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Professor David Lowe Interviewed for Deakin’s Invenio: ‘When Policy Meets History’

Professor David Lowe was recently interviewed for Deakin University’s Invenio, ‘When Policy Meets History’, discussing the role of historians in policymaking, particularly in times of rising international tensions. In...

Associate Professor Tim Sherratt: Seminar Recording Now Available

Associate Professor Tim Sherratt has kindly granted us permission to share the recording of his recent seminar at Deakin University for the Contemporary Histories Research Group, ‘Hacking Cultural Heritage...

Professor Stefan Berger: Seminar Recording Now Available

We are delighted to announce that Professor Stefan Berger has kindly granted us permission to share the recording of his recent seminar at Deakin University for the Contemporary Histories...

Dr Debra Wain Accepted as UWA Press Candidate for Varuna Publisher Introduction Program

Congratulations to Dr Debra Wain who has been accepted as the UWA Press candidate for the Varuna Publisher Introduction Program. Deb will spend a week’s residency at Varuna with...

History Seminar Series, 18 April – Rebecca Cairns: ‘Asia and Senior Secondary History Curriculum Policy: A History of the Curricular Present’

This week’s History Seminar, ‘Asia and Senior Secondary History Curriculum Policy: A History of the Curricular Present’, will be presented by Rebecca Cairns. Wednesday, 18 April (11am)   Room Details:...

Two PhD Scholarships for ARC Linkage Project: Representing Multicultural Australia in National and State Libraries

Professor Phillip Deery’s New Publication: “Post-Cold War Conflict: Historians, Espionage and American Communism”

Professor Phillip Deery‘s chapter, “Post-Cold War Conflict: Historians, Espionage and American Communism”, has recently been published in the edited collection Seeking Meaning, Seeking Justice in a Post-Cold War World (Brill,...

History Seminar Series 11 April – Associate Professor Tim Sherratt: ‘Hacking Cultural Heritage Collections to Understand the Limits of Access’

Associate Professor Tim Sherratt will present at this week’s History Seminar Series: ‘Hacking Cultural Heritage Collections to Understand the Limits of Access’ The practice of historical research has been changed...

Dr Donna-Lee Frieze to Present at Conference at Brandeis University

Dr Donna-Lee Frieze has been invited to speak at a conference at Brandeis University (Massachusetts, US). The conference, 1948: The Jewish Quest for Rights and Justice in the Postwar...

History Seminar Series, 4 April – Dr Maria Quirk: ‘Work Wives: The Shared Workplaces and Friendship Networks of Creative Women in Melbourne, Dublin and London, 1900-1950’

This week’s History Seminar (Wednesday, 11am) features Dr Maria Quirk, who will present her paper ‘Work Wives: The Shared Workplaces and Friendship Networks of Creative Women in Melbourne, Dublin and...

Dr Pawan Singh Awarded the Toyota Foundation Grant

Congratulations to Dr Pawan Singh, a New Generation Network Scholar (NGN) in Contemporary History at Deakin University and the Australia India Institute, who has been awarded the Toyota Foundation...

Roundtable Invitation – Scholarships as Aid and Foreign Policy: Establishing a Research Agenda

Roundtable Invitation: Scholarships as Aid and Foreign Policy: Establishing a Research Agenda Deakin Downtown Level 12, Tower 2/ 727 Collins Street, Melbourne 1.30 – 4.30 | 12th April  The event...