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Newsletter 9 November 2021
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Meet our new President, Gillian Dooley
Gillian Dooley was born in Melbourne, but three of her grandparents were from South Australia, so when she finally moved to Adelaide in 1980 after completing her undergrad degree in History and English at ANU, it felt like coming home. In the late 1980s she did Library Studies and worked for thirty years in academic libraries, mainly at Flinders University. In the 1990s, while still working in the Flinders Library, she did further study in English Literature at Flinders and gained her PhD in 2001. She continued her academic research alongside her library career, retiring from the Library (to have more time for other things) in 2017.
Gillian has a life-long love of music and has sung all her life, so it was natural when studying Jane Austen that she started noticing the music in the novels. This has developed into a major project combining English, Music, History and Librarianship: the individual cataloguing of the complete contents of the Austen Family Music Books, completed earlier this year.
While working at Flinders as the Special Collections Librarian, she developed another of her major interests: the life and writings of Matthew Flinders. This has resulted in several publications, perhaps most notably her edition with Tony Brown of Flinders’ Private Journal (Friends of SLSA, 2005) and The First Wave: Exploring Early Coastal Contact in Australia (Wakefield Press, 2019), co-edited with Danielle Clode and featuring a wonderful chapter on South Australia by our own Skye Krichauff.
Gillian’s book of essays on Flinders and his life will be published by Wakefield Press in 2022.
2021 State History Conference: A State of Change
In the past 18 months there has been drastic change in all areas of society, and life in COVID times is challenging. Many of us are still grappling to make sense of the changes affecting the entire world. This year's State History Festival will give us time to look at what has gone before and give us wisdom as well as assurance that change is normal. 19 and 20 November 2021, 10am to 5pm, University of Adelaide and State Library of South Australia. All catering is included, with drinks and canapés at the end of the first day. Both in-person and online registration options are available.
Further information and registration here.
HCSA Regional Lecture
Join the History Council of South Australia and their co-hosts, Rural City Council of Murray Bridge, the Murray Bridge Historical Society, and Wakefield Press at the Bridgeport hotel for the History Council of South Australia's 2021 Regional Lecture.
Philip Payton will be speaking about his new book, Vice-Regal: A history of the Governors of South Australia. Wednesday 1 December 6pm to 7.30pm, Bridgeport Hotel, 2 Bridge Street, Murray Bridge SA 5253.
View the flyer here (pdf).
Information and registration on Eventbrite here
Wakefield Press Essay Prize
Applications for the 2022 Wakefield Press Essay Prize Award open in December 2021. The prize is for the best essay on a topic relating to South Australian history.
Further information here.
HCSA Fellowship 2022
Applications for the HCSA Fellowship are now open. The due date is 30 November.
Further information here.
Nomination form here.
Books in my life: the Campbells of Anlaby by Janet and Sue Scarfe
Professional historian Janet Scarfe and genealogist Sue Scarfe are the great grand-daughters of Hugh and Margaret Campbell, the first of three generations to live and work on Anlaby. The new book The Campbells of Anlaby, 1860-1940 is a collaborative work of family and social history. Their talk, which was unfortunately cancelled in August, is now being held 7 December at 11:00.
Further information on the State Library website
AHA Online Conference 2021: 'Unfinished Business'
The 2021 Australian Historical Association Conference is being held online 29 November - 2 December 2021. The conference is examining the theme of history's unfinished business, from Black Lives Matter protests and toppled statues to the Whitlam Dismissal and more.
Visit the conference's website here.
Movie Night
Community Alliance SA is hosting a fundraiser movie night at Capri Cinema, Goodwood. Saturday 13 November, 6.30pm. Tickets are $25 at the door or online. The movie featured will be James Bond: No Time to Die.
Book through eventbrite here.
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.
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".
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
Dr. Susan Marsden has made available an outline for the South Australian Digihistory Project here.
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.
A list of some books that have been nominated is available here.
News
AICCM Disaster Preparedness Calendar
In this age of increasing natural disasters, the Australian Institute for Conservation of Cultural Materials has put together a disaster preparedness calendar. It is designed to assist cultural collecting organisations in being prepared for disasters likely to impact their region.
Access it on the AICCM website here.
Online event: Indentured Students - comparing student loans USA and Australia
Speakers Dr. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer and Emeritus Professor Bruce Chapman discuss student loans in the USA and Australia, hosted by Hannah Forsyth.
Further information on Eventbrite
Aotearoa Gender History Seminar: Final Session for 2021
The final session of this year's seminar will be held 8 December, 12pm - 1pm. Speakers are Elizabeth Bowyer on 'The Contractual Engagements of Colonial Women: The Case of Elizabeth Ellen Hadfield', and Branks Bogdan and Tatjana Buklijas on 'The Fetus and the Lamb: The Auckland Antenatal Corticosteroid Trial and its Legacies'.
Further information on the New Zealand Historical Association website.
Music Research Day
The Musicological Society of Australia SA is inviting presentations on any music-related topic for their Research day, which will be held 27 November 9:00am - 5:00pm via Zoom.
Further information on the flier here (pdf).
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.
Around the country
Virtual Conference: Romantic Generations
Presented by the Romantic Studies Association of Australasia. The conference is a chance to revisit the generations of the romantics, as well as to ask what they generated.
Visit the conference's website here.
Online Seminar: Making Time and Selling Luxury in 18th and 19th Century England
Speaker Diana Volonakis will focus on women's training and employment at the Lancashire watch company, Prescot (1889-1910). Amy Erikson will examine the trades and training of women who owned and operated luxury shops in the most expensive part of London in the 18th century.
Information on the ReWomen website here.
Book releases
The Boys from St. Francis, by Ashley Mallett
Pays tribute to a band of Aboriginal boys who grew up together in one group home, many of them remarkable activists, artists, and athletes later in life. Available now.
Further information on the Wakefield Press website.
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 in History at The University of Waikato, New Zealand. Applications due 10 December 2021.
Link to the job advertisement here.
Mike Smith Student Prize for History of Australian Science or Australian Environmental History. Applications due 117 January, 2022.
Further information here.
Australian Death Studies Society Student Paper Prize due 1 December 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
(Re)Writing Care: Critical Histories of Community Mental Health Services in Australia
This special issue aims to showcase novel approaches, leaders, experiences and challenges for developing effective and inclusive mental health services.
Further information here (pdf)
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.
