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Applications are invited from Australian citizens who are BA students majoring in History (Ancient, Medieval, Modern or Economic) in an Australian university for two to three Menzies Centre History Studentships for the academic year September/October 1998-June 1999, one tenable in the History Department of King's College London and the other in the History Department of Queen Mary and Westfield College, both colleges of the University of London. Course details for Queen Mary & Westfield are on their web site: http://www.qmw.ac.uk/~arts/history.html; and for King's College London on email: [email protected].
Applicants should be at least entering the second semester of their second year in History and have an outstanding academic record. Each studentship, which is broadly along the lines of an International Year Abroad, entitles the holder to a free place in second/third year History in the relevant department and to access to student halls of residence. Applicants should fax a CV, a copy of their academic record, and an official letter confirming that they are still enrolled in their Australian degree and that their London work will be credited towards it. They should also arrange for a reference by their Head of department to be faxed by the closing date 11 June 1999. Contact: Kirsten McIntyre, Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies.
Applications are invited from British post-graduate scholars or academic faculty members for Australian Bicentennial Scholarships/Fellowships, tenable in 1999/2000. The grant is available for research in Australia, for three months or more, at any appropriate tertiary institution, in any discipline where it can be demonstrated that such a visit offers special scholarly or practical advantages.
Applications are also invited from appropriately qualified British candidates for a Visual Arts fellowship to be awarded jointly by the Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. The Fellowship will be tenable at WAAPA in Perth and at its regional centres in Western Australia.
The closing date for applications for both schemes is 4 June 1999. Application forms will not be distributed after 28 May 1999. For further particulars and application forms for either scheme send s.a.e. to Kirsten McIntyre, Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies.
Wednesday 28 April 1999, 5.15pm
Menzies Room
Katherine Gallagher and John Kinsella
Wednesday 9 June 1999, 6.30pm
Barbara Caine (Monash)
Australian Feminism: A Companion
General Editor: Barbara Caine
Editors: Moira Gatens, Emma Grahame, Jan Larbalestier, Sophie Watson, Elizabeth Webby
This important new reference book covers feminist theory, politics, andscholarship, feminist involvement in government and welfare, andfeminist approaches to culture and daily life. It provides general andspecialistreaders with the most thorough guide to every aspect of thedevelopment offeminism in Australia in the 200 years since white settlement.
Venue: The Menzies Room, 28 Russell Square, London, WC1
Healthy Futures? Australian and British Health Policies, convenor Meg Mitchell, July 1999, date to be confirmed.
Communications and Empire, convenors Carl Bridge, Shaun Milton and Jane Samson, 4 June 1999. Venue: Menzies Room.
Indigenous Rights and the Commonwealth, convenors Richard Bourne, ICS, and Australian Senator Margaret Reynolds, 23 July 1999.
Venue: Menzies Room.
Enquiries on both events to Ruth Brown, 1 Allfrey's Wharf, Pulborough, W. Sussex RH20 2BN. Tel: 01798 874149; e-mail [email protected].
The members of the Order of Australia have started a campaign to acquire 2000 books either about Australia or by Australian authors to distribute through the English Primary School system to raise the knowledge and perception of Australia throughout the UK. The aim is to distribute these books at the millennium and for them to be available to every Primary School via the Schools' Lending Library system. We are appealing for new or as new second hand books, by Australian authors or about Australia and of a standard accessible to ages 4 to 11 years. If you feel you can help in any way please contact:
Seminar organisers: Professor Carl Bridge ([email protected]) & Dr Susan Pfisterer ([email protected])
Prospective seminar givers should contact Dr Pfisterer in the first instance at least 3 months in advance.
For tickets and further information contact Lee Cooper, tel: 0171-887 5297; fax: 0171-465 8217; email:[email protected]
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