Alana Piper shares research from Criminal Characters, a project investigating the criminal careers and life histories of Australian offenders from the end of the convict period through to the Second World War. Although male offenders far outnumbered women, both historically … Continue reading
Michelle Arrow reflects on the process for writing a book that takes in a decade of rich social, cultural and feminist history: the 1970s. Decades are artificial constructs, as anyone who has been to a ‘fifties fair’ or ‘sixties party’ … Continue reading
Leah Williams Veazey explores the intersections of migration, motherhood, and digital cultures in contemporary Australia. Migration and motherhood are both significant life changes. They disrupt social infrastructures, requiring the rapid acquisition of new knowledge and new networks, and the renegotiation … Continue reading
Kiera Lindsey explores the role of imagination in the historical research process as part of her DECRA speculative biographical project on the colonial female artist Adelaide Ironside. Most historians can recall an exhilarating moment in the archives when a reference … Continue reading
Text of a lecture given by Camille Nurka at the Women in Time Symposium, 30 November 2018, UTAS, Hobart, in association with the Australian Women’s History Network. I would like to say thank you to Paige Gleeson, Honey Dower, Frieda … Continue reading
Hollie Pich and Marama Whyte co-organised Professor Glenda Sluga’s recent MENTOR workshop. They review the event, and give six key pieces of advice from the event for emerging scholars. Like all industries, academia presents specific challenges to women and gender-diverse … Continue reading
An exploration of the media positioning of homeless women across Australian history by Anne O’Brien. This piece was originally published by the ABC on 12 December 2018. One of the less remarked upon by-products of the neoliberal ascendancy is the … Continue reading
VIDA blog Managing Editors Ana Stevenson and Alana Piper reflect on the year and share VIDA’s Top 10 posts for 2018. The year 2018 has been another exciting one for us at VIDA blog. In July, we celebrated our second … Continue reading
Ciara Stewart reviews the 2018 UK Women’s History Network conference held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of partial suffrage for British women. From 31 August to 1 September 2018, I had the privilege of attending and speaking at the UK … Continue reading
Gemmia Burden explores the problematic history of the relationship between museum practice, gender and race, and museums’ privileging of white men. The recent appointment of Anthea M. Hartig as Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) was … Continue reading