Austin Lecture Theatre, University of Western Australia, Perth, Thursday 28 November 2024, 9.30am to 5.00pm AWDT
This one-day symposium will explore the theme of Everyday Heritage and Difficult Legacies. Everyday life is commonly characterised as uncomplicated and routine. But some everyday lives are experienced in prisons and conflict zones, or shaped by colonisation, repression, or marginalisation. The symposium explores difficult and challenging forms of everyday heritage and history, with international keynote speakers Prof Laura McAtackney (University College Cork, Ireland) and Timo Ylimaunu (University of Oulu, Finland), and diverse perspectives from Western Australia and interstate, with speakers including Tracy Ireland, Jane Lydon, Denis Byrne, and Sharon Veale. The Symposium is a partnership event with the AHA, the Congress of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Science (CHASS), and Business Events Perth (BEPerth). The Everyday Heritage Linkage Project is supported by the Australian Research Council and GML Heritage.