MISSION STATEMENT

     The Professional Historians Association (Vic) Inc. works to support professional historians and acts to raise the profile and value of history and historians in the community in order to achieve excellence in the discipline.

The Professional Historians Association (Vic) Inc. (PHA) is an association of over 100 professionally accredited historians who work in the public rather than academic field. The PHA began in 1989, and was formed primarily by graduates of the Monash University Public History course. In 1991 the PHA began operating under the auspices of the History Institute of Victoria and in 1995 the PHA was a founding member of the Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations (ACPHA). In 2000 the PHA incorporated and now operates as an independent body administered by an honorary Committee of Management.

MEMBERS' BENEFITS

The PHA provides professional historians with support and assistance in their day to day work. It promotes the discipline of history as a profession and encourages a high standard of scholarship and practise. The PHA represents the interests of professional historians in Victoria at a national level through its membership on ACPHA.

Members benefit from professional development seminars, an Employment Service which publicises current work opportunities, a bi-monthly newsletter, a Code of Ethics and a Scale of Fees. Members are also accredited members of ACPHA and benefit from nationally recognised accreditation standards. Refer to Membership for details on becoming a member and membership fees.

PHA (Vic) Inc is a member of the Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations Inc.
For further information on national services, accreditation standards, events, career information and a database of Members' Work see our website at: www.historians.org.au