Join Anna Clark and Julianne Schultz discussing their latest books, Making Australian History and The Idea of Australia for a lively conversation about the ‘Australian story’. Hosted by Bridget Griffen-Foley, this conversation explores how narratives of Australia’s past influence the present, yet are far from settled, and need attention as we imagine the future.
Anna Clark is an award-winning historian, author and public commentator. She has a PhD in History from the University of Melbourne and currently holds a prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowship at the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS. Anna is an internationally recognised scholar in Australian history, history education and the role of history in everyday life. She has written influential books such as The History Wars (with Stuart Macintyre), which won the NSW Premier’s Prize and Queensland Premier’s Prize for History, History’s Children (about students’ attitudes to Australian history), and Private Lives, Public History, as well as two history books for children (Convicted! — listed as a Children’s Book Council of Australia notable book — and Explored!).
Julianne Schultz AM FAHA is the Chair of The Conversation. She was the publisher and founding editor of Griffith Review and is Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture at Griffith University's Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. She is an acclaimed author of several books, including Reviving the Fourth Estate (Cambridge) and Steel City Blues (Penguin), and the librettos to the award-winning operas Black River and Going into Shadows. In 2009, Julianne became a Member of the Order of Australia for services to journalism and the community, and an honorary fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities the following year. She has served on the board of directors of the ABC, Grattan Institute and Copyright Agency, and chaired the Australian Film TV and Radio School, Queensland Design Council and National Cultural Policy Reference Group.
Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley holds a PhD in Modern History from Macquarie University. She is the author of several major works on media history and also edited A Companion to the Australian Media (2014). The founding Director of the Centre for Media History at Macquarie, Bridget has served on numerous boards and committees, including of the Library Council of NSW. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
