Royal Historical Society Victoria, Hugh Anderson Lecture, Ross Jones
RHSV Drill Hall, Melbourne and online, Tuesday 20 August 2024, 5.30pm to 7.00pm AEST
Eric Hobsbawm wrote that national histories comprise ‘anachronism, omission, decontextualization and, in extreme cases, lies.’ If we substitute ‘nation’ with ‘university’ does the truth hold, especially for foundational institutions in settler colonies, such as the University of Melbourne? In this lecture Ross Jones will take a number of case studies highlighted in Dhoombak Goobgoowana and ask what this work has accomplished and whether it encourages a radical re-thinking of the role of institutional histories.