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A Lighter Look at #OzHA2018

08/07/2018 by Yvonne Perkins 3 Comments

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I have reported a number of keynote presentations from the annual conference of the Australian Historical Association this week, but my representation of the conference would be lacking if I did not report the humour that popped up throughout the five days in Canberra. The conference theme, ‘The Scales of HIstory’, lent itself to some light-hearted quips. Of course there were … [Read more...] about A Lighter Look at #OzHA2018

Behind the Scenes at #OzHA2018

07/07/2018 by Yvonne Perkins 5 Comments

This week I have given you some snippets from the fabulous program at this year’s Australian Historical Association conference, known on Twitter as #OzHA2018. But while it is important, it is not just the program that makes a conference enjoyable. There are two other factors in a successful conference – the manner in which it is organised and administered, and the attitude and … [Read more...] about Behind the Scenes at #OzHA2018

Blogging the 2016 Australian Historical Association Conference

17/07/2016 by Yvonne Perkins 2 Comments

Social media has transformed conferences. No longer are conferences a private experience which might be shared months or years later when some papers are published. Live reporting of conferences on Twitter has gone a long way to enlarging the audience of a conference to interested people around the world. Where conference attendees are particularly engaged on Twitter the … [Read more...] about Blogging the 2016 Australian Historical Association Conference

Top Retweets from 2015 Australian Historical Association Conference

12/08/2015 by Yvonne Perkins 2 Comments

Retweeting amplifies tweets. One tweet is ephemeral. It can easily be lost in the deluge of tweets that are emitted at the same time. Retweeting is one way that tweeps catch tweets that appeal to them and increase the volume on those tweets. The tweet is sent again but to a slightly different audience and at a different time. A tweet that is retweeted many times has something … [Read more...] about Top Retweets from 2015 Australian Historical Association Conference

Twitter Themes During 2015 Australian Historical Association Conference

10/08/2015 by Yvonne Perkins 1 Comment

During the four days of open sessions at the conference, participants tweeted over forty thousand words excluding hashtags and Twitter handles. This year’s conference had the biggest Twitter stream of any Australian Historical Association conference since 2012 and as my last post showed, more people tweeted the conference than ever before. A conference Twitter stream is a news … [Read more...] about Twitter Themes During 2015 Australian Historical Association Conference

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Yvonne Perkins is a professional historian and launched Stumbling Through the Past in August 2010. Focusing on history, and Australian history in particular, posts include interviews, book reviews, news reports on conferences and reflective pieces.

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