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Join us for Truth-telling, renaming and removing: the experience of American Universities'
with Assoc Prof David Smith, United States Studies Centre & #Usyd
Wednesday, November 19 | 4:00pm - 5:15pm
Vere Gordon Childe Centre Boardroom

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Truth-telling, renaming and removing: the experience of American Universities
Truth-telling, renaming and removing: the experience of American Universities
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November 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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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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A centuries-old grid of holes in the Andes may have been a ‘spreadsheet’ for accounting and exchange writes Jacob Bongers (Archaeology) with Charles Stanish in the @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/a-centuries-...
A centuries-old grid of holes in the Andes may have been a ‘spreadsheet’ for accounting and exchange
An ancient band of thousands of precisely aligned small pits stretching 1.5 kilometres across the Pisco Valley in Peru has baffled experts for almost a century.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Research by a team led by the University of Sydney's Jacob Boners (Archaeology) has uncovered compelling evidence that brings us closer to solving the mystery behind one of the most unique archaeological sites in the Andes.
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Mysterious holes in the Andes may have been an ancient marketplace, study suggests
New research published in Antiquity by Dr Jacob Bongers at the University of Sydney has uncovered compelling evidence that brings us closer to solving the mystery behind one of the most unique archaeo...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Associate Professor Cindy McCreery (History) writes for the @aunz.theconversation.com on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
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No longer 'Prince Andrew': how royals can be stripped of their titles
Prince Andrew is to be stripped of his royal titles and will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace has announced. He will also move out of the Royal Lodge in Windsor. Universit...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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What Artists See? Mark McKenna (History) in conversation with Critic Quentin Sprague, who helps you get to the messy human heart of art
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What Artists See? Critic Quentin Sprague helps you get to the messy human heart of art - ABC listen
Have you ever visited an art gallery full of wonder, ready to be inspired, only to leave feeling like it was all a bit over your head? You're about to meet one writer whose new book of essays rejects ...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Have you caught up with this yet? History's Professor James Curran on Episode #2: 'Making the Nation'
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Watch The Idea Of Australia
Watch The Idea Of Australia for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!
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October 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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'Domestic violence and vulnerability in the Roman world'
Edited by Eleanor Cowan (Classics and Ancient History) and Tim Parkin.
For anyone teaching in the ancient world - Download now!
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Domestic violence and vulnerability in the Roman world: setting the scene*
This volume arises from a project born in part of statistics, or rather of the reality those statistics reveal. Globally, one in every three women in the t
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October 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Forgiveness: Do We Really Need it?

Lucy Allais | Johns Hopkins University and the University of the Witwatersrand
Luke Russell | Sydney
Tuesday, October 28 | 5:30pm doors for a 5:45pm start | Chau Chak Wing Museum
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2025 Anderson Lectures - Forgiveness: Do We Really Need it?
2025 Anderson Lectures - Forgiveness: Do We Really Need it?
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October 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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I’m honoured to be the recipient of the BBVA Foundation’s 7th Biophilia Award in Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences www.biophilia-fbbva.es/en/noticias/... @seisydney.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @usyd-humanities.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social
Thom van Dooren | Biophilia Award in Environmental Humanities
Philosopher Thom van Dooren receives the BBVA Foundation’s 7th Biophilia Award for what the committee describes as his “central role” in “understanding and addressing species extinction.”
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October 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Join the Powerful Stories Network for a conversation on Decolonising Family Violence with author Akuch Anyieth.
📅 6pm Friday 10 October
📍 Vere Gordon Childe Centre
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/yrutvphr
Book Launch and Discussion | Akuch Anyieth | Decolonising the Law in African-Australian Communities
A discussion of award-winning author, Akuch Anyieth's new work on Decolonising Family Violence Legal Intervention Orders in African-Australian Communities.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Ever wondered what liberalism looks like IRL?
Allow me to introduce @lefebvrealex.bsky.social .
Tune in to unSILOed to hear our Chair of Philosophy in full flight.
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unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc: 586. Living Liberalism: Ethics, Society, and Personal Virtue feat. Alexandre Lefebvre
There is a misconception that liberalism lacks a vision of ‘the good life,’ but liberalism is more ingrained in society than often recognized. It affects media, education, and personal beliefs ...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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I just voted for @mrkocnnll.bsky.social's A Thread of Violence top100books.abc.net.au Great book, no favouritism here. And yes, I hit 'Submit' before adding nine more :/ Who've you got?
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Top 100 Books of the 21st Century | Vote now
Vote now in Radio National's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century
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September 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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"[I]n an age where cultural heritage is central to issues of progress and justice, museums have an obligation to educate the public not only on the history represented by the artifacts but also the nuances of the origins of the artifacts themselves."

👏 @sea-greeny.bsky.social #belitungbook
sea-greeny.bsky.social Dr Natali Pearson @sea-greeny.bsky.social · Sep 11
I’m delighted to see this new review of #belitungbook - thank you @pkhardy.bsky.social for sharing, and Joanna Ellis for your great analysis and kind words! @nuspress.bsky.social
Dr. Penelope K Hardy @pkhardy.bsky.social · Sep 9
🌊🌊🌊New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊

Check out Joanna Ellis (U of West Florida)’s review of @sea-greeny.bsky.social (@sydney.edu.au)’s book _Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck_ pub 2025 ‪@ University of Hawai'i Press

#oceans

Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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September 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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NEWS: Professor James Curran will give one of the 2025 Boyer Lectures. James will explore the theme ‘Australia: A Radical Experiment in Democracy’ alongside four other distinguished speakers. The series kicks off on 19 October on ABC Radio National. @sydney.edu.au tinyurl.com/ysmddpzx
September 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The next lecture in the Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation (NEAF) 2025 series celebrating 50 years of University of Sydney projects in Jordan is on 16 July - Phil Edwards on Wadi Hammeh 27. All talks are live streamed. Check out the full program! 🏺#archaeology

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Ancient Jordan: Celebrating 50 years of the archaeological association of The University of Sydney with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation
Our evening lecture series this year will present a number of eminent scholars who will provide lectures on their areas of research in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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SSSHARC Visiting Fellowships 2026 are now open!
The Visiting Fellows program supports collaborative research in the humanities and social sciences at the University of Sydney

Deadline ⏰ 14 July 2025
Apply here ➡️ shorturl.at/pnqVH

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Opportunities
SSSHARC provides innovative platforms and fellowships to approach and solve problems, such as huddles, ultimate peer reviews, pop-up research labs and more.
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June 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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ARC say they’ll announce Linkage Projects & Laureate Fellowship by end of the month. Next Linkage Projects deadline (2025 round 2) has been pushed back accordingly.

Better later than never, I guess 🙄. And the sort-of reason given sounds … weird, given that the new legislation started last July.
Screenshot of tweet from the ARC stating they will announce Linkage Projects (2924 round 2) and Laureate Fellowship outcomes by end of June. They are also pushing back the applications for the next Linkage Projects round as a result.
June 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Another story - this time from #USyd - on Amy Mosig Way and Wayne Brennan (Archaeology) and the discovery of new evidence that overturns the theory that Australia's high country was unoccupied during the Ice Age.
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#Australia #archaeology
Australia's oldest occupied Ice Age cave found at high elevation in Blue Mountains
Archaeologists from the Australian Museum, the University of Sydney and the Australian National University in collaboration with First Nations community members have unearthed 693 stone artefacts dati...
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June 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Amy Mosig Way and Wayne Brennan (Archaeology) take us inside the discovery of the highest human-occupied ice age site found in Australia. #archaeology
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‘Mind-blowing’: inside the highest human-occupied ice age site found in Australia
The Dargan cave, in the upper reaches of the Blue Mountains, was previously believed too hostile for human habitation
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June 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Congratulations @amymosigway.bsky.social and Wayne Brennan on the Nature paper!

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June 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Happy King's Birthday long weekend! 🇦🇺👑🇬🇧
Here's a podcast just right for the time. Professor James Curran (History) talks to the ABC about the slow demise of British Australia.
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The slow demise of British Australia - ABC listen
This weekend Australians will observe a national holiday to mark the King’s Birthday, a date that isn’t even celebrated in Britain. Historically, Australian identity has been closely tethered to the E...
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June 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Good to see @usyd-humanities.bsky.social returning to Pacific history, which it pioneered some 100 years ago... Closing date June 15
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Pacific History
Full time, fixed term for 3 years Opportunity for research in Pacific history in the Discipline of History First Nations and Pacific Nations candidates strongly encouraged to apply Academic Level A6-8...
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June 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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To mark #NationalArcaeologyWeek in 2025 the School of Humanities and Chau Chak Wing Museum are hosting this event to showcase fieldwork conducted by Archaeologists at #USyd
Friday 23 May, 12:00 at the Chau Chak Wing Museum
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Working across Continents. Current archaeological field research conducted by the University of Sydney
Colonial Heritage in the Pacific
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May 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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We are delighted to announce that Kirsten McKenzie has been appointed the Harvard University Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Visiting Professor of Australian Studies for 2026-7
Congratulations Kirsten!
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Historian Kirsten McKenzie appointed Harvard Visiting Professor
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May 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM