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Newsletter 12 October 2021
Members News
HCSA Fellowship 2022
Applications for the HCSA Fellowship are now open. The due date is 30 November.
Further information here.
Nomination form here.
HCSA Annual General Meeting
Our Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 20 October at the Historian Hotel, 18 Coromandel Place, Adelaide. 6:00pm for a 6.30 start. Unfortunately only fifty places are available due to restrictions on numbers.
Please RSVP and reserve your ticket here.
Please remember that you must have your membership up to date prior to the AGM. You can renew your membership here.
As per our constitution, committee position terms are two years. Please review your position as if your term has ended, you may wish to re-nominate yourself or nominate another member of your organisation.
HCSA Membership Renewal
You can renew your HCSA membership for the 2021-22 financial year here at our website.
We offer payment by invoice, online, EFT and cheque. Please make contact if you have any issues with this process.
Situations of theory symposium
Where has theory gone lately? Where is it going? This symposium traces the powers of universalisation and the relevance of localisations as theory is deployed in a range of humanities disciplines today. Held online and in Victoria Square, Adelaide, 29-30 October. Registration is free.
Further information and registration here.
Event flier here.
Historical Society of South Australia
The next meeting of the HSSA will be taking place 5 November, 7.30pm at Burnside City Uniting Church. Lyn O'Grady will be speaking on "Willyama, the silver king and countess".
Labour History Society of South Australia
The latest newsletter from the Labour History Society is now available.
Read it here.
Pioneers Association of South Australia
Pioneers SA has released its calendar of events for the remainder of 2021. Booking is required for all events. Guests welcome.
View the calendar here.
SA Digihistory
Do you have a favourite South Australian History book that is difficult to find? Would you like to see such books made available in digital format to buy or borrow from your library? Join us by nominating SA histories that were published only in 'hard copy' so they can be included in the South Australian Digihistory Project.
You can email your nominations to Susan Marsden at [email protected] Please include author, title, date and place of publication as well as any comments about the book. Nominations are due 31 December 2021.
Hindmarsh residents Association Community Archive Group 2021 AGM Held Sunday 17th October, 3pm. 19 On Green Street, Community Centre, Brompton.
Further information here.
Heritage References
Dr. Susan Marsden has kindly provided titles and links to historic frameworks and guides mentioned in her talk to South Australia's Heritage Forum.
View the reference list here.
Flinders History Research Seminars
The next seminar is being held on October 15: 'The Voynich Manuscript, Dr. Johannes Hartlieb, and the Emotions underpinning GynaecoSexual Encipherment in Fifteenth-century Germany.' by Dr. Keagan Brewer, Macquarie University.
Seminars are held Fridays, 11.15am - 12.30pm. Seminars will be held in a mixed format, both in-person with social distancing observed as well as online.
Email [email protected] for links to the seminars online.
View the full seminar schedule here.
News
Symposium: Disaster Preparedness and our Cultural Heritage and Collections
This symposium and workshop is intended to raise awareness of disaster preparedness in the cultural heritage community, and to offer advice on frameworks to help protect your heritage collections. Wednesday 20 October, 9.45am - 3.45pm, Hetzel Lecture Theatre.
Further information and booking here.
2021 Multicultural Festival
With over seventy community groups showcasing more than fifty cultures, there will be plenty of food, performances, and activities for you to enjoy at this free event. Sunday 14 November in Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, 11am to 5pm.
Further information here.
Greek Museum of Adelaide: now permanently open
At 18 Fulton St. Glenelg North. Flambouro Hall.
Open Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am-3pm
Around the country
The Pneumonic Influenza Pandemic in Australia 1918-1919
In this year's ANU Archives annual lecture, Dr. Anthea Hyslop will draw on public records and private memories to show how personal experiences enrich our understanding of the impact the 1918 pandemic had in Australia. Free and online event, 26 October 2021, 5.30pm - 6.30pm ACDT.
Further information and registration here.
Banned: The Secret History of Australian Censorship
This online exhibition by the National Archives of Australia explores the history of literary censorship in Australia.
View the exhibition here.
The Last Argyle Pink Diamonds
This year's Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender will sell the last of the large pinks from the Kimberley mine in Western Australia. A history of the Argyle diamond mine was published by Melbourne University Press earlier this year, Argyle: The Impossible Story of Australian Diamonds, by Stuart Kells.
ABC News has written about the diamonds tender here.
Emotion and Anxiety in Environmental history
A diverse panel of historians discuss the emotional and psychological impact of environmental change and writing about environmental history. 28 October 2021, 11.30am-12.30pm ACDT.
Further information and registration here.
Book releases
Wotan's Daughter: The life of Marjorie Lawrence, by Richard Davis
A biography of the turbulent life and career of Marjorie Lawrence, one of Australia's most renowned opera stars.
Further information here.
Roaming Freely Throughout the Universe: Nicholas Baudin's voyage to Australia and the Pursuit of Science, ed. Jean Fornasiero and John West-Sooby
Draws on a range of archival sources to offer fresh prspectives on Baudin's scientific voyagers, their work, and its legacy. Release date: November 21.
Further information here.
Opportunities
Lecturer: Teaching and Research (Modern European History) at Flinders University, Adelaide. Applications due 20 October 2021.
Further information here.
Australian Death Studies Society Student Paper Prize due 1 December 2021.
Further information here.
Research Assistant position (casual) creating an online exhibition for an ARC Discovery Project: 'Ayahs and Amahs: Transcolonial Servants in Australia and Britain 1780-1945.'
Further information here.
Lecturer in Family History at the University of Tasmania, position based in Melbourne. Applications due 17 October 2021.
Further information here.
Australian Historical Society Prizes The AHA has a number of awards and prizes for offer in 2021-2022, including awards for postgraduates, and a first book award.
View the prizes at a glance
Further information on the AHA website here.
Trove trial
Thanks to Commonwealth government funding, Trove is offering a free trial to Australian galleries, archives, museums, and historical societies that would like to reach a vast audience and see their collection in a national context. The trial period ends 30 June 2022.
Further information here.
Donna Coates Book Prize for a monograph published by an Early Career Researcher and/or someone who has published their first book in 2021, that examines at least two countries out of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Applications due 31 December 2021.
Further information here.
Calls for papers
Imperial Genealogies of crime
An online conference series that will explore histories of crime and imperialism through the lens of genealogy. Abstracts due 1 December 2021.
Further information here.
Nineteenth-century studies Interdisciplinary Symposium 2021 Online Friday December 3 2021. Abstracts due November 5.
Further information here.
Oral History Australia
Migrant Voices: Community collaboration and telling migration histories
Oral History Australia is seeking contributions from Australia and overseas for Studies in Oral History, No. 44, 2022. This special issue proposes to explore the doing, collecting, and promoting of oral histories with migrant, refugee or diaspora subjects and communities. Papers are due November 2021.
Further information here.
Cartoon Conflicts: Contemporary Controversies and Historical Precedents. Submissions due December 31 2021
Further information here.