History Slam 2025
What’s a History Slam?
Premised on the popular poetry slam concept – in which poets have three minutes to enthral, excite, provoke and amaze their audience to gain the winning edge – the History Slam gathers historians and like-minded people to participants and to share their special moment of Western Australian history and what they find when they dig in to the past: the amazing, sad, funny, poignant, tragic, weird, touching, bizarre, shocking and unexpected.
The slam aims to promote history and research into our past as exciting, intriguing, emotive, creative and relevant, to reflect on how important these discoveries can so often be.
An audience choice prize for the best slam will be awarded, after which we invite our presenters and audience to gather for a beverage and banter.
- Monday 12 May 2025 5pm – 6.30pm
- Entry is included in State Heritage Conference registration
- Light snacks provided; Buy drinks at the bar
Audience
As an audience member you get to choose the winner, so make sure you clap the loudest for your favourite slammer! To participate in the audience please register with a free ticket via Eventbrite. Audience members must be registered to attend the State Heritage Conference.
Interested in being a Slammer? Limited to ten people so get in quick.
If you would like to be slammer please email Lucy Hair at vicepresident@professionalhistorianswa.org.au for a registration form.
Rules for Slamming
- Participants get three minutes only to tell their WA story. The bell rules!
- No PowerPoint. Just you and a microphone! Props welcomed.
- The winner is judged by audience reaction. No correspondence will be entered into 😊
