Oral History Australia
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OHA CONFERENCE 2017: wrap-up

by | September 24, 2017

Our 2017 conference is done and dusted. 

Read reports on the conference by:

  • CHENG Nien Yuan, a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney’s Department of Theatre and Performance Studies
  • Hamish Sewell Hamish Sewell, member, Queensland.

View:

  • our photo gallery from the conference (below).

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The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Oral History Australia was also held in conjunction with the conference. Prof Alistair Thomson was elected OHA President replacing Dr Sue Anderson (pictured below left).

The 2017 winner of the Hazel de Berg Award for Excellence in Oral History went to Dr Karen George (pictured below right).

 Outgoing OHA President Dr Sue Anderson with incoming OHA President Prof Alistair Thomson  Historian Dr Karen George receives the 2017 Hazel de Berg Award for Excellence in Oral History

Conference photo gallery

Click on any thumbnail below to access the slideshow.
  • OHA NSW President Anisa Puri opens the conference
  • Conference delegates
  • Keynote speaker Dr Indira Chowdhury
  • Conference delegates
  • Conference delegates
  • Presenters: Jacqui Wasilewsky (chair), Prof Michael Robertson, Dr Jonathan Lander, Dr Avril Alba
  • Presenters: Anisa Puri, Prof Alistair Thomson
  • Presenters: Dr Kit Devine, Dr Peter Read
  • Presenters: Anna Green (chair), Dr Anne Heimo, Dr Tanya Evans, Dr Ashley Barnwell
  • Performance: Remembering Palestine
  • Performance: Remembering Palestine
  • Opening, conference Day 2
  • Keynote speaker Prof Dalia Leinarte
  • Dr Indira Chowdhury asks a question
  • Presenters: Dr Melissa Walsh, Dr Nikki Henningham, Rachel Harris, Dr Jodie Boyd (chair)
  • Presenter Kelly Navies
  • Presenter Kelly Navies
  • Outgoing OHA President Dr Sue Anderson with incoming OHA President Prof Alistair Thomson
  • New OHA President Prof Alistair Thomson, final plenary session, with chair Prof Paula Hamilton
  • Final plenary session

Photographs by Judy Hughes