The 2015 Making Public Histories seminar series was presented as a joint initiative of State Library Victoria, Monash University and the History Council of Victoria. Here is what was covered.
Thursday 30 April 2015
Treasures and troves: the secret lives of books
Speakers:
Des Cowley, History of the Book manager, State Library Victoria
Richard Overell, former Rare Books Librarian, Monash University
Dr Anna Welch, curator, State Library Victoria
Thursday 23 July 2015
New directions in making history
Speakers:
Professor Al Thomson, Monash University
Emeritus Professor Graeme Davison AO, Monash University
Sarah Rood, Principal Historian, Way Back When Consulting Historians Pty Ltd
Anne Burrow, Genealogy Librarian, State Library Victoria
Tuesday 29 September 2015
S. T. Gill as eyewitness: art as historical evidence
Chair:
Associate Professor Alison Inglis (The University of Melbourne)
Speakers:
Emeritus Professor Sasha Grishin, Australian National University (and curator of the exhibition, Australian sketchbook: Colonial life and the art of S. T. Gill)
Dr Jan Croggon, Historian, Sovereign Hill Museums Association
Dr Andrew Lemon, professional historian
Thursday 26 November 2015
Melbourne's Alice: Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland as source, artefact and inspiration in art, science and history
Chair:
Dr Michelle Smith, Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
Speakers:
Dr Wendy Garden, Senior Curator, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Dr Juliet O'Conor, Children's Research Librarian, State Library of Victoria
Dr Nurin Veis, Manager Scienceworks, Museum Victoria
The panel discussing new directions in making history,
at the State Library of Victoria, 23 July 2015.
Photo credit: Way Back When