Jane Lydon

@janelydon.bsky.social

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Australian historian of colonialism, legacies of slavery, & visual culture. Perth, West Australia. Author: Anti-Slavery and Australia: No Slavery in a Free Land? (Routledge) & Imperial Emotions: The Politics of Empathy Across the British Empire (CUP) .. more

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · 6d

Definitely a noisy and complaining reader! Who bounces thoughts and outrage off any available listener! And scribbles in the margins and inserts post-it markers. Feel sorry for my family ... 🥰

Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · 7d

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · 7d

😜 all part of the job!

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · 8d

haha- that's a piece of Abbottalia that didn't make it into his book! 🧅

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · 8d

My review of former Australian PM Tony Abbott's new book out today: Tony Abbott’s history of Australia wants us to be proud of men like him theconversation.com/tony-abbotts...

Tony Abbott’s history of Australia wants us to be proud of men like him

Tony Abbott begins his book Australia: A History, by telling off professional historians – and laments the “cultural confusion” of our present moment.

theconversation.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 27d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Jane Lydon, Ramón López Facal

Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Oct 3

In the current issue of Ab Imperio: a defence of scholarly integrity against right wing historical propaganda:
Full text here:

alanlester.co.uk/blog/accusat...

Reposted by Andrew Scott, Jane Lydon, Andrekos Varnava

Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Oct 2

The @telegraphnews.bsky.social, @dailymail.co.uk and @thespectator1828.bsky.social have all promoted Nigel Biggar’s latest book as the definitive riposte to reparations claims. But what exactly are its arguments and how do they stand up to scrutiny?

alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-ant...

The Anti-Reparations Bible

Alan Lester Promoting the Anti-Reparations Bible Britain’s right-wing press has mobilised to promote Nigel Biggar’s latest book, Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt as the defin…

alanlester.co.uk

Reposted by Jane Lydon, Margot C. Finn, Adele Perry

Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Sep 17

Action against the slave trade from 1807 enabled British colonisation, but Jane Lydon shows here how achieving the abolition of slavery in 1833 and expanding territory through conquest were also interrelated, not separate, processes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Forced Free Labour’: Connecting the Abolition of Slavery and Settler Colonisation in the Thought of Henry George Grey

This article investigates the connections between emancipation in Britain’s slave colonies and settler colonisation through the policies of Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (styled Viscount Howick ...

www.tandfonline.com

Reposted by Jane Lydon, Mona Lena Krook

Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · Nov 14

this rules

🇳🇿 #nzpol

Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Jul 4

Friday essay: ‘whose agony is greater than mine?’ Testimonies of Gaza and October 7 ask us to recognise shared humanity
theconversation.com/friday-essay...

Friday essay: ‘whose agony is greater than mine?’ Testimonies of Gaza and October 7 ask us to recognise shared humanity

Survivor testimonies hope for understanding, empathy – and change. From the Yoorrook Commission to Gaza and Israel, they build a case for justice in a shared future.

theconversation.com

Reposted by Jane Lydon, Erin O’Donnell

Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · Jun 18

MEDIA RELEASE: Israel’s ongoing attacks on starving Gazans
“As Jews, we cannot watch Palestinians starved, concentrated into zones to be shot with impunity, and not remember our own history. The Australian government must urgently act.”

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Visual Politics Research Program @visualpolitics.bsky.social · Apr 10

Ph.D. opportunities, via @janelydon.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Social Inequality and British Documentary Style: Bert Hardy’s photographs for Picture Post magazine, 1940-57 at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Social Inequality and British Documentary Style: Bert Hardy’s photographs for Picture Post magazine, 1940-57 at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Jan 24

10 essential books to read on Australia Day – our expert picks
theconversation.com/10-essential...

10 essential books to read on Australia Day – our expert picks

A barbecue, a protest … or a good book? We asked some of our leading historians to choose an illuminating Australia Day read.

theconversation.com

Reposted by Burkhard Schäfer, Jane Lydon

The Chaser @chaser.com.au · Jan 8

Meta CEO and dog fucker Mark Zuckerberg has said that his platforms don’t need fact-checkers. So to celebrate this win for free speech, here are some of his best quotes:
chaser.com.au/general-news...

“I killed Jeffery Epstein but still miss him everyday.” – Mark Zuckerberg, 2023.

Reposted by Caroline M. King, Jane Lydon

Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · Jan 2

What an extraordinary, devastating essay. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Sophie Smith · Sleeping Women: On the Pelicot trial

Gisèle Pelicot doesn’t conceive of her now ex-husband or the other men who raped her as ‘bad apples’, aberrations...

www.lrb.co.uk

Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Dec 19

Can I recommend Hannah Forsyth's excellent Substack F*cking Capitalism.
Fearless and thoughtful ...

hannahforsyth.substack.com?r=ui4ei

@hannahforsyth.bsky.social

F*cking Capitalism | Hannah Forsyth | Substack

Historian Hannah Forsyth writes about capitalism, work, and higher education...and her personal project to overcome her work ethic addiction and f*ck capitalism one home grown vegetable at a time. Cli...

hannahforsyth.substack.com

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JmRoyle #LFC #YNWA #BLM #REJOINEU @myarrse.bsky.social · Dec 17

Should be in every newsagents window.

Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Dec 12

Congratulations to Cait Hamilton and Eliza Garnsey for the publication of CREATING JUSTICE: Human Rights and Art in Conversation! Order via Rowman & Littlefield rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · Dec 12

Australian Council of the Learned Academies statement on cuts to Aotearoa New Zealand's Marsden fund.

ACOLA statement on importance of humanities

Statement on funding cuts to New Zealand Marsden Fund Humanities and Social Science Research by Australia's Council of Learned Academies.

humanities.org.au

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B Hodgett @coloursburntin.bsky.social · Dec 11

Counting down to @tag45.bsky.social ! I'm running the session 'Excavating the Collection: New Evolutions in the Archaeology of Museum Collections' this Friday 13th 14:00-16:30, and am so excited to be joined by
@alicestevenson.bsky.social
as discussant! For more info 👇

Poster for the conference session 'Excavation the Collection: New Evolutions in Museum Archaeology'. The poster is in black and white. In the centre is a historic photograph of the Pitt Rivers Museum court (taken about 1900). The photograph shows crowded glass display cases. At the top, the title is displayed in bold font, while at the bottom the details of the session organiser (Beth Hodgett) and Discussant (Alice Stevenson) are in smaller block capitals.

Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Nov 30

what an extraordinary week of #EverydayHeritage !
It has been a privilege to be hosted on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar, and to hear from @lauramca.bsky.social and Timo Ylimaunu. Thanks Steve Brown @tracyireland.bsky.social Sharpay Wu @naomijayne.bsky.social for organising! @everydayheritage.bsky.social

A group of students and teachers sits around a table in Fremantle Prison's workshop, with a banner for the #Everydayheritage project beside them

Denis Byrne stands at a lectern with his powerpoint behind him showing a map of Darlinghurst's gay heritage landscape

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Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Nov 29

Today's academic workshop took place in Fremantle Prison. What a fascinating and complex place with a troubling history.

The staff are doing amazing work in preserving and adding to our understanding of its multilayered story. #everydayhistory

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Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Nov 28

I'm still thinking about @lauramca.bsky.social thoughtful keynote this morning at @everydayheritage.bsky.social looking at the afterlives of The Maze prison, and the Magdalene Laundries. The strange history of Bobby Sand's bed was particularly fascinating.

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Naomi Preston @naomijayne.bsky.social · Nov 28

Almost ready to go with the 2024 #EverydayHeritage symposium at UWA
@everydayheritage.bsky.social @tracyireland.bsky.social @lauramca.bsky.social @janelydon.bsky.social

Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Nov 24

and for those interested in the EVERYDAY HERITAGE project see our website everydayheritage.au
#everydayheritage

Everyday Heritage – EXPLORING ORDINARY, EVERYDAY & OVERLOOKED AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE

everydayheritage.au

Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Nov 24

Very excited to start the week of EVERYDAY HERITAGE here in Perth! The Noongar season of Kambarang has brought the heat back and the moojar is beginning to flower.
Our Thursday 28 symposium program is live:
everydayheritage.au/wp-content/u...

Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Nov 23

Congratulations Kate and Sophie! Glad you were part of our special issue!!!

Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Nov 23

how wonderful
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

Lord Howe Island's magical cloud forest makes 'unbelievable' recovery from vermin

The forest at the tip of Lord Howe Island's highest peak is an otherworldly place alive with animals and plants not found elsewhere on Earth. But it's taken radical action to save it.

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