2019 Oral History Australia Biennial Conference Theme: Intimate Stories, Challenging Histories Dates: 10-13 October 2019 Location: State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Through oral history recordings we hear the intimate stories of everyday lives, and we create histories that challenge orthodoxy and speak truth to power. Oral history drills beneath the big histories of state, […]
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The Perth Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History will host the 16th National Biennial Labour History Conference: “Activism, Struggle and Labour History” from 3-5 October, 2019 in the Old Trades Hall Building (now CFMEU Offices), 80 Beaufort Street, Perth. Abstracts are welcomed on any of the following topics: The […]
CFPs: Environmental Humanities: Theory and Praxis in Australia and India Indian Association for the Study of Australia, Eastern Region 12-13 January 2019, Astor Hotel, Kolkata Concept Note With the publication of Lawrence Buell’s Environmental Imagination in the late 1990s and the consequent debates on the relevance of Environment to humanities disciplines, there emerged a growing […]
CALL FOR PROPOSALS Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America 26th Annual Conference, 6-8 February, 2019 The University of Texas at Austin The year 2019 will be very special for ANZSANA as well as for our host institution, the Clark Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies of the University of Texas at […]
Call For Papers – ‘Queer Legacies, New Solidarities’ Conference A conference presented by Deakin Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association & the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives. Deakin University and State Library of Victoria, 22-24 November 2018 It has been over four decades since second-wave feminism and Gay Liberation. 2018 […]
The successful carriage of marriage equality into Australian law in 2017 reflected a triumph for LGBTIQ+ inclusion. However, the recognition of marriage equality as a right is only part of the story as LGBTIQ+ people face ongoing and entrenched social, cultural, political, religious and economic discrimination and exclusion from being full participants in society. The […]