Group of men and women having a tea party at the Mackay showgrounds, Queensland, 1906. State Library of Queensland.
Each year the National Centre of Biography, based in the School of History, 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 host ten monthly Biography Workshops in 2025. Throughout the year a wide-ranging set of speakers will discuss their biographical projects, problems, and passions. Each hour-long presentation is followed by a Q&A.
All are welcome! See the program below for the dates and topics for 2025.
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Contact
- Dr Stephen Wilks(02) 6125 2349
Upcoming Events
‘Reading biographies to overcome loneliness’: Reflections of an accidental biographer
Dr Matthew Lamb
Frank Moorhouse (1938–2022) is best known as a writer of literary fiction. All of his fiction is connected, with his many books sharing characters…
Past Events
Peter Rees: Charles Bean and Len Waters
Peter Rees
Peter Rees published his biography of Charles Bean in 2015 (Bearing Witness, Allen & Unwin, 2015), a study which, for the first time, captured…
Peter Monteath: Red Professor: The Cold War Life of Frederick Rose
Peter Monteath
Peter Monteath discusses his book Red Professor (Wakefield Press, 2015) a portrait of the life of the anthropologist, communist, and spy Fred Rose,…
Nick Brodie: Telling Big History
Nick Brodie
Nick Brodie discusses making methodological history accessible to a broad public audience – especially by using people to revise master narratives,…