Past events
03
Nov
2004
2004 Professor Stuart Macintyre: The History Wars continued
About the lecture A war is raging in historical circles. Divisions about how to interpret Australian history and the politicisation of the topic - see in the vilification of Manning Clark as a '…
12
Mar
2003
2003 Professor Geoffrey Blainey: When History was rising fast: Australian history and the economic historians 1930-1960
About the lecture Professor Blainey will look at some of the leading Australian historians of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, including Keith Hancock EOG Shann, Brian Fitzpatrick, RM Crawford and the young…
04
Apr
2002
2002 Dr Rae Frances: Confessions of a promiscuous researcher
About the lecture Archives supply historians with raw material for their research. Sensational discoveries, hidden truths and forgotten heroes abound on the archival shelves waiting to be revealed…
Annual lectures
Each year the ANU Archives and the Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre present a lecture by a prominent researcher.