News & Events

ACAHUCH contributes to, organises and hosts a range of public lectures, seminars and conferences showcasing research projects and researchers.

News & upcoming events

SAHANZ PhD Colloquium 2020
Abstracts are invited for participation in the SAHANZ PhD Colloquium for 2020, to be held on 6 July 2020 and hosted by the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and ACAHUCH, at the University of Melbourne.

01 Nov 2019 News
Australia Modern on the radio
Hannha Lewi and Philip Goad spoke with ABC Radio 774 Evenings program about their upcoming 'Australia Modern' book launch and exhibition.

22 Jul 2019 News
A Visit From PROV
Kate Follington from the Public Records Office of Victoria met with ACAHUCH members at Parkville this week, sharing her close knowledge of the PROV archive. The round table discussion considered potential research projects for utilising this invaluable repository, opportunities to communicate findings both to the broader community as well as within academic contexts, as well as the development of mechanisms for embedding archival research skills as a core skill for ABP graduates.For more information about their wonderful archive, please visit prov.vic.gov.au

15 Jul 2019 News
Why are we so moved by the plight of the Notre Dame?

24 Apr 2019 News
Hungry Town: Call for papers
ACAHUCH is planning its second one-day Labour Day symposium on March 11th, this time presenting new research and directions in the field of food, place and heritage.

29 Nov 2018 News
Heritage value is in the eye of the beholder: why Fed Square deserves protection
ACAHUCH PhD student James Lesh recently wrote an article for The Conversation in response to the Fed Square redesign proposal.

14 Nov 2018 News
Recent ACAHUCH Achievements

07 Nov 2018 News
Cladding fires: a fatal warning of a bigger problem
Questions persist over the role polyethylene-core cladding played in the speed and spread of the Grenfell Tower blaze. It begs the bigger question – how do we prevent this happening again?

21 Jun 2017 News
Goodbye to the Gatwick, and to so much of the old St Kilda
The closure of the Gatwick Hotel in St Kilda represents a new front in the ongoing gentrification debate in inner Melbourne. It highlights inconvenient truths about cultural appropriation, heritage as a driver of urban renewal, and the marginalisation of the city’s most vulnerable residents.

16 Jun 2017 News
How crowdfunding can connect people to their heritage and community
The glistening white sails of Sydney Opera House and the red brick and bluestone of Geelong’s industrial mills have little in common at first glance. But for both these places crowdfunding has led people to connect with these buildings.

28 Dec 2016 News
Lovability: restoring liveability’s human face
Liveability has become one of the most important ideas to influence international urban governance and planning. On one level, this should be no surprise – after all, who can disagree that cities ought to be places where people can live? But from here things get tricky.

11 Nov 2016 News

Past events