School of History Seminar Series: Crossing the Tasman
Seminar
Social Policy Debates in Australia and New Zealand in the 1960s and 1970s Many accounts have considered the unique ‘Wage Earners Welfare State” model that developed in Australia and New Zealand from the liberal ascendency at the beginning of the 20th century. What came afterwards? The…
School of History and School of Archaeology and Anthropology joint seminar: Reflections on Prince Rupert’s Dog
Seminar
Witchcraft and Propaganda during the English Civil War This paper explores the collection of fantastical stories which swirled around the figure of the Royalist commander Prince Rupert of the Rhine during the English Civil War of 1642-46. It investigates the tangled origins of the claim…
School of History Seminar Series: Afterburn, in the Tiger's Jaws
Seminar
Film screening and discussion On Black Saturday, the 7th of February 2009, the most lethal firestorm in Australia’s history tore through 78 Victorian communities, killing 173 people. The people of Steels Creek in the Yarra Valley lost ten friends and two-thirds of their homes. It was a…
School of History Seminar Series: Getting the Real Stuff in from the Paddocks
Seminar
A life of artist Rosalie Gascoigne New Zealand-born Australian artist Rosalie Gascoigne (née Walker), (1917-1999), first exhibited her art in 1974 at the age of 57 and rapidly achieved critical acclaim for her assemblages made with weathered discards she collected from Monaro paddocks,…
School of History Seminar Series: The Expedition as a Cultural Form
Seminar
On the structure of exploratory journeys as revealed by the Australian explorations of Ludwig Leichhardt Much has been written about the practice of exploration and its impact, but little is said about expeditions as cultural formations. In this re-examination of Ludwig Leichhardt, I read the…
Art, War and Truth, 13-14 February 2014
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Contact: Convenors Margaret Hutchison (margaret.hutchison@anu.edu.au) and Emily Robertson (E.Robertson@adfa.edu.au) This conference seeks to explore the deep and enduring biases about war, art and truth which exist in academic scholarship. Over the past century war art and war literature have come…
History From Within: A Conference in Honour of Alan Atkinson
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Organisers: Frank Bongiorno, Marian Quartly and David Roberts Speakers: Bain Attwood, Anne Coote, Ann Curthoys, Joy Damousi, Iain Davidson, Graeme Davison, Stephen Foster, Lisa Ford, Tom Griffiths, Grace Karskens, Marilyn Lake, Stuart Macintyre, Mark McKenna, Marian Quartly, David Roberts,…