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Reflection: ‘Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress’ Symposium | Australian Women's History Network
Eli Branagh and Tahlya Evans reflect on their experience hosting the ‘Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress’ symposium.
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NEW at #VIDAblog!
Eli Branagh and Taylah Evans discuss their experience hosting ‘Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress’, a one-day symposium held in response to the recently published Personal Politics: The Remaking of Gender, Sexuality, and Citizenship (2024).
Find out more here ⬇️
Eli Branagh and Taylah Evans discuss their experience hosting ‘Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress’, a one-day symposium held in response to the recently published Personal Politics: The Remaking of Gender, Sexuality, and Citizenship (2024).
Find out more here ⬇️
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New blog post by Alexa Ridgeway
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aph.org.au/2025/11/beyo...
Beyond Bonegilla: A Call to Remember Australia’s Former Migrant Camps | Australian Policy and History Network
Australia is well practiced in commemorating military history. Anzac Day and Remembrance Day both act as rituals of national memorialisation for the many Australians who have served in wars and peacekeeping missions, and the Australian War Memorial’s “places of pride” online national register provides a map of all the war memorials across Australia. Thousands of […]
aph.org.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
New blog post by Alexa Ridgeway
aph.org.au/2025/11/beyo...
aph.org.au/2025/11/beyo...
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With a bold reform agenda and occasional administrative chaos, Whitlam’s three-year government continues to have a profound effect on Australian life.
👉 theconversation.com/extraor...
👉 theconversation.com/extraor...
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
With a bold reform agenda and occasional administrative chaos, Whitlam’s three-year government continues to have a profound effect on Australian life.
👉 theconversation.com/extraor...
👉 theconversation.com/extraor...
On the 50th anniversary of the Dismissal, revisit the career and achievements of Elizabeth Reid, the world’s first advisor on women’s affairs advisor to Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, at #VIDAblog.
Read more here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/revisit...
Read more here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/revisit...
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
On the 50th anniversary of the Dismissal, revisit the career and achievements of Elizabeth Reid, the world’s first advisor on women’s affairs advisor to Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, at #VIDAblog.
Read more here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/revisit...
Read more here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/revisit...
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NEW SUBMISSION CATEGORY ADDED!
AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4
AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
NEW SUBMISSION CATEGORY ADDED!
AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4
AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4
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🎧LISTEN: Michelle Grattan is one of the few remaining working journalists who witnesses The Dismissal first hand. She shares her memories of that tumultuous day.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Remembering the day Gough Whitlam lost his job
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
🎧LISTEN: Michelle Grattan is one of the few remaining working journalists who witnesses The Dismissal first hand. She shares her memories of that tumultuous day.
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New on the blog! Esther Freeman from @share-uk.bsky.social explores the different ways women have used food throughout history, and how we can reframe it as a powerful political tool #womenshistory
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womenshistorynetwork.org/kitchen-resi...
Kitchen Resistance: how women used food to fight back – Esther Freeman
I’d been in the Women’s Library at LSE for hours, going through oral history transcripts in the Women Against Pit Closures collection. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say I felt close to tears. The…
womenshistorynetwork.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
New on the blog! Esther Freeman from @share-uk.bsky.social explores the different ways women have used food throughout history, and how we can reframe it as a powerful political tool #womenshistory
womenshistorynetwork.org/kitchen-resi...
womenshistorynetwork.org/kitchen-resi...
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OTD in 1928, the Carreras Cigarette Factory opened in London. Built for speed and precision, it subjected workers to strict fines and constant oversight.
From the archives, Sally Alexander explores Thomas Garland's groundbreaking work on the mental health of factory girls:
From the archives, Sally Alexander explores Thomas Garland's groundbreaking work on the mental health of factory girls:
Dr Thomas Garland and the Dream Life of Factory Girls
A long-forgotten medical thesis from 1938 uncovers the physical and psychic distress of London factory girls.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
OTD in 1928, the Carreras Cigarette Factory opened in London. Built for speed and precision, it subjected workers to strict fines and constant oversight.
From the archives, Sally Alexander explores Thomas Garland's groundbreaking work on the mental health of factory girls:
From the archives, Sally Alexander explores Thomas Garland's groundbreaking work on the mental health of factory girls:
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Tia Billinger’s viral stunt shows us the price women pay for power and influence.
Sex with 1,000 men in 12 hours: why Bonnie Blue is neither a feminist nor a monster
theconversation.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Tia Billinger’s viral stunt shows us the price women pay for power and influence.
NEW at #VIDAblog!
Eli Branagh and Taylah Evans discuss their experience hosting ‘Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress’, a one-day symposium held in response to the recently published Personal Politics: The Remaking of Gender, Sexuality, and Citizenship (2024).
Find out more here ⬇️
Eli Branagh and Taylah Evans discuss their experience hosting ‘Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress’, a one-day symposium held in response to the recently published Personal Politics: The Remaking of Gender, Sexuality, and Citizenship (2024).
Find out more here ⬇️
Reflection: ‘Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress’ Symposium | Australian Women's History Network
Eli Branagh and Tahlya Evans reflect on their experience hosting the ‘Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress’ symposium.
www.auswhn.com.au
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
NEW at #VIDAblog!
Eli Branagh and Taylah Evans discuss their experience hosting ‘Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress’, a one-day symposium held in response to the recently published Personal Politics: The Remaking of Gender, Sexuality, and Citizenship (2024).
Find out more here ⬇️
Eli Branagh and Taylah Evans discuss their experience hosting ‘Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress’, a one-day symposium held in response to the recently published Personal Politics: The Remaking of Gender, Sexuality, and Citizenship (2024).
Find out more here ⬇️
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Always thrilled to be able to talk about AIDS activism in the Australian lesbian press.
October 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Always thrilled to be able to talk about AIDS activism in the Australian lesbian press.
NEW at #VIDAblog!
@ahartman.bsky.social explores the impressions that playing video games gives us about significant women historical figures, asking: What impact does this have on informal public education about women's history? 🎮
Find out more ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/video-g...
@ahartman.bsky.social explores the impressions that playing video games gives us about significant women historical figures, asking: What impact does this have on informal public education about women's history? 🎮
Find out more ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/video-g...
What do video games teach us about women’s history? | Australian Women's History Network
In this blog, Abbie Hartman explores the impression of women's history given through video games and its impact on informal education.
www.auswhn.com.au
October 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
NEW at #VIDAblog!
@ahartman.bsky.social explores the impressions that playing video games gives us about significant women historical figures, asking: What impact does this have on informal public education about women's history? 🎮
Find out more ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/video-g...
@ahartman.bsky.social explores the impressions that playing video games gives us about significant women historical figures, asking: What impact does this have on informal public education about women's history? 🎮
Find out more ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/video-g...
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The Times Higher Education global universities rankings have again swept through the marketing departments of Australia's unis, putting a thin lacquer over an industry plagued by endemic wage theft and poor student satisfaction outcomes.
Australia's universities may win in global rankings, but they're failing teachers and students
www.crikey.com.au
October 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The Times Higher Education global universities rankings have again swept through the marketing departments of Australia's unis, putting a thin lacquer over an industry plagued by endemic wage theft and poor student satisfaction outcomes.
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If Labor wishes to reclaim its moral authority, it must break with the consultant paradigm: rebuild public governance, fund socially vital disciplines and restore universities as places of learning, not revenue streams. #auspol #universitiesAU
How the ALP outsourced the soul of higher education
For most of its history, the Australian Labor Party spoke of education as a public good, the light on the hill, a vision of collective progress through strong institutions, universal access, and the elevation of ordinary citizens.
johnmenadue.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If Labor wishes to reclaim its moral authority, it must break with the consultant paradigm: rebuild public governance, fund socially vital disciplines and restore universities as places of learning, not revenue streams. #auspol #universitiesAU
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📚 REVIEW: Anne Irfan’s history explains the complex background to Palestinian resistance in Gaza, allowing those who live there to tell their own stories.
👉 theconversation.com/a-short...
👉 theconversation.com/a-short...
October 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
📚 REVIEW: Anne Irfan’s history explains the complex background to Palestinian resistance in Gaza, allowing those who live there to tell their own stories.
👉 theconversation.com/a-short...
👉 theconversation.com/a-short...
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What traces of Indigenous American history lie within English country houses? In our latest article, Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt explore how trade and tobacco shaped a famous stately home.
www.historyworkshop....
www.historyworkshop....
October 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
What traces of Indigenous American history lie within English country houses? In our latest article, Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt explore how trade and tobacco shaped a famous stately home.
www.historyworkshop....
www.historyworkshop....
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Attend #hcnswmember The State Library of New South Wales Coral Thomas Lecture with Associate Professor Nancy Cushing
Nancy Cushing reflects on how humans and other animals have coexisted in Sydney throughout its urban history on Wednesday 22 October at 6pm
Book via the link below!
Nancy Cushing reflects on how humans and other animals have coexisted in Sydney throughout its urban history on Wednesday 22 October at 6pm
Book via the link below!
Coral Thomas Lecture: Nancy Cushing
2024–25 Coral Thomas Fellow Nancy Cushing reflects on how humans and other animals have coexisted in Sydney throughout its urban history.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Attend #hcnswmember The State Library of New South Wales Coral Thomas Lecture with Associate Professor Nancy Cushing
Nancy Cushing reflects on how humans and other animals have coexisted in Sydney throughout its urban history on Wednesday 22 October at 6pm
Book via the link below!
Nancy Cushing reflects on how humans and other animals have coexisted in Sydney throughout its urban history on Wednesday 22 October at 6pm
Book via the link below!
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📆EVENT Thu 30 Oct 4-6pm: The London scandal: sexuality, exploitation and law reform in 1885.
Discover the causes and consequences of the Criminal Justice Act 1885 and explore the archives with @carolinederry.bsky.social and @drcisme.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london...
Discover the causes and consequences of the Criminal Justice Act 1885 and explore the archives with @carolinederry.bsky.social and @drcisme.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london...
The London scandal: sexuality, exploitation and law reform in 1885
Join LSE Library for a workshop on the causes and consequences of the Criminal Justice Act 1885.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
📆EVENT Thu 30 Oct 4-6pm: The London scandal: sexuality, exploitation and law reform in 1885.
Discover the causes and consequences of the Criminal Justice Act 1885 and explore the archives with @carolinederry.bsky.social and @drcisme.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london...
Discover the causes and consequences of the Criminal Justice Act 1885 and explore the archives with @carolinederry.bsky.social and @drcisme.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london...
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My podcast interview about #Heiresses with @historyextra.bsky.social is available to listen to now! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Britain's female slaveowners: the heiresses who made fortunes from enslavement
Podcast Episode · History Extra podcast · 05/10/2025 · 34m
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October 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
My podcast interview about #Heiresses with @historyextra.bsky.social is available to listen to now! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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Jane Goodall showed tremendous courage in charting her own course as a pioneering researcher – and working to spread hope wherever she went.
‘Only if we help shall all be saved’: Jane Goodall showed we can all be part of the solution
theconversation.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Jane Goodall showed tremendous courage in charting her own course as a pioneering researcher – and working to spread hope wherever she went.
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In Japan, promoting an “atypical” candidate to be prime minister, like a hard-line woman, serves the ruling party’s immediate need to project an image of change and ideological steadfastness simultaneously, argues Ming Gao.
Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Has to Be a Hard-Liner
If she wins this week’s leadership vote, Sanae Takaichi’s ultranationalist agenda will stir up the region.
foreignpolicy.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
In Japan, promoting an “atypical” candidate to be prime minister, like a hard-line woman, serves the ruling party’s immediate need to project an image of change and ideological steadfastness simultaneously, argues Ming Gao.
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We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
In our latest blog Margaret Allen reflects on an exhibition and research project exploring the academic working lives of women in South Australia since 1970. #UniversityofAdelaide #WiseandWonderfulWomen
Find it here: www.auswhn.com.au/blog/wise-an...
Find it here: www.auswhn.com.au/blog/wise-an...
September 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
In our latest blog Margaret Allen reflects on an exhibition and research project exploring the academic working lives of women in South Australia since 1970. #UniversityofAdelaide #WiseandWonderfulWomen
Find it here: www.auswhn.com.au/blog/wise-an...
Find it here: www.auswhn.com.au/blog/wise-an...
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My book is published! It’s a critical take on how emotions shape conflicts about LGBT rights and repair in equality law, gender recognition, bans on conversion practices, and sex education in schools. You can download it free via @edinburghup.bsky.social: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...
May 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
My book is published! It’s a critical take on how emotions shape conflicts about LGBT rights and repair in equality law, gender recognition, bans on conversion practices, and sex education in schools. You can download it free via @edinburghup.bsky.social: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...
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#PhD research callout!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
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Ethics approval: H16788
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I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
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Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
September 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
#PhD research callout!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
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This World Rivers Day, the #InternationalRiverFoundation invited Simon Cleary (author of Everything Is Water) and me (author of A River with a City Problem) to help celebrate river, the lifeblood of our planet.
www.riverfoundation.org.au/world-rivers...
www.riverfoundation.org.au/world-rivers...
World Rivers Day 2025 - International River Foundation
Reflections from authors Simon Cleary and Dr Margaret Cook on Maiwar, the Brisbane River. Celebrating the river through storytelling.
www.riverfoundation.org.au
September 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This World Rivers Day, the #InternationalRiverFoundation invited Simon Cleary (author of Everything Is Water) and me (author of A River with a City Problem) to help celebrate river, the lifeblood of our planet.
www.riverfoundation.org.au/world-rivers...
www.riverfoundation.org.au/world-rivers...