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Newsletter 27 April 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 are now 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.
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.
2021 History Festival Opening Night - Knowing the Past: In Conversation
Opening South Australia's 2021 History Festival is a special in-conversation event with Dr. Jared Thomas and Dr. Skye Krichauff where they will examine Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal understandings of past experiences and how different ways of knowing shape the practice of history.
The event will be held at Adelaide Town Hall, 5.30pm on 29 April 2021.
Further information and tickets here.
History Trust of South Australia Giving Day
On its first ever Giving Day, the History Trust will be aiming to raise $60,000 to make its education programs more accessible through digital innovation. The campaign will be held over twenty-four hours beginning 10am Wednesday 5 May. Every donation will be tripled by generous matchers.
Further information here.
Historical Society of SA: May meeting
The May meeting will host Rob George and his talk entitled: 'A letter from the Alice: the passing of Frank Reese George'. Held 7 May, 7.30 - 9.00.
Bookings through Eventbrite essential. Members free, visitors $5 on arrival.
Further information and booking 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.
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.
News
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 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
Barossa History Fair
Held May 1 and 2, this year the fair will feature an eccentric and notable mix of speakers and events, including historians Greg Mackie and Keith Conlon, Ghosts of the Barossa, and the Barossa railway.
Tickets for events are available from eventbrite via facebook.
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.
The program is as follows:
10 May: A/Prof. Christine Winter (Flinders University)
‘Mourning the Dead: New Guinea Villagers and the Pacific War’
17 May: Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington (University of South Australia)
‘Sizing Up the Ethics of History’
24 May: A/Prof. Catherine Kevin (Flinders University)
‘From Reform to Decriminalisation with a Pandemic in Between: COVID 19 and the History of Abortion in SA’
Flinders History Research Seminars
The History Seminar Series is back! Held Fridays 11.15 to 12.30, Room 149, Social Sciences South, Flinders University. The next seminar is ‘Assembling humanitarianism in the Cold War: American and Cuban Red Cross and the Bay of Pigs prisoner exchange’, presented by Professor Susanne Schech on 30 April.
View further information and the schedule here.
World Art Deco Day Event
The Art Deco and Modernism Society of Australia is hosting an event to celebrate the inaugural World Art Deco Day. To be held at Piccadilly Cinema on O'Connell Street, Wednesday 28th April, 6pm.
Further information here.
Save the trees of 28 Sturt road, Brighton
A petition has been started to save twenty six significant and five regulated trees on the land at 28 Sturt Road, Brighton. The parcel of land is set to be subdivided by the developer which would mean the removal of many of these trees.
Sign the petition here.
September 2020 update on the situation by the mayor.
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
History Matters: Queer History
Ronald Briggs and Sophie Robinson will discuss recent projects on queer Australian history. To be held online, 5.30pm, 5 May 2021.
Further information here.
Unreserved: The Reserve Bank of Australia's online archive
Unreserved is an online platform to access the Reserve Bank of Australia's archives, containing digital copies of select records as well as information about their archival collection.
Further information here.
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
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.
Ann Curthoys Prize awarded for the best unpublished work by an early career researcher in Australian history, feminist history, Indigenous history, history and theory, or transnational/comparative/colonial history. Applications close 3 May 2021.
Further information here.
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.
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 28 February - 30 June 2021
Further information here
Queer Theory Reading Group Symposium Submissions due 30 April.
Further information here.
Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies. Manuscripts due 30 June 2021. Further information here.
