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Roy Hay on Albert ‘Pompey’ Austin

Contemporary Histories Research Group Sports Historian Roy Hay considers the emerging traces of an Indigenous athletic life in the Western District of Victoria, that of ‘Pompey’ Austin: Albert ‘Pompey’ Austin, 1846?–1889 At least...

Roy Hay’s Games Goals Glory Book Launch – Change of Venue

***CHANGE OF VENUE*** This event will now be held in the Western Beach Room, Sally Walker Building. Deakin University’s Contemporary Histories Research Group invites you to the Geelong launch...

Reminder: Roy Hay’s Games Goals Glory Book Launch in Two Days

Deakin University’s Contemporary Histories Research Group invites you to the Geelong launch of Roy Hay‘s     Games Goals Glory: The A-League’s Teams, Players, Coaches and Greatest Moments to...

Book Launch: Roy Hay’s Games Goals Glory

Deakin University’s Contemporary Histories Research Group invites you to the Geelong launch of Roy Hay‘s     Games Goals Glory: The A-League’s Teams, Players, Coaches and Greatest Moments to...

Provocation Three: Revisiting Contested Histories of the Australian Football League

The Contemporary Histories Research Group is pleased to announce that our third Provocation is now available. For our September instalment, Roy Hay presents Revisiting Contested Histories of the AFL. Dr Kirstie...

Book Launch: Roy Hay’s “Games Goals Glory” October 13, 2016

History Seminar Series: Panel Discussion Number Three

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...

Remembering Associate Professor Michele Langfield

On 26 July, David Lowe, Helen Gardner, Donna-Lee Frieze, Bart Ziino & Pam Maclean attended a memorial service for the late Associate Professor Michele Langfield, who passed away on...

Contemporary Histories Seminar Series: Trimester 2, 2016

Panel 1: Winning the War and Losing the Peace: The Challenge of Post-conflict Transitions Across Europe and Asia in the 20th Century With Filip Slaveski, Bart Ziino and Roy...