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History Talks - HCNSW Podcasts
The History Talks podcasts offer a valuable opportunity to delve into Australian history through the insights of prominent historians or those who significantly contribute to historical knowledge.
These recordings capture speaker events, providing listeners with a platform to engage with the rich historical narratives and perspectives shared by experts in the field. Whether exploring significant events, individuals, or societal transformations, these podcasts serve as an accessible and informative resource for those interested in delving deeper into Australia's past.
The History Talks podcasts are a series of recordings of speaker events featuring leading Australian Historians, produced by the History Council of New South Wales. Creative Commons license: CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike)
Episodes
50 episodes
HCNSW Annual History Lecture 2025 Dr Margaret Cook
History Council of NSW Annual History Lecture 2025 delivered by Dr Margaret Cook. Includes a Q & A following the lecture with Dr Amanda Wells.Dr Margaret Cook is a Research Fellow at the Australian Rivers Institute, G...
History Now: Caught on Screen: Australia’s Convict History in Film and Television
Nations are often remade through close attention to detail. In this episode, historian Dr James Finlay reflects on how Australia’s convict past has been represented on screen, tracing shifts from early cinematic melodrama through to television ...
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History Now: Interpreting Cockatoo Island/Wareamah: Past, Present, Future
Waramah/Cockatoo Island is one of Sydney Harbour’s most complex historical sites. Shaped by layers of incarceration, labour, industry, and governance, the island offers a rare opportunity to examine how power, punishment, and productivity were ...
History Now 2025 Wood Memorial Lecture in History: 'Creative Histories: A Conversation'
In this History Now/Wood Memorial Lecture event, Dr. Sophie Loy-Wilson from the discipline of History at the University of Sydney sits down with three extraordinary scholars who have drawn on lived experiences and diverse methodologies...
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History Now: Teaching History: The future of history education in NSW
In this conversation led by two leading history educators, we will examine the challenges and complexities of history teaching in the 21st century and explore the important role history teachers play in engaging, informing and shaping the futur...
History Now: Cultural Heritage in Danger: Current Crises and Practical Solutions
This discussion will feature contemporary case studies of cultural heritage destruction from abroad and locally, including recent damage to the National Museum of Sudan. However, it is not just conflict scenarios, the conversation will cover ca...
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History Now: History Podcasts: an exciting avenue for historical research or yet more populist compromise?
In this episode of History Now 2025, the rising genre of History Podcasts is explored in a discussion between Geraldine Fela and Leigh Boucher from Macquarie University, chaired by Craig Barker from the University of Sydney.In t...
First Nations Conversations, Episode 2: "Living Histories: First Nations Creatives and Researchers in Conversation"
This conversation is part of the HCNSW podcast series "First Nations Conversations" that looks at First Nations histories of resilience, survival, and resistance. This episode of "First Nations Conversations" is the recordi...
First Nations Conversations, Episode 1: Dr Aunty Rhonda Radley
Dr Aunty Rhonda Radley joins Jadzia Stronell to share her journey in language revitalisation, community work, education, and healing. She reflects on truth-telling around the Blackmans Point massacre, the responsibilities of academic engagement...
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Rethinking Migration Histories: Australian Perspectives, and Global Directions -- HCNSW at Sydney Writers' Festival 2025
Australian migration stories have tended to represent specific experiences of coming to Australia over our relatively short national history. But what does rethinking stories about mobility to, from, and within Australia offer historians and fe...
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Close to Home: Colonial Violence and Family Histories || Newcastle Writers Festival 2025 x HCNSW
Now, more than ever before, we seem more willing to acknowledge difficult histories in our family trees. At the same time, historians are increasingly writing about colonial violence and challenging long-held myths. What impact is t...
2024 HCNSW Annual History Lecture ft. Prof. Frank Bongiorno - Making Their Political Mark
The 2024 History Council of New South Wales Annual History Lecture was given by Professor Frank Bongiorno, professor of history at Australian National University. First held in 1996, the Annual History Lecture was inaugurated by t...
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5 Years on from COVID-19: lessons from past health crises and the future of global health
5 Years on from COVID-19: lessons from past health crises and the future of global healthJoin an engaging discussion with our distinguished panel of public health and virology experts, who explore enduring infectious diseases like HIV,...
History Now: Truth-Telling and Histories of Genocide Now
Lorena Allam, Dirk Moses and Ümit Kurt reflect on what can be learned from histories of genocide, and locate their discussion between journalism, history and processes of truth-telling.This History Now sessi...
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History Now: The Ethics of True Crime Histories
Can crime narratives truly be told without causing harm or voyeurism? Join us for a compelling discussion as we bring together the insights of Dr. Meg Foster and Dr. Rachel Franks, led by chair, Nerida Campbell. With their extensive expertise i...
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History Now, Ep 7: More-Than-Human Histories
In this episode of History Now, Emily O’Gorman and Taylor Coyne reflect on how history can be understood and written from more-than-human perspectives. History Now seminars explore current and compelling issues affecting the practic...
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History Now, Ep 6: Transnational Design Histories
In this episode of History Now, Livia Rezende and Isabel Rousset explore the ways in which international exchange and transcultural connections inform design and visual histories.History Now seminars explore current and compelling issues...
History & Memory: Oral Histories and the Science of the Dreaming, Prof. Patrick Nunn, for HCNSW First Nations Stories Series, 2024
This lecture is the first online offering of the 2024 First Nations Stories Series, facilitated by the History Council of New South Wales' Project Officer for First Nations' Histories. For more information about the HCNSW First Nations programs...
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Sydney Writers Festival 2024 - HCNSW Panel: Winning Histories
In this panel, staged by the History Council of NSW at the 2024 Sydney Writers Festival, three award-winning Australian historians discuss the dual art of crafting histories and captivating narratives for diverse audiences. Our aut...
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History Now, Ep 4: Histories of Mental Health
Historians Professor Catharine Coleborne and Dr James Dunk discuss the depth of historical writing about mental illness in Australia and reflect on its resonance in the present moment; how can we write the history of mental health now?Chair...
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History Now, Ep 3 : Aboriginal Political Histories
Reflecting on the enduring spirit of Aboriginal activism, today's episode is an homage to both the ancestors who fought for justice and the scholars like Emeritus Professor Lyndall Ryan who have chronicled their struggles. Coordinated by Jessie...
History Now, Ep 2: Histories of Capitalism
Featuring Dr Hannah Forsyth & Dr Sophie Loy-Wilson.Chair: Dr Mike Beggs. Series curated by Dr Jesse Adams Stein.Hannah Forsyth and Sophie Loy-Wilson discuss the ways in which historicising capitalism is changi...
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