Wars and based upon a two-part seminar series hosted by the History Council of NSW shortly after the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.

Submission – HCA submission to Tune Review of National Archives of Australia
The HCNSW, along with the History Councils of Australia, has made a submission to the Attorney-General’s Dept about the Tune Review

Online | Domestic Defensive Architecture in Early Colonial NSW with Dr Stephen Gapps | 15 April 2021
In this conversational talk, Dr Stephen Gapps asks us to revisit some of our well-known historic houses and to rethink the way we look at the context of their construction. This is a joint Historic Houses Association and History Council NSW online event.

Notice of the Annual General Meeting 2021
Members of the History Council of NSW are invited to join us for the 2021 Annual General Meeting which includes Council elections.

Histories of Mayhem & Margins | PHA winners at the Sydney Writers Festival | 27 April 2021
Winners of the 2020 NSW Premier’s History Awards, Noëlle Janaczewska, Dr James Dunk, Professor Kate Fullagar, Callum Clayton-Dixon and Pierre-Jacques Ober gather to reveal their inspirations, the impact they hope their work will have, and the role that margins and mayhem play in their writing.