Podcasts about history council

On this episode, host & WYCE Station Manager Phil Tower welcomes Sophia Ward Brewer, Serials and Collection Development Librarian at GRCC and Vice President of the Greater GR Women's History Council.Sophia recently gave a presentation at Grand Rapids Public Library titled Tracing the Steps | African American Women During the Progressive Era in Grand RapidsSophia's done a significant amount of research on early African American women's clubs and the remarkable women who led these organizations here in Grand Rapids.She spoke with us about the progressive era and what it was like for women living in Grand Rapids during that period. Online:  The Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council

Good afternoon and welcome to another episode of the Dear Church Podcast! Join us as we go through some important moments in church history, starting with the Council of Nicaea!If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail us at podcast@cgsnj.org.As always, we love you, we miss you, enjoy!

In this episode of Object Matters host Dr Craig Barker is joined by historian and author Dr Kiera Lindsey. Together they discuss her new book on colonial Sydney artist Adelaide Ironside titled Wild Love. Together they examine speculative history, writing biographies and art in  colonial New South Wales, and explore Adelaide's complex relationship with University of Sydney founders William Charles Wentworth and Sir Charles Nicholson. Guest: Dr Kiera Lindsey is a creative historian who works across the public and academic sectors. She works at the History Trust of SA (HTSA) as South Australia's History Advocate. She has over twenty years of research and writing experience in the area of nineteenth-century, Indigenous and women's histories and have also published nationally and internationally on the topics of speculative biography and life writing. She had served as Vice President of the History Council of New South Wales as well as a member of the Sydney Living Museum's Curatorial and Public Engagement Advisory Committee. She features regularly on radio and podcasts, and was a consultant and on-camera historian for a 4-part series entitled LAWLESS: The Real Bushrangers which first aired on Foxtel's History Channel in 2017. Kiera has also designed two online public history courses on the GLAM sector. Wild Love was published through Allen & Unwin in November 2023, joining her first book The Convict's Daughter, and a volume coedited with Donna Brien on the topic of speculative biography. Wild Love was the produce of an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) while she was at University of Technology Sydney (UTS).  Follow Kiera on X: @LindseyKiera Host: Dr Craig Barker, Head of Public Engagement, Chau Chak Wing Museum and Director, Paphos Theatre Archaeological Excavations. Follow @DrCraig_B on X and Instagram. Object details: Pietro Tenerani, life-size statue of William Charles Wentworth, marble, 1861. Purchased with funds from public subscription 1861 [UA1861.1]

 Acknowledgement of Country// Headlines// Professor Lynette Russell AM shares her post-Referendum reflections about the role of history in Australia's truth-telling and history education in Australia. Professor Russell is the Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor and ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellow 2020-2025 at the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre. The Lynette Russell Prize for First People's History in Schools will be presented at a free online event @ 5.30pm tonight Wednesday 25th October at the History Council of Victoria annual lecture. Click here for ticket registration.  Patrick speaks to Tony Clarkson, a Principal Clinical Advisor for the Victorian Responsible Gambling Associationas we discussed the impact of gambling on young people and what the foundation is doing to stop gambling.   If you're having trouble with gambling and think that Gamblers Anonymous could help you then phone 03 9696 6108 or see their website gaaustralia.org.au. Lifeline 13 11 14 To hear stories about gambling and other addictive pastimes tune into 3CR's Living Free programme every Thursday at 1pm. Grace speaks with Associate Prof. Mark Rickinson, project director on Monash University's The Q Project, about bridging the gap between university teaching practices and research. Claudia speaks to street dancer and community youth worker David Prakash about his work at L2R Dance, a not-for-profit organisation based in Melbourne's West dedicated to providing free dance programs, arts leadership opportunities and employment pathways for children and young people traditionally underrepresented or absent from mainstream arts and culture. David is a youth coordinator of Block Party, a L2R dance event taking place this Saturday 28th October, 12noon-3pm at the Footscray Arts Centre. For tickets click here. To register for the Dance Battle click here. Music From St Kilda to Kings Cross – Paul KellyCannot Buy My Soul – Archie RoachReasons – BirdzBlack Fella/White Fella – Jimmy Little     

Patrick speaks to La Trobe University Business School Associate Professor Buly Cardak about the Victorian State budget and what could be coming your way in terms of support, the future surplus, and cuts to mental health.    Claudia speaks with United States history and policy expert and lecturer in the Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University, Dr Emma Shortis. Emma is a signatory to the open letter calling for a parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS submarine deal and the risks to Australia if all goes wrong.   We hear from journalist Kristine Ziwica, co-founder of A Monument of One's Own, a not-for-profit organisation addressing the gendered inequity of Melbourne's historical monuments. Kristine was a speaker at a History Council of Victoria public histories event The Changing Face of Melbourne's History: Transforming our Statues and Memorial last week and was part of a campaign to establish a permanent memorial to women's rights activist Zelda D'Aprano. The unveiling of the Zelda D'Aprano statue will take place at Trades Hall will take place on Tuesday May 30th at 8.45am-10am, the Lygon Street side of Trades Hall, corner of Victoria and Lygon Streets Carlton.   Grace speaks with Kenyan-born Melbourne artist Maleik Njoroge about All Tribes Are Beautiful Lab (ATAB.Lab), a design lab producing chess products and chess experiences. Maleik also talks about the role of chess in communities and the Chess without Borders 2-day interactive chess simulation experience, part of the Culture Makers program, taking place at the Immigration Museum this Friday (May 26th)  & Saturday (May 27th).  Head to Immigration Museum Victoria website to get your tickets, and make sure to get both Fri and Sat tickets if you're going to both days. Immigration Museum is located at 400 Flinders St Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Songs You Never Know So Don't Let Go by The Night before Tomorrow I'm a Noongah Man by Ted Wilkes No more Yonga by Ted Wilkes Hawk in the Tree by Cat Clyde  

This is Jo Ellyn Clarey: Co-President/Director of The Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council. A literary scholar by profession, Jo Ellyn Clarey has redirected her path into the world of local women’s history in Grand Rapids. For the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council, she continues advancing long term projects highlighting the roles of local women in the Michigan Suffrage movement; overseeing a complete electoral history of the city’s women and so much more. She’s this week’s guest on Powerful Women: Let’s talk. Powerful Women: Let’s Talk is created by WGVU NPR and made possible by WGVU NPR sustaining monthly donors. Become a sustaining monthly donor now at wgvu.org/donate to support WGVU NPR’s local programs, including Powerful Women: Let’s Talk.

“Dear Pharaoh Khufu” brings listeners on a journey through the successes and turmoils of Ancient Egypt, from building a beautiful country from scratch, to buying into the poisonous delusion that a person's worth was diminished by the darkness of their skin. Joined by The Real History Council, this episode will take you on a blast from the past, with riveting commentary about the climate on race and ethnicity. Episode 4 builds off a tangent from Episode 3, so be sure to have listened so that you know what's coming up!

MHSAA moves Michigan high school football to spring. Grand Rapids' Blue Bridge getting upgraded lighting system. Kent County announces first round of Small Business Recovery Program awardees. Vertigo Music record store reopens downtown for in-person browsing. Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council hosting downtown event on Thursday to celebrate 19th Amendment, dressed as "suffragists". The Rapidian encourages local residents to share their own stories related to civic, economic, and public health developments in the Grand Rapids area on The Rapidian's platform. To get started as a community reporter, visit TheRapidian.org/write. https://therapidian.org/community-updates-tuesday-august-18 MHSAA's Website: https://www.mhsaa.com/ Chamber List of Businesses Receiving Aid: https://www.grandrapids.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/County-Grant-Recipients.pdf GGRWHC's August Events: https://www.ggrwhc.org/events/category/events

In Episode Seven of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Historian & Curator Stephen Gapps, President of the History Council of New South Wales and the author of The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the Early Colony, 1788-1817.

In Episode Seven of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Historian & Curator Stephen Gapps, President of the History Council of New South Wales and the author of The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the Early Colony, 1788-1817.

The year 2029 will be the bicentenary of the European colonisation of WA.   In an up and coming talk at the WA Historical Society, Emeritus Professor of History and Chair of the History Council of WA Jenny Gregory looks at how we have commemorated previous milestones in West Australian history and how we should commemorate the bicentenary in 2029.

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) In the depths of a Bega winter around 70 people turned out to the Bega Campus of the University of Wollongong to hear a local perspective of Feminism in the 21st Century. Local writers group Mnemosyne posed the question – ‘Is feminism still relevant?’ A lively discussion followed. Your host will introduce you to the panel and the meaning of Mnemosyne. The discussion doubled as the launch of a new local journal. The Kickstarter fundraising campaign runs until the end of September hoping to turn the journal into a reality. You are about to find out more. Your host is PhD student, Jodie Stewart who has just been awarded the Deen De Bortoli Award for Applied History from the History Council of NSW for her work and research around the Bundian Way, and ancient Aboriginal pathway linking the Far South Coast and the Snowy Mountains of NSW. Thanks to About Regional members, Tania Ward, Ingrid Mitchell, Deb Nave, and Scott Halfpenny for their support in making this podcast. Cheers Ian Subscribe, rate and review About Regional at Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, audioBoom and all good podcast apps. For more visit http://aboutregional.com.au/ #regional #asutralia #bega #southeast #NSW #aboutregional

This week Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark spoke with the President of the History Council for NSW, Tanya Evans to find out how #historyweek17 went. They also chatted with the winner of the NSW Premier’s History awards, Peter Hobbins about his award-winning book Stories from the Sandstone, that saw historians and archaeologists team up to unlock the secrets of over 1600 engravings carved into the rocks and walls around the Manly Quarantine Station during its 150-year history.

Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark chat with Associate Professor Michelle Arrow about her highly anticipated Annual History Lecture, the premier event of the History Week Festival run by the History Council of NSW.This week we  ponder how pop culture make sense of social change in Australia, how our everyday life is shaped by POP! And what histories can be told and who tells them.Michelle is set to deliver her talk Tuesday 5 September, 6pm at Sydney Living Museums’ The Mint.  Book your tickets here