[can-talk] History Council of NSW - 12th Annual History Lecture

Posted on behalf of the History Council of NSW. Apologies for cross
postings

The History Council of NSW presents the 12th Annual History Lecture

Professor Iain McCalman in conjunction with the History Council of NSW
will present 'Historical Re-enactments. Should we take them seriously?'

Iain McCalman's encounter with re-enactment began in a television series
purporting to retrace the Endeavour voyage of Captain James Cook along
the Barrier Reef to Indonesia. For several of onboard, being historians
and able seamen under simulated 'eighteenth-century conditions' proved
so frustrating that they determined to explore whether re-enactment
could ever be historically valuable. In this talk McCalman will discuss
the popular appeal of re-enactment, some scholarly criticisms of it, and
offer some examples of how it can perhaps be harnessed to good effect
for both teaching and research purposes.

When: Friday 14 September 2007, 6pm for 6.30pm
Where: The Mint, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Bookings: (02) 92528715, office at historycouncilnsw.org.au  
http://www.historycouncilnsw.org.au/whats_on_annual.html   
Cost: $40 non-members/$35 History Council of NSW or Historic Houses
Trust members, admission includes drinks and light supper following the
lecture.

Proudly sponsored by the Historic Houses Trust and the Wyndham Estate.
Places are limited. Bookings essential.

Christine Yeats
Manager, Public Access
State Records NSW

State Records Authority of New South Wales
NSW Department of Commerce
Phone (02) 8247 8617 Fax (02) 8247 8604
Email: accman at records.nsw.gov.au <mailto:accman at records.nsw.gov.au>  
Postal address: PO Box 516
KINGSWOOD  NSW  2747 AUSTRALIA
World Wide Web: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au
<http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/> 



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