Sharing research and information about Pacific history, archives, women in history, feminism, gender and materiality is an activity I really enjoy. Below are some examples of the places I have presented.
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Past presentations:
‘The Historian and the Archivist’. Here We Are, Australian Society of Archivists, 17-20 October 2022.
‘Teperaruariki: an examination of gendered power in the archives’. Urgent Histories. Australian Historical Association, 27 June-1 July 2022. Note: this presentation was supported by an Australian Women’s History Network bursary.
”The job had snowballed quite a bit’: Understanding the politics of the Australian Joint Copying Project 1939-1966′, National Library of Australia, 20 March 2022. Note: this presentation was supported by a NLA Summer Scholarship.
‘The AJCP or: how I learned to stop worrying and love surrogate records.’ Unfinished Business, Australian Historians Association, November 29 – December 2, 2021.
‘Papua’s ‘First Prime Minister’ and the ‘Queen of New Guineans’; How women appeared within the London Missionary Society Archives from Papua, 1874-1989.’ In Their Own Words, Pacific History Association 17-20 November 2021.
‘Working with the Australian Joint Copying Project as a Kaleidoscope Archive.’ History Transmitted: connect-consider-challenge, Professional Historians Association Australia 18-19 September 2021.
‘Framing Australia’s Perceptions of Oceania: How Pacific Historians influenced the National Library of Australia’s collection processes.’ Institutions- Decolonisation and Critical Intersectional Practice, Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association Biannual Conference 13-16 July 2021.
‘Our Sisters’: Femininity and religiosity in the writings of Jane Chalmers, 1866-1877. Feminism and Social Movements in the Global South, Womandla! 7 July 2021.
‘Lantern slides from the “Dark Island” of New Guinea.’ Archival Kismet: A Conference for Historical Exploration. Mississippi State University, 9 April 2021.
‘An untidy collection, with pins and things’: A reflective analysis of the London Missionary Society’s dynamic archival records, 1953-2021. Decolonisation and the Trans-Pacific, Australian Association for Pacific Studies. 8 April 2021.
Australia and the Knowing of Papua New Guinea, Deakin University, Melbourne. 4 March 2021
Contemporary Histories Research Group, Melbourne, Australia
Pacific Adventist University, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
The University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Media:
102.7FM, 3RRR: 22 December 2019, Making Waves. I joined Jacqui B in a discussion about women in mission spaces, Pacific history, the Australian Joint Copying Project, and intersectional feminism. You can stream it here> https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/making-waves/episodes/10133-making-waves-22-december-2019.
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