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\"History<\/a>
History Week banners along Macqurie Street in Sydney.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last month has been about doing what I do, but differently.\u00a0 For the first time I have participated in the annual NSW History Week, participated in a panel discussion at a symposium and used programming to aid my historical research.<\/p>\n

History Week had many great events both for historians and for the general public.\u00a0 I attended six events in four days.\u00a0 Over the last month I have written about some of these events such as the discussion held at the Australian National Maritime Museum about sharing historic photos online and the History Walk in North Sydney.\u00a0 There are two other History Week events that I want to briefly share with you here, the History and Media Symposium and the NSW Premier\u2019s History Awards. I will finish with a quick introduction to the uses of programming in historical research.<\/p>\n

History and Media Symposium<\/h2>\n
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A great team: the organisers of the Symposium, Michelle Arrow, Tanya Evans and Clare Wright.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The History and Media Symposium was one of the highlights of History Week for me. Over two days historians and media professionals discussed the representation of history on television and film, radio, print media and social media.<\/p>\n

The event attracted producers and presenters from organisations such as ABC radio and television, SBS, Screen Australia and independent documentary producers with years of experience. I was very impressed by the media professionals who attended. I had expected that they would attend for the sessions they were presenting and then disappear, but many stayed for the entire two days.\u00a0 They demonstrated a real commitment to bringing history to the public in all forms of media.<\/p>\n

The historians who attended were all interested in sharing history with the public. There was a unity of purpose throughout the symposium which I found invigorating. Everyone was committed to sharing quality presentations about history in innovative ways.<\/p>\n

I participated in a social media panel chaired by Sunanda Creagh<\/a>, news editor for The Conversation. <\/i>The other panelists were Katrina Gulliver<\/a>, creator of the influential #twitterstorians hashtag and lecturer at University of NSW, University of Sydney PhD student, Dave Earl<\/a>, and Lisa Murray<\/a> who heads the City of Sydney history unit.\u00a0 It was encouraging to hear that several historians in the audience had changed their minds about participating in social media as a result of the panel and are now considering getting involved. I wonder if any of these people have actually taken the plunge?<\/p>\n

As a result of this Symposium historians felt encouraged to think about how they could present history differently to the public. I am pondering the possibilities of\u00a0 sharing history through audio and video.<\/p>\n

The symposium was organised by historians who have considerable experience working with the media, Dr Clare Wright, Dr Tanya Evans and Dr Michelle Arrow.\u00a0 It was a great contribution to the development of public history in Australia and we hope that another History and Media Symposium will be organised in the future.<\/p>\n

I helped the organisers develop a blog for the Symposium. Presenting the Past: A Symposium on History and the Media<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 This is a good permanent record of the proceedings. I encourage you to read these posts to get a fuller understanding of the discussions that took place.<\/p>\n

\"IMAG0514<\/a>NSW Premier\u2019s History Awards<\/h2>\n

I have been following the announcements of the winners of various literary awards through Twitter but I have never attended a literary award ceremony myself.\u00a0 The NSW Premier\u2019s History Awards are important awards for history in Australia. They were presented during History Week so I decided to attend.\u00a0 I like the fact that these awards recognise the different forms and sub-genres of history. The winners were well-deserved:<\/p>\n