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La Mirada Student Film Competition

2010 SPANISH STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

University students are invited to produce or participate in the production of a short – no longer than 4 minutes - film, animation or cartoon in Spanish for the Spanish Student Film Festival 2010. The theme of the film has to be linked to different aspects of Hispanic cultures.

Submitted entries should reflect the theme through creative stories about discovering new worlds and different cultures, an integrated topic linked to science or history in the Hispanic context, etc.

Spanish Student Film Festival submissions are due Tuesday 2 March 2010. Prizes to be won! Winners will screen at La Mirada Film Festival in April 2010 at ACMI.

La Mirada Film Festival Information and Entry Form (PDF 65KB) (RTF 102KB)

Book Launch

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You are invited to celebrate the publication of

Aboriginal Australians:A history since 1788

by Professor Richard Broome

Aboriginal Australians will be launched by Professor Mick Dodson, National Centre for Indigenous Studies, ANU

Music by Jarrah Acoustic

Date:Saturday 27 February

Time:3-5pm

Location: Koorie Heritage Trust 295 King Street, Melbourne

RSVP to Udani Gunawardena
T:+61 3 9479 2340
E:u.gunawardena@latrobe.edu.au

Archaeology excavations at the Royal Exhibition Building

Faculty Dean, Professor Murray's Archaeology excavations at the Royal Exhibition Building began last week. Funded by an ARC grant together with Museum Victoria the dig is the first stage in a $5.3 million project to restore the 19th century German Garden on the site of a car park in the western forecourt of the Royal Exhibition Building. Read the article about the Royal Exhibition Building in The Age.

Awards

  

Drawing the Global Colour Line
Drawing the Global Colour Line wins the Prime Minister's prize for non-fiction

Having already won a number of prizes, Drawing the Global Colour Line, by Marylin Lake and Henry Reynolds, has won the Prime Minister's prize for non-fiction. Marilyn and Henry share the Prime Minister's prize for non-fiction - the nation's top literary prize - with Evelyn Juers for her book 'House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nellie Kroeger-Man'

Drawing the Global Colour Line Winner of the Ernest Scott Prize 2009

Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds have won the Ernest Scott Prize for History for their book Drawing the Global Colour Line. The Ernest Scott Prize for History is awarded annually to the book judged to be the most distinguished contribution to the History of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonization published in the previous year.

Drawing the Global Colour Line wins the Queensland Premier's History Book Award

The judges comment: Drawing the Global Colour Line shows that Australian attempts to define and defend ‘whiteness’ through the infamous white Australia policy were in the vanguard of a global movement towards racial exclusion.

 
Seize the day: Exhibitions, Australia and the World wins the 2008 Mander Jones Award

Caroline Jordan has won the 2008 Mander Jones Award from the Australian Society of Archivists for Seize the day: Exhibitions, Australia and the World, a collection of essays she co-edited (with Kate Darian-Smith, Richard Gillespie and Elizabeth Willis). Seize the Day is the winner in Category 2B: Best publication that uses, features or interprets Australian archives, written or edited by a person in their own right.
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Voices from the Ships, Australian seafearers and their union shortlisted for the 2009 Frank Broeze Maritime History Prize.

Voices from the Ships, Australian seafarers and their union, launched at national council in April has been shortlisted for the 2009 Frank Broeze Maritime History Prize.  

The book, by Diane Kirkby, focuses on the last two decades of the union before its amalgamation with the Waterside Workers' Federation to become the Maritime Union of today.
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The Lamb Enters the Dreaming Joint winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History

The Lamb Enters the Dreaming: Nathanael Pepper and the Ruptured World has already won numerous prizes and now shares the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History. The joint winner is Tom Griffiths for his book 'Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica'.

The Lamb Enters the Dreaming wins the Victorian Premier's Literary Award in the category 'First Book of History'

Robert Kenny's book The Lamb Enters the Dreaming has won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award in the category of 'First Book of History'.

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Shattered Anzacs: Living with the scars of war shortlisted for the NSW Premiers awards for Australian History

Marina Larsson's book Shattered Anzacs: Living with the scars of war has been shortlisted for the NSW Premier's awards for Australian History. Marina shares this distinction with only two other authors: Jill Roe for her biography of Miles Franklin, and Robin Gerster for his book on Australia's occupation of Japan.


Student News

La Trobe French Student wins Lilian Gray Alliance Prize

First year French student Meli De Groot, pictured above with Alliance Director Patrice Pauc was recently awarded the Lilian Gray Alliance Prize.

Honours Students offered place in ANU's honours workshop

History honours students Leonie Stevens, Bill Brown, Jesse Webb and Ben Ewart have been offered a place in ANU's honours workshops in May. Applications were open to honours students in Australia and New Zealand. We congratulate them on this siginificant honour.

History Postgrauate student wins the Ken Inglis prize

History postgraduate, Janine Rizzetti, has won the Ken Inglis prize for her article "Justice John Walpole Willis and the Boundaries of Local Politics and Imperial Justice". The paper is scheduled to appear in Australian Historical Studies in Oct 2009.

Janine has also won a prize for "Sifting to the bottom of financial impropriety: Judge Willis and Insolvency in Port Phillip 1841-3" which was based on the presentation given to the Historical and European Studies conference in December last year at La Trobe. Our warmest congratulations to Janine for these significant achievements!

Staff Achievements

Dr Tim Minchin Elected as Fellow to the Academy of Humanities

The School of Historical and European Studies congratulates Dr Timothy Minchin, Associate Professor in History, on his recent election as a Fellow to the Academy of the Humanities.

Dr Adrian Jones Promoted to Associate Professor

It is with great pleasure that we announce the promotion of Dr Adrian Jones to Associate Professor.

Dr Richard Broome Promoted to Professor

The School of Historical and European Studies extends warm congratulations to Dr Richard Broome on his promotion to Professor. It is an honour for the School and the History Program to work with Professor Broome.

Dr Tim Minchin wins US Studies Centre External Researcher Award

Dr Tim Minchin has won one of the US Studies Centre External Researcher's awards. The US Studies Centre is based at the University of Sydney and the awards are granted annually.

Dr Barry Carr elected to the Academy of Social Sciences

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Dr Barry Carr, Honorary in History, has been elected to the Academy of Social Sciences. This is a considerable honour and we congratulate Barry on this recognition of his work and his contribution to the discipline.

Dr Ana Maria Ducasse awarded La Trobe University Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning 2009

Dr Ana Maria Ducasse, from the Spanish Program in the School of Historical and European Studies, was recently awarded a citation for developing innovative assessment and curriculum practices which develop effective communication skills and engage learners with content in a bilingual subject. Congratulations Ana Maria.

 
 
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Latest publications

Peter Gerrand Book

Peter Gerrand
Honorary Research Associate, Spanish
Minority Languages on the Internet: Promoting the Regional Languages of Spain is the fist book to record and compare initiatives taken by Catalan, Basque and Galician languages in the Internet.

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Anthony Disney
Honorary Research Associate, History
A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire is an impressive 2 volume in-depth history of Portugal and its empire before the 19th century.

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Marina Larsson
Lecturer, History
Shattered Anzacs:Living with the Scars of War, tells the untold story of thousands of Australian families who welcomed home disabled soldiers after the First World War.

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Claudia Haake
Lecturer, History
Removing Peoples: Forced Removal in the Modern World, co-edited with Richard Bessel treats the theme of of forced removal within the frame of world history and international comparison.

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Elizabeth Dimock
Honorary Research Associate, History
Women and Empire, 1750-1939: Primary Sources on Gender and Anglo-Imperialism (Vol III) highlights the common aspects of the functions of empire in their impact on women. Elizabeth edited Vol III which focuses on Africa.

Good Things Came From Glass

Mal Harrop
Honorary Research Associate, History
Good Things Came from Glass is a compelling account of the rise and demise of a great Australian industrial icon and is the result of a lifetime interest and 10 years research and writing.

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Diane Kirkby
Professor, History
Voices From the Ships is a story told by the seafarers themselves, about how unionism changed and how this affected their working and family lives and the SUA’s ability to stay current and relevant in changing political, industrial and social environments.