Australia's Journey with the World Bank with Dr Nicholas Ferns

Overview

Join Dr Nicholas Ferns as he presents a lecture on his 2024 National Library Fellowship research into the history of the relationship between Australia and the World Bank, with a particular focus on the connections between international finance and national development at the National Library of Australia.

Entry is free to this event but bookings are essential.

The event will be available to view live online via the Library's Facebook and YouTube pages. You do not need to book a ticket to watch the event online.

Dr Nicholas Ferns is a 2024 National Library of Australia Fellow, supported by the Stokes family.

Dr Ferns will undertake the first detailed history of the relationship between Australia and the World Bank, with a particular focus on the connections between international finance and national development. Throughout the 20th century, Australia engaged with major international organisations, such as the World Bank.

Dr Nicholas Ferns is an ARC DECRA Research Fellow in History at Monash University. He is a historian of development, empire and decolonisation, with a particular focus on Australia's colonial administration in Papua New Guinea. His first book, Australia in the Age of International Development, 1945-1975 was published in 2020, and examined Australia’s colonial rule in Papua New Guinea and foreign aid policy in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.