Member Welcome.
The CHRG would like to extend a warm welcome to Associate Professor Rohan Bastin!
Rohan Bastin is an anthropologist who has conducted research on religion and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka since the mid-1980s. His experience of that country covers the period of its civil war about which he is preparing a monograph in addition to a number of already published works that focus on the history of ethnic identity formation and the role of religion in that formation. His more recent work includes a forthcoming edited collection on the state and enslavement, suicide bombing and the nature of ritual sacrifice in multiple religious traditions, and the vexed history of the doctrine and policy of secularism in India and Sri Lanka.
Archive Access.
The Deakin University Library is currently conducting a trial of the British Online Archive. The trial will run until the 11th September. If you find this database useful, please send your feedback to Brad Adams: b.adams@deakin.edu.au
Publications.
Dr. Christopher Mayes has authored ‘White medicine, white ethics: On the historical formation of racism in Australian healthcare’, which has been published in Journal of Australian Studies. You can read it in full here.
Honorary Fellow Roy Hay‘s book, Albert ‘Pompey’ Austin: A man between two worlds, has provided context to an ABC article, which was published in the lead up to the AFL’s Indigenous round.
Book reviews.
Professor Phillip Deery has reviewed John Fahey’s Traitors and spies: Espionage and corruption in high places in Australia, 1901-50 for Inside Story.
Australian Policy and History.
In APH’s latest opinion piece, Dr. John Doyle and Scott Doidge survey the effect of COVID on the university sector, and urge the higher education sector to use this crisis to reinvigorate its broader mission as a pillar of civic society.
CHRG members provide leadership for the Australian Policy and History Network, a network of historians from Deakin, University of Melbourne and Australian National University that recognises the value of historical knowledge in the pursuit of better public policy outcomes and seeks to promote historians as constructive participants in public policy debates. The Australian Policy and History website publishes a range of material, such as opinion pieces, policy briefs, book reviews and author Q&As. The broad range of topics considered connects well with the methodological and content breadth of CHRG. Australian Policy and History accept submissions all year round and welcomes submissions and pitches from CHRG members.
If you are interested in writing an opinion piece or a policy brief, please contact Carolyn Holbrook: carolyn.holbrook@deakin.edu.au
If you are interested in writing a book review or conducting an author Q&A, please email your research interests to Lyndon Megarrity who can arrange a review copy: drlyndon@bigpond.net.au
Events.
6pm, Tuesday 1st September: Dr. Carla Pascoe Leahy will be presenting a paper at the Melbourne Feminist History Group’s seminar. This seminar will focus on histories of motherhood. Held via Zoom, you can find the link here.
Seminar Series.
Zoom invitations for Gabrielle Wolf’s seminar have been emailed to members. If you didn’t receive an invitation (or if you would like to be re-sent the zoom invitation), please contact Jacqui (bakerjacq@deakin.edu.au). We look forward to seeing you there!
2nd September: Gabrielle Wolf.
Title: ‘Machinations of the British Medical Association: Excluding Refugee Doctors from Queensland’s Medical Profession, 1937-42’.
Abstract: When medical practitioners fled from the Nazi regime in the 1930s, the British Medical Association (BMA), the peak body for the medical profession in the British Empire, agitated strenuously to prevent ‘refugee doctors’, as they were described, from practising medicine throughout the Empire. Prominent BMA representatives pursued this agenda in Australia through their appointment to statutory state-based authorities that registered and regulated doctors. This paper discusses how, between 1937 and 1942, they sought to use those bodies’ registration and disciplinary powers in Queensland to exclude refugee doctors, despite the resistance of this state’s government to BMA pressure to pass legislation constricting their eligibility for registration.
9th September: Tony Joel.
Title: Roving Beyond Bongo: Teaching and Researching the History of Australian Football. 
Abstract: The recent publication of On the Take, which tells the story of champion rover Alex “Bongo” Lang and the Carlton bribery scandal of 1910, exemplifies how singular episodes in Australian football history unexpectedly can become major research projects. In 2021, Deakin will introduce the new unit AST250 A History of Australian Football, 1858-2020. Tasked with creating this unit, over the next six months I will be writing curriculum that covers major episodes along with key trends and developments spanning over 150 years. I am approaching this curriculum development process with a view to not only creating a new unit, but also in anticipation that it will play an instrumental role in shaping my currently undecided research agenda over the next 3-5 years. This week’s seminar will deviate from the usual format of presenting a polished research paper followed by a short Q&A session. Instead, it will be run with a more interactive approach with everyone encouraged to join in a discussion broadly based around the teaching-research nexus. I will commence by briefly describing how the “Bongo” Lang story surprisingly materialised into a book, then will outline the structure of Deakin’s forthcoming unit on the history of Australian football and some possible research topics, before inviting seminar attendees to discuss how teaching can shape our research and vice versa.
23rd September: Niro Kandasamy and Mia Martin Hobbs.
Title and abstract: TBA.
30th September: Greg Burgess.
Title and abstract: TBA.
Opportunities.
Patrick-Jean Guay has identified funding opportunities that could be of interest to CHRG members. Patrick has requested to be notified (via the Faculty Research mailbox artsed-research-grants@deakin.edu.au) and via the completion of the Faculty on-line NOIS form (https://deakinuniversity-vcjls.formstack.com/forms/nois) if anyone is interested in applying to any of those opportunities. If you need any further assistance, please contact Patrick (patrick.guay@deakin.edu.au )
Desmond Guinness scholarship
Irish Georgian Society
This supports research on the visual arts in the Republic of Ireland, including the work of Irish architects, artists and craftsmen at home and abroad, in the period between 1600 and 1900. In 2018, the scholarship was worth approximately €1,000.
Closing date: 28 Oct 20 (Forecast)
You can find more information here.
https://www.researchprofessional.com/funding/opportunity/608172
Getty/ACLS postdoctoral fellowships in the history of art
Getty Foundation
These support an academic year of research or writing by early-career scholars for a project that will make a substantial and original contribution to the understanding of art and its history. There are 10 fellowships available, worth USD 65,000 each.
Closing date: 28 Oct 20
You can find more information here.
Harkness fellowship in healthcare policy and practice – Australia
Commonwealth Fund
These support mid-career professionals to work with leading US experts and study a critical issue on the health policy agenda in both the US and Australia. Fellowships are worth up to USD 190,000 each for a maximum period of one year.
Closing date: 28 Oct 20 (Forecast)
You can find more information here.
Solmsen fellowships
University of Wisconsin
These support scholars from other universities working in the humanities on European history, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, art and culture in the classical, medieval and early modern periods before 1700. The award provides a stipend of USD 57,000.
Closing date: 29 Oct 20
You can find more information here.
Saluting their service commemorative grants programme – major commemorative grants
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
These support projects and activities that contribute to Australia’s understanding of its wartime heritage and honour the service and sacrifice of its servicemen and women. Grants are worth between AUD 10,001 and AUD 150,000.
Closing date: 29 Oct 20
You can find more information here.
Saluting their service commemorative grants programme – community commemorative grants
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
This supports community-based commemorative projects and activities that directly commemorate the involvement, service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel in wars, conflicts and peace operations. Grants are worth up to AUD 10,000 each for one year.
Closing date: 29 Oct 20
You can find more information here.
Japanese research fellowship
Hakuho Foundation
This enables international researchers of the Japanese language, Japanese language education, Japanese literature and Japanese culture to conduct residential research in Japan. Fellowships cover airfares, a relocation allowance of JPY 350,000, living and research expenses of JPY 350,000 per month and a housing subsidy worth up to JPY 150,000 per month.
Closing date: 30 Oct 20
You can find more information here.
Snorri Sturluson Icelandic fellowships
University of Iceland | Háskóli Íslands
These enable scholars to stay in Iceland in order to improve their knowledge of the Icelandic language, culture and society. Fellowships cover travel expenses to and from Iceland, plus living expenses for a period of at least three months.
Closing date: 31 Oct 20
You can find more information here.
Kingdon fellowships
University of Wisconsin
These support scholars working in the humanities in the historical, literary, artistic, or philosophical studies of Christian or Jewish religious traditions and their role in society. The stipend is worth USD 57,000 over one year.
Closing date: 31 Oct 20 (Forecast)
You can find more information here.
Nurse in Washington Internship grant
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
This supports a member of the academy in attending the Nurse in Washington Internship event. One grant is available to cover the cost of registration and accommodation.
Closing date: 31 Oct 20
You can find more information here.
ICSCC visiting scholars programme
Fudan University
This supports foreign researchers in pursuing independent research while in residence at Fudan University. Grants cover travel costs, subsistence, accommodation, and access to the university’s printing failities and libraries.
Closing date: 31 Oct 20
You can find more information here.
Guido Cazzavillan research grant
Cà Foscari University of Venice | Università Cà Foscari degli Studi di Venezia
This supports research in economics to reduce inequality and poverty, with a focus on developing countries. The grant is worth €52,000 for one year. All information is in Italian.
Closing date: 31 Oct 20 (Forecast)
You can find more information here.