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Organising events for History Week

All NSW organisations with an interest in history are invited to propose events for inclusion in the History Week calendar.

Registration for History Week is FREE and offers many benefits for both professional and community organisations and individuals.

History Week 2008 will take place from 6 to 14 September.

Event registrations are now open. Registrations for History Week 2008 are now closed.

Resources for event organisers
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1. Benefits of participation

2. Who can host an event?

3. Is membership of the HCNSW required?

4. Event ideas

5. Important dates

6. How to register

7. Event criteria

Benefits of hosting an event for History Week

• Find new audiences or members, promote your organisation or research project, promote historical understanding in your community

• List your event in the official History Week program 10,000 printed copies distributed + online

• Receive an event media kit, 5 copies of printed program and other useful resources to support your event

• Benefit from History Week’s targeted media and marketing campaign

• Link up with other organisations exploring and presenting history across NSW

• Support a festival dedicated to promoting historical practice and understanding in NSW
  

Who can host an event for History Week?

Any individual, community or professional organisation with an interest history is invited to participate.

Non-profit community groups, historical societies, local councils, libraries, museums and other cultural institutions, universities, professional and amateur historians are particularly encouraged.

New collaborations and event ideas which foster the objectives of History Week are welcome. To discuss these objectives and your event ideas, please contact the Council.

Do you have to be a member of the History Council of NSW to register an event?

No, membership of the History Council of NSW is not required.

Event hosts are certainly encouraged to become members either as individuals or organisations, and enjoy a range of benefits. Members receive additional copies of the History Week printed program (subject to availability). By joining you will be supporting the pledge of the Council to restore history as a vital part of community life in NSW.

What type of events are featured?

• Hands-on workshops - teach skills in historical research or know-how from the past

• Historical demonstrations or ‘living history’ displays

• Lectures, seminars and debates

• Performances, concerts

• Guided walks, boat tours etc

• Exhibitions and displays

• Open days, behind-the scenes tours, and

• Book launches, unveilings and other relevant promotional events

• Other events from book fairs to film screenings and community festivals

You may like to use History Week to explore ideas or promote historical understanding in your community; reach new audiences or find more members; showcase the work of your organisation or create opportunities for historical research, sharing ideas or developing a current history project.

Important Dates

History Week 2008 will take place from 6 to 14 September.

How can I register an event for History Week?

Registering your event is easy and FREE and can be done on-line.

Registration for History Week 2008 are now open. Click here to go to the online registration form. Registrations must be received by Friday 30 May 2008.

For more information contact us.

Event criteria

• The History Council of NSW strongly encourages participants to host History Week specific events.
• The event must have a discernable link with history and preferably some relationship to the broad theme.
• The event should be support of the objects of the History Council of NSW.

The History Council of NSW reserves the right to refuse inclusion of events in the History Week Calendar at its discretion.

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