Contemporary Histories Seminar Series: Trimester Two, 2016 – Panel Three

Panel Three: Telling the Past That is Still with Us: The Historiographical and Literary Challenges Posed by Contemporary Histories

With David Lowe, David McCooey, Maria Takolander and Mathew Turner.

On 11 August, our third panel discussion of the History Seminar Series took place with the theme ‘Telling the Past That is Still With Us: The Historiographical and Literary Challenges Posed by Contemporary Histories.’ Multiple members of the Contemporary Histories Research Group attended and contributed including Filip Slaveski, Roy Hay, Chris Waters, Helen Gardner, Tiffany Shellam, Kirstie Close-Barry, Sarah Pinto, Donna-Lee Frieze, Cassandra Atherton, Kris Moruzi, Bart Ziino, Graeme Kinross-Smith, Will Peart & Emma Hayes.

Many thanks to Kirstie Close-Barry and Celeste Thorn for live-tweeting from this seminar which has allowed us to develop this Storify to share with you detailing the seminar discussion and key points for consideration.