Laura Rademaker
@laurarad.bsky.social
Historian at the Australian National University
Christian missions, Indigenous history, deep history, gender, religion
Editor History Australia & Aboriginal History Monographs
Christian missions, Indigenous history, deep history, gender, religion
Editor History Australia & Aboriginal History Monographs
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This is the big one. Anyone is welcome to sign, you don't have to be at ANU, you just have to care about higher ed. www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...
Petition to ANU Council
In support of our petition, we observe that:
• ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...
www.megaphone.org.au
August 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This is the big one. Anyone is welcome to sign, you don't have to be at ANU, you just have to care about higher ed. www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...
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ANU and the Search Foundation are offering a PhD with $100,000 top up to complete the final (1970-91) volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia. 👇
Calling for Applicants to the Australian National University-SEARCH Foundation PhD Scholarship | School of History
history.cass.anu.edu.au
August 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
ANU and the Search Foundation are offering a PhD with $100,000 top up to complete the final (1970-91) volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia. 👇
Chancel Culture, David Pope
August 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Chancel Culture, David Pope
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It is massive. Thanks to Peter Deppeler on Twitter for the footage. #GazaGenocide #MarchForHumanity
August 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
It is massive. Thanks to Peter Deppeler on Twitter for the footage. #GazaGenocide #MarchForHumanity
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A shoutout to all the academics who are also working 9 to 9, 24/7 👩💻
Your #openaccess ☕📘 coffee read 📘☕ sorted! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #historyaustralia
@dranastevenson.bsky.social on ‘Workin’ 9 to 9, 24/7’: political humour about Australian politicians and ministerial staffers during the Rudd-Gillard era
@dranastevenson.bsky.social on ‘Workin’ 9 to 9, 24/7’: political humour about Australian politicians and ministerial staffers during the Rudd-Gillard era
July 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
A shoutout to all the academics who are also working 9 to 9, 24/7 👩💻
Do you have some great work on religious history, but need financial support to get to a conference? The Religious History Association has a new Conference Bursary Scheme! therha.com.au/bursary-sche...
Bursary Scheme – Religious History Association
therha.com.au
July 31, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Do you have some great work on religious history, but need financial support to get to a conference? The Religious History Association has a new Conference Bursary Scheme! therha.com.au/bursary-sche...
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Your support is needed - sign the petition opposing the Job-ready Graduates Scheme www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...
@austhistassoc.bsky.social
@austhistassoc.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Your support is needed - sign the petition opposing the Job-ready Graduates Scheme www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...
@austhistassoc.bsky.social
@austhistassoc.bsky.social
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Job-Ready Graduates attacks the arts and humanities and presents an often insurmountable obstacle for those looking to undertake further study study. Follow the link for an Open Letter to @albomp.bsky.social calling for the repeal of JRG, and sign our petition. linktr.ee/aushistorica...
July 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Job-Ready Graduates attacks the arts and humanities and presents an often insurmountable obstacle for those looking to undertake further study study. Follow the link for an Open Letter to @albomp.bsky.social calling for the repeal of JRG, and sign our petition. linktr.ee/aushistorica...
‘If Labor won’t act to defend equity in education, what is the point of them – I mean, what do they really stand for?’ 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 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
‘If Labor won’t act to defend equity in education, what is the point of them – I mean, what do they really stand for?’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"cultural vandalism on a breathtaking scale"
July 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"cultural vandalism on a breathtaking scale"
"These are just highly talented and idealistic young people... These are the kind of people the country needs, now and in the future."
An especially good one today on the humanities in Oz. Every word true. graemeturner.org/2025/07/20/w...
Why do they hate us? That’s the question academics in the humanities are asking. - Graeme Turner
This is the question I was asked last week. Why are government, the media, even university administrations, so carelessly participating in the gradual demolition of one of the foundation stones of our...
graemeturner.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"These are just highly talented and idealistic young people... These are the kind of people the country needs, now and in the future."
"A threat to the health of Australia’s humanities sector" historycouncilnsw.org.au/anu-restruct...
ANU issue – HCNSW’s response to the proposed dismantling of national humanities and social science research infrastructure | History Council of New South Wales
historycouncilnsw.org.au
July 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"A threat to the health of Australia’s humanities sector" historycouncilnsw.org.au/anu-restruct...
Never mind that they're the top ranked anthropologists in Australia, and in the top ten in the world. This is how they're treated
i stand in deepest solidarity with my junior colleagues being put through this dehumanising process
'Hunger Games scenario': four ANU lecturers and only three jobs
Four lecturers going for three jobs speak out about the stress and the cost.
www.canberratimes.com.au
July 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Never mind that they're the top ranked anthropologists in Australia, and in the top ten in the world. This is how they're treated
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The Wild Australia Show, now out as a free download! Congratulations to the authors! doi.org/10.22459/WAS... doi.org/10.22459/WAS...
The Wild Australia Show
<p>The Wild Australia Show was a troupe of 27 Aboriginal performers recruited from northern Queensland in the 1890s for a world tour that would culminate at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago...
doi.org
July 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Wild Australia Show, now out as a free download! Congratulations to the authors! doi.org/10.22459/WAS... doi.org/10.22459/WAS...
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NAIDOC Week 2025 marks a powerful milestone: 50 years of honouring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture and resilience.
Explore over 50 titles on Indigenous culture in our list, available in multiple formats: press.anu.edu.au
Explore over 50 titles on Indigenous culture in our list, available in multiple formats: press.anu.edu.au
July 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
NAIDOC Week 2025 marks a powerful milestone: 50 years of honouring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture and resilience.
Explore over 50 titles on Indigenous culture in our list, available in multiple formats: press.anu.edu.au
Explore over 50 titles on Indigenous culture in our list, available in multiple formats: press.anu.edu.au
Kids four minutes into the first day of school holidays: "I'm boooooorreedd"
July 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Kids four minutes into the first day of school holidays: "I'm boooooorreedd"
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With a million thanks to @stplbrk.bsky.social for the best collegiality ever, I had two incredible days but a bazillion heartbreaking conversations in North Queensland hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/the-world-...
The world is going troppo: and things in universities are not looking up.
This week I went to a *really* good conference with the theme 'Looking Up'. But I was alarmed at the experience of those currently working in universities, many of whom are not able to look up rn.
hannahforsyth.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
With a million thanks to @stplbrk.bsky.social for the best collegiality ever, I had two incredible days but a bazillion heartbreaking conversations in North Queensland hannahforsyth.substack.com/p/the-world-...
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Great new article by Carolyn Collins & Paul Sendziuk
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The power of suggestion: engagement, industriousness and General Motors–Holden’s suggestion plan
After World War Two, General Motors–Holden launched an employee suggestion scheme that paid out millions of dollars in rewards for suggestions leading to improvements in productivity and workplace ...
www.tandfonline.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Great new article by Carolyn Collins & Paul Sendziuk
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Brisbane friends!
🚨BOOK LAUNCH🚨
‘The Wild Australia Show’ will be launched next Wednesday at 5 pm at The Catchment Bar, West End, Brisbane.
This book tells the story of the Wild Australia Show, a troupe of 27 Aboriginal performers from Queensland in the 1890s.
Details below 👇
‘The Wild Australia Show’ will be launched next Wednesday at 5 pm at The Catchment Bar, West End, Brisbane.
This book tells the story of the Wild Australia Show, a troupe of 27 Aboriginal performers from Queensland in the 1890s.
Details below 👇
June 30, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Brisbane friends!