⏰Only two days to go in our HCV yearly appeal! As a not-for-profit, we rely on your support to advance our vision to connect Victorians with the past, their identity and the world today. Donate now to go into the draw to win one of 3 brilliant prizes! ➡️https://www.historycouncilvic.org.au/donate

People of Victoria! If you have a few spare bucks as the year wraps, consider supporting the public history events, education and advocacy work of the @historycouncilvic.bsky.social

💸 Our end-of-year appeal is on: Donate to the HCV or become a Friend before Dec 23 and go into the draw to win one of 3 excellent prizes! We rely on your support to advance our vision to connect Victorians with the past, their identity and the world today. 🔗: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/donate

🎉 You're invited to our end-of-year celebration! 🎉 To cap off a year of history advocblacy and engagement with the past, the HCV are hosting an end-of-year event THIS Thursday 11 December, 6pm, in the Melbourne CBD. 🔗RSVP: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/hcv_gp_2025_...

🎁 Did you know we are an entirely not-for-profit organisation who rely on donations to keep us afloat? Our yearly appeal is here! Donate or become a Friend of the HCV today to help us connect Victorians to history. 🔗 Make a tax-deductable donation: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/donate

📺 Our final Making Public Histories webinar for 2025 'Thinking about the Weather: Heatwaves and History in Twentieth Century Australia' is now available to watch on YouTube—featuring expert panelists Rochelle Schoff, Mandy Paul & Rebecca Jones! ➡️Watch: youtu.be/tV9xJunq_RE?...

🎁 Its time for our end of year donation drive! As the year draws to a close, we ask you to dig deep to support the HCV. Your help enables us to continue to encourage Victorians to engage with their past, history and the world today. ➡️ Donate now: historycouncilvic.org.au/donate

☀️ Our final Making Public Histories webinar for 2025 is coming up this week! 'Thinking about the weather: Heatwaves and history in twentieth century Australia' will take place Thursday 27 November, 5pm-6:30pm. ➡️ Its not too late to register: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/making_publi...

☀️ Our next Making Public Histories webinar, 'Thinking about the weather: Heatwaves and history in twentieth century Australia', is coming up on November 27 (5pm-6:30pm)! 🎓 Our panel will be: Rochelle Schoff (La Trobe), Rebecca Jones (Monash/ANU) & Mandy Paul (History Trust of South Australia).

Looking forward to discussing the fascinating history of heatwaves and hot weather in Australia with Mandy Paul and Rebecca Jones 🌡️☀️

#Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions. Here, an American Indian man paints a clay pot, with more drying behind him. Search 'pottery' on our photowall to find photos of pottery classes across Victoria and international markets and practice: prov.vic.gov.au/photowall 📸 VPRS 14517/P1/15, G413

☀️Join us on November 27 for a topical panel discussion in our last Making Public Histories webinar of 2025! Our three expert environmental historians will present 'Thinking about the weather: Heatwaves and history in twentieth century Australia'. ➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/43t43hbb

📚 Thanks to all who came out to our Book+Author talk last week! Our final gathering for 2025 treated attendees to a stimulating discussion between two of Australia’s most innovative historians of working life. ➡️ Want updates on our 2026 program? Subscribe: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/subscribe

⏰ Our Book+Author talk with Liam Byrne is tonight! Come and enjoy a wine and conversation about Australia's rich history of unionism, Bard's Apothecary, 6pm. ➡️ Its not too late to book: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/hcv_book_club

⏰ We are getting excited for our final Book+Author of 2025 this Thursday! Liam Byrne will be speaking about the history of Australian unionism at the intimate Bard's Apothecary in the CBD, with Professor Sean Scalmer at the helm. ➡ Book now to reserve your spot!: tinyurl.com/4zas4ws4

📚 Don't forget our final Book+Author event for the year is coming up a week from today! Liam Byrne will be speaking with Prof Sean Scalmer about his book 'No Power Greater: A History of Union Action in Australia' MUP, 30 October (6-7pm). ➡️Book: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/hcv_book_club

It was a fantastic annual lecture and evening, thanks HCV!

🙌 Thank you to all who attended our 2025 Annual Lecture last week! On a windy Thursday evening we filled the State Library of Victoria Theatrette to hear Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO speak about how the ways in which AI is a history-maker. 📽️ Missed it? Watch now: tinyurl.com/4vj3bu8t

📚Our last Book+Author event for the year is coming up on October 30! Liam Byrne will be in conversation with Professor Sean Scalmer about his book 'No Power Greater: A history of union action in Australia' at the intimate Bard's Apothecary in the Melbourne CBD. ➡️ Book now: tinyurl.com/4zas4ws4

🎉 The HCV Annual Lecture is tonight! We can't wait to hear from Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO with 'Can I Help You? Recognising and Improving Artificial Intelligence as History Maker', 6-7:30pm, in-person & online. ➡️ Its not too late to book: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/2025_annual_...

🙌 Only a few days to go until we welcome Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO to deliver our 2025 Annual Lecture, 'Recognising and Improving AI as History-Maker', held at the beautiful State Library of Victoria this Thursday 16th October, 6pm! ➡️ Book your tickets now: tinyurl.com/4decy9kk

📚 Bookings are now open for our final Book+Author event for the year, 30 October (6-7pm)! Liam Byrne will discussing his book No Power Greater: A history of union action in Australia, in conversation with Prof Sean Scalmer (University of Melbourne). ➡️ Bookings: tinyurl.com/4zas4ws4

⏳Don't forget our 2025 Annual Lecture 'Can I help you: Recognising and Improving Artificial Intelligence as History Maker' is coming up one week from today! ➡️Tickets are still available: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/2025_annual_...

🎓 Next Thursday the State Library of Victoria Theatrette will come alive with our HCV Annual Lecture! We can't wait to hear from Emeritus Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO, who will be speaking on AI and history making with time for audience Q&A after the talk. ➡️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/3swhembd

🎉 In just a couple of weeks we will be hosting Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO at the HCV event of the year—our 2025 Annual Lecture! We are delighted to invite you to this sure to be fascinating talk, held at State Library Vic. 🔗 Book (in-person & online): tinyurl.com/3swhembd

⌛️Our next Making Public Histories webinar takes place TODAY at 5pm—its not too late to register! We bring together three of the authors of 'Fathering: An Australian History', the first comprehensive history of fatherhood in Australia. 🔗Register now: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx

🗓️ Don't miss our upcoming MPH webinar this Thursday 25 September! We are bringing together three of the authors of 'Fathering: An Australian History' (@MUPublishing) to delve into the history of Australian fathering and family life. ✍️Register now: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx

“Machines have already eclipsed humans in the generation of histories, and we live in an age of artificial historians and artificial histories,” says Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO in her book Artificial Historians.

🎓Thank you to all who came down to @vicarchives.bsky.social on Friday to attend our special careers event for tertiary history students! Students were taken on a tour of the archives on site before hearing from our excellent panel. A recording will soon be available for those who missed out.

We are honoured to introduce Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO from the University of South Australia as the speaker for our 2025 History Council of Victoria Annual Lecture, held at @statelibraryvic.bsky.social on October 16. ➡️ Book now: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/annual_lecture

🔮The past is your future! The HCV & the University of Melbourne History Society have joined forces to put together a fantastic panel of speakers who will share how they transformed their love of history into dynamic careers—12 September at @vicarchives.bsky.social. Register: tinyurl.com/yc83c3jx

Our next Making Public Histories webinar will take place on September 25, featuring panelists Al Thompson, Kate Murphy & Jill Banard! Co-presented by @oldtreasurymelb.bsky.social and @monashuniversity.bsky.social, the webinars are free & open to all! ➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx

👏Thank you to all who came to our Book+Author event last Thursday, with HCV Chair Peter McPhee in conversation with Prof Sheila Fitzpatrick at the intimate Bard's Apothecary. ➡️Keep an eye on our socials for our next event, or sign up to our newsletter here: tinyurl.com/f3eevvj6

@oralhistoryvic.bsky.social - The deadline for recording details of your precarious Victorian oral history collection is on August 31! Details below.

One week from today we will be hosting Prof Sheila Fitzpatrick at our Book+Author series, held at the beautiful Bard's Apothecary, Melbourne CBD! In conversation with HCV Chair Peter McPhee, Sheila will be speaking about her book Lost Souls. ➡️Book now: tinyurl.com/4zas4ws4

🎒 A reminder that our Lynette Russell Prize 2025 is open for applications! The prize is awarded to a project in a Victorian school that displays knowledge, engagement and creativity when engaging with First Peoples' Histories. ➡️ More: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/lynette_russ...

📚 Our next Book+Author event will be held at the intimate Bard's Apothecary on August 28! Historian Sheila Fitzpatrick will be in conversation with HCV Chair, Emeritus Professor Peter McPhee, about her fascinating book Lost Souls. ➡️ Book now: tinyurl.com/4zas4ws4

For those who would like to watch the recording of my public talk the other evening on Ballads as News Media in Early Modern Europe, the link is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGVz... Thanks to the @historycouncilvic.bsky.social, University Publishing and the Old Treasury Building Melbourne!

Did you miss last week's Making Public Histories webinar? Watch it now on YouTube! With our expert panel, this seminar explores the fascinating world of the pre-modern newshound—the ballad singer, the pamphleteer & the public orator. ➡️ youtu.be/uGVz26DOYcM

Don't forget our next Making Public Histories webinar, 'Hearing the news' is this Thursday, 24 July! Come along to this fascinating exploration of the world of the pre-modern newshound — the ballad singer, the pamphleteer and the public orator. Register: tinyurl.com/43t43hbb

🙌 Meet Dr Una McIlvenna! Una is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow 2023-2027 & Senior Lecturer in English at ANU, and will be speaking at our next Making Public Histories webinar 'Hearing the news' on 24 July, 5-6:30pm. Read more about Una: researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/u...

Our next Book+Author event is coming up on June 26 at the wonderful Bard's Apothecary, Melbourne! Our speaker will be Dr Ross Jones, Senior Lecturer at the The University of Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE). ✍️Secure your spot: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/hcv_book_club

🙌 The Jane Hansen Prize for History Advocacy 2025 is now open! The $1000 prize was established in 2020 to recognise the efforts of a group/individual that has adovcated for the value of history & historians and/or the importance of history education. Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/m3jdfjwa

🏆 Do you or someone you know teach history in a Victorian school? The Lynette Russell prize for First People's Histories in Schools is now open! The $500 prize is awarded to an outstanding project exploring First People's Histories. ➡️ Learn more: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/lynette_russ...

📺 Did you miss last week's Making Public Histories webinar 'Spies and Cold War Australia'? A recording is now available! MPH is co-presented with @oldtreasurymelb.bsky.social & @monashuniversity.bsky.social. Keep an eye on our socials for details of our next FREE event! Watch: youtu.be/gpJ-gxU20v8

Announcing our third Book+Author event of 2025! Join convener Dr Yves Rees at the intimate Bard's Apothecary for an evening of conversation with Ross Jones, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) @UniMelb. Book ➡️: tinyurl.com/4zas4ws4

Don't miss our next MPH webinar this Thursday! Two of Australia’s foremost intelligence historians will be discussing espionage & counter-espionage in Australia during the Cold War & reflecting on the process of creating history based on intelligence records. ➡️ Book now: tinyurl.com/bdcnzemz

✨ Speaker announcement! Sadly, Dr Rhys Crawley has had to pull out of next Thursday's Making Public Histories webinar, Spies in Cold War Australia. He will be replaced by Dr David Shaefer, Lecturer at ANU National Security College. ✍ Register here: tinyurl.com/bdcnzemz

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Introducing the second speaker for our next Making Public Histories webinar 'Spies and Cold War Australia', Dr @RhysCrawley, lecturer in history at UNSW Canberra & author of the Official History of Australian Operations in Afghanistan, 2005-2010. ✍️Book: tinyurl.com/bdcnzemz