A new research collection revisits an understudied facet of Australia’s political past

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Based on the Womandla! Feminism and Social Movements in the Global South Online Seminar Series, this special issue originated in a conference that was to be held in South Africa but became caught u...

To generations of women, the feminist campaigner was an inspiration, a fearless challenger of sexism and domestic violence. Guardian readers share memories of her courage, intelligence, and warmth

You Strike a Woman, You Strike a Rock: Women Fighting Against Apartheid. Volume 77, Issue 3-4 of South African Historical Journal

Seventy years after the 1956 Women's March, South Africa still celebrates men's anti-apartheid struggle and pushes women's activism to the margins. The cost is visible now.

University’s move is part of trend that critics within academia say will lead to further staff cuts and the loss of ‘everything that makes the job worth doing’ An Australian university has swapped in-person classes with an AI chatbot, online quizzes and optional online tutorials in two subjects as institutions give the technology more teaching responsibilities. Macquarie University’s “Virtual Peer” is part of each week’s learning in two mandatory Psychology units, programmed to ask students questions and guide them through scenario-based exercises. Continue reading...

Twenty years on from the launch of the world-first vaccine against cervical cancer, Australian Immunisation Register data shows HPV vaccine coverage for girls and girls is dropping.

This article revisits the cultural storm created by the 1994 publication of Helen Demidenko’s novel, The Hand That Signed the Paper. Purporting to be quasi-autobiographical, written by a young memb...

Mary Leapor worked as a servant at Edgcote House and documented the goings on below stairs in her poetry.

The 1827 Michigan spectacle involved sending an animal-filled ship over Niagara Falls, initiating a lucrative era of commercialized tourist attractions.

Our new blog series explores topics seen as vulnerable to a systematic reversal of social justice gains in today’s global political climate.

Among the conceptual and methodological opportunities afforded by the Internet Archive, and more specifically, the WayBack Machine, is the capacity to capture and “play back” the history a web page...

The University of Aberdeen says it accepts there were "missteps" in its process in 2023.

Barney Glover, head of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission, says he will provide advice about degree funding to the government next year * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The man tasked with reforming the controversial Job-ready Graduates (JRG) program says he will not recommend any interim measures to reduce the $50,000 cost of arts degrees, despite calling the scheme a failure. Under the scheme introduced by the Morrison government, costs for science and maths courses were slashed to encourage students to take up Stem subjects, while arts and humanities fees rose sharply. The change led to university enrolments of students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds falling in some arts subjects, with critics warning of a “segregated” higher education system. Continue reading...

This blog was written by Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR Historians are very good at crafting arguments and in recent times very many people have advanced very many arguments about why history m...

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Come together to celebrate VIDA: Blog of the Australian Women’s History Network @ 10!

How did the Black Consciousness movement spur a remarkable transformation in South African theatre during the Apartheid era? Kasonde Mukonde explores.

This speculative piece of fiction is written in response to the common notion that the current university system is broken. As well as identifying problems with the current university system, we need to reflect on what we would like the tertiary system to look like in the future, especially for school-leavers. What follows is one potential version of an utopian university, outlining its educational philosophies, values and the wider social and political background that would make it possible.

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The Australian Women's History Network is excited to announce its new social media initiative: a blog about the research and practice of feminist history.

The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit

In this blog, Shirleene Robinson and the Australian Women's History Network remember Emeritus Professor Kay Saunders, AO, FASSA, FRHistS (1947–2026).

In this blog, Shirleene Robinson and the Australian Women's History Network remember Emeritus Professor Kay Saunders, AO, FASSA, FRHistS (1947–2026).