What is History in a Settler Colonial Society? Mapping the limits and possibilities of ethical historiography

The ANU School of History is pleased to host the 2024 Allan Martin Lecture given by Professor Anna Clark (UTS).

In this lecture, Professor Anna Clark asks a vital question: “How do we map settler-colonial historiography if the discipline has been complicit in the settler-colonial project?” Using Australian historiography as a case study, she explores how the discipline of History has policed whose stories can be told and by whom and has rendered some practitioners visible while ignoring others. Drawing on the work of Indigenous history-makers and knowledge-holders, her lecture will also point to ways that researchers might reach outside the traditional scope of historiography to map and contemplate the range of history-making that comprises history in the settler colony.

Professor Clark's presentation will be followed by refreshments in the Foyer of the RSSS Building at 8:00 pm.

Anna Clark is an award-winning historian, author and public commentator. An internationally recognised scholar in Australian history, history education and the role of history in everyday life, Anna’s most recent books are The Catch: Australia’s Love Affair with Fishing (Penguin 2023) and Making Australian History (Penguin 2022). She is currently a Professor of History at the University of Technology Sydney.