Group of men and women having a tea party at the Mackay showgrounds, Queensland, 1906. State Library of Queensland.
Each year the National Centre of Biography, based in the School of History, hosts the Biography Workshop series. This series was established in response to requests by practitioners, students, and readers of biography for a forum to discuss a range of methodological issues relating to biography.
The NCB will host ten monthly Biography Workshops in 2025. Throughout the year a wide-ranging set of speakers will discuss their biographical projects, problems, and passions. Each hour-long presentation is followed by a Q&A.
All are welcome! See the program below for the dates and topics for 2025.
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Contact
- Dr Stephen Wilks(02) 6125 2349
Upcoming Events
Women at the edge of the world: human extinction discourse history and historiography
Associate Professor Rebe Taylor
The concept of human extinction in European discourse simultaneously invokes a universal 'we' while delineating exclusive 'others'—notably dying…
Past Events
Subjects of Time: Australian lives at the fin de siècle
Dr Mark Hearn
The fin de siècle c1890-1914 reflected a tension between movement and stasis, degeneration and progress. Historical actors caught between acting in…
Alexander Zuzenko, the Communist International and the Workers’ Republic of Australia
Kevin Windle
Abstract TBA about a week prior to the seminar.
Kevin Windle: Alexander Zuzenko, the Communist International and the Workers’ Republic of Australia
Kevin Windle
Alexander Zuzenko, a sailor and veteran of the 1905 Russian revolution, arrived in Australia in 1911 and embarked upon a career of industrial and…