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A large book sitting propped open on a red piece of material. The left hand page shows text that reads '1. Exhibit me' and the right hand page shows a stamped black ink image.

Paul Uhlmann, Finsternis [detail], 1991, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1401648. Photograph courtesy of Dr Caren Florance.

Strange pages: Investigating artists' books with Dr Caren Florance
24 Oct - 24 Oct 2024

Join Dr Caren Florance as she presents a lecture on her 2024 National Library Fellowship research into artists' books (books made by artists as art).

Event
Talks and ideas
Fellowship talk
The front pages of two different Turkish language newspapers.

Left: Kaynak : the Australian Turkish source : independent Turkish newspaper, 15 February 1984, page 1, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1031341. Right: Kimligimiz icin dusunce, August 1989, page 1, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2206702

Turkish-Australian transnational life writing with Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne
31 Oct - 31 Oct 2024

Join Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne as she presents a lecture on her 2024 National Library Fellowship research into uncovering different forms of life writing produced in Australia following the Labour Migration Scheme between Turkey and Australia in 1967.

Event
Talks and ideas
Fellowship talk

Latest research presentations

A crowd of people on a stage holding placards.

Sabine Friedrich, Performance of Worth Fighting For at 2024 National Folk Festival

Something Worth Fighting For: Aussie protest songs with John Shortis

John Shortis presented his 2024 National Folk Fellowship research into Australian protest songs.

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Experiencing institutional 'care' with Dr David McDonald

Dr David McDonald presented a lecture on his 2024 National Library Fellowship research into better understanding the lives and experiences of Forgotten Australians and Child Migrants in institutional care.

A sepia image of a woman in a black dress and pearl necklace, looking back and smiling over her shoulder.

Image credit: Miriam Hyde, 1939, courtesy Wirrapang publishers.

Meeting Miriam with Celia Craig

Celia Craig presented a lecture on her 2024 Creative Arts Fellowship research on the early life of teenage musical virtuoso and synesthete Dr Miriam Hyde.

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