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HomeWelcome To The National Centre of BiographyNCB Upcoming EventsBiography Workshop
Biography Workshop

Jeweller's workshop, by Robert L'Estrange. Source: Queensland University of Technology.

Each year the National Centre of Biography 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 once again host ten monthly Biography Workshops in 2026.Throughout the year an exciting lineup of speakers will explore their biographical puzzles, projects and problems. Each event will take place on the last Thursday of the month from 11am-12pm and will include a presentation as well as time for discussion and Q&A. 

All are welcome! You can view the 2026 program below.

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Upcoming Events

26
Feb
2026

Spying on a Spy: A Dutch Agent for the British, Marguerite Wolters, 1723–1800

Professor Kate Fullagar

This workshop is on entirely new work for me, a biography of an unknown Dutch woman called Marguerite Wolters who headed a Europe-wide spy agency for…

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Past Events

Garry Sturgess talks to Barry Jones
25
May
2017

Garry Sturgess talks to Barry Jones

Gary Sturgess, Barry Jones

Garry Sturgess and Barry Jones discuss Garry’s film about Barry and the use of film and oral history in political biography.

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John Murphy on Evatt: A Life
27
Apr
2017

John Murphy on Evatt: A Life

John Murphy

Professor John Murphy will discuss his recent book Evatt: A Life (NewSouth Publishing, 2016), a biography of the significant Australian…

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Gideon Haigh discusses Victor Trumper
11
Apr
2017

Gideon Haigh discusses Victor Trumper

Gideon Haigh

Gideon Haigh will discuss his most recent book Stroke of Genius: Victor Trumper and the Shot that Changed Cricket (Hamish Hamilton 2016). In life,…

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