New addition to ANU Press' Biography Series
The latest addition to the NCB's 'Biography Series' with ANU Press has just been published: ‘I buy this piece of ground here’: An Italian market-gardener community in Adelaide, 1920s–1970s, by…
NCB director talks biography in Peru
NCB Director Professor Melanie Nolan has been talking biography in Lima, Peru.On Wednesday 7 May she gave a talk on 'The role of biographies in history' to an interdisciplinary group, the…
National Centre of Biography News, May 2025
In the May edition of the NCB News we report on our director Melanie Nolan's talk in Lima, Peru, and share various notices for upcoming events. There are also a few suggestions for your reading and…
National Centre of Biography News, April 2025
In this edition of the NCB News we report on 'The Privilege of Traiblazing' project, celebrate Dr Peter Woodley's new book, and share notices on various events and publications.
'We are a farming class': Dubbo's hinterland, 1870-1950
The NCB wishes to congratulate ADB research editor Dr Peter Woodley whose first book, 'We are a farming class': Dubbo's hinterland, 1870-1950, has just been published with ANU Press. …
The Privilege of trailblazing
On 28 March 2025, during Women’s History Month, a one-day workshop on ‘The Privilege of Trailblazing’ was held, with support from the ANU Gender Institute. Organised by Dr Karen Fox, Professor Kim…
Dr Michelle Staff announced as 2025 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellow
On 5 March at Adelaide Writers' Week Dr Michelle Staff was announced as the recipient of the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for 2025. The fellowship will support her research for a biography of…