Professional Historians Association NSW Inc
Professional Historians Association NSW Inc
DECEMBER 1998
EXHIBITIONS
5, 12 Kid's Christmas Activities. 'Christmas Helpers In Old St Nick's
Back Shed' Traditional gift-making workshops for children. Participants
are invited to bring their own purchased gift to be placed under the Christmas
Tree for donation to the Smith Family Christmas Appeal. Historic Houses
Trust. Venue: Government House Cost: Small Child's gift
Ages: 5-12 years Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.
JANUARY 1999
20 Talk. 'Memories of Macquarie Street'. Library Society.
Venue: State Library of NSW Time: 6pm Cost: $15, mem.
$10 Bookings essential: ph: 9273 1500.
21 Talk. 'The Bass-Waterhouse Letters'. Presented by Paul
Brunton, Curator of Manuscripts, State Library of NSW. Library Society
Venue: State Library of NSW Time: 6pm Cost: $15, mem.
$10 Bookings essential: ph: 9273 1500.
Australia Day 26
Talk. 'Sydney - Past and Present'. Presenters include Shirley Fitzgerald, Philip Thalis and Wendy McCarthy. Library Society. Venue: State Library of NSW Time: 1.30pm-3pm Cost: $15, mem. $10 Enquiries: ph: 9273 1500
Films. 'Sydney on Screen'. Free screening of Sydney
City Life and The Fifth Facade, which explore Sydney's history
incl. building of Opera House. Library Society. Venue: State Library
of NSW Time: 11.30-1pm Cost: Free Enquiries: ph: 9273
1500
28 Talk. 'Aboriginal Religious Beliefs'. Presented by Professor
John Cawte. Library Society. Venue: State Library of NSW Time:
6pm
Cost: $15, mem. $10 Bookings essential: ph: 9273 1500
CALL FOR PAPERS
'Tales of the Century: National Conference of the Oral History
Association of Australia'. State Library of Victoria, Melbourne,
2-5 September 1999. Proposals of no more than 250 words due by 11 December
1998 and send to Secretary, OHAA (Victorian Branch), PO Box 267, Foster,
Vic, 3960. Enquiries: ph: 03 9372 7182; web: http://www.vicnet.net.au/~oralhist
'Land And Freedom' Australia And New Zealand Law And History
Society, 9-11 July 1999 Newcastle, Australia. Abstracts of approximately
100 words, with a brief C.V., specifying audio-visual needs, and a return
email address, should be sent by 31 December 1998 to Nancy E. Wright
email: elnew@cc.newcastle.edu.au
OR Andrew Buck email: ecarb@cc.newcastle.edu.au.;
fax: (61) 2 49216933; web: http://www.law.mq.edu.au/~bruce/anzlhs
'Te Whare Korero - Uses of Oral History' New Zealand Oral
History Conference, 5-6 June, 1999. Abstracts/workshop outlines due by
31 January 1999. Enquiries: Megan Hutching ph: + 64 4 494 0631; email:
Megan.Hutching@dia.govt.nz
OR Monty Soutar ph: +64 6 356 9099 ext 8640; email: m.g.soutar@massey.ac.nz
'Europe: Divided or United? Australasian Association for European
History XIIth Biennial Conference'. University of Western Australia,
University of Notre Dame and Western Australian Maritime Museum, 5-9 July
1999. Enquiries: Dr Maureen Perkins, History Dept, UWA, Western
Australia 6907; ph: 08 9380 1227; email: mperkins@arts.uwa.edu.au;
web: http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/conference/
'Australia and Britain over Two Centuries: Uses and Abuses of
a Relationship'. Australian Historical Association Regional Conference
29 September-1 October 1999, University of Tasmania, Hobart. Due by
15 March 1999. Enquiries: Dr Richard Ely, School of History and Classics,
University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-81, Hobart, 7001; fax: (03) 6226 2392;
email: r.g.ely@utas.edu.au
'Discourse, Dissonance And Diaspora: Identities For The New Millenium'. Japanese Studies Association of Australia Biennial Conference, Central Queensland University, 1-4 December 1999. Abstracts due by 25 June 1999. Enquiries: Barbara Hartley email: b.hartley@cqu.edu.au; web: http://www.edca.cqu.edu.au/jsaa/JSAA_Site/JSAA_Folder/
'6th Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of the History
of Medicine Inc'. 7 - 10 July 1999, University of Sydney. Conference
theme will be "Individuals and Institutions in the History of Medicine".
Enquiries:
ph: 9290 3366; fax: 9290 2444; e-mail: hom@icms.com.au
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
'Sporting Traditions XII', Australian Society for Sports
History, Queenstown, New Zealand, 1-5 February 1999. Enquiries:
Dr Douglas Booth email: dbooth@pooka.otago.ac.nz.
'Contagion', Dept of Gender Studies, University of Sydney,
7-8 April 1999. An international interdisciplinary conference. Enquiries:
Dr Alison Bashford ph: 9351 3884; fax: 9351 5336; email: alison.bashford@womenstudies.usyd.edu.au;
web: http://www.arts.su.edu.au/Arts/departs/womens/homepg.html
'9th International Conference on the History of Science
in East Asia' 23-27 August 1999, Singapore.
Enquiries:
web: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/conf/ICHSEA.html
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