Peter Yule
Workshop
Dr Peter Yule is a freelance historian and a fellow of the School of History at the University of Melbourne. He has written a wide range of histories, including The Royal Children's Hospital: A History of Faith, Science and Love (1999), In the Public Interest: 150 Years of the Victorian Auditor-…
Writing the History of Canberra - a public forum
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Writing the history of Canberra: a public forum 30 October 2013 Common Room, University House, ANU, 5:00-6:30; reception to 7:30Bookings essential or T: 6125 7049: admission free This public forum will offer a series of reflections on how Canberra’s history has, can be, or should be…
Paul Hasluck, the Department of Territories and the Unity of New Guinea, 1960
Seminar
This paper is a study of the response of Paul Hasluck, the Minister for External Territories, and his Department to the growing crisis over West New Guinea in 1960. The paper is not another examination of Australia’s policy on Indonesia’s claim to West New Guinea in this era which has already been…
Postgraduate Workshop: Rethinking Transnational History
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Long before the term ‘transnational’ became fashionable, historians were interested in transcending national historiographies and boundaries. More recently, many historians have used ‘transnational’ approaches, by examining the transfer of ideas, people, and goods from one nation to another. While…
President Kennedy and Congress: Reassessing the Legislative Record
Seminar
Conventional wisdom and the historiography of John F. Kennedy’s presidency have deemed his leadership of Congress to have been a failure. Kennedy was criticized for, among other things, a lack of personal commitment to the legislative struggle, an overly-pragmatic legislative strategy, a reluctance…
Future Directions in Indigenous Research: Digital Life
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Public Lecture followed by light refreshments The College of Arts and Social Sciences is hosting the 2013 Future Directions in Indigenous Research Public Lecture Despite the ubiquity of smart phones in northeast Arnhem Land, Yolngu have not acquiesced to the idea that everything can—…