Join us for an evening of new ideas and interesting discussion to celebrate History Month in Victoria. “Emerging Historians” is popular event that offers fascinating insights into a wide variety of new history research.

This year we present four speakers who will share their research on a variety of topics that showcase how multifaceted history can be.

Joseph Parro will speak on the Far Right in Australia during the interwar period

Kali Myers will explore the representations of health, exercise, and the woman body in nineteenth-century Australian print culture

Dilhani Dissanayake will discuss her PhD research on ‘Cinnamon and Cinnamon Peelers’.

And Rachel Goldlust will share her findings on the environmental history of Australians going off grid since the late 19th century.

Chaired by Andrew Lemon (RHSV) and Bec Carland (PHA (Vic & Tas))

Proudly presented by the Professional Historians of Australia (Victoria and Tasmania) and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. This event will be presented via Zoom.

Image: Leunig, Mary, artist. (1992) Lover [original artwork]. State Library of Victoria