| 9.30 - 10.00 am |
REGISTRATION |
| 10.00 - 10.05 am |
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Ms Jan Fullerton
Director-General
National Library of Australia
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| 10.05 - 10.55 am |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Challenge of the Past
What is the future of history as a profession?
How is history understood in Australia today? Is the Australian situation part of a world-wide trend?
Speaker: Professor Jill Roe
Chair: Ms Meg Paul
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| 10.55 - 11.30 am |
MORNING TEA |
11.30
am-
12.20 pm |
SESSION 2
The Public Role of History
What public role does history have, particularly when issues such as Reconciliation are being discussed? How is history represented in the work of major cultural institutions such as the Melbourne Museum?
Speakers: Professor Henry Reynolds
Dr Gaye Sculthorpe & Mr Tony Birch
Chair: Dr Paul Turnbull
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| 12.20 - 2.00 pm |
LUNCH |
| 2.00 - 2.50 pm |
SESSION 3
Challenges to Perform: History, Passion and the Imagination
A public conversation on the cultural and cross-cultural work of the participants, including readings, and some review of the passionate and imaginative writings of young researchers around the country.
Speakers: Professor Greg Dening
(participating chair)
Dr Deborah Rose
Professor Stephen Muecke
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| 2.50 - 3.20 pm |
AFTERNOON TEA |
| 3.20 - 4.10 pm |
SESSION 4: Panel Session
Writing Ourselves: History and Creative Imagination
Many creative writers have used historical material in their work. Three writers reflect on their own use of such material and on issues which this has raised. How important is historical accuracy to the creative process?
Speakers: Mr Nicholas Hasluck
(participating chair)
Dr Nicholas Jose
Ms Kate Grenville
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| 6.00 pm |
RECEPTION AND CONFERENCE DINNER
Speaker: Mr David Marr
Venue: The Lobby Restaurant
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| 10.00 - 10.50 am |
SESSION 5: Panel Session
A Decent Privacy?: Personal
Revelation and History
Private and personal papers are now used a great deal by historians, and the private lives of both public figures and unknown citizens are seen as fertile ground for historical investigation. Are there limits to privacy and to the right of the historian to enter the private domain? What do the subjects of biographies think of their published lives?
Speakers: Professor Marilyn Lake
(participating chair)
Dr Katie Holmes
Dr Brenda Niall |
| 10.50 - 11.30am |
MORNING TEA |
| 11.30 am - 12.20pm |
SESSION 6
New Constituencies: Cultural Studies and History
How has history been adapted to developments in the field of cultural studies? What criticisms have been directed at the past practices of historians, and how valid are these criticisms?
Speakers: Dr Jennifer Craik
Professor Iain McCalman
Chair: Ms Vanessa Fanning
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| 12.20 - 2.00 pm |
LUNCH |
| 2.00 - 2.50 pm |
SESSION 7: Panel Discussion
The Research Adventure
This session explores the use historians make of Australia's major library collections, and examines the nature of historical research. What in libraries is of special value to historians? How do historians view the research adventure?
Speakers: Ms Margy Burn
(participating chair)
Professor Ann Curthoys
Dr Peter Cochrane
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| 2.50 - 3.20 pm |
AFTERNOON TEA |
| 3.20 - 4.10 pm |
SESSION 8
The Importance of Remembering
What role does knowledge and memory play in the nation, in society and in our understanding of ourselves? How is the study of history likely to evolve, and what is its value in a society where information overload is the norm?
Speaker: Professor Stuart Macintyre
Chair: Mr Graeme Powell |
| 4.10 - 4.15 pm |
CLOSING REMARKS
Ms Jan Fullerton
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