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HDR members of the AHA are invited to take part in weekly Shut Up and Write sessions, beginning 17 March on Zoom! Contact [email protected] for more info!

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Huge congratulations to AWHN National Convenor @michellestaff.bsky.social! 🎉

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NEW REVIEW On the website, Wayne Bradshaw reviews Jayne Persian's Fascists in Exile: Post-War Displaced Persons in Australia aph.org.au/2025/03/book... @nonwayne.bsky.social @drjpersian.bsky.social

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"This should be our foundational methodology as historians, writers, educators: that when bias does harm, it is unethical. And perhaps when history is unethical, it should not be history."

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It's been such a pleasure to work with @rosavcampbell.bsky.social on this journal article in which we find in the International Feminist Network Against Female Sexual Slavery a crucial 1980s link between the 19C "white slavery" campaigns and 21C anti-trafficking legislation. doi.org/10.1080/0143...

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ALL RESEARCHERS ❗️Speak up❗️ if you have opinions, critique or ideas on proposed changes to Australian Research Council grants. Discuss & distill ideas, sure, but to be considered you MUST make a submission ▶️ submit.dese.gov.au/jfe/form/SV_... It’s EASY! Answer these questions in the form👇

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On the website, Helen Gardner reflects on the life and legacy of one of Papua New Guinea's 'founding fathers', Julius Chan aph.org.au/2025/03/juli...

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The AHA Executive Committee has issued a statement in response to the proposed definition of antisemitism put forward by Universities Australia. Read the full statement here:

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Roberta Flack has passed away at 88. In her performances she reached a deep soulful place, both classically and contemporarily informed.

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Check out this post from President Michelle Arrow (@michellearrow.bsky.social) and VP Kate Fullagar (@kfullagar.bsky.social)on the current state of history in Australia on the Royal Historical Society (@royalhistsoc.bsky.social) blog:

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What can we learn from the lives and legacies of Black radical women? Tionne Alliyah Parris considers how the transnational activism of Claudia Jones, Vicki Garvin and Louise Thompson Patterson offers us a guide to action now.

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Check out this recent book review by James Keating on 'Of Love and War: Pacific Brides of World War II' by Angela Wanhalla (University of Nebraska Press, 2023): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

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ANZSHM's next conference will be held in Sydney, 8-12 July 2025, with the theme ‘Health History in the Making’ 🍎 CFPs are due 28 February & we have a range of bursaries for ECR colleagues! Check out our conference website here: www.anzshm2025.com/call-for-pap...

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“I write this because I am ordinary, and my experience is a paradigmatic illumination of the logic governing our universities.” Matthew Taft on finding out his casualised academic job had disappeared, and the sector's response to the Closing Loopholes Act.

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Ne Zha has successfully created both an emotional and patriotic bond with Chinese audiences while boosting China’s cultural confidence.

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Students enrolled on a “groundbreaking” African history master’s course have been awarded compensation after their lecturer was made redundant part way through their studies. @julietterowsell.bsky.social reports #EduSky #highered

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Lillian Agnes Jones Scholarship — 2025 Call for Applications - Whyte Museum The scholarship supports research and studies related to the history and culture of Western Canada. niche-canada.org/2025/02/19/l... #cdnhist #envhist

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Together with the Pacific History Association, the Journal of Pacific History is pleased to announce that submissions are now welcomed for the Gunson Essay Prize. See the attached document for details or email [email protected]. #AcademicSky #Award #Pacific #Oceania #Research

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Our new book How Australian Democracy Works is almost here. Pre-order the book now, or pick it up in all good bookstores from March 4. Find more information and launch events here: theconversation.com/power-to-the...

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At the request of the Trump Admin, the Ntl Park Service removed references to trans people in this essay w/o consulting the writer, historian @wendylrouse.bsky.social. Read it here as Prof Rouse intended (and as the NPS published/maintained it until now). 🗃️ drive.google.com/file/d/1p-rQ...

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A blog on charity ribbons, AIDS, and art for your reading pleasure!

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A decision to negotiate over the heads of the Ukrainians would reveal just how Trump sees Ukraine and Europe.

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In the lastest article on #VIDAblog, Caitlin Merlin (@caitlinmerlin.bsky.social) explores the history of the Ribbon Project and its impact on reducing the AIDS stigma in the early 1990s. #Ribbonproject www.auswhn.com.au/blog/you-can...

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We're so pleased to present to our members a workshop navigating non-academic careers: the registrations are open now! (Like to attend, but not a member? This is the perfect opportunity to join!)

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Caroline Darian bears ‘a crushing double burden’ as the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot and her tormentor. In her memoir, she processes her trauma by fighting for change.

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Still figuring out what to present at this year's conference? Good news! The CFP has been extended: your new deadline is Friday 7 March! See all the details here:

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📻✨ Celebrate World Radio Day by exploring the early days of women's broadcasting with the BBC's Women's Hour from 1923-4. Discover the pioneering efforts that brought women's voices to the airwaves. womenshistorynetwork.org/early-radio-... #WorldRadioDay #WomensHistory #RadioHistory

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The latest episode of our 'How To...' skills series is out now 📺 In this episode, Dr Kathryn Napier Gray (University of Plymouth) discusses sharing academic research with non-academic audiences. Watch it, & the other videos in the series, now on YouTube:

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📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections." More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... #WomensHistory #GLAM

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This week on Wonkhe: As President Trump's political war on diversity, equality and inclusion resonates in the UK, Debbie McVitty hopes for a reasoned pushback

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1/ Wikimedians in Residence (WiRs)—the professionals who embed at museums, libraries, and archives to improve Wikimedia projects—are facing a crisis. Underfunded, unsupported, and now politically imperiled, their role is at risk. What’s happening? 🧵👇 www.thewikipedian.net/p/wikipedia-...

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What happens when we try to preserve the peddlers' calls which made up the soundscape of Peking? As Odila Schröder writes 'As is the case with most local art forms, the process of heritagisation has fundamentally changed the art form itself'. www.historyworkshop....

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#OTD 6 February 1918 the Representation of the People Act received Royal Assent. Read about suffragette Emily Wilding Davison on the blog by Tara Morton. womenshistorynetwork.org/still-makes-... #GenderHist #WomensHistory #Suffrage

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As part of my ABC media residency, I got to work with the wonderful History Listen (now 'Rewind') team on an episode about Sam Poo. Interviewing, writing and narrating a podcast was hard work but a super rewarding experience. I hope you enjoy the final product! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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The AHA strongly opposes Minister Jason Clare's call for the ARC to investigate Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's grant. Such political interference, which the Minister promised to end, undermines the integrity of the ARC and its independent, peer-review processes.

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Jim Crow, a term drawn from a racist caricature, describes a long period of segregation and racial violence in the United States. The term was used in Australia too.

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🌈 Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with us! 🌈 Dive into our collection of blogs exploring the rich and diverse history of LGBTQ+ communities. Check them out here: womenshistorynetwork.org/category/new... #LGBTQHistoryMonth #WomensHistoryNetwork #DiverseHistories

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The Arts and Humanities Alliance have written an open letter to Bridget Philippson, Secretary of State for Education, on the recently announced cuts across the sector. We are concerned that these measures disproportionately affect our disciplines and call for an urgent government review.

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#CFP: South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest, May 30–31, 2025 at University of Washington, Seattle. Proposals for presentations should be submitted by March 1. jsis.washington.edu/southasia/sa...

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How does a book come into being? What does the creative process entail? How do you build a writing life? Edits & Annotations is a podcast for readers, writers and storytellers of all kinds. The season one trailer is available now, and episode one drops this Tuesday! podfollow.com/editsannotat...

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Recent political attention might imply gender-affirming care is risky, controversial, perhaps even new. But Australian law views it as a legitimate medical treatment.

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Call extended for CFP WHAI Conference 2025

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If Argentina repeals its femicide law, it could have a ripple effect across Latin America.

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An Afghan women’s cricket team is set to play its first match in years. It could put pressure on the International Cricket Council to do more for Afghan women.

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The AMHN will be resurrecting our regular emailed quarterly newsletter, with the first issue to be sent out on 1 March. Please send us any migration history news: publications, events, opportunities etc. amigrationhn.wordpress.com/newsletters/

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Happy to announce our first Everyday Heritage Blog post of 2025 - Researching a House History: A Tasmanian Example, brought to you by one of our Chief Investigators, Dr Imogen Wegman @imoweg.bsky.social everydayheritage.au/blog/researc... #everydayheritage Image: Tasmanian Archives

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Today, the Australian reported that Bill Shorten will receive a "shocking" remuneration package of $860k in his new job as VC at the Uni of Canberra. Our research found that the VCs of leading unis in Australia receive on average nearly $1.3 million each year in remuneration. Is this fair?

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Interracial marriage bans weren’t ruled unconstitutional in the US until 1967. USSC's @kathrynschumaker.bsky.social, author of Tangled Fortunes, joins the Unsung History podcast to explore the history and its lasting societal impact. Listen:

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