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
Sheila Fitzpatrick, My Father's Daughter
Sheila Fitzpatrick
Sheila Fitzpatrick discusses her My Father’s Daughter (2010), a memoir of her father, the radical historian Brian Fitzpatrick, and her own childhood…
Estelle BlackBurn, Eric Cooke
Estelle Blackburn
Estelle Blackburn speaks about her experiences of writing the biography Broken Lives: the complete life and crimes of serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke…
Sophie Scott-Brown, Life Writing
Sophie Scott-Brown
The Workshop, led by Sophie Scott-Brown, aims to start some conversations on a range of contemporary issues significant to both life-writing and more…