Conferences and seminars

Audio and transcripts of previous symposia organised by the Centre for Historical Research:

> Collections symposium 2009 - From collections to exhibitions

> Collections symposium 2008 - Material histories: objects as sources?

> Collecting for a nation 2006 - History of the National Historical Collections and its collectors

Baz Luhrmann's Australia Reviewed
7-8 December 2009

An interdisciplinary conference on history, film and popular culture. Papers and panels explored the myriad ways in which the film (along with other films, fictional and non-fictional texts, and histories) engages with Australia's national history, self-fashioning, and identity.

> More on Baz Luhrmann's Australia Reviewed

Barks, Birds & Billabongs: Exploring the legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
16-20 November 2009

A five-day symposium revisiting this landmark international venture and exploring the vast collections with an emphasis on Indigenous perspectives.

> More on Barks, Birds & Billabongs
(WARNING: Visitors should be aware that this website includes images and names of deceased people that may cause sadness or distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples).

Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies
9-10 November 2009

A conference held at the National Museum of Australia, in association with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, Australian National University looking at perspectives from anthropology, history and material culture studies.

> More on Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies

> Violent Ends: The Arts of Environmental Anxiety

Experience a wide range of expressions and interpretations of environmental anxiety through music, film, poetry, visual art, dance and discussion.