The annual gathering of historians in Australia is big. This year there were nearly 300 papers delivered in concurrent sessions. Yesterday I blogged about the keynotes and plenary panels. Today I will have a look at the masses of papers delivered by over three hundred historians. Before you recoil in horror at the prospect of a very lengthy post, I assure you that I will be … [Read more...] about Topics that Interest Historians in Australia
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The Big Sessions at the 2017 Australian Historical Association Conference
If you want to know what history excites historians living in Australia and the latest historical research, you should follow the annual Australian Historical Association conference held each July. This year's record conference Twitter stream together with the conference program and abstracts gives us a peek into the vibrant conference held recently at the University of … [Read more...] about The Big Sessions at the 2017 Australian Historical Association Conference
Debut Author Chat: Jayne Persian and the Beautiful Balts
Today I am delighted to publish a post written by Jayne Persian, lecturer in history at the University of Southern Queensland, and author of Beautiful Balts: From displaced persons to new Australians. Her book was published this month by Small Publisher of the Year, NewSouth Books. This post is part of my 'Debut Author Chat' series where authors who have recently published … [Read more...] about Debut Author Chat: Jayne Persian and the Beautiful Balts
‘Thank you to my wife’ – unpaid work by women
Research and writing involves a lot of repetitive time-consuming tasks such as typing, editing, transcribing and formatting data. All the public hears about is the amazing discovery. The bulk of the work is essential but it can be rather monotonous and certainly not news-worthy. Over the last few of days #ThanksForTyping has emerged on Twitter to recognise the wives of … [Read more...] about ‘Thank you to my wife’ – unpaid work by women
It’s About Time
In my last post I wrote about Sue Castrique’s conception of history as drama and how it helped me with how I tackle the writing of my book. I am writing about how Australian soldiers reconciled their experience of World War I with their beliefs, whether they be agnostic, adherents to one of the large Christian denominations or held more unorthodox beliefs for the time. Over the … [Read more...] about It’s About Time