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History’s booming in podcasts – but many of its academics are out of a job We live in momentous times. History podcasts and books are more popular than ever. So why is academic history in crisis?

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
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PELUNCURAN BUKU OBAT, ILMU, DAN KUASA: SEJARAH KESEHATAN DAN KEDOKTERAN INDONESIA HANS POLS YouTube video by AIPI Indonesia

A recording of the launch of @hanspols.bsky.social Indonesian book - notable for Hans's eloquence in Behasa Indonesia
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Launch of Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine at HoMSEA meeting, Yogyakarta, June 25. Book available open access at www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
Dr Sudirman Nasir, public health, Makassar, launched it with aplomb. With @hanspols.bsky.social & @ahlie.bsky.social & me

And there's more:

Another image, with Hans equally animated. I believe one of the others is Peter Carey, formerly of Oxford, now Jakarta. Both photos by Tias Suci.

Launch of @hanspols.bsky.social book, Obat Ilmu dan Kuas (Medicine, Knowledge, Power) - with KOMPAS - today in Jakarta at Academy of Sciences/National Library. Hans talking with historian and physician Rushdy Hoesein (who seems sceptical).
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This Friday at the (Indonesian) National Library

The great historian of Southeast Asia, Anthony (Tony) Reid, died yesterday in Canberra, aged 85. His studies transformed our understanding of Indonesia and the region. A professor at the ANU for many years, he also founded institutes at UCLA & NUS. And he was a lovely person

To be published very soon in Indonesia: Uncovering National Trauma, edited by Tyas Suci and me.

Medicine, Knowledge, Power

From Arthur Kleinman: 'Medicine on a Larger Scale is ... a step forward in imagining a counter-biomedicine that can better connect social suffering and healing with interpretive social science, post-colonial imaginings, and some of the more serious problems of the world. Impressive!’

Early bird rate for History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA) ends May 1. Register soon for the Jogjakarta meeting!

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I think Gemma, a graduate student here at Sydney, shows us all how we must speak up. She refers here to the current Australian election campaign, where the Trump-lite party is in retreat....

The (excellent) program and registration for History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA) in Yogyakarta 24-27 June 2025 - now available on the website
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As Craig Santos Perez writes: 'Land of Famished Beings is a must-read for students and scholars of environmental anthropology and multispecies ethnography. Moreover, it is essential reading for anyone passionate about justice in the Pacific, a region hungry for justice'

The program and registration is now available for History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA), held at UGM in the ancient Javanese city of Yogyakarta, June 24-27, 2025. Thanks to @hanspols.bsky.social and the local team. Impressive program and some wonderful excursions

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Never Heard of Yogyakarta? It Might Be the Center of the Universe. (Gift Article) The Indonesian city is home to some of the greatest Hindu and Buddhist temples, a thriving food scene and an area known as the Cosmological Axis, a cradle of Javanese culture.

Too late to offer a paper but soon registration for HoMSEA in Yogyakarta will open. An interesting article in the NYT on Yogya in the past day or so. While it's not as magical as in 1978, when I first visited, still worth experiencing. Not to forget Solo, only a few hours away, and much quieter....

Bunga bankai at Sydney Botanical gardens

We now have a cover for Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine (CUP 2025), eds. @ahlie.bsky.social, Jeremy Greene, and me. Many brilliant contributors give alternative genealogies and futures for social medicine - never so necessary, so urgent as now
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Yes, teror skopus. Yes, appropriation of the work of junior academics, research assistants, and students.

I wonder why we keep hearing about plagiarism committed by Indonesian academics

Call for papers for another great southern conference: The ANZ Society for the History of Medicine meeting at the University of Sydney, July 8-12, 2025. Closes February 28, 2025. Convenors Cate Storey, @hanspols.bsky.social, et al will surely make it a great occasion
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History of Medicine in Southeast Asia

This will be a great conference. Abstract deadline 1 Dec. All come!

Congratulations to Geoff Bowker and Annemarie Mol, awarded the Bernal Prize of the Society for Social Studies of Science - for distinguished contributions to science and technology studies. This is the Society's lifetime achievement award. Nice images accompanying the announcement!

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The Great Hall was packed!!! @dukepress.bsky.social