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Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are threatened by university cuts

Announced by South Australian Premier Thomas Playford in 1960, the plan to build Chowilla Dam on the River Murray aimed to secure water rights crucial for the state’s economic growth. This article ...

An animal studies scholar talks with an architect and an architecture writer about designing for, and with, nonhuman species.

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Commissioning Editor Ruby Ekkel launches a new VIDA series, exploring the intersections of environmental and women’s history.  ‘Make the back-yard the embryo of your future desires. As a country we ar...

We welcome PhD placement students to learn from our experts and make real contributions to our work at Kew Gardens in London or Wakehurst in Sussex.

The Centre for Contemporary Histories and Australian Policy and History are offering 10 Writing Fellowships for Early Career Researchers, of a value of $500 each. Successful applicants will be commissioned to write one opinion piece and one policy briefing note related to their research. Successful applicants will be mentored by academics from the Centre for […]

How do organisms that are so sedentary end up being so incredibly widely dispersed?

The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) invites applications for a tenure-track position in the Department of History at the rank of Assistant Professor, with a proposed starting date of