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Amy Way
@amywayness.bsky.social
Historian of human antiquity in Australia writing critical histories of archaeology and settler intellectual logics.
Lecturer @GriffithUniversity
Collaborating Scholar @ANUDeepHistory
Lover of Austen and AFL.
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Totally excellent (14 min) chat between @michellearrow.bsky.social and @nickbryantoz.bsky.social on studying history in Australia. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Is history history? - ABC listen
Universities are scrambling to make up the funding shortfalls they'll face because of reduced numbers of overseas students.
www.abc.net.au
November 28, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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Don't let the new ARC legislation hit you on the way out, former Education Minister, Simon Birmingham.

I can't celebrate someone's "service" when all they did for higher ed and research was wreck stuff just for political point-scoring. Good riddance.
Simon Birmingham’s intervention in research funding is not unprecedented, but dangerous
Projects submitted to the Australian Research Council are vetted heavily by panels of experts. Minister Birmingham’s decision undermines this process.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:15 AM
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A big win for the NTEU. Australia’s vice-chancellors are amongst the highest paid in the world but they’ve been poor stewards of higher education, unable to explain its national importance or to advocate effectively for HASS. This is long overdue:
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November 25, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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Thanks to all the new followers! By way of introduction here are 3 more or less recent, open-access articles of mine that might give you a sense of my current research interests.
1) German colonial history and the varied responses of colonised peoples to it. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Renegade’ Resistance and Colonial Rule in German Samoa
While German Samoa has appeared to some historians as a colony that demonstrates the benevolence of liberal colonial government, this article argues that Germany’s administration of Samoa should no...
www.tandfonline.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:06 AM
November 22, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Do you like the study of ideas within their historical contexts? Enjoy tracing the development and transformation of concepts and ideologies across time? Join @brucealexb.bsky.social and I in Australia's first Intellectual History Network to collaborate and connect!
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November 20, 2024 at 6:10 AM
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Pub. day for this long-gestating collection! Reframing Indigenous Biography #indigenoushistory (we really need a starter pack, who's in?) My ch: 'Reframing the Tahitian archipelago: insights from the whole lives of Tupaia, Purea, and Hitihiti', contact for PDF... www.routledge.com/Reframing-In....
November 11, 2024 at 2:46 AM