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Newsletter 25 May 2021
Editor: Jessica Fairey
Members News
Awards Ceremony and end of History Festival Event
The South Australian History Council, History Trust, and State Library are co-hosting an event on Sunday, 30 May to award the 2021 Historians' Awards, Wakefield Press Essay Prize and HCSA Fellow, and to mark the end of the History Festival. We will notify you of the recipients of these awards in our next newsletter.
2021 History Festival
Held each May, South Australia's 2021 History Festival is upon us with the theme 'Changing landscape of history'. There is something for everybody in this year's program, including talks, tours, workshops, and special events.
Further information and program here.
Historical Society of SA June 4 Meeting at 7.30pm (book with Eventbrite)
CHATEAU TANUNDA - icon of the Barossa (by Dr Geoffrey Bishop)
also the awarding of the HSSA Keain Medal for best book on SA history published 2020.
Further information on Facebook here.
Albert Greenman Dedication Memorial Service
For almost a century, the grave of fallen SA Fire Brigade firefighter Albert Greenman lay unmarked. On International Firefighters Day, the Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) and Country Fire Service (CFS) held a dedication Memorial Service to ensure his memory lives on.
Watch the service on Youtube here.
South Australian Medical Heritage Society May Meeting
This month's meeting will feature Dr. Jim Tulloch AM speaking on '45 years of public health'. It will be held at the Royal Society Rooms, Morgan Thomas Lane (off Kintore Avenue). 27 May 2021, 5.30pm.
Further information here.
SA History Festival: The 2020 Time Capsule
As part of this year's history festival, the Adelaide 2020 time capsule will be on display at the Centre of Democracy building on North Terrace from 1-30 May. The time capsule will afterwards be handed over to the History Trust for safekeeping until it is opened in 2040.
View further information and make digital story submissions here.
Talking History online
The History Trust of South Australia's Talking History series, which was moved online in 2020, has been uploaded to Youtube.
View the playlist here.
Labour History Society Tom Sheridan Scholarship
Awarded annually to an applicant who best demonstrates their capacity or potential to make a significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the history of the Australian working class. Applications are due by 5pm, 2 July 2021. Submit applications by email to Dr. David Faber at [email protected]
Further information here.
2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
Nominations are open for the 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. Presented every two years during Adelaide Writer's Week, the awards include six national and five South Australian categories. Nominations close 30 June.
Further information here.
Nominate a work here.
News
Loveday Lives
With the support of The Japan Foundation, Sydney, Loveday Lives is a new website devoted to the history of the Loveday Internment Camp. Located in South Australia's Riverland, Loveday was the largest internment camp in Australia during the Second World War.
View the website here.
Tangent Talks: Conversations behind the Curtain
The State Theatre Company South Australia's popular series Tangent Talks is returning to the State Library. Before each show opens, panels of experts from the creative, academic, political, and medical worlds will gather to discuss and debate the hot topics of each show.
Further information here.
Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration 2021: 'Continuing the Story: Resolving the issues that won't go away'
Delivered by Pat Anderson AO, her oration will continue the story of how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to seek justice and a voice since the 1967 Referendum, drawing on the Uluru Statement from the Heart. The oration will be held 1 June 2021, 6.30-8.00pm at Bonython Hall, North Terrace.
Further information and tickets available here.
Survey: COVID impacts on Cultural Heritage and GLAM sectors
Dr. Anja Kortaba from Flinders University is undertaking a research project on the impact COVID has had on the Cultural Heritage and GLAM sectors. All information provided in the survey is confidential; neither you nor your institution's names will be mentioned in any communication or publication.
Take the survey here.
Adelaide Connect
Adelaide Connect is the University of Adelaide's new online platform for hosting and showcasing digitised content from its special collections.
Visit Adelaide Connect here.
The University Library and the Chancellor, the Hon. Catherine Branson, are hosting a celebration of the launch of Adelaide Connect. It will be held 20 May, 4pm - 6pm, at the Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library.
Please RSVP to [email protected] by COB 14 May 2021.
The Dublin Dispatch
The latest edition of the Dublin History Group's newsletter, The Dublin Dispatch, is now available.
View their latest newsletter here.
Further information here
University of Adelaide History Seminar Program
All seminars will be taking place on the North Terrace Campus in Napier 209 (2nd floor Napier building) on Mondays at 12:05pm.
NB Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington (University of South Australia) who was to present on the topic 'Sizing up the ethics of history' on 17 May is now giving her seminar on 7 June.
Flinders History Research Seminars
Held Fridays 11.15 to 12.30, Room 149, Social Sciences South, Flinders University. With the semester coming to an end, there are two presentations to come:
28 May: History Honours Students including
Emilia Ascone speaking on Finnish Independence: The Nature of Nationalism Between East and West.
Sarah Jackson speaking on Nazi Looted Art: Theft, Restitution, and the Role of the Art Museum.
Alexander O'Kane speaking on ‘A necessity the government themselves deplore’: The Acquisition of Weihaiwei and Mentality of British Imperialism'
4 June: Professor Jennifer Clark of The University of Adelaide speaking on 'The Epistolarian: Shirley Andrews and Activism for Aboriginal Rights, 1952-1962'.
View further information and the schedule 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: For the Fallen
In December 1921, the Melbourne Public Library launched a competition seeking a mural to honor those who gave their lives in the Great War. This study brings to life the art world involved in the controversial competition, which collapsed in August 1922.
Further information here.
History Matters
A regular series of seminars presented by Oral History NSW and the Professional Historians Association (NSW & ACT), and hosted by the State Library of NSW. History Matters was moved online in 2020 and previous seminars are now available to watch on the Oral History NSW Youtube channel.
AHA History Graduates Survey
Do you have an undergraduate and/or postgraduate degree in history or related field? Then we want you to take our survey! The Australian Historical Association is conducting this survey:
- To gain a better understanding of the career pathways and employability of all those with an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in history or a degree that was historically-focused.
- To facilitate wider discussion of diverse employment pathways for history graduates.
- To identify and address issues relating to the employability of history graduates.
The survey is open from 1 March to 30 June 2021. We are hoping to capture the diverse experiences of as many history graduates as possible so please circulate the link below to your networks!
Take the survey 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
Bernadette Bean Records Management Service Excellence Award for those whose records and information management, archives or history collection service deserves recognition.
Further information here.
Senior Lecturer, History, Deakin University. Applications due 6 June 2021.
Further information here.
Historian, Artefact Heritage Services - Sydney. Applications due 13 June 2021.
Further information here.
Research Officer: Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies ANU is a position in an international project team that is investigating the interconnection between 'Heritage and Reconciliation'. Applications close 1 June 2021.
Further information here.
2021 ABC Top 5 Arts Residency provides an opportunity for graduate early-career researchers and PhD candidate applicants to undertake a two-week in-house intensive placement at the ABC. Applications close 1 June 2021.
Further information here.
NLA Summer Scholarships supports PhD students who require access to the library's collections to assist their postgraduate research. Up to six scholarships are available. Applications close 1pm 28 June 2021.
Further information here.
Jane Hansen Prize for History Advocacy recognises a group or individual that has advocated for the value of history, the work of historians, or the importance of an education in history. Applications close 30 June 2021.
Further information here.
Calls for papers
AHA 2021 UNSW Conference. Submissions due 31 May 2021.
Further information here.
New Zealand Historical Association: Ako - Learning from History? Submissions due 30 June 2021
Further information here
Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies. Submissions due 30 June 2021. Further information here.
