Membership welcome.
CHRG welcomes its newest member, Dr. Ali Mozaffari.
Ali is interested in understanding the various uses of the past in the present and how those uses may canvas alternative futures. Ali is, therefore, interested in the politics of the past, and the use and role of material culture in transmitting, sustaining or contesting shared identities and histories. Generally, this falls within the remit of critical heritage studies. Ali is critical of two related processes: the understanding and deconstruction of relationships of power, and more importantly, to the application of critical thinking, underpinned by scepticism, to claims advanced in heritage scholarship itself as much as the social-historical relationships addressed by that scholarship. The research utilises various methods and builds on his previous experience in the fields of the built environment (as an architect and urbanist) and heritage studies. Geographically, Ali focus on West Asia and the Caucasus. Much of his work has been on Iran (and he has life experience of living in Middle Eastern countries). Ali’s current projects are focussed in on South Caucasus, particularly the Republic of Azerbaijan.
You can read more about his work here.
Publications.
Dr. Bart Ziino and Anne-Marie Condé (National Archives of Australia) are guest editors of the just-released special issue of Archives and Manuscripts on the theme ‘Engaging with war records: Archival histories and historical practice’.
The special issue is available here. Bart and Anne-Marie’s introductory essay is on open access.Associate Professor Cassandra Atherton edited Scars: Anthology of Microlit. This collection, which includes CHRG members Dr. Alyson Miller and Professor Paul Hetherington, has an introduction and piece of microlit written by Gabrielle Fletcher, director of NIKERI.
Still Here: Poetic. Portraits of Older Australians. This book is edited by Cassandra Atherton and Jessica Wilkinson and based on interviews with older Australians. Supported by an Australia Council Grant and VicArts grant, the poetic biographies are written by Australian poets and accompanied by watercolours of the older person.
In the media.
Last week, the Uniting Church’s Victoria/Tasmania Synod became involved after volunteers at a church charity shop in Horsham declined to stop selling golliwogs. Associate Professor Clare Corbould provided context for an ABC report, available in print and radio (from 10:40).
Opportunities.
Ken Inglis Postgraduate Prize 2020.
The Ken Inglis prize is usually presented to the best paper presented by a postgraduate student at The Australian Historical Association conference. In the absence of a 2020 conference, it will awarded to the best paper submitted by a postgraduate student intending to present at the 2020 conference (please click on the picture to enlarge for more details).
Patrick-Jean Guay has identified 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 )
Social Policy in Africa conference travel grants
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
These provide support for individuals presenting papers at the Social Policy in Africa conference, to be held from 25 until 27 November 2019 at the University of South Africa in Tshwane. A limited number of grants are available.
Closing date: 30 Aug 20 (Forecast) .
You can find more information here.
Conference awards
Handel Institute
These support individuals who wish to attend an overseas conference in order to read a paper on a Handel-related subject that has already been accepted by the conference organisers. Awards may be used towards travel and accommodation costs.
Closing date: 31 Aug 20.
You can find more information here
Information materials on nature and biodiversity
Directorate-General for the Environment
The tenderer will perform communication activities focusing on the production of information materials that support the implementation of EU nature and biodiversity policy. The contract is worth a total of €510,000 over 36 months.
Closing date: 31 Aug 20
You can find more information here.
Grants
Aboriginal Benefits Foundation
These enable Aboriginal communities and individuals to undertake projects that advance the aims of the foundation, with the current focus on supporting art, literacy, education health and cultural projects with a connection to Aboriginal art or artists.
Closing date: 01 Sep 20.
You can find more information here.
Publication support programme
Korea Foundation
This aims to encourage the publication of Korea-related books in fields such as the humanities, social sciences, art or culture in languages other than Korean. Grants are worth up to USD 20,000 each.
Closing date: 02 Sep 20 (Forecast)
You can find more information here
Creative Koori projects funding
Create NSW
This aims to build support for a strong, resilient and exciting Aboriginal arts and cultural sector for New South Wales.
Closing date: 02 Sep 20 (Forecast).
You can find more information here.