6:00 pm for a 6:30 pm sharp start, Murdoch University Tavern, Murdoch University, South Street.
Expect a fun evening of trivia, table games, raffles, prizes, and fun. It’s not just for history buffs—test your knowledge of geography, music, movies, Australiana and more!
Teams will be competing as tables of 6. Tickets are $20 each, or you can book a whole table for $100. Singles are welcome and will be joined to make complete tables.
Bar snacks are available, but feel free to bring your own munchies!
Please bring $2 coins for table games, true/false heads & tails, and raffles throughout the evening.
Book online soon to avoid the rush: https://www.trybooking.com/DDNPH.
A poster is available here.
PMRG has released the Call for Papers for this year’s conference. The theme is Tyrants and Dictators: Unjust Rulers in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds.
It will take place in hybrid form on Saturday 4 OCtober 2025 at The University of Western Australia and online, so please save the date! Our keynote speaker will be Dr Erin Sebo (Flinders University).
Please consider submitting an abstract for the conference. The full CFP is available here. A poster is available here.
We also encourage you to please circulate this CFP widely, and hope you will be able to attend the conference.
6.30 pm, Law Lecture Room 2, UWA [note change from usual venue]
Jennifer Bailey will present a talk, ‘The Many Worlds of Galiene: Time and Reactions to Emotions in an Arthurian Romance’.
A poster is available here.
PMRG recently held its first talk outside of The University of Western Australia for many years, with an engaging talk at Murdoch University; another talk there is planned for later in the year. While affiliated with UWA, our reach is far greater. And PMRG is also well on the way to relaunching into the world of social media with a new Bluesky account. We’ll supply details soon!
6:30 pm, Boola Katitjin 360.2.027, Murdoch University
Dr Emily Chambers will be giving a talk, ‘Creating Love and Building Trust: Lady Mary Tudor’s Use of Royal Spectacle for Emotional Persuasion, 1542–1553’.
Further details are available here.
6.30 pm, Arts Lecture Room 4 & via Zoom (you can request a Zoom link from [email protected])
This illustrated lecture provides an informal history of Perth Medieval & Renaissance Group since it started in 1981.
Further information available here.
A poster can be downloaded here.
6.30pm, Arts Lecture Room 4, UWA
Annual General Meeting, followed at 7.00pm by a talk by Professor Susan Broomhall, ‘Gender and the Dutch East India Company: Multiple Histories, New Perspectives’.
Apologies – Prof. Broomhall’s talk has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
