Australian Society for the Study of Labour History in partnership with the School of History, The Australian National University

1.00-1.10:

Frank Bongiorno - Welcome: Why does the centenary of the conscription crisis matter?

1.10-3.00:                       

Chair: Anthony McLaughlin
Humphrey McQueen - Conscription - Class and Nation
Robin Archer - Why Was There a Conscription Referendum?
Scott Stephenson - Opposition through Oligarchy: The AWU and the 1916 Conscription Plebiscite
Maggie Shapley - Conscription: Where are the Archives?

3.00-3.30:

Afternoon tea Professor Joan Beaumont to launch: The Conscription Conflict and the Great War, edited by Robin Archer, Joy Damousi, Murray Goot and Sean Scalmer (Book will be available for special price of $30)

3.30-5.30:                     

Chair: Chris Monnox
Frank Cain - Saucing-up the Anti-Conscription Protests  by the Industrial Workers of the World and the Official Reactions
Melanie Nolan - Fighting Militarism and Conscription in New Zealand 1908-1918: So Very Different From Australia?
Bill Thompson - The Sequel
David Stephens - Honest History and Conscription: Lateral Thinking in a Linear Commemorative World

Free event and no RSVP required

The event will be followed by a dinner at Spicy Ginger Café, 25 Childers Street, Canberra. BYO wine only.  If you wish to attend the dinner, please email: billthompson@tpg.com.au

For all other queries, please email frank.bongiorno@anu.edu.au