Australian and New Zealand History / Studies

EBSCO Publishing, an award-winning U.S. academic publisher (www.ebsco.com), is producing articles on a broad range of topics for its “Explora for Australia and New Zealand” online database available to students and educators in Australia and New Zealand via academic, school, and public libraries. 

ANZASA Online 

We are delighted to announce that ANZASA Online, the official blog of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association, is now live! 

Each week we will have new and original content written by the vibrant community of Americanists studying and working in the southern hemisphere.

The program for the Royal Military College’s history symposium, Manpower and the Armies of the British Empire in Two World Wars (8-9 November 2018) is set and we have a great schedule lined up this year! See below for details.

Applications for 2019 Summer Scholarships are now OPEN, and will CLOSE 30 September 2018.

Our annual summer scholarships support younger scholars and a scholar from rural or regional Australia undertaking postgraduate research, who require special access to the Library’s collections. 

Scholars spend six weeks at the Library, commencing in the second week of January each year. They have privileged access to the Library’s materials and facilities, as well as sustained interaction with Library staff.

International Conference

Graphic Encounters conference calling for papers (academic and artistic)
Convenor: Dr Liz Conor, Senior Researcher, La Trobe University

History Lab, Australia’s first investigative history podcast.

History Lab is about exploring the gaps between us and the past. It invites listeners to participate in the making of history. Examining the legacies the past leaves in the present, it also asks listeners to think about the silences, the unknowns and the unknowables in the stories we tell.  History Lab is breathing life into the histories we make and bringing it to new audiences.

Mobilizing Voters in the English-Speaking World : the role of grassroots organizations and civil rights organizations (1867 – 2017)

One-day conference

Presenters: Professor Robyn Sloggett AO (Director of the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Material Conservation, University of Melbourne) & Dr Stefano Carboni (Director of Art Gallery of Western Australia).

The programme includes a Persian musical performance with Timothy Johannessen and poetry recital with Professor Amir Zekrgoo - Wednesday 27th June 6pm.