News archive 2008
Conference Call for Papers: 150 Years of Australian Football
15th July 2008
Victoria University
Conference Centre
300 Flinders Street
Melbourne
Those interested in presenting a paper or small display are invited to submit abstracts or descriptions in Word of up to 300 words along with a 50 word biography.
Please email submissions to:
footy150conference@gmail.com
Deadline for Submissions:
31st May 2008
For futher information on the conference, see the 150 Years of Australian Football webpage.
Lloyd Robson Memorial Awards 2008
01 May 2008
The School of Historical Studies is pleased to invite applications for the Lloyd Robson Memorial Awards for 2008 for research-related travel to be undertaken between May 2008 and the end of October 2008.
The Lloyd Robson Memorial Award is open to postgraduate students of Australian history in the School of Historical Studies to assist them to undertake research interstate (within Australia).
A formal application is required and should include the following:
- Student number, full name, address and telephone number
- Research topic
- Details of the proposed interstate research
- Draft itinerary
- Budget setting out estimated travel and living expenses (supported by quotations)
- Details of funding from other sources
- Letter of support from your supervisor.
Applicants are welcome to include any other information that may assist the selection committee in making a decision.
The legislation governing the Award states: In recommending applicants for the award the head of the department must take into account the academic attainments and potential of the candidate, as well as the candidate's financial need. Information about financial need should thus be included as relevant.
Previous recipients of the award are eligible to apply, however preference may be given to applicants who have not previously held the award.
The amount of the award will be determined upon consideration of the applications.
Please forward your application to Coralie Crocker no later than Friday 16th May 2008.
Coralie Crocker
Research Higher Degrees Officer
School of Historical Studies
Room 306 John Medley West
The University of Melbourne
Parkville Victoria 3010
Tel: (+61 3) 8344 3745
Fax: (+61 3) 8344 7894
Email: ccrocker@unimelb.edu.au
New Archaeology Fieldwork Projects in Georgia and Turkey
18 February 2008
Since the closure of excavations at Sos Höyük in eastern Turkey, Classics & Archaeology Acting Director, Professor Antonio Sagona, has been preparing the way for a new fieldwork project that will provide on-site training for the Centre's students - not only students who are involved in archaeology, but also those whose interests are more text-based and would like to learn more about material culture and archaeology.
Starting in 2008, the Centre for Classics & Archaeology will be involved in two new collaborative projects overseas:
1. One is with the National Museum of Georgia (Caucasus) at Samtavro, a large Late Bronze Age-Iron Age (c. 1500-700 BC) cemetery site.
2. The other is at the significant Neolithic site of Ulucak near Izmir in western Turkey.
If you would like to learn more about forthcoming fieldwork opportunities - these projects were designed largely to provide benefits to the Centre's postgraduate cohort - please attend a briefing session on Thursday 28th February in Old Engineering Theatre A1 at 1:00pm.
Australian Historical Association 2008 Prizes
31 January 2008
The Australian Historical Association offers a raft of five biennial prizes; the next round being in 2008. These prizes offer enormous opportunities to early career scholars working in the field of history or across disciplines.
Included in its prizes is the Serle Award ($2500) which offers a publication subsidy for the thesis deemed most deserving of publication; the Allan Martin Award (up to $4000) offering assistance in getting post-doctoral projects such as exhibitions, films, publications, etc, ready for their final production or form; the W.K. Hancock Prize ($2000) for a first book; the Kay Daniels Award ($1500) for work on convict history/heritage/ or related subject area; and the Magarey Medal for Biography ($10,000).
The application due date for all five prizes is 28 February
Further information and application forms
Nominations open for the Ernest Scott History Prize
21 January 2008
The Ernest Scott Prize for History is awarded annually to the book judged to be the most distinguished contribution to the History of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation published in the previous year.
Nominations for the prize are now open - the closing date is 31st January 2008.
The Prize is based on a bequest given to the History Program of the University of Melbourne by Mrs Emily Scott in memory of her husband, Sir Ernest Scott, who held a professorship in the department for 23 years, to commemorate in particular his interest in the development of Australian historical studies. The amount of the prize varies according to interest considerations but will be in the order of $10,000 AUD.
The judges are chosen from the ranks of leading historians of Australia and New Zealand, and for the 2008 prize they are Professor Ann Curthoys and Professor Brian Moloughney. Nominations should be forwarded directly to the judges (at the addresses below) and should reach them no later than 31st January 2008.
Professor Ann Curthoys
Manning Clark Professor of History
Haydon-Allen Building
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
AUSTRALIA
Professor Brian Moloughney
Head of School of Asian & European Languages
Victoria University of Wellington
von Zedlitz Building
Kelburn Parade
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND