Biennial Conference 2026 CFP - Oral History Australia Call for Presentations Deadline  11 May 2026 Oral history is ‘history built around people’ (Paul Thompson). Its methodology is embedded in humanity—it is a person-to-person communication through which the experiences and memories of one are recorded for posterity by another, using best practice tools and techniques. Through oral history, voices are preserved and accents, nuances, […]

The AMHN would like to organise a panel around migration for this conference: if interested please contact e.henrich@unsw.edu.au asap
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Call for Papers 2026 - Oral History Australia Studies in Oral History, Issue No. 48 Editors: Mia Martin Hobbs and Geraldine Fela Bearing Witness, Making History Peer-reviewed articles Contributions are invited from Australia and overseas for the ...

Call for Papers: Studies in Oral History

Produced by Oral History Australia, the theme is ‘Bearing Witness, Making Histories’.

The deadline for submission of peer review articles is 31 March 2026, and for reports is 29 May 2026.

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Save the State Library of Victoria!

A petition in support of the State Library of Victoria, currently facing significant cuts: c.org/Ny9tCp8jRM

Great #oralhistory event on in Sydney tonight, and free! Book here: www.pridehistory.org.au/fortherecord

Know anyone who would want to come work with me? 1 year position for someone with a HASS background (don’t need to be a programmer), working on a tool to search historical documents like colonial Hansard. unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...

Grandparenting tells us much about our history. It’s important to preserve these stories Grandparents can play a fundamental role in families, yet they have often been overlooked in Australian history.

Excited to be part of this incredible team writing the first history of grandparenting in Australia! grandparentsaustralia.net

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night at the next History Now event at the Chau Chak Wing Museum

Tickets are still available, but if you are unable to join us in-person, this event will also be live-streamed

Learn more via buff.ly/WtAmOqw

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Tony Abbott’s history of Australia wants us to be proud of men like him Tony Abbott begins his book Australia: A History, by telling off professional historians – and laments the “cultural confusion” of our present moment.

My review of former Australian PM Tony Abbott's new book out today: Tony Abbott’s history of Australia wants us to be proud of men like him theconversation.com/tony-abbotts...

Pride History Group and Oral History NSW are hosting a joint event on LGBTQIA+ Life Stories in Sydney on Nov 27. All welcome! Book your free ticket here: www.pridehistory.org.au/events/2025/... #oralhistory #queerhistory #sydney

Two History postdocs at UNSW (Sydney) and the net is wide: "open to candidates working on any time period from Ancient History to Contemporary History, any area or region, incl. global and international history, and any methodology, incl. oral history, gender history, history of race and more."

No Going Back Mary Rizzo examines how four LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations.

Why did 4 LA historical and cultural organizations have the courage to speak out against Trump's ICE raids this summer? I interviewed their leaders and wrote about their commitment to drawing parallels with the past while caring for their communities.
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Wondering how AI will (and does already) impact history teaching? Register for this upcoming workshop, presented by the AHA, exploring just that! Follow the link for all the details: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s New research uncovers stories of resilience, entrepreneurship and thriving cultural creativity across seven decades of Australian TV history.

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The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary – this is why it matters The dictionary is a living, breathing and evolving record of how language is wrapped up in who we are as Australians. It is vital we protect it.

ANU ‘dictionary centre is a national asset — once it’s gone, we lose a living record of our national voice’ theconversation.com/the-anu-is-m...

Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025…

We are so close to reaching our target of 2500 signatures on this petition calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates! If you care about equity in higher education and want the BA to be affordable and accessible for *all* students, please sign! www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing Tim Winton, Helen Garner and Peter Garrett are just a few of the high-profile signatories to an open letter against Job-Ready Graduates – and for the humanities.

Excellent piece by Caitlin Macdonald on the open letter to abolish Job-Ready graduates. @aunz.theconversation.com

Caitlin argues without the humanities, and the tools to think deeply, imagine ethically & reason clearly, we risk leaving students 'soul-starved'.

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Who will tell the histories of our shared pasts?

We invite everyone to read our statement of concern on the planned downsizing of academic positions in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and the closure of The Australian National Dictionary via buff.ly/A5sAcbC

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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025 History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

I'm so proud to be part of the History Workshop project, supporting a brilliant team of Early Career historians who have built the best site for radical, engaged history online. Do consider applying for this opportunity! www.historyworkshop.org.uk/article/hist...

Migration and Mobility History The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Image of a flyer introducing the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project

I'm excited to share details about The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project! This project is identifying & creating a list of precarious oral history collections held in Victoria, Australia. Tell us about your collection via www.precariousoralhistories.com #oralhistory

Australia can't withstand further humanities cuts The Australian Academy of Humanities views with great concern the impact on staff, students and the wider community of the ANU’s plan for the humanities and social sciences. Now is not the time to red...

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Digital History Seed Grants Visit the post for more.

***Digital History Seed Grants***

The IEHS invites submissions for awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with digital history work connected to migration history and related fields.

Deadline: 8/1/25

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Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.

Check out this new special issue on Citizenship and Migration co-edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social for the Journal of American and Ethnic History!

The introduction is open access and available to all for free.

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At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK @ihr.bsky.social has made available a unique archive of interviews with leading post-war British historians. They point to the importance of history & the urgent need to defend the profession. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

AHA Annual General Meeting 2025 Thursday 3 July 2025 3.30--5.30pm (AEST) James Cook University, Townsville and via Zoom

Members! Don't forget to register for the 2025 AGM, on next week - especially important if you're attending virtually! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I wrote an amicus brief supporting resettlement agencies and refugees hurt by this terrible policy. It’s about the history of refugee resettlement — a history that the Trump admin wants to just disregard.

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Multilingualism—is it a thriving or withering asset? New research examines a surprising trend among Australians with migrant backgrounds—more are learning their grandparents' languages.

Australia’s multilingualism is fuelled by migration flows. However, migrant communities struggle to pass on their languages to the next generation once settled.

But new research, led by Assoc Prof Antonia Rubino, shows grandchildren are reclaiming their linguistic heritage. bit.ly/3FVF5vY

📜 Nominate your work today for the History Council of New South Wales History Awards!

A total of $6,000 in prize money is on offer in a number of prestigious award categories

Registrations close 8 July at 5pm so discover more via buff.ly/Vrb98GC

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