History Teachers' Association NSW

This episode features an interview with Dr. Louise Zarmati from the University of Tasmania about her article 'Thinking Archaeologically about Australia's Deep Time History' published in the term 1 (2022) edition of the HTANSW journal 'Teaching History'. The interview focuses on the challenges and opportunities of teaching Australia's deep time past to students in early secondary school.

Our first episode for 2022 features an interview with Dr. Benjamin Jones from Central Queensland University. We discuss some of the themes and issues raised in his co-edited book 'History in a Post-Truth World: Theory and Praxis' published by Routledge in 2021.

This episode explores the history and historiography of witch trials and witch hunts. Our guest is Michael Street, history teacher and recipient of a 2019 Premier's Teacher Scholarship sponsored by HTANSW. Michael used his scholarship to travel to the United States and England to study the history of witch hunts and has written a chapter on this topic for the second edition of the History Extension Resource Book (HTANSW, 2020).

Dr. Peter Whitewood (York St. John University, UK) has written an authoritative account of Stalin's purge of the Red Army in the lead up to the Second World War. He joined us to talk about the history of state violence in Russia prior to 1917 and how terror became an important feature of the Soviet system after the October Revolution.

This episode features an interview with Dr. Michael Molkentin about his latest book 'Anzac and Aviator: The Remarkable Story of Sir Ross Smith and the 1919 England to Australia Air Race' (Allen&Unwin, 2019). After briefly setting out the story, the interview focuses on questions of the methods used to construct the book.

Professor Roland Fletcher from the University of Sydney (Australia) is a world-leading scholar of the Khmer Empire. He generously gave his time to talk with us about the history of Angkor, the archaeology of the area and new approaches to understanding one of the most important heritage sites in the world.

In this episode, we interviewed Anne Gripton and talked about some practical ideas for teaching History Extension. The discussion mainly concentrated on the 'key questions' component of the course but it also offers some ideas for approaching Question 1 in the History Extension HSC Exam.

Professor Pierre Asselin from San Diego University recently joined us to talk about his most recent book, 'Vietnam's American War' (CUP, 2017). The episode discusses recent scholarship on the Vietnam War with a particular focus on exploring the conflict from the perspective of North Vietnam.

Dr. Rohan Howitt from the University of Sydney joins us to discuss some broad themes from Australia's 19th and early 20th centuries including migration, transnationalism, Federation and the White Australia Policy.

In this episode, we talked to Professor Mark Edele (Hansen Chair in History at the University of Melbourne). Mark's forthcoming book, Debates on Stalinism (Manchester UP, 2020), provides an up-to-date and insightful introduction to the English language historiography of Stalinism. It is a brilliant book and a very useful resource for anyone teaching this period of Soviet history.

Greg Keith has a keen interest in teaching the Holocaust to secondary school students. He has taught history for nearly 20 years and was a previous recipient of a Gandel scholarship to attend Yad Vashem in Jerusalem (Israel). Greg is currently completing a PhD on teaching the Holocaust in multicultural settings through the University of Sydney and teaches history at St. John Paul College in Coffs Harbour (NSW, Australia). This episode introduces some key ideas, resources and strategies for teaching the Holocaust in secondary schools.

In this first episode of our third season, we talked to Dr. Claire Golledge who has recently completed a PhD exploring exemplary history teaching. We based the discussion on Claire's article for our quarterly journal Teaching History which appeared in the December 2019 edition.

Mark Dapin has recently published a new history of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War entitled Australia's Vietnam War, Myth vs History (NewSouth, 2019). We sat down with Mark to talk about the book which raises important questions about the stories we tell about this period of Australia's past. https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/vietnam-myths/

This is the second of two episodes in which we interviewed Professor Stephen Hodkinson from the University of Nottingham (UK). Professor Hodkinson is a widely published and widely respected Spartan specialist who founded the Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies at the University of Nottingham with his colleague Professor William Cavanagh in 2005. The interview explores Professor Hodkinson's broader view on Sparta and also explore some contemporary appropriations of Spartan history.

This is the first of two episodes in which we interviewed Professor Stephen Hodkinson from the University of Nottingham (UK). Professor Hodkinson is a widely published and widely respected Spartan specialist who founded the Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies at the University of Nottingham with his colleague Professor William Cavanagh in 2005. The interview addresses key themes of Spartan history and will be followed by another interview in which Professor Hodkinson discusses broader view of Sparta, the role of archaeology in understanding Spartan history and some of the ways Spartan history has been appropriated in more recent years.

In this episode, we are joined by Professor David L. Hoffmann from Ohio State University. David's most recent book, The Stalinist Era, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2018 and provides an updated and insightful overview of Stalin's rule in the Soviet Union. In the interview, David discusses some of the broad changes to Soviet history that have taken place over the 20-30 years and offers commentary on key arguments he makes in his book. Scholar profile: https://history.osu.edu/people/hoffmann.218

In this episode, Christine Counsell explores some of the legacies of the changes that took place in History education during the 1970s and 1980s in Britain. This address was the first of two keynotes delivered by Christine at the HTANSW History Teaching Symposium held at the State Library of NSW in April 2019. We would like to acknowledge the support of Academy Travel in funding Christine's visit to Australia and the State Library of NSW for hosting this event.  Christine Counsell (Twitter): @Counsell_C

In this episode, we discuss the history, memory and historiography of the 35th President of the United States: John F. Kennedy. The episode is not an interview, but a discussion of different perspectives and interpretations of JFK aimed at those studying the NSW History Extension course and completing the JFK Case Study. This episode has a companion article published in the March 2019 edition of HTA NSW's quarterly journal, Teaching History.

Dr. Michelle Arrow is our guest on this episode of the HTA NSW podcast. Michelle's new book The Seventies: The Personal, Political and the Making of Modern Australia was released in early 2019 by NewSouth Publishing and takes a fresh new look at a decade known for iconic political and economic changes in Australia. We talk about the key arguments of the book, the archives and the joys and challenges associated with writing a book. The Seventies here. Follow Michelle Arrow here.

In this episode we talk to Billy Griffiths from Deakin University (Victoria) about his most recent book, Deep Time Dreaming. This is a fresh look at Australian archaeology and its relationship to modern political and cultural movements in Australia written by one of Australia's most promising young historians. Enjoy the tales of excavation and imagination that have transformed the way archaeologists understand Australia's deep past. Buy a copy of Deep Time Dreaming Billy Griffiths' scholar profile Follow Billy Griffiths on Twitter 

In this first episode for season #2 we talk to Tim Briscoe about the changes to the HSC Ancient History Personality Study. We briefly discuss the requirements of this topic and how it might be assessed in examination questions. http://www.htansw.asn.au/

In our final episode for Season 1, we talked to Sally Johnstone about her experiences teaching senior history in mixed-ability contexts. Sally has worked mainly in senior colleges in Sydney and presented sessions on differentiation and strategies for teaching writing for HTA NSW and the History Teachers' Association of Australia.

This episode features an interview with Dr. Jo Hawkins about her new book Consuming Anzac: The History of Australia's Most Powerful Brand (UWA Publishing, 2018).   Dr Jo Hawkins: https://twitter.com/history_punk?lang=en Consuming Anzac (book): https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/consuming-anzac-the-history-of-australia-s-most-powerful-brand

This episode explores some common questions about the new HSC Modern History Core topic: Power and Authority in the Modern World. We explore ideas around timing, teaching strategies and how to prepare for a new and updated examination.

Professor Frank Bongiorno's keynote address at the National Conference of the History Teachers' Association of Australia (3 October 2018). This event was convened by the History Teachers' Association ACT and recorded on their behalf by the HTA NSW. In this lecture, Professor Bongiorno discusses Australian history and its connections to broader, global history.   We hope you enjoy the episode!    HTA Australia: http://www.historyteacher.org.au/ ACT HTA: https://www.acthta.com.au/ HTA NSW: https://www.htansw.asn.au/ ANU School of History: http://history.cass.anu.edu.au/

Professor Mark Edele's keynote address at the National Conference of the History Teachers' Association of Australia (2 October 2018). In this lecture, Professor Edele provides an overview of Soviet historiography and Soviet history developed for his book 'The Soviet Union: A Short History' (Wiley-Blackwell, 2018). Professor Edele is the Hansen Chair in History at the University of Melbourne (Australia). We hope you enjoy the episode!

Welcome to the podcast of the History Teachers' Association of NSW (Australia). The History Teachers' Association of NSW seeks to promote the study and teaching of History and to provide professional support for those working in the area of History education. For more information regarding membership, resources, professional development and upcoming events, please visit our website: https://www.htansw.asn.au/