This Symposium is proudly presented by ANU Centre for Economic History and the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Economic history in Australia has gone through several important transformations – from individual satellites, disciplinary-style growth, neoliberal crisis to a more recent renaissance. Coinciding with the 10th Anniversary of the ANU Centre for Economic History, and the publication of Claire E. F. Wright’s Australian Economic History: Transformations of an Interdisciplinary Field (2022, ANU Press), this symposium will consider future research and teaching opportunities for economic history in Australasia and about Australasia. Drawing on participants’ expertise across disciplines, time periods and topics, contributions will discuss new themes, data and methodologies for economic historical work; connecting with co-authors across disciplines; future directions in teaching specialised economic history courses; and strategies for incorporating economic history material into economics, history, and business coursework.
This Symposium will be in hybrid mode of delivery.
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea are provided.
| Australasian economic history: Past reflections and future opportunities Online and at ANU, 26th August 2022 |
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| Session 1: 9am-10.20am |
| Claire Wright (UTS) “Australian economic history and the future of interdisciplinarity” |
| Lionel Frost (Monash) “Reflections on the work of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand” |
| Kris Inwood (Guelph) “Australia in the Australian Economic History Review” |
| Morning tea: 10.20am-10.40am |
| Session 2: 10.40am-midday |
| Frank Bongiorno and Nick Brown (ANU) “Teaching Australian Economic History at the Australian National University (as a non-economic historian)” |
| Sascha Becker (Monash) “Forced migration in history” |
| Henry Reese (UOW/Melbourne) “Trading and Exchanging Nature. The Entangled Mobility of Nineteenth-Century Science” |
| Lunch: midday-1pm |
| Session 3: 1pm-2.20pm |
| John Tang (Melbourne) “Gatekeeping and gender discrimination: evidence from the economics discipline” |
| Pauline Grosjean (UNSW) “Masculinity Norms, Gender Roles, and Australia’s Convict Past” |
| Florian Ploeckl (Adelaide) “Integrating Economic History into an Economics Bachelor program: Data Visualization and Software” |
| Hamish Maxwell-Stewart (UNE) “Putting Death in its Place: The Future of Life Course Analysis in Australia” |
| Afternoon tea: 2.20-2.40pm |
| Session 4: 2.40-4pm |
| Matthew Bailey (Macquarie) “Integrating business and urban history” |
| David Gilchrist (UWA) “Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Turning Full Circle” |
| Jim McAloon (VUW) “Economic history: the view from a history department” |
| Book launch: 4.30-6.30pm Street Theatre Café |
| Australian Economic History: Transformations of an Interdisciplinary Field, by Claire E. F. Wright |
| Launched by Lionel Frost, President of the Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand |
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Venue
Fred Gruen Seminar Room Level 1, HW Arndt Building #25a