School of History Seminar Series
School/Centre
School of History
Contacts
The School of History Seminar Series will be run in a in-person format.
Seminar details will be circulated to all School of History Members and those on the Seminar Mailing List prior to each session.
Non-members of School of History who wish to be added to the mailing list can do so by contacting admin.rsss@anu.edu.au. To contact the convenors of the Seminar Series please email Kathryn Wells at Kathryn.Wells@anu.edu.au, and David Smith at DavidRomney.Smith@anu.edu.au
Upcoming events
Making religion legalistic and the law religious: Australia’s Marriage Act 1961
4.15–5.30pm 27 Sep 2023
Australia’s Marriage Act has had a role in the lives of many, if not most, Australians since its enactment in 1961. But how much is really known about its...Fibro Modernity: Life and Death in an Asbestos Australia
4.15–5.30pm 4 Oct 2023
Abstract TBC. Please note that the School of History seminars will run in-person only this semester.Protesting school access for First Nations communities, 1920-1950s
4.15–5.30pm 11 Oct 2023
Abstract TBC. Please note that the School of History seminars will run in-person only this semester.The Color of Desire: The Queer Politics of Race in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1970
4.15–5.30pm 18 Oct 2023
Abstract TBC. Please note that the School of History seminars will run in-person only this semester.Forty Years since First Contact: Revisiting the classic documentary by Bob Connolly and the late Robin Anderson, in conversation with Professor Martin Thomas
4.15–5.30pm 25 Oct 2023
Abstract TBC. Please note that the School of History seminars will run in-person only this semester.The Environment comes to Universities: Legacies of the UN Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment
4.15–5.30pm 8 Nov 2023
Abstract TBC. Please note that the School of History seminars will run in-person only this semester.Past events
Paving the yellowcake road: Land rights, conservation, and the politics of uranium in Australia, 1972–1984
20 Sep 2023
The extraction, exportation, and use of uranium is highly contentious. Since the early 1970s, Australians have been divided on these issues. Some consider...Raining on Winchester Races: Jane Austen’s Climates
30 Aug 2023
Romantic-period literature played a pivotal role in the formation of contemporary markets for land through its celebration of the natural environment and water...Sounds of Summer: Slip! Slop! Slap! and the history of anti-skin cancer campaigns in Australia
23 Aug 2023
Australians suffer and die from skin cancer more than citizens of any other country - a sad fact recognised since the 19th century. Skin cancer is intimately...Deep History of Two Australian Aboriginal Groups, Quantum Entanglement of Spacetime, and a Series of Fortunate Events
16 Aug 2023
The ancient history of Aboriginal Australia is mostly presented as a linear narrative by archaeologists with scientific evidence seen as the go-to dependable...Indigenous Sovereignties, Pacific Mobilities and Mediterranean Diasporas: Towards a Transcultural History of Queensland’s Sugar Districts
9 Aug 2023
Studies of migration from the Mediterranean region to Australia have often been framed within a national frame of analysis. That is, the story of Greek,...What is the use of an international perspective?
2 Aug 2023
In several highly influential publications—from articles, to edited volumes, to books—and through innovative collaborative research programs, Professor Glenda...The Last Cherokee at Toqua: Memory & Manipulation along the Little Tennessee River
26 Jul 2023
Toka Will was an old man in 1826. He’d lived a long life, seen plenty, and now wanted to ensure that his family were well taken care of after he was gone. So,...Decolonisation and the Law: The Necessity of History?
24 May 2023
Abstract TBC. Join Zoom Meeting: https://anu.zoom.us/j/89926642734?pwd=b2k1ZzcrVzFLZlo2VGNhekxBM2FZQT09&from=addon Meeting ID: 899 2664 2734 Password:...Murlawarni: A Deep History of the Pilbara Told Using Myth as Primary Data
17 May 2023
Australia, like Europe, has a well-developed mythography; however, except for a “universal” comparison between Australian and Greek myth in early twentieth...Song, Swing and The Struggle: First Australian Musicians and Political Protest Movements, 1920s-1980s
10 May 2023
From the 1920s to the 1980s, the adaption and performance of African American music genres and Native American repertoire by First Australian musicians was...
