Category Archives: Announcements

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Remembering Kay Saunders (1947-2026)

by Managing Editor Posted on June 1, 2026

In this blog, the Australian Women’s History Network remembers pioneering Australian historian Emeritus Professor Kay Saunders AO, FASSA, FRHistS (1947–2026). Below, the Australian Women’s History network shares reflections about the remarkable life of pioneering Australian historian Kay Saunders from her … Continue reading →

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Remembering Alison MacKinnon (1941–2025)

by Managing Editor Posted on September 23, 2025

In this blog, Margaret Allen remembers Emeritus Professor Alison MacKinnon, AO, FASSA (1941–2025). In April 2025, we lost Alison MacKinnon AO, FASSA , Professor Emerita of the University of South Australia (UniSA), a noted feminist historian of education, who was … Continue reading →

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Remembering Lyndall Ryan (1943–2024)

by Managing Editor Posted on April 30, 2025

In this blog, Vera Mackie and the Australian Women’s History Network remember Emeritus Professor Lyndall Ryan, AO, FAHA (1943–2024). We were saddened to hear one year ago of the passing of Emeritus Professor Lyndall Ryan, AO, FAHA (1943–2024). Ryan was … Continue reading →

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Australian Women’s History Network in 2019

by Managing Editor Posted on March 8, 2019

The new convenors of the Australian Women’s History Network reflect on the challenges and opportunities for the network in the year ahead. As 2018 drew to a close, responsibility for convening the activities of the Australian Women’s History Network (AWHN) … Continue reading →

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Top 10 for 2018

by Managing Editor Posted on January 7, 2019

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 →

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Top 10 for 2017

by Managing Editor Posted on December 23, 2017

VIDA blog Managing Editors Ana Stevenson and Alana Piper reflect on the year and share VIDA’s Top 10 posts for 2017. The year 2017 has been another exciting one for us at VIDA blog. We turned one year old in … Continue reading →

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Introducing our new assistant editors

by Managing Editor Posted on August 9, 2017

VIDA recently appointed a pair of talented postgraduate students – Georgina Rychner and Marama Whyte – as assistant editors to help administer the blog. Read more about them below. Since VIDA launched in July 2016 it has posted over a … Continue reading →

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VIDA blog: Postgraduate Editorial Assistantship

by Managing Editor Posted on June 7, 2017

VIDA: Blog of the Australian Women’s History Network invites applications from Australasian postgraduate students for an exciting new initiative: postgraduate editorial assistants. To celebrate the one-year anniversary of VIDA blog in July 2017, we are seeking up to two postgraduate editorial assistants to … Continue reading →

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AWHN farewells 2016 and welcomes 2017…

by Managing Editor Posted on January 22, 2017

Australian Women’s History Network convenors Jordy Silverstein and Mary Tomsic reflect on 2016 and what is to come for the network, historians and the world in 2017. It’s hard to know how to summarise a year in the life of … Continue reading →

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Call for book reviewers: Australian women writers challenge

by Managing Editor Posted on January 9, 2017

In 2017, VIDA: Blog of the Australian Women’s History Network will be participating in the Australian Women Writers Challenge. The AWW challenge was set up to help overcome gender bias in the reviewing of books by Australian women. The challenge … Continue reading →

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