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Newsletter 16 February 2021
Editor: Jessica Fairey
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Wakefield Press Essay Prize 2021
Applications are open for the 2021 annual Wakefield Press Prize for the best essay on a topic relating to the history of South Australia.
The prize is open to anyone who during the year 2020 has written or published an essay dealing substantially with some aspect of South Australian history. The word length should be between 2,000 and 10,000 words. Applications are due 30 April 2021.
Further information here.
HCSA Historian Awards 2021
Applications will soon open for the 2021 Historian Awards. Categories include: Emerging Historian; Historian of the Year; Life Long Historian; Regional/Community Historian; Digital Technologies Award (demonstrating innovation and excellence using digital technology in a history related field); History Group/Community (a group who have worked together on a history project). Applications will open on 28 February and close on 30 April. All nominations are welcome. Further information here.
Call for submissions, Studies in Oral History journal
Studies in Oral History, the journal of Oral History Australia, has a special themed issue in 2021 focusing on oral history, place and environment. The Editors are seeking project reports of 1000-1500 words and exhibition or website reviews of 800 words that relate to the themes of the special issue.
Please contact Carla Pascoe Leahy [email protected] and Skye Krichauff [email protected] with your ideas.
Free online publication: The Twentieth-Century Historic thematic framework
Congratulations to Dr. Susan Marsden and her co-author Peter Spearritt for the recent publication of The Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic framework. This book is a free online tool for architecture and heritage conservation professionals to help guide assessment of the twentieth century's significant heritage.
Further information here.
Petitions to protect our heritage
The National Trust has organised a petition to protect our built environment. Further information here.
A petition specifically on protecting the Gatehouse and significant trees at the Waite is available here.
News
Her Majesty's Theatre: A New Beginning
The documentary on Her Majesty's Theatre and its recent $66 million redevelopment will be available on 7two on 19 February at 3:30pm.
Further information here.
The redevelopment was also featured in a volume of International Arts Manager magazine available here.
Celebrating Unley's 150th Anniversary
To celebrate the City of Unley's 150th anniversary, the city is planning a range of events and activities, including two exhibitions at the Unley Museum in May and August.
Further information here.
2021 AISTSIS Summit
The AIATSIS National Native Title Conference and the National Indigenous Research Conference will be held together over five days, from 31 May to 4 June 2021. Flexible registration packages and alternative modes of delivery will be available.
Further information here.
Around the country
Book Review Editors for Labour History
The journal Labour History is seeking two book review editors to take over from two who are standing down after the November issue this year. Expressions of Interest due 1 April 2021.
Please forward EOIs to Carl Power [email protected]
2021 Oral History Australia Biennial Conference - Oral History in Troubling Times: Opportunities and Challenges
To be held 14-16 October. Call for Presentations due 1 April.
Further information and registration here.
Flyer available here.
AFFHO Conference: 'History in Paradise' on Norfolk Island
The next Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry will be held in 2021, in the first week of August.
Further information here.
Opportunities
Maritime History Awards sponsored by the Australian Association for Maritime History and the Australian National Maritime Museum. Nominations close 30 April 2021.
Further information here.
Collaborative Doctoral Program PhD Scholarships offered by flagship national institutions in partnership with the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences. Applications are due 15 April 2021.
Further information here.
Calls for papers
Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine Biennial Conference 2021. Proposals due 28 February 2021. Further information here.
Writing Australian History on Screen. Abstracts Due 27 February 2021. Further information here.
Essays In History. Submissions due 2 April 2021. Further information here.
Special Issue of Labor History: Gender, War, and Coerced Labour. Proposals due 15 April 2021. Further information here.
Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies. Manuscripts due 30 June 2021. Further information here.
