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Annual General Meeting
The Australian Historical Association
Thursday, 9 July 2015
University of SydneySlide2
Apologies
Received from
Alex Cook
Phillip
Deery
Madonna Grehan
Dolly
MacKinnon
Marilyn Lake
Paul
SendziukSlide3
Minutes of the 2014 AGM
Hard copies available on request.Slide4
President’s report: Angela Woollacott
1.
History
Australia editorship
Dr Tomoko
Akami, Associate Professor Frank Bongiorno and Dr Alex Cook at the ANU will complete their term as editors at the end of the year – though they will be in charge of the April 2016 issue. We are enormously indebted to Frank, Alex and Tomoko for their stellar work as editors: for maintaining the high standards of the journal; increasing its international coverage; and for the intellectual creativity they have brought to their joint editorship. They will be passing the journal on in excellent shape. They have also put a great deal of time and energy into the question of moving the journal to an international publisher.
I am delighted to report that next year the journal will move to Adelaide, under
the joint
editorship of
Professor Melanie Oppenheimer and Associate Professor
Matthew
Fitzpatrick
at Flinders University.Slide5
President’s report: Angela Woollacott
2.
Future conferences
The 2017 AHA conference will be held at the University of Newcastle and will be convened by Professor Philip Dwyer.Slide6
Vice-president’s report: Lynette Russell
Funding
for the ARC
in Federal
Budget
announcements:
Only 50 ARC Future Fellowships in final round: this process will be highly competitive and over subscribed Federal government White Paper on Developing Northern Australia: possible significant resources put into Northern Australia over the next decade which may have implications for research and teaching funding applications.
New round
of Centres of Excellence opened by the
ARC: the
number of Centres funded in the original round
which will
be coming up for
renewal means this process
is expected
to be
a heavily oversubscribed and competitive round.
New
Executive Director for the Humanities and Creative Arts (ARC
): Professor
Dennis Del
Favero
is
currently Director of The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Arts, Engineering and Science
iCinema
Centre for Interactive Cinema Research and Deputy-Director of the UNSW’s Art and Design’s
National
Institute for Experimental Arts.
Nothing new to
report on
impact measures and discussions around journal rankings.
Excellence
in Research Australia assessments
underway, results
likely to be released
later
this year. Slide7
Secretary’s report
Alison
HollandSlide8
Treasurer’s report: Paul Sendziuk
Funds
available as of 1 July
2015
Business
Transaction Account (general operating expenses) = $39,598.57
Business Online Saver (includes $5,000 Jill Roe fund) = $33,540.46Total net position (saving accounts) = $73,139.03Term deposits for awards and prizesWestpac Term Deposit (16-3799; Hancock Award funds) = $31,363.91
earning
3.3% p.a. interest for 21 months, expiring 13 December
2015
Westpac
Term Deposit (16-3780; Kay Daniels Award funds) = $27,388.68
earning
3.3% interest for 21 months, expiring 13 December
2015
UBS
Property Securities Fund (Searle Award) = $
23,460
Allen
Martin Award
held
in an ANU controlled account.
ANU
Endowment
Office
advises principal
sum
= $
50,000.00; total assets as of February = $
95,822.48Slide9
Treasurer’s report: Paul Sendziuk
In
the 2014-15 FY, AHA subscriptions and journal sales brought in $10,680 more than the previous financial year, and savings were made in most areas (website, office supplies, bank and accountancy
fees,
etc.).
As
the financial report and the current balances indicate, we remain in a strong financial position.Hard copies of the Treasurer’s Report available on request.Slide10
Prizes and awards report: Tim Rowse
Entries for the following biennial AHA prizes are now open for award in July 2016.
Allan Martin Award – applications close 1 December 2015
Kay Daniels Ward – applications close 31 January 2016
Magarey Medal – applications close 31 January 2016
Serle
Award – applications close 31 January 2016W. K. Hancock Prize – applications 31 January 2016Please the AHA website for full application guidelines: theaha.org.auThe outcome of the annual Jill Roe Prize and Ernest Scott Prize will be announced at the conference dinner tonight.Slide11
Membership report: Joy
Damousi
and Michael
Ondaatje
Current financial
members at 30 June 2014
807Life members 6Financial members by membership category
Individual/household 342
Unwaged/retired/casual 186
Student 252
Teacher
9
Affiliate 18
Slide12
History Australia Editors’ report:
Frank BongiornoSlide13
Postgraduate student
representatives
’
report
Robyn Curtis
Petra Mosmann
Bethany Phillips-PeddlesdenSlide14
ECR representatives’ report: Cath Bishop
Post-PhD
writing groups in Melbourne and Sydney going well. None established in other cities – requires locally-based person to coordinate them.
Casual
academic ECRs were added to student/unwaged category for AHA membership and conferences. The necessity of casual academic ECRs to be given benefits like those extended to PhD students has been consistently emphasised.
2015
AHA Conference ECR/PhD session: First Book Panel: coordinated by University of Sydney’s Philippa Hetherington, who is on the AHA Conference committee. She has also organised the ECR/Postgrad social event.AHA Facebook Page: Membership of the AHA
facebook
page has grown, extending beyond ECRs and Postgrads to include a range of academics and non-AHA members. This is a valuable forum for advertising jobs and sharing information about forthcoming conferences
etc
, as well as ideas about sources and teaching.
Identifying
and Connecting with ECRs. This remains an ongoing issue, particularly in the case of those ECRs who are in casual employment.
The
support and encouragement offered to people to enrol in and complete PhD programs is
commendable
. Unfortunately, there is no comparable support available once they have graduated into
an
environment in which academic jobs are few and far between. This is particularly so when
universities
seem to be fostering the increased
casualisation
of employment in academic
teaching
along
with demanding workloads for tenured academics. Slide15
New AHA website launch
Karen DowningSlide16
Initiatives during 2014–2015 not
otherwise covered
Co-opted committee member Rosalie
Triolo
,
History Teachers’
Association of Australia (HTAA)The AHA and HTAA enjoy a positive and mutually beneficial relationship through:shared promotion of each others’ major events
shared promotion of membership opportunities and benefits
AHA being regularly updated on Australian and State/Territory History curriculum developments
HTAA being regularly updated on the latest historical research, including which researchers may
be
possibilities for keynotes and papers at HTA conferences or at Year 11-12 senior
student
history lectures
each being able to seek information from the other as needs
ariseSlide17
AHA Conference 2016:
Federation University
Australia
Jolanta
Nowak for Keir
ReevesSlide18
Other business