Book Launch: 'True Biographies of Nations?'
Book launch
Please join the NCB as it launches the latest ANU.Lives book ‘True Biographies of Nations?’: The Cultural Journeys of Dictionaries of National Biography, edited by Karen Fox. The book brings together practitioners from around the English‑speaking world to reflect on national biographical…
Peter FitzSimons: On Biography
Workshop
With an ear for story and talent for a good yarn FitzSimons’ particular brand brings stories to life so that we are not merely sitting around the campfire listening to a tale but are in the trenches feeling the fear, deadly bullets so close as to sound like fast moving mosquito. What did they do…
Rhys Williams – From Carlyle to Plekhanov: The Role of the Individual in History
Workshop
The role of the individual in history has always been a concern for historians and biographers. Do individuals shape events or do events shape individuals? This workshop examines this old problem through the ideas of Thomas Carlyle and Georgi Plekhanov, the two historians who probably have most…
Hans Renders: Old Lives, New Questions
Workshop
This workshop is about traditions and current questions in the world of biography. An assessment of the art of Life Writing in England and the United States, reveals that there has been a shift in the market for biography. There are a several reasons for this. I will provide a few options to…
Re-Framing Indigenous Biography
Conference
The National Centre of Biography, in collaboration with our ARC Project 'An Indigenous Australian Dictionary of Biography', is hosting a conference on Indigenous biography. The aim of our conference is to explore and re-think Indigenous biography, considering what aspects make it distinct, what…
Sophie Jensen: Azaria Chamberlain. 68 days. 591 objects
Workshop
Azaria Chamberlain lived only 68 days. However short her life, it was her death on 17 August 1980 that left an indelible mark on Australian culture and society. This history is represented in collections held by the National Museum of Australia.The Museum holds 369 objects donated by or purchased…
Lives and/as Performance
Workshop
‘All the world’s a stage. And all the men and women merely players’Jacques, As You Like It, Act II, Sc. VII (William Shakespeare) Metaphors of life as a ‘stage’, people as ‘players’ assuming social ‘roles’ have long roots, but what are their implications for understanding individuals or social…