History Transmitted
connect – consider – challenge
An Online Conference for Professional Historians
Saturday 18 September – Sunday 19 September 2021
The historian’s job in the 21st century is richer than ever before. Technological advances have created new audiences with diverse needs, and allowed historians to chart and chronicle the past in ways that have never been conceived before. These developments in our profession have created new challenges and new learnings, which will be interrogated in this year’s Professional Historians Australia conference, hosted online from Brisbane on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 September 2021.
This year’s conference features a diverse range of speakers, with keynote by Professor Melanie Nolan, Director of the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University, and General Editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB). In her presentation, Professor Nolan will review the ADB’s current cultural journey amid the transition to a digital environment, the matter of diversity and the rise of transnationalism.
On day two, Dr Ian Britain, honorary senior research fellow in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne, will deliver an extended presentation on the challenges of censorship and public attitudes towards sensitive issues. Other discussions on navigating multiple stories in historic narratives, providing space for multiple voices in history, and challenges of interpreting historical source material will feature in the rich conference program.
Registration
To register for the conference, please visit TryBooking. Registrations are available for online participation only.
Please note, any cancellations must be made in writing to 2020conference@qldhistorians.org.au. Delegates cancelling before 11 September 2021 will receive a full refund. There are no refunds from 12 September 2021 onwards.
For any enquiries, please contact 2020conference@qldhistorians.org.au.
Registration fees
PHA Member: $80 online
Non-member: $100 online
Student: $80 online
PHA is pleased to offer two different bursaries to support PHA members to attend the 2021 conference. For details and to apply, see Apply for PHA Conference Bursary and Apply for Honest History PHA Bursary.
