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Selling an American Dream: Australia's Greek Cafe 4/8/2008
Selling an American Dream: Australia's Greek Cafe is a photographic exhibition that explores the key role that Greek Australians played during the formative years of Australian culture. It was launched recently at the National Museum of Australia and is on show there in Canberra until November 16 2008 before travelling to other Australian venues. The exhibition was developed and curated by Leonard Janiszewski and Effy Alexakis (Modern History).
Visit the exhibition website at www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/selling_an_american_dream_australias_greek_cafe/
2008-07-29 Innovative Universities European Union Centre
Intimate Citizenship in Multicultural Europe
Sasha Roseneil is Professor of Sociology and Social Theory in the School of Politics and Sociology at Birkbeck. She also holds a position as Professor II in the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research at the University of Oslo , and is one of the Founding Editors of the journal Feminist Theory. From 1999-2004 she was a grantholder of the ESRC Research Group for the Study of Care, Values and the Future of Welfare . A book from this research will be published by Routledge later in 2007: Sociability, Sexuality, Self: relationality and individualization. She is Deputy Scientific Director of the EU FP6 Integrated Project FEMCIT ("Gendered Citizenship in Multi-Cultural Europe: the impact of contemporary women's movements.
W6A, Room 127 29 July 2008, 1.00pm
A PDF flyer of the event is available.
2008-07-23 Department of Modern History
Explaining the Victorians in the Twenty-First Century
The Department of Modern History and the Division of Humanities is proud to present:
Explaining the Victorians in the Twenty-First Century (PDF flyer)
A farewell symposium for Michael Roberts.
Macquarie University , W6A 107
9am-5pm Wednesday 23 July 2008
All are welcome to attend this event and while there is no cost, registration is essential. You can register and view the programme for the event by downloading the flyer here .
Modern History Honours Student Kim Doyle to give paper to the History Teacher Association
On 24 May Kim Doyle, a current Honours student in Modern History at Macquarie, will present a paper based on her Honours thesis research to the History Teachers Association, as part of their Professional Development Day conference at Sydney University. Her paper is titled 'Global Peacekeeping: The Australian Perspective' and will examine the ways in which ideologies of race, gender and imperialism have influenced Australian peacekeepers' interactions with local people in Cambodia and Somalia, and what implications these interactions have for global peacekeeping in general.
Modern History Student Received 2008 Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee Prize 8/4/2008
On Tuesday 18th March 2008 Eleanor Cameron, was presented with the 2008 Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee Prize for an Honours thesis entitled "Changing from White to Grey": Support for the White Australia policy, 1950-1975. Eleanor was presented with the prize by Minister Noel Dempsey TD, at a public ceremony at the Great Irish Famine Memorial at Hyde Park Barracks. The Department of Modern History was represented by Associate Professor Mary Spongberg.
National Council of Women Australia Day Award 23/1/2008
On Wednesday 23 January 2008, MPhil candidate Bridget Deane received an award from the National Council of Women NSW. The Award was presented at a luncheon ceremony held at Parliament House, and Angela Woollacott also attended to represent the Department. The awards are given to promising young women for their educational success. In Bridget's case, it recognizes the research she is doing for her MPhil on women evacuees from Southeast Asia who were brought to Australia during World War II. The award was generously sponsored by Dr Maurine Goldston-Morris OAM, herself a naval historian who has published on Arthur Phillip, and the National Council of Women NSW.
Modern History Student Received 2007 Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee Prize 30/08/2007
On Sunday 26 August 2007 Julia Kensy, who has just received her BA (Honours) in Modern History, was presented with the 2007 Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee Prize for an Honours thesis dealing with a subject on Irish History, diaspora, migration, or social justice. Julia was presented with the prize by Mr Martin O'Fainin, the Ambassador of Ireland, at a public ceremony at the Great Irish Famine Memorial at Hyde Park Barracks. The Department of Modern History was represented by Professors Angela Woollacott and Carroll Pursell.
Congratulations to Michelle Arrow! 14/08/2007
Michelle has been awarded one of Macquarie University's 2007 Community Engagement Awards! The Awards recognise outstanding achievements in engaging the community at large and promoting access to high quality scholarship and service. This is very well deserved, and I'm sure you will all join with me in giving her our warm congratulations. The award will be formally presented to Michelle on 22 August.
Technology in Postwar America: A History by Carroll Pursell 27/07/2007
Carroll Pursell draws fascinating connections between icons of popular culture and landmarks of American technological innovation as he studies the effect of postwar politics on the evolution of science and technology. Pursell's entertaining history involves a range of technologies, from television, the automobile, and genetically engineered crops to contraceptives, Tupperware, and the Veg-O-Matic, and extracts political meaning from private objects, like toy soldiers, low riders, and lawn chemicals. He also discusses the state of technology today, addressing such issues as globalization and other challenges to "modernist" technologies.
"Completing the Gallipoli story: Researching Turkish Archives for a More Comprehensive History" 27/06/2007
Congratulations to Harvey Broadbent and Duncan Waterson of the Department of Modern History who have been awarded an ARC Linkage Grant of $422,000 over five years. Their linkage partners in the project are the Australian War Memorial and the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. The project is entitled "Completing the Gallipoli story: Researching Turkish Archives for a More Comprehensive History", and will investigate the vast collection of material about the Gallipoli campaign held in Turkish archives. These documents include battlefield reports and signals, War Ministry communications, records of prisoner interrogations, aircraft logs and diaries. The result will be a comprehensive history that will contribute to the deepening relationship between Australia and Turkey as we approach the centenary of the Campaign.
Congratulations, Jill! 12/06/2007
Emeritus Professor Jill Roe has been recognised in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours by being made an Officer (AO) in the General Division (For service to the community through the promotion of Australian history as a researcher and author, through executive roles in professiional organisations particularly as chairwoman, editorial board, Australian Dictionary of Biography, and to education.
Launch of the Centre of Cultural History 10/05/2007
2pm, Friday May 25th, W6A Room 127, Macquarie University. RSVP to Frances Thompson by Monday the 21st of May. Numbers may be limited. For more information please click for the Centre Flyer and Launch Invitation.
Great Irish Famine Website 27/04/2007
Trevor McClaughlin (Modern History) and web developer Jennifer Bainbridge recently collaborated on refurbishing the website of the Great Irish Famine Committee. It's at www.irishfaminememorial.org. You are cordially invited to visit. Please forward the address to whoever you think may be interested.
National Council of Women Australia Day Award 14/03/2007
Recent Modern History Honours graduate Tanya Gurnett was awarded the National Council of Women Australia Day award. Dr Michelle Arrow of the Department attended the ceremony.
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