Past Events in Historical Studies

Mateship: Trust and Exclusion in Australian History

• 16 and 17 February 2006
• Victorian Trades Hall, Carlton South
• Contact: Nick Dyrenfurth, Tel. 9905 8749 or mateship@arts.monash.edu.au

The Jewish Guide to The Da Vinci Code

From the Bible to the kabbalah, we will examine sources that would raise the eyebrows of Dan Brown himself and make you think about Judaism in new ways.

• Date: 18 May 2006
• Time: 8.00pm - 9.30 pm
• Venue: 39 Ormond Esplanade, Elwood
• Contact: darsheini@arts.monash.edu.au

Cost: $10/5

Border Crossings: Japanese War Brides in Australia

• Speaker: Dr Keiko Tamura (Australian War Memorial and ANU)
• Date: 28 May 2006
• Time: Film Green Tea and Cherry Ripe commences 1.00pm
• Bookings: Immigration Museum; tel: 9927 2754

Devoted to the power of healing with her hands: the introduction of Japanese shiatsu to Australia

• Speaker: Hiroko Urakawa
• Date: 4 June 2006
• Time: 2.00pm
• Venue: Theatrette, Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne
• Bookings: Immigration Musuem; tel: 9927 2754

The Civic Historian: A Conference for Graeme Davison

• Dates: 29th - 30th June 2006
• Times: Thursday: 9.00am - 5.30pm;
  Friday: 9.30am - 5.00pm
• Venue: This conference is now being held at the new RACV Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne
• Keynote Speakers: Professor Janet McCalman (Melbourne University) and Dr Michael Roper (University of Essex)
• Contact: Susan Grist tel: + 61 3 9905 2164 or email: Susan.Grist@arts.monash.edu.au

Cost: Two day conference $140 per person.

Dinner to honour Graeme Davison

• Date: 29th June 2006
• Time: 7.30pm for 8.00pm start
• Venue: RACV Club in a private room
• Speaker: Jill Roe
• Contact: Susan Grist tel: + 61 3 9905 2164 or email: Susan.Grist@arts.monash.edu.au

Cost: $110 per person (three course meal with drinks included)

'Genres of History', the Australian Historical Association's 13th Biennial National Conference

• Dates: 3-7 July 2006
• Venue: Australian National University Canberra ACT
• Contact: http://histrsss.anu.edu.au/aha/index.html

Masculinity, emotion and subjectivity

A School of Historical Studies one-day symposium

• Date: Friday, 14th July 2006
• Time: 9.15am - 5.30pm
• Venue: Monash University Caulfield Campus, Room S2.32
• Keynote speaker: Dr Michael Roper (University of Essex)
• Contact: Susan Grist tel: + 61 3 9905 2164 or email: Susan.Grist@arts.monash.edu.au

Cost: (before 1 July) $40/$30 students and concession (from 2 July) $50/35 students and concession

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The Institute for Public History Annual Lecture

"Communities of Learning 1085-1453: Cultural Exchange and Religious Diversity from the capture of Toledo to the fall of Constantinople". Illustrated with manuscripts from the collection of the State Library of Victoria.

• Speakers: A/Prof. Constant J. Mews (SHS) and
  Prof. Earl Jeffrey Richards (Universität Wupperthal, Germany)
• Date: 2 August 2006
• Time: 6.00 - 7.30pm
• Venue: Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria, Entry 3, La Trobe St, Melbourne
• Contact: SHS 9905 2164 or email Susan.Grist@arts.monash.edu.au

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Conference: Communities of Learning, Religious Diversity, and the Written Record 1085-1453

• Dates: 3-4 August 2006
• Venue: Burchill Room, Building 68, Clayton Campus
• Contact: Email Constant.Mews@arts.monash.edu.au

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'Paradise...is a most pleasant garden' (Lorenzo de'Medici): Gardens and Villas, Politics and Society in Renaissance Italy

Professor Bill Kent lectures at the Australian Garden History Society Winter Lectures.

• Date: 8.00pm, 22 August 2006
• Venue: Mueller Hall, the Herbarium, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra
• Cost: $20 (no booking, pay at door)

The Age Melbourne Writers Festival

'On friendly terms'

Over the centuries the great lovers of history and literature have received more than their fair share of attention. But what about friends? In this Monash University panel of philosophers and researchers, Barbara Caine, David Garrioch, Marc Brodie, Dirk Baltzly and Jim Walter discuss their thoughts and findings on friendship from Plato's ideal to Rachel, Joey, Chandler et al..

• Time: 3.15 pm
• Date: 3 September
• Venue: Tower Theatre Malthouse Event 143
• Bookings: www.mwf.com.au or www.malthousetheatre.com.au

Historically Speaking Seminar: Who's telling stories?

History and Fiction - What are the boundaries, who is blurring them and why? This seminar will examine the popularity of Australian historical fiction and invite responses to the so-called history/fiction 'debate'.

• Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
• Date: 26 September
• Venue: State Library of Victoria, Experimedia Room near foyer
• Contact: Kiera Lindsey (tel: 8664 7261); free event - no booking required

Historically Speaking Seminar: Watch this Space

Space, Place and Storytelling in historical practice offers a compelling way of teasing our issues relating to contested notions of the past. Join the discussion with fiction and history writers.

• Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
• Date: 24 October
• Venue: State Library of Victoria, Experimedia Room near foyer
• Contact: Kiera Lindsey (tel: 8664 7261); free event - no booking required

Film and History Conference Telling Stories: Cinema, History and Experience

XIIIth Biennial Conference of the Film and History Association

• Dates: 16 - 19 November
• Contact and further details: http://www.afiresearch.rmit.edu.au/fhc2006/index.html

Requiem for 20th Century performed by theatre@risk

A new theatrical work by Tee O'Neill which will bring to life the last century using text, music, image and song. "A Requiem that augurs promise and foreboding for our 21st century."

• Time: 8.00pm
• Date: 21 November
• Venue: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane Melbourne
• Cost: $22.00 alumni group concession rate
• Bookings: Susan Grist 9905 2164 or email Susan.Grist@arts.monash.edu.au

History Council of Victoria's Annual Public Lecture

'Australia and Turkey: Uncomfortable Thoughts on Gallipoli and the Armenian Genocide' by Robert Manne, Professor of Politics. La Trobe University

• Time: 6.30pm
• Date: 22 November
• Venue: The Age Theatre, Melbourne Museum
• Bookings: Kiera Lindsey tel: 8664 7261 or email hcvexecofficer@slv.vic.gov.au