@capandgown.bsky.social
History, empire and the politics of knowledge. University of Technology Sydney
Important research here from Joel Barnes tracing the origins of philanthropic wealth in Australia. How should institutions reckon with these legacies?
theconversation.com/the-dixson-f...
Can schools bear the weight of a warming world?
Student teacher Jaren reflects on the power of citizenship education to inspire student action against the climate crisis 🌎🌡️ @citizenshippgceioe.bsky.social
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe-student-...
Action against the slave trade from 1807 enabled British colonisation, but Jane Lydon shows here how achieving the abolition of slavery in 1833 and expanding territory through conquest were also interrelated, not separate, processes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
17.09.2025 10:07 — 👍 75 🔁 36 💬 1 📌 1
“Universities and the Public Good”. That is the title of a conference on research, education and democracy since 1945 in Hanover this week. Most of the researchers here are historians, but the questions raised are highly relevant for us today.
ghiworkshops.hypotheses.org/universities...
Yes this is shocking.
04.09.2025 01:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Shocked to see this. An indictment on @mupublishing.bsky.social My father first published in Meanjin around 1950; I published there from 1983....
04.09.2025 01:07 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
📣Only two weeks left to apply for the Senate House Library Visiting Fellowships 📣
In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks.
Deadline: 15 September 2025
More info 👇
https://tinyurl.com/ykudv9tn
Oooh this is so interesting. I’m becoming interested in soldier settlement schemes in Australia and relationship to land reservation and indig dispossession.
02.09.2025 22:53 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
Sydneysiders, join us at the Chau Chak Wing Museum for the 2025 Antony McNicoll Lecture delivered by Prof Lloyd Weekes (UNE) speaking on archaeological work in the UAE in 'Saruq al-Hadid: Cult, Craft, and Community in the Rub’ al-Khali'. 4 September, 5.30pm
events.humanitix.com/2025-mcnicol...
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
'Voice' is a wonderfully rich account of how Indigenous scholars and students fought to be heard at the University of Melbourne. Interesting for me to appear in the historical narrative, not always as I remember....
19.08.2025 08:13 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Come and work with us!
Do you believe that research matters? Do you want to use your research skills to drive important public policy debates in Australia?
Apply for our Postdoctoral Research Fellowship!
Applications close Sunday 24 August 2025
Apply here 👉 australiainstitute.org.au/about/jobs/
"Australia has the second-lowest public expenditure on tertiary education institutions in the OECD…This has resulted in an endless chase for dollars (international students & “the next big thing”) rather than thinking about what an educated Australia should look like” www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
19.08.2025 02:55 — 👍 226 🔁 126 💬 14 📌 6So very excited about the next History Now panel - a collaboration with the Wood Memorial lecture by the Discipline of History at @sydney.edu.au
Thanks @historymatterssyd.bsky.social
Tickets are selling fast
our judges' comments were: A bold and intellectually rich contribution to historical storytelling, this series tackles the inherent challenge of discussing visual sources in an audio format with ingenuity and sensitivity, vividly evoking colonial portraits for listeners without relying on visuals. By combining expert narration with scholarly and Indigenous voices, the series decodes artworks that span continents and centuries, situating Australian examples within the global processes of empire and colonialism. The series exemplifies original, decolonising historical work, challenging Eurocentric readings and expanding historical consciousness through cross-cultural and transnational perspectives. Particularly striking are the discussions with Indigenous scholars, which reframe the meaning and significance of colonial images and, importantly, ask what use such images are in the present day. The series’ analytical depth, emotional resonance, and imaginative use of sound make it a standout example of how non-print media can powerfully reframe public understanding of the past.
@historymatterssyd.bsky.social and I are delighted to see the UNSETTLING PORTRAITS podcast get Highly Commended in these Digital History Awards! www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/nsw-h... (link to the podcast in this linked page)
14.08.2025 03:47 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
The government is under mounting pressure to dump a Morrison-era policy that has drastically cut university funding, saddled many students with debts they will never be able to repay and driven many more away from higher education altogether. satpa.pe/MA6GXR1
09.08.2025 04:23 — 👍 23 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 0
#skycats “cuddles”
05.08.2025 09:05 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#marchforhumanity sydney
03.08.2025 06:50 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Winner of the New York festivals gold medal! Well done hey history! Australia’s first history podcast for the classroom www.heyhistory.net
31.07.2025 09:00 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Your support is needed - sign the petition opposing the Job-ready Graduates Scheme www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...
@austhistassoc.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/how-to-disap... this is a great article. Let me point out that major major structural reform has happened in our school system before. In the second part of the 19thC all Australian states abolished all state aid to private schools. #histed
13.07.2025 06:43 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1
The decline of academic history in Australia: an interesting & important article in SMH by @nickbryantoz.bsky.social Much more to be said, but a good start. Includes @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @capandgown.bsky.social @michellearrow.bsky.social Anna Clark et al
#history @austhistassoc.bsky.social
Oh phew. I read the deadline incorrectly. This is very helpful.
24.06.2025 11:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The turnaround time this year is ridiculous
24.06.2025 07:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Has to be triangles. #fairybread
22.06.2025 02:59 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
New episodes now out of this brilliant new and deliciously serious podcast on Australian writing - these eps on First Nations writing and how it transforming everything podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/f...
30.05.2025 03:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A few months ago I wrote a piece about the remarkable new history of the University of Melbourne's entanglement with Indigenous Australia and what it means for how we think about universities and what they do. It's open access at History Australia: #skyhistorians
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@australiainstitute.org.au and @grattaninstitute.bsky.social this is a major policy opportunity for Australia too and would go a long way to avoiding some of the carnage being inflicted on our institutions too (eg mine.)
28.05.2025 08:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
