2020 activities:

• Our end of year Friends Event was a panel discussion on 'History in a Time of Pandemic' featuring our Board members Professor Peter McPhee, Dr Susie Protschky and Dr Yves Rees on Thursday 3 December.
• Participate in our 2020 History Roadshow, this year happening online for VCE students in regional Victoria, with a special invitation for students in Greater Melbourne. Click here to find out more.
• With support from our partners, Monash University and the Old Treasury Building, the final Making Public Histories webinar for 2020 is scheduled for 10 November 2020. Click here to find out more and to book.

• Our annual lecture for 2020 was delivered online by Associate Professor Ruth Morgan, Director of the Centre for Environmental History at the Australian National University on Thursday 8 October. A recording of Futures Past and Possible: Histories of and for Tomorrow can now be viewed via our YouTube channel. Read more...

• We voiced our opposition to the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 by contributing to consultation on an exposure draft of the legislation (14 August 2020) and by co-operating with the History Councils of NSW, SA and WA on a submission to a Senate Inquiry (10 September 2020). The August submission can be accessed via our Advocacy webpage. The September submission is #153 via the Inquiry website. See also our earlier advocacy: Australia Needs More Humanities & Social Science Graduates (25 June 2020) and A Humanities education: what’s the point? - an article by our Chair, Professor Peter McPhee (23 June 2020).

• Did you miss the discussion on 11 August 2020 commemorating the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? It was broadcast by Radio National's Big Ideas program on Monday 24 August 2020. In addition, our video recording of 'Remembering the Atomic Bombs: History, Memory and Politics in Australia, Japan and the Pacific' is available via YouTube. Read more...

• Catch up on our conversation about 'Public Monuments - Contested Histories' on 14 July 2020! A recording of the webinar is now available. Read more...

• On 17 June 2020, our Chair's Letter to the Editor, The Age, advocated better protection of Indigenous heritage sites.

• In May 2020, we welcomed Alicia Cerreto as the Deputy Executive Officer. Read more...

• In March 2020, the Board appointed Professor Peter McPhee as its new Chair. Read more...