News — Professional Historians Australia

Wilson History Oration 2022

Watch the 2022 Wilson History Oration, presented by Associate Professor Tanya Evans.

Fiona PoultonJune 4, 2022

Professional Historians Australia 2021 Conference - Online Only

The PHA annual conference will be going ahead, but will be presented online.

Fiona PoultonAugust 3, 2021

National Archives of Australia funding campaign and Tune Review

Many of our members will be aware of the sustained campaign over the last few months, driven by Emeritus Professor Graeme Davison and Gideon Haigh, calling for immediate funds to help save some of our nation’s irreplaceable historic records at the National Archives of Australia (NAA).

Image: David Coleman/Alamy, published by Inside Story 7 May 2021, https://insidestory.org.au/the-wait-of-history/

Fiona PoultonJuly 6, 2021

Submission to the National Capital Authority regarding proposed works at the Australian War Memorial

PHA is most concerned that the proposal to remove significant trees in the Australian War Memorial grounds rests on insufficient study, analysis and assessment of the surrounding landscape.

Fiona PoultonMay 3, 2021

Update on the PHA National Conference in September 2021

Fingers crossed we will be able to gather in Brisbane in September!

Fiona PoultonApril 13, 2021

PHA Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee on nationhood, national identity and democracy

Professional Historians Australia welcomes this inquiry into the question of how to restore and bolster trust in Australia’s democratic institutions.

Fiona PoultonFebruary 20, 2021

PHA Submission to the Inquiry into Australia's Creative and Cultural Industries and Institutions

Professional Historians Australia welcomes this inquiry by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts into the economic and non-economic benefits of creative and cultural industries, the impact of COVID-19 on them, and how to measure, recognise and grow access and opportunities for creative and cultural institutions through government policy at all levels.

Fiona PoultonNovember 10, 2020

PHA Statement on Australian War Memorial Development Project

PHA has called on the government to reconsider its commitment to the Australian War Memorial’s $498 million redevelopment plan.

Fiona PoultonAugust 20, 2020

PHA Submission on the Higher Education Reform Package 2020

Professional Historians Australia (PHA) opposes the proposed amendments to fees that would substantially increase student contributions to studying humanities subjects at university.

Fiona PoultonAugust 18, 2020

PHA COVID-19 Survey 2020

This report presents data collected in the Professional Historians Australia member survey on the impact of COVID-19.

Fiona PoultonAugust 10, 2020

Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award

Dr Margaret Cook’s book A River with a City Problem (2019) has been nominated for the 2020 Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award.

Fiona PoultonJuly 21, 2020

Professional Historians Australia’s statement on proposed fee increases for humanities courses at Australian universities

Professional Historians Australia is deeply concerned about the Minister for Education the Hon Dan Tehan’s announcement that the fees for university humanities courses are going to increase significantly.

Fiona PoultonJune 23, 2020