Jeweller's workshop, by Robert L'Estrange. Source: Queensland University of Technology.
Each year the National Centre of Biography hosts the Biography Workshop series. This series was established in response to requests by practitioners, students, and readers of biography for a forum to discuss a range of methodological issues relating to biography.
The NCB will once again host ten monthly Biography Workshops in 2026. Throughout the year an exciting lineup of speakers will explore their biographical puzzles, projects and problems. Each event will take place on the last Thursday of the month from 11am-12pm and will include a presentation as well as time for discussion and Q&A.
All are welcome! You can view the 2026 program below.
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Contact
- Dr Michelle Staff
Upcoming Events
Queering Auto/Biography: The Many Lives of Alison Clark
Atul Joshi
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Past Events
'My study is an archive of my mind': The making of Greg Dening
Dr Michael Davis
Pacific historian and anthropologist Professor Greg Dening (1931-2008) was a man of many silences. Trawling through the large Dening archive in…
Relationality, Movement and Transnationality in Biographies across PNG and Australia: Stories through Nahau and Wesley Rooney
Dr Nayahamui Rooney
It seems straightforward: for years now, I’ve been saying that I’m working on Papua New Guinean politician Nahau Rooney’s biography. But really, I’ve…
Enchantment and Apocalypse: The Lives and Art of Twin Prodigies, Edward Julius and Charles Maurice Detmold
Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki
The twin artists Charles Maurice (1883–1908) and Edward Julius (1883–1957) Detmold have been described as ‘two of the most extraordinary figures in…