PHA (Vic & Tas) is very pleased to invite all our members to our Annual General Meeting and Dinner.
The AGM and Dinner is a wonderful opportunity to meet other members and learn about the activities PHA (Vic & Tas) has in store for the next year. We also vote on and farewell Committee Members.
Being a Committee Member is a great way to enhance your network, skills and expertise. To express your interest in joining the Committee in advance, please contact our President, Sophie Couchman.
This year's guest speaker is Alistair Thomson, prominent oral historian. He will be speaking on "Making History through Relationships: The Joys and Challenges of an Oral Historian." Al is an informative and entertaining speaker and we are thrilled he accepted our invitation.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Friday, 15 August 2025
Time: 6 pm (for a 6.30 pm start) to 9 pm.
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Venue: Rendezvous Hotel, 328 Flinders Street, Melbourne
If you're not able to attend in person, register here for the Zoom link.
Cost: $70 for a two course meal (main and dessert), drinks at bar prices.
RSVP: Wednesday, 6 August 2025
Unfortunately we cannot accept any registrations or refunds after this date.
This is a popular event. Please register early to avoid disappointment. AGM documentation will be distributed closer to the AGM date.
About Al Thomson
Alistair Thomson is a longtime PHA (Vic & Tas) member. He has been teaching and researching with oral history since the early 1980s, and in 2018 received the Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian Awards for University Teaching. Al is Emeritus Professor of History at Monash University and was previously Professor of Oral History at the University of Sussex, President of Oral History Australia, President of the International Oral History Association and a co-editor of the British Oral History journal.
His books based on oral history interviews include: Anzac Memories: Living with the Legend (1994 and 2013), Ten Pound Poms: Australia’s Invisible Migrants (2005, with Jim Hammerton), Moving Stories: an intimate history of four women across two countries (2011), Australian Lives: An Intimate History (2017, with Anisa Puri), and Fathering: an Australian History (with John Murphy, Kate Murphy, Johnny Bell and Jill Barnard) which will be launched this year on 29 August. Al’s co-edited collections include The Oral History Reader (1998, 2006 and 2015 with Robert Perks), Oral History and Photography (2011, with Alexander Freund), and The Bloomsbury Handbook of Oral History (2026, with Alexander Freund and Erin Jessee).
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