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
Past Events
Jacqueline Kent: Biography - some things they don't tell you ...
Jacqueline Kent
This talk will be in two parts. Drawing on my own experience as a biographer, I’d like to go through some of the pitfalls of researching and writing…
Alan Roberts: William Robert Wake
Dr Alan Roberts
Alan Roberts — Writing the Biography of an 18th Century Church of England Clergyman: William Robert Wake The clergyman William Robert Wake (1755–…
Deep Time Dreaming: A Biographical Reflection
Billy Griffiths
In 2018 I published a book on the lives and times of a handful of Australian archaeologists, including John Mulvaney, Isabel McBryde, Rhys Jones and…