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State History Conference

Download call for papers.

The next State History Conference will be held from the 21-24 September 2013.

History SA, the Oral History Association of Australia and the University of South Australia will jointly host this conference, which will bring together professional, academic, community and oral historians. The conference will feature a range of themes relating to contested histories; memory, technology and new developments in oral history; urban history, and Indigenous history. We hope the conference will also consider history and the future.

The conference will be held at the University of South Australia, City West Campus, Adelaide, South Australia.

We invite proposals for papers, panels, tours, film screenings, performances and workshops. For further information and a list of themes please download the call for papers document.

Please submit proposals to:
Email: statehistoryconference@history.sa.gov.au
Post: GPO Box 1836, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

The closing date for proposals is Monday 11 March 2013.

Further details and enquiries:

Mandy Paul, Senior Curator, History SA, mpaul@history.sa.gov.au (08) 8203 9808

June Edwards, contact@ohaa-sa.com.au (08) 8293 1314

Karen Blackwood, Administration Officer, History SA, kblackwood@history.sa.gov.au
(08) 8203 9807

From July 9-13, the Australian Historical Association Conference will be held at the University of Adelaide. For more information, go to: www.theaha.org.au

The Museums Australia Conference will be held in Adelaide from 24 to 29 September 2012: museumsaustralia.org.au

Previous Years

State History Conference 2011

In perspective: rethinking South Australia’s history
20th State History Conference, 5 – 7 August 2011, National Wine Centre, Adelaide

In 2011 History SA will host a special State History Conference to mark 175 years since the official foundation of the Province of South Australia. The conference will use this anniversary as a prompt to interrogate enduring themes in South Australian and Australian history, to address their continuing relevance into the future, and to explore the place of historical understanding and popular mythmaking in South Australian identity.

This year, the State History Conference will be held in conjunction with the inaugural national conference of the Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations.

Registrations are now open for the 2011 State History Conference. Click here to download a copy of the conference brochure and registration form.

State History Conference 2010

State History Conference 2010The 19th State History Conference, Cross-Currents: History, People & the Environment will be held in Murray Bridge, South Australia from 6 - 8 August 2010. For a copy of the conference program, click here.

For more information email statehistoryconference@history.sa.gov.au or phone 8203 9888.

 

 

History Conference 2009

History Conference 2009The 18th State History Conference, History...from the ground up was held on Yorke Peninsula from 31 July to 2 August 2009.

Conference presenters reflected on the complex and layered history of Yorke Peninsula and the many forces that shaped the history of the region, including the discovery of copper on the Peninsula 150 years ago.

Those conference papers that have been provided by presenters for publication on this website can be accessed below.

 

 

History Conference 2008

State History Conference 2008The 17th State History Conference was held at Sunnybrae Farm Function Centre, Regency Park from 1-3 August 2008.

Titled, Changing Places: Changing Lives the conference focused on the history of communities, neighbourhoods and working lives that are disappearing in the face of rapid suburban and technological change: and on the challenges facing historians, museums and heritage experts to record and preserve the past and the process of change for the future.

Copies of papers presented at the conference are available and can be downloaded from the list below. They are in original form -

 

Contact the History Trust on 8203 9888 if you require further information.

 

 

History Conference 2007

The 16th State History Conference, was held in The Barossa Arts and Convention Centre, Magnolia Road, Tanunda from 3 - 5 August 2007. Titled Country Connections the conference  focused on the history of South Australia’s country towns and communities, especially in the 20th century, from local, state, national and global perspectives.

Copies of papers presented at the conference are available and can be downloaded from the list below. They are in original form -


Further details can be obtained from the History Trust by contacting Jan Mudge on jmudge@history.sa.gov.au.

 

 

History Conference 2006

 
 
 

The 15th State History Conference was held in Adelaide from 26-28 May 2006. Held in Union House at the University of Adelaide the conference, titled In History We Trust, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the History Trust of South Australia. A record number in excess of 180 delegates attended to hear papers reflecting on histories written and presented in recent years about South Australia.

A lively reception on the Friday evening, with entertainment by folk historian and musician Warren Fahey, introduced many delegates to the history of folklore and song in Australia.

Over the following weekend delegates took part in workshops featuring architectural drawings, GIS technologies, and audio playback devices for use in museums and research projects. Discussion groups offered advice on how to establish and maintain archival records, and listened to suggestions for strengthening South Australia’s history presence.

A highlight for the 2006 conference was a presentation by Keith Conlon and Ron Kandelaars from Channel 9 in Adelaide. They illustrated and talked about how they present history using their popular television program Postcards.

Copies of papers presented at the conference are available and can be downloaded from the list below. They are in original form -

Papers are also available by email or in hard copy. Contact Jan Mudge, email jmudge@history.sa.gov.au or phone 8203 9877.

To view the 2006 program click here.

 

History Conference 2005

The 14th State History Conference, Blast from the Past, held at the Westland Hotel/Motel in Whyalla on the weekend of 28 and 29th May 2005, attracted over 170 delegates from all over South Australia. Many regular conference delegates said it was the best conference ever!

Whyalla was a perfect location, a place ‘where the Outback meets the sea’ (Whyalla’s slogan). Presenters at Blast from the Past traversed the interconnected stories of pastoralists, unionists and companies, shipbuilders, immigrants and asylum seekers, explorers and sailors, women, Indigenous communities, miners and more. This history connected contemporary voices and ideas to South Australia’s ancient landscape and times past.

A highlight for the 2005 Conference was cartoonist-in-residence, Stephen Stanley. His perceptive comments on the ideas and papers presented added a critical but enjoyable dimension to the weekend.
Copies of Stephen Stanley's cartoons from the 2005 State History Conference are available on CD from the History Trust of SA, phone 8203 9888.

The State History Conference is never just a talk-fest. Delegates were treated to a welcome reception hosted by Whyalla City Council at the Whyalla Maritime Museum and enjoyed tours to Iron Knob and the OneSteel steelworks, through the old township of Whyalla and along the Freycinet Trail. A BBQ lunch, in the late autumn sunshine at the lovely Mt Laura Homestead on the final day was a great way to end this annual get-together for history buffs.

To view the 2005 conference program click here.

Copies of the papers presented at the 2005 Conference are available by email or in hard copy. Contact Jan Mudge at jmudge@history.sa.gov.au or 8203 9877.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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