by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Sep 9, 2022 | events, Ideas, Publishing
Last month, I was thrilled to co-host the symposium ‘Australasian economic history and the future of interdisciplinarity’. Held online and at ANU, on the land of the Ngunnawal people, a diverse range of contributors came together to discuss new research...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Aug 19, 2022 | events, Ideas, Publishing, Writing
It was a very busy July! After several years of virtual conferences – and the very real ongoing impacts of COVID-19 hanging over us – I attended two in person conferences between late-June and late-July. The first was the Australian Historical Association...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Jul 29, 2022 | Ideas, Publishing, Writing
I was very happy to be recently asked to contribute to the Economic History Society’s blog, The Long Run, on the insights of my new book, and lessons for economic historians around the world. In an episode of excellent timing, this was posted in the middle of...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Jul 8, 2022 | Ideas, Publishing
July is conference time. It’s been a few years since we have had a genuine conference season, and I’ll tell you what it is exhausting and joyful! I have just come back from the Australian Historical Association conference in Geelong, where I convened the...
by Dr. Claire E. F. Wright | Apr 8, 2022 | Data, Ideas
I remember sitting in a work in progress workshop with UOW’s CASS network last year, discussing the pilot of my (then proposed, now awarded) DECRA project, the first history of Australian women in corporate leadership. One of the participants, I believe it was Claire...
