Putting History in its Place

Movement Around the Imperial Network

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:04:35 +1100

Janine Rizzetti (History, La Trobe University) looks at the active mobility of people during colonial times.

AIDS Response in San Francisco and Melbourne

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:55:41 +1100

Geoff Allshorn (History, La Trobe University) with a comparison on the response to HIV/AIDS in San Francisco and Melbourne.

"…A Splendid Place for a Home Like it Fine"

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:25:13 +1100

Kerri Nixon (History, La Trobe University) on settlers who transformed the Australian landscape.

Family Dispute in Biblican Text

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:57:34 +1100

Steffen Joeris (Ancient History, La Trobe University) looks at certain passages from the Gospel of Mark and what it can tell about family.

Rural Landscape in Elizabeth Jolley's 'The Well'

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:49:25 +1100

Emily De Rango (English, La Trobe University) looks at concepts of centre and margin in the rural ideas of the bush through Elizabeth Jolley's 'The Well'.

Batavia as Lore, Batavia as Opera

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:55:35 +1100

Tania Hardy Smith (Archaeology, La Trobe University) explorers the performance and interpretation of the Batavia event.

Searching for and Returning Fragments of Kulin Music

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:27:29 +1100

Jane Belfrage (History, La Trobe University) on the practice and documentation of finding and returning to Kulin people colonial written and sound traces of the original Kulin music tradition.

Van Diemen's Land Settlers Under Seige

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:23:23 +1100

Karin Derkely (History, La Trobe University) on the land owners of early Tasmania, looking at their world in the 1820s.

Race and Linguistic Space in Late Colonial Melbourne

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:45:22 +1100

Nadia Rhook (History, La Trobe University) on the history of the grid design of Melbourne.

Controlled Movement of Native Papuans

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:31:14 +1100

Lucy Davies (History, La Trobe University) on the control of native Papuans by the Australian colonial government.

Connecting Place, Politics, and Gay Visibility

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:32:50 +1100

Alan Peterson (History, La Trobe University) on control of sexuality, and exercise of forms of power. When a kiss offends - place, privacy, and the closure of the Hotel Australia.

The History of Tasmania

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:38:51 +1100

Professor Henry Reynolds (History, University of Tasmania) on the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions in the late eighteenth century, through to the modern day.

Utilising key themes to bind his narrative, Reynolds explores how geography created a unique economic and migratory history for Tasmania, quite separate to the mainland experience. He offers an astute analysis of the island’s economic and demographic reality, by noting that this facilitated the survival of a rich heritage of colonial architecture unique in Australia, and allowed the resident population to foster a powerful web of kinship.