📢 Le "Quatremère de Quincy", de David Gilks vient de paraître ! Incontournable pour qui s'intéresse aux origines du Panthéon, mais plus largement à l'urbanisme parisien au temps de la Révolution française et à l'histoire des Lumières contre-révolutionnaires.

Thank you to everybody who came to our HCV end of year event last Thursday! A beautiful evening was had at RHSV HQ, celebrating an action packed year of events & advocacy, as well as the launch of Peter McPhee's new publication 'An Environmental History of France'.

Great to hear from eminent Australian historian Peter McPhee about his new book "An Environmental History of France 1770-2020". France has one of the most diverse landscapes of Europe ! Thanks to Maxine McKew for launching and Governor of Victoria for being there at RHSV 🇫🇷

France and Australia are leading the way with cooperation on bilingual education! Our innovative curricula take the best of both systems: French academic rigour and Australian well-being. Caulfield Junior College is a fantastic example! France in Australia 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 Josh Burns

For people in Melbourne, the digitally augmented 3D exhibition on the history and reconstruction of Notre Dame de Paris is a must see, on now at the Immigration Museum.

Assad's final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Our very own Yves Rees was recently featured on the PRO Victoria history podcast, 'Look History in the Eye' - check it out!

The Melbourne Cricket Education Academy and Cricket Victoria Foundation are proud to announce the launch of the Scott Boland Indigenous Scholarship in partnership with Australian and Victorian fast bowler and proud Gulidjan man, Scott Boland 🖤💛❤️ 📰 bit.ly/4iV44y4

We are extending our 2024/25 donation drive by one week! Sign up to be a friend or make a donation to win a range of incredible prizes from PRO Victoria, Old Treasury Building, State Library Vic & Monash University Publishing! ➡️Sign up here: historycouncilvic.org.au/support

Pierre Nora nous a quittés à l’âge de 93 ans. Pilier de la "Nouvelle Histoire", il laisse une œuvre historique colossale, dont sa trilogie "Les Lieux de mémoire". Une traversée du siècle pour cette figure de l’intelligentsia française. Pensées.

🙌 The Jane Hansen Prize for History Advocacy is now open! The $1000 prize was established in 2020 to recognise the efforts of a group/individual that has adovcated for the value of history & historians and/or the importance of history education. More: tinyurl.com/m3jdfjwa

Excited to announce that my first novel, Diamonds, Furs and Murder: The Many Crimes of Mona Hayes, comes out next year with Ginninderra Press! Here I am signing the contract. Almost 10 years in the making. I can't wait to share this story with all of you.

Objects in the superb Musée de Bastia in Corsica evoke the divided politics of the island during the French Rev. At right the coat-of-arms of Corsica in 1791, with the image and name of Louis XVI later defaced; at left the coat-of-arms of the brief Anglo-French kingdom 1794-96.

Job-Ready Graduates attacks the arts and humanities and presents an often insurmountable obstacle for those looking to undertake further study. Follow the link for an Open Letter to @albomp calling for the repeal of JRG, and sign our petition. linktr.ee/aushistoricala…

📚 Our next Book+Author event will be held at the intimate Bard's Apothecary on August 28! Historian Sheila Fitzpatrick will be in conversation with HCV Chair Emeritus Professor Peter McPhee, about her fascinating book Lost Souls. ➡️Book now: tinyurl.com/4zas4ws4

Our next Making Public Histories webinar will take place on September 25, featuring panelists Al Thompson, Kate Murphy & Jill Banard! Co-presented by Old Treasury Building & Monash University, the webinars are free and open to all. ➡️Register: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx

Australia's corporatised universities' retreat from public culture continues: crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/mea…

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We are incredibly honoured to introduce Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO (Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO) from UniSA as the speaker for our 2025 History Council of Victoria Annual Lecture, held at StateLibraryVic on October 16. ➡️Book now: historycouncilvic.org.au/annual_lecture

HCV Chair & French Revolution historian Emeritus Professor Peter McPhee has been featured on the Faculty of Arts University of Melbourne podcast 'Absolutely Revolting' exploring the French Revolution—how has it changed the world we live in today? 🎧 Listen now: tinyurl.com/4ypx67d4