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
‘Reading biographies to overcome loneliness’: Reflections of an accidental biographer
Dr Matthew Lamb
Frank Moorhouse (1938–2022) is best known as a writer of literary fiction. All of his fiction is connected, with his many books sharing characters…
Past Events
Chris Wallace: Real time Biography
Chris Wallace
Problems in contemporaneous, or "real time", biography share much in common with those faced by biographers of the dead but often in heightened forms…
Gwenda Tavan: Arthur Calwell
Gwenda Tavan
Dr Gwenda Tavan is a senior lecturer in Politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She researches the politics and history of immigration and…
Pat Jalland: Old Age
Pat Jalland
Professor Pat Jalland is a professor of history in the School of History at the Australian National University. A Fellow of the Academy of the Social…