Professional Historians Association Victoria & Tasmania

Professional Historians Association Victoria & Tasmania Our members are academically trained and qualified, but work in the public field rather than in universities. Some work as heritage practitioners.

The Professional Historians Association (Victoria & Tasmania) Inc represents a thriving, dynamic community of professional historians who communicate history in diverse ways. The skills of professional historians are invaluable in documenting, interpreting and presenting history on many levels and, accordingly, our members work in a variety of areas. Some professional historians consult, working o

n commissioned histories and short term contracts. Others work in museums, local councils or cultural institutions. PHA (Vic) provides professional historians with support and assistance in their day to day work, promotes the discipline of history as a profession and encourages a high standard of scholarship and practice. PHA (Vic) also assists individuals and organisations to engage the services of a professional historian. PHA (Vic) maintains links with Victorian universities, government and heritage bodies, museums and local history organisations. PHA (Vic) is a member of ACPHA (the Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations). Under the auspices of this peak body, PHA (Vic) admits members in accordance with nationally recognised accreditation criteria and standards. All PHA (Vic) members are bound by ACPHA’s Code of Ethics and adhere to a nationally accepted and recommended Scale of Fees.

The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project Team will be closing the project form on the 28 Se...
23/09/2025

The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project Team will be closing the project form on the 28 September! This is your final chance to tell us about your precarious oral history collection and contribute to this important project.

https://precariousoralhistories.com/



Compiling a list of valuable oral history collections, big and small, in Victoria.A project led by oral historians working with renowned institutions.

Hear from the authors on how much has changed (and how much has not) about the practice of fathering in Australia.
17/09/2025

Hear from the authors on how much has changed (and how much has not) about the practice of fathering in Australia.

Deadline Extended! Oral history collections hold invaluable insights into our historical, cultural and linguistic past. ...
02/09/2025

Deadline Extended! Oral history collections hold invaluable insights into our historical, cultural and linguistic past. This project is taking an important first step by identifying and listing details about these collections in Victoria, Australia.

Visit: www.precariousoralhistories.com





Oral history collections hold invaluable insights into our historical, cultural and linguistic past. If you know of an A...
27/08/2025

Oral history collections hold invaluable insights into our historical, cultural and linguistic past. If you know of an Australian oral history collection that could be at risk, perhaps in a struggling historical society, or a non-profit association, let the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project organisers know today!

https://precariousoralhistories.com/





Compiling a list of valuable oral history collections, big and small, in Victoria.A project led by oral historians working with renowned institutions.

'We might be historians, but the point of all this isn’t a history lesson. We’re not advocating a return to a mythical g...
26/08/2025

'We might be historians, but the point of all this isn’t a history lesson. We’re not advocating a return to a mythical golden age. Education is fundamentally about the future and our aspirations for it.'

Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.

The AQuA Research Fellowship is a research award intended to assist scholars and historians further their research in Au...
20/08/2025

The AQuA Research Fellowship is a research award intended to assist scholars and historians further their research in Australian LGBTIQA+ history.

Applications close 5 September.
https://queerarchives.org.au/posts/latest-news/aqua-research-fellowship/


The AQuA Research Fellowship is a research award intended to assist scholars and historians further their research in Australian LGBTIQA+ history.

The annual RMIT Australian Screen Research Collection (RMIT ASRC) Fellowship offers researchers the opportunity to engag...
20/08/2025

The annual RMIT Australian Screen Research Collection (RMIT ASRC) Fellowship offers researchers the opportunity to engage with the RMIT ASRC's extensive holdings, encouraging projects that both promote the collection and critically engage with archival representation.

Applications now open!




The annual RMIT ASRC Fellowship offers researchers the opportunity to engage with the AFIRC's extensive holdings.

18/08/2025

A great night out for PHA (Vic & Tas) members at the 2025 AGM!

13/08/2025

Some maritime history for a Wednesday morning.

Always an informative evening.
11/08/2025

Always an informative evening.

📚 Announcing our next Book+Author event, to be held at the intimate Bard's Apothecary on August 28!

Historian Sheila Fitzpatrick will be in conversation with HCV Chair, Emeritus Professor Peter McPhee, about her fascinating book Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War.

When World War II ended, about one million people whom the Soviet Union claimed as its citizens were outside the borders of the USSR, mostly in the Western-occupied zones of Germany and Austria. These “displaced persons,” or DPs—Russians, prewar Soviet citizens, and people from West Ukraine and the Baltic states forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1939—refused to repatriate to the Soviet Union despite its demands. Thus began one of the first big conflicts of the Cold War. In Lost Souls, Sheila Fitzpatrick draws on new archival research, including Soviet interviews with hundreds of DPs, to offer a vivid account of this crisis.

Tickets are free for friends of the HCV (RSVP still strictly required) and $10 for non-friends.

➡️ Book now: https://www.historycouncilvic.org.au/hcv_book_club

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Our members are academically trained and qualified, and work to share history with a broad audience. The skills of professional historians are invaluable in documenting, interpreting and presenting history on many levels and, accordingly, our members work in a variety of areas. Some professional historians consult, working on commissioned histories and short term contracts. Some work as heritage practitioners. Others work in museums, local councils or cultural institutions. PHA (Vic) provides professional historians with support and assistance in their day to day work, promotes the discipline of history as a profession and encourages a high standard of scholarship and practice. PHA (Vic) also assists individuals and organisations to engage the services of a professional historian. PHA (Vic) maintains links with Victorian universities, government and heritage bodies, museums and local history organisations. PHA (Vic) is a member of PHA (Professional Historians Australia). Under the auspices of this peak body, PHA (Vic) admits members in accordance with nationally recognised accreditation criteria and standards. All PHA (Vic) members are bound by PHA’s Code of Ethics and adhere to a nationally accepted and recommended Scale of Fees.