Applications close on Friday, 12 July 2024 at 5 pm AEST.
$25,000 - Research into the history of Australian industry using the resources of the State Library of NSW.
2025
About the Fellowship
The Dr AM Hertzberg AO Fellowship will support research into any aspect of the social, cultural and political history of industry and manufacturing in Australia, from colonisation to today, drawing on the resources of the Library and any relevant archives or collections in other cultural institutions or companies.
The Fellowship takes a broad view of industrial history, and will support projects which examine the technical, scientific, innovative, social, business, managerial (from management to workers’ organisations), cultural and political impacts of industry on Australia. Industry is considered broadly, from heavy manufacturing through to hi-tech.
General view of the factory floor, Sam Hood, 1941
The Dr AM Hertzberg AO Fellowship is offered with the support of the children of Mark Hertzberg, AO (1924 - 2015) and Nancy Keesing, AM (1923 - 1993). Dr Hertzberg was a past President of the Library Council of New South Wales and past General Manager of the Sugar Division of the Colonial Sugar Refinery (CSR). His wife Nancy was a key Australian literary figure, author and poet. In his lifetime Dr Hertzberg established the Nancy Keesing fellowship in honour of his wife. Their children have continued this tradition with the establishment of this Fellowship in memory of their father.
Guidelines and application
Please read the Guidelines carefully prior to applying.
Dr Paolo Stracchi, for his project: Building Knowledge: The role of modern architecture in the development of the construction industry in New South Wales (1950–1980).
Dr Elizabeth Humphrys for her project: Pressed and strained: the lives of metal workers in the era of globalisation (1970-1990).
The project will examine how changes to the metals industry, brought about by globalisation, has impacted on the lives of their largely blue-collar workforce.
Applications close on Friday, 12 July 2024 at 5 pm AEST.
$25,000 - For research into any aspect of the social, cultural and political history of industry and manufacturing in Australia, from colonisation to today.
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