Bridget Griffen-Foley Events in WA, 23-24 July
Steven Maras
In July Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley will be in Perth/Borloo as a Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies at UWA, and in her capacity as a lead researcher on a project with the National Archives of Australia. With colleagues at Murdoch University, where Bridget is an Adjunct Professor, and in collaboration with the Forrest Research Foundation, we are excited to hear about her work on the ABC in WA, and also her thoughts on Doing Media History. The latter will be a masterclass open to media researchers interested in media history, designed to build capacity in WA for more work in this area.
MASTERCLASS: 'Doing Media History'. Wednesday 10 am to 12.30 pm AWST, 23 July.
Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/ur2111GrNF
Institute of Advanced Studies, University of WA https://www.uwa.edu.au/ias/upcoming-events
COST: Free
ABSTRACT: This masterclass will explore strategies for using newspaper and other media sources in historical research. Focusing on, but not limited to, Australia, the masterclass will examine
some of the conceptual tools and critical questions needed to analyse different forms of media as historical sources. It will consider the value, and some of the pitfalls, of the digital turn in media historiography.
NB: Participants are asked to submit a paragraph about their current research project when registering for the masterclass and encouraged to bring examples of their own research challenges to discuss on the day.
PUBLIC LECTURE: 'The ABC in the West'. Thursday 11 am to 12 pm AWST, 24 July.
Registration: https://www.naa.gov.au/visit-us/events-and-exhibitions/abc-west
National Archives of Australia, Western Australia Office, William Square
45 Francis Street, Northbridge WA 6003
COST: Free
ABSTRACT: Join Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley for an engaging exploration of the Australian Broadcasting Commission’s unique history in Western Australia. Discover how the state’s time difference from the east coast shaped local content, innovative programming and memorable broadcasts with a focus on radio and television from the 1930s to the 1980s. The talk will spotlight local broadcasting identities including Basil Kirke and Catherine King, along with popular programs such as Kindergarten of the Air and This Day Tonight. Don’t miss your chance to learn about the communities these shows created and the responses they elicited from Western Australian audiences.
Bridget Griffen-Foley FAHA is a Professor of Media at Macquarie University, where she founded the Centre for Media History. Her books include The House of Packer: The Making of a Media Empire (1999), Party Games: Australian Politicians and the Media from War to Dismissal (2003) and Changing Stations: The Story of Australian Commercial Radio (2009). She also edited A Companion to the Australian Media (2014), now available via the AustLit database, and served as historical consultant to the television mini-series Power Games: The Packer–Murdoch Story (2013). Bridget is currently leading an ARC Linkage
Project on ‘The ABC, its Archives and its Audiences’, and is New South Wales chair of the Australian Dictionary of Biography.