eNewsletter
Newsletter 11 August 2020
Editor: Jessica Fairey
Members News
Labour History SA Meetings and Moratorium
16 August - Annual General Meeting
Election of Executive for 2020/21. Guest speakers Jack Crawford and Pamela Rajkowski will be speaking on the history of the Afghan and Aboriginal workers on the SA railways.
20 September
IPAN and LHSA Moratorium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of opposition to the Vietnam War.
Further details here
18 October
Labour History Society General meeting on the theme of the formation of the Communist Party of Australia in 1920.
All meetings will be held at the Box Factory, Regent Street North, commencing at 2pm.
Professional Historians Association
The Annual General Meeting for the SA branch will be held on Wednesday 26 August, 6pm, at the Public Schools Club, 207 East Terrace. Further details will be forthcoming.
The History Trust of South Australia: Talking History is online!
The History Trust of South Australia has two Talking History Online lectures planned for August:
- French Science on the High Seas: Voyages of discovery to our shores and beyond - 18 August 2020, 5.30pm.
- British Migrants: Instant Australians? - 25 August 2020, 5.30pm.
Further information and registration available here.
News
Heritage: Living it, Loving it
The South Australian Heritage Council has produced a short video that celebrates South Australia's heritage places.
View the video here.
History Seminar series
Flinders University's History Seminar Series is progressing, held each Friday from 11.15am to 12.30 in room SSS149. Up to 45 are allowed to attend, in accordance with latest COVID-19 information.
This week's seminar is by Jade Hastings on power imbalances between female domestic servants and their employers in South Australian courts, 1836-1880.
Further information and schedule here.
SA Museum: McMahon Collection of Aboriginal Art
The McMahon collection, which includes critical works from some of the finest Ngaanyatjarra artists, has been donated to the South Australian Museum. The paintings are on display in a free exhibition until 15 November.
Further information here.
SA Museum Content for connection: Collection Stories
The South Australian Museum has announced its first podcast series, Collection Stories. Each episode will feature collection managers and researchers sharing stories on the objects that form the Museum's collection. The first episode will be released for download 21 August, 12pm.
Further information here.
Oral History SA/NT: July 2020 news
- Membership renewals are now due. You can join or renew online via email or physically by mail.
The form and further details are available here. - Introduction to Oral History workshop: how to plan and record professional interviews. Friday 28 August 2020 (online).
Further information and bookings available here.
Vickers Vimy interactive trail
Commissioned in 2019, the interactive trail at Adelaide Airport tells the story of the great air race from England to Australia in 1919.
Further information here.
Bernadette Bean SA Records Management Service Excellence Award
This year's winner is Deanna Fleming, Digital Workspace Manager of Primary Industries and Regions SA.
This year's runner-up is Melody Poole, Records Co-ordinator of Port Augusta City Council.
Read more about the award and its winners here.
Heritage SnAps 2020
The South Australian Heritage Council has recently launched this photo competition to help celebrate State, Maritime, and coastal heritage. Entries close midnight, 30 October 2020.
Further information here.
Around the country
Victory in the Pacific Day: 75th Anniversary
15 August marks the anniversary of the day Emperor Hirohito of Japan publicly announced Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allies, ending the Second World War. In Australia, the day was named 'Victory in the Pacific Day'.
The Australian War Memorial has curated a range of items to mark the anniversary.
View the collections here.
SOCEY Repository announced
SOCEY (Studies of Childhood, Education, and Youth) is a group of scholars across various disciplines working in childhood, youth, and education studies. The repository is a free archive of qualitative research data available through their website.
View the repository here.
View the SOCEY website here.
Petition: Protect the Arts, Humanities, the Social Sciences at Australian Universities
Started by concerned social scientists and humanities and arts academics regarding the proposed changes to university fees.
View further information and sign the petition here.
Past Tense. History: What is it good for? (online)
A line up of novelists and historians respond to the theme of NSW History Week 2020: "History: What is it good for?"
Further information and registration here.
Calls for Papers
History of Education Review Special Issue: the history of knowledge and the history of education. Abstracts due 1 October 2020.
Full details here
Lilith: a Feminist History Journal submissions due 30 September 2020.
Further information here.
Studies in Oral History journal special issue – Oral History, Place and Environment
This special issue of Studies in Oral History (formerly Oral History Australia Journal) invites reflections upon the ways in which oral history can illuminate and expand our understandings of place and environment. Articles should be between 5,000 and 8,000 words (excluding references) and are due 30 November 2020.
Further information here.
Australian Army Research Scheme
The Australian Army is looking for scholars to undertake paid research on a number of topics. Applications due 31 August 2020.
Full details and conditions here.
Opportunities
History Trust of South Australia: South Australian History Fund available to community organisations for history projects and to individuals for research and publication funding. Applications due 24 August 2020.
Further information here.
Call for contributions: European Society for Environmental History Conference 2021 To be held in Bristol, UK. 5-9 July 2021, with some online opportunities due to Covid. Abstracts and proposals due 31 October 2020.
Full details here.
Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australian Studies, Harvard University. Expressions of interest from persons wishing to be considered for appointment in the 2022-2023 academic year. Applications due September 30, 2020.
Full details here.
Council on East Asian Studies: Postdoctoral Associate in the Environmental Humanities.
Yale University is seeking applications to fill the position from 1 October 2020 - 30 June 2021. Application reviewing has begun, but is continuing until the position is filled.
Full details here
Journal of Pacific History Covid-19 Grants applications due 30 September 2020.
Full details here.
