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Amanda Harris
@amaharrisusyd.bsky.social
Cultural historian, musicologist, ARC Future Fellow. PARADISEC Sydney. Author “Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance” (Bloomsbury 2020)
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One year postdoc in Australian history at Sydney Uni - details below. It’s a very short window - please spread among networks

Might suit someone already in the GLAM sector who wants to work on their research/practice - all applications welcome of course

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Colonel George Johnson Fellowship in Australian History
A 12-month fixed-term opportunity at 0.8FTE, with the possibility of variation work Inviting applications for the 2026 Colonel George Johnston Fellowship in Australian History Base Salary Level A $109...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Amanda Harris @amaharrisusyd.bsky.social reviews ‘The Wild Australia Show: The Story of an Aboriginal Performance Troupe and Its Afterlives’ by Paul Memmott, Maria Nugent, Michael Aird, Lindy Allen, Chantal Knowles and Jonathan Richards.
@anupress.bsky.social
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November 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Our new article on songs that hold histories & people from the diaspora interacting with archives today:
with Deveni Temu, Steven Gagau and Jodie Kell 'Archived sound and creative engagements with PNG cultural heritage in Australia' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@paradisec.bsky.social
Archived sound and creative engagements with Papua New Guinean cultural heritage in Australia
For people in the region of Oceania and Indigenous Australia, histories have long been held in oral and embodied forms. Pacific historians have pointed to the ‘vast store of lived and relived exper...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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More than 100 high-profile and distinguished Australians -and BA graduates- have signed the @austhistassoc.bsky.social open letter calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates: a policy that punishes humanities students with life-changing debts: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students
Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"this is a moment that requires urgent action — to reverse the assault on the humanities and recognise that our history and cultural life are vital to Australia’s civic intelligence and national identity" insidestory.org.au/the-jewel-in...
The jewel in the crown of the ANU • Tom Griffiths & Mark McKenna
Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are threatened by university cuts
insidestory.org.au
July 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Covering off my research interests from all the angles - looking forward to diving into this stack of newly arrived books
February 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM