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SUMMARY:Making Public Histories: Why Republics Die
DESCRIPTION:Threats to democratic and republican regimes in the contemporary world have caused historians to reflect on how they fail. Are they vulnerable to authoritarian and military threats\, or are they victims of their own shortcomings? Three historians of very different periods in world history join with host Peter McPhee to discuss this fundamental issue. \nHost:\nProfessor Peter McPhee is the Chair of the History Council of Victoria. He was appointed to a Personal Chair in History at the University of Melbourne in 1993. He was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and then the University’s first Provost in 2007-09. He is now an Emeritus Professor. He has published widely on the history of France since 1770\, most recently Robespierre: a Revolutionary Life (2012); Liberty or Death: the French Revolution (2016); and An Environmental History of France: Making the Landscape 1770-2020 (2024). \nOur speakers:\nFrederik Vervaet – Reform Unwillingness and the Death of the Roman Republic\nFrederik Vervaet (PhD Ghent\, Flanders) is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Melbourne where he specializes in Roman sociopolitical and institutional history and its ceaseless relevance to our modern era. He is one of the editors of the collection\, How Republics Die: Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond. \nDr Ángel Alcalde – Fascism and the Destruction of European Democracies in the 1930s\nDr Ángel Alcalde is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Melbourne. His recently completed book The Global Rise of Fascism is under contract with Cambridge University Press. \nDr Julia Bowes – Make America Great Again? A Historical Perspective on the Right and the Decline of Democracy in the United States\nDr Julia Bowes is a Lecturer in Gender History at the University of Melbourne. Her first book\, Every Man’s Home A Castle: Parental Rights and the Makings of Modern Conservatism\, will appear with Princeton University Press this April. \nThe seminar is part of an ongoing series\, Making Public Histories\, that is offered jointly by the Monash University History Program\, the History Council of Victoria and the Old Treasury Building. Each seminar aims to explore issues and approaches in making public histories. The seminars are open\, free of charge\, to anyone interested in the creation and impact of history in contemporary society. \nWe thank the series sponsors\, Monash University Publishing\, the Monash University History Program and the Old Treasury Building.
URL:https://www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au/event/making-public-histories-why-republics-die/
LOCATION:Online\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Free,Making Public Histories
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SUMMARY:Material Histories: Wearable Protest
DESCRIPTION:We live surrounded by material things. Some are mundane and utilitarian\, others exotic objects of desire\, but all our belongings have something to say about who we are and how we live. Objects reflect both culture and history. Individually and collectively\, they shape our lives\, link us to others and connect us to the past. Yet objects are often strangely absent from accounts of past lives. This seminar series aims to unpack some of the stories that objects can tell about the present and about the past.  We also hope to provide a forum for discussion for those of us interested in material histories. We aim to cast the net widely\, with no limitations on either time or space. \nFirst speaker:\nWhy are we dropping Holt on Hanoi? How the creation and wearing of protest badges underpinned anti-Vietnam protest\nDr Hannah Viney\nThe Vietnam War and conscription was one of the most divisive debates during Harold Holt’s brief time as Prime Minister\, so it’s no wonder his name appears on many creative protest badges from the 1960s. Protest badges have been around for a long time\, but the number exploded during the Vietnam War years. This talk will ask why badges became such a popular protest tactic during the war\, and what studying these badges can tell us about the daily realities of activism.\nDr Hannah Viney is a history consultant and museum professional who specialises in Australian social and cultural history\, with a particular interest in the intersections between Cold War politics and gender history. \nSecond speaker:\nSubverting Femininity: Sewing Activist Aprons\nMargaret Anderson\nIf we think about wearable protest\, many of us will think first of t-shirts. Now produced in huge numbers\, t-shirts with political slogans are created in support of a bewildering range of causes\, across the entire political spectrum. Many are gender neutral. But there is an older history of protest garments\, dating to the early-twentieth century in Australia. Some\, like protest aprons\, were everyday\, feminine garments\, recast as activist objects. In this guise they both challenged and subverted traditional gender roles.\nMargaret Anderson is Director of the Old Treasury Building. A public historian\, she researches and writes on Victorian history\, women’s history\, the history and demography of the family and the practice of public history. \nMaterial Histories is presented by Old Treasury Building in partnership with Deakin University and Australian Catholic University.
URL:https://www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au/event/material-histories-wearable-protest/
LOCATION:Online\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Material Histories: Collision: Fashion and Fabrics
DESCRIPTION:We live surrounded by material things. Some are mundane and utilitarian\, others exotic objects of desire\, but all our belongings have something to say about who we are and how we live. Objects reflect both culture and history. Individually and collectively\, they shape our lives\, link us to others and connect us to the past. Yet objects are often strangely absent from accounts of past lives. This seminar series aims to unpack some of the stories that objects can tell about the present and about the past.  We also hope to provide a forum for discussion for those of us interested in material histories. We aim to cast the net widely\, with no limitations on either time or space. \nHow does fabric define a designer? Hartnell of Melbourne used expensive French lace in their winning design for the 1963 Gown of the Year\, while Jenny Bannister’s use of recycled materials made her a counter-culture rebel! This talk will look at two eras of Melbourne fashion\, the 1960s and the emerging youth market demanding modern styles\, and the 1970s\, a time of experimentation and a turn towards unconventional materials. \nFirst speaker:\nGown of the Year 1963\nJess Curtain\, Brighton Historical Society \nIt took 300 hours and 3\,000 pounds to create\, the imported French lace stitched by hand and embellished with thousands of glistening beads. Designed by Lorna White for Hartnell of Melbourne\, the winning 1963 Gown of the Year is both a stunning work of craftsmanship and a snapshot of a particular time in Melbourne fashion—a time when Flinders Lane was still the bustling heart of Australia’s rag trade\, with many businesses owned by Jewish migrant families\, and high-end fashion houses were able to splash lavish resources on a single showpiece. But by 1963\, a new youth market was emerging\, demanding modern and affordable styles\, and labels like Hartnell would be forced to adapt. \n  \nSecond speaker:\nJenny Bannister: punk icon and fashion trailblazer\nDorela Gerardi\, Museums Victoria \nJenny Bannister is one of Australia’s most iconic fashion designers. Emerging in the late 1970s\, her clothes during this period are marked by material experimentation and a counter-culture rebellion that signify the spirit of the times. From fabric remnants and material detritus\, Jenny created clothes that were unconventional\, experimental\, exuberant\, and exciting. Today\, Jenny’s early commitment to material reclamation and reuse positions her a trailblazer of upcycled fashion. Critically\, her work maintains a powerful resonance in contemporary fashion and its efforts to address the concerns of sustainability in design. \nDorela is currently the Curator\, Jenny Bannister Collection at Museums Victoria. She also has extensive experience working as Collections Manager in the museum and local government sectors. Her early career was in fashion and costume design with a focus on creating hand-printed custom pieces. \n  \nMaterial Histories is presented by Old Treasury Building in partnership with Deakin University and Australian Catholic University. \n  \n‘Collision: Fashion and Fabrics’ is presented as part of the Melbourne Fashion Week Independent Program.
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SUMMARY:Homes & Hygiene in Marvellous Smellbourne
DESCRIPTION:Those of us living in modern Western cities mostly take personal hygiene for granted. We have access to abundant fresh (and safe) water\, more varieties of soap and other cleaning products then we can possibly need and easy access to a bathroom on a daily basis. Indeed\, the average home in Australia in 2023 apparently had 2.6 bathrooms. That is almost one each! But imagine if we had none of these things. What would daily life be like? \nJoin Margaret Anderson as she examines the grubby realities of life in Melbourne before 1900\, and then charts the changes that the twentieth century brought to homes and hygiene.
URL:https://www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au/event/homes-hygiene-in-marvellous-smellbourne/
LOCATION:Online\, Australia
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