History of Australian Science Newsletter

Events

11 April 1994:

History of Science, Ideas and Technology Group (SA). Donald Beard will speak on 'Surgery on the March: some aspects in South Australia and overseas'. To be held in the Royal Society of SA Rooms, at 7.30pm for 8.00pm. Contact working group members: Pauline Payne 269 6879 (w/h); Lee Torop 303 5996 (w); Marie Borland 207 7765 (w); Richard Ferguson 362 6324 (h).

9 - 11 May 1994:

Australian Society of Archivists 1994 Annual Conference. To be held in Townsville. Contact June Edwards, James Cook University. Ph: (077) 814 362.

20 June 1994:

History of Science, Ideas and Technology Group (SA). Uta von Homeyer will speak on 'The employment of scientific and technical enemy aliens Scheme in Australia - a reparation for World War II'. Contact working group members: Pauline Payne 269 6879 (w/h); Lee Torop 303 5996 (w); Marie Borland 207 7765 (w); Richard Ferguson 362 6324 (h).

4-8 July 1994:

History of the Geological Sciences in the Pacific Region - the 19th International Symposium of the International Commission on the History of the Geological Sciences. Sessions will be held in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Sydney. Contact: 19th INHIGEO Symposium, c/o Earth Resources Foundation, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006. Phone: (02) 552 6136 Fax: (02) 552 6058.

9-12 July 1994:

AAHPSSS Annual Conference. To be held at Griffith University, Queensland. Sections to include: Science and Religion; Science and Technology Policy; Philosophy of Science; Environmental and Ecological Issues. Contact: John Forge, Faculty of Science and Technology, Griffith University, Nathan Qld 4111. Ph: (07) 875 5059 Fax: (07) 875 7656 Email: J.Forge@sct.gu.edu.au.

25-27 September 1994:

The Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition to Central Australia - Commemorative Symposium. To be held at the Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs. Contact: Steve Morton, CSIRO, PO Box 2111, Alice Springs, NT, 0871. Ph: (089) 500 143 Fax: (089) 529 587.

26-28 September 1994:

Inaugural History of the Human Sciences Conference. To be held at Victoria University of Technology. Contact: Deborah Tyler or David McCallum. Ph: (03) 688 4449 Fax: (03) 688 4324.

26-30 September 1994:

History '94 - Seventh Biennial National Conference of the Australian Historical Association. This conference will mark the 21st anniversary of the founding of AHA at the 1973 ANZAAS Conference in Perth. A wide range of historical themes will be explored, but papers are especially sought in the following areas: monarchies and republics in history; indigenous peoples and their histories; migration and ethnicity; bodies and identities; cultural heritage studies; spatial history; public history issues; teaching issues; and challenges to history - theory and method. Contact: Jenny Gregory, History '94 Conference Convener, Department of History, University of Western Australia, Nedlands WA 6009. Ph: (09) 380 2143/3404 Fax: (09) 380 1069 E-mail: jag@uniwa.uwa.edu.au.

2-9 July 1995:

'Mutiny and Medicine' - An International Conference on the History of Medicine and Health. To be held on Norfolk Island - experience the conference and holiday of a lifetime! Conference themes include: convict health and medicine; the history of penal systems and medical aspects of incarceration; military and garrison medicine and health; maritime medical history. The conference organisers require early expressions of interest so contact: Dr John Thearle, Australian Society for the History of Medicine, Department of Child Health, Mater Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4101. Ph: (07) 840 8935 Fax: (07) 844 9069.

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