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Eureka Henrich

@eurekahenrich.bsky.social
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Historian interested in all things 'm' (migration, museums, memory, material culture, medicine) and a few others too. Currently writing a history of migration and health in postwar Australia. research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-eure…

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I wrote about the White Australia policy, the myth, the fantasy, for the Conversation.
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‘White Australia’ has always been a myth. Hanson lamenting its end is wrong – and dangerous
Australians have every reason to be angry at our political elites. But Hanson’s nostalgic and false history does not hold the answer.
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Eureka Henrich @eurekahenrich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
One day at #OzHA2026 last week was not enough, but I did hear some exciting papers and a wonderful plenary on family history, talked shop and life with fellow historians, and found Joy (the original!) at Macquarie Uni. Here she is alongside her bronze replica in Darlinghurst.
'Joy' is a sculpture of a woman leaning in a doorway-like frame by artist Loui Fraser. It recognises the role of sex workers in Sydney's Darlinghurst. A bronze replica now stands in the original location on Stanley Street (est. 2025). The original statue was removed following local objections in the mid 1990s, and has since been displayed at Macquarie University.
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Hidetaka Hirota @hidehirota.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
My book, Expelling the Poor (@academic.oup.com), was cited by SCOTUS in the birthright citizenship case. ls.berkeley.edu/news/supreme...
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Supreme Court cites Berkeley history professor’s research in landmark birthright citizenship decision
The U.S. Supreme Court this week reaffirmed the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s attempt to end the longstanding practice of granting citizenship ...
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Joanna Bourke @joannabourke.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Shocking news about redundancies in the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire, despite their exceptional research activities. I have signed the petition against these actions: it would be great if you would as well: c.org/kDQynZV7J4 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social
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Sign the Petition
Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 26/06/2026
📣 Call for Applications 📣 History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. This is a part-time, paid role. Application deadline: 7 August 2026. Please share widely!
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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026
History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.
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Public Record Office Victoria @vicarchives.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Sam Wallman installing new work at the Victorian Archives Centre - exploring the legacy of the 1970s Green and Pink Bans, when construction workers downed tools to protect heritage buildings, low-income housing, the environment, and persecuted queer communities. prov.vic.gov.au/whats/public...
Sam Wallman installing comic panels on the wall of the Victorian Archives Centre foyer.Comic panel by Sam Wallman discussing his attitude to historical research.Sam Wallman finishing a painting about the Pink Bans.
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University of Hertfordshire UCU @uhertfordshireucu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Petition to save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire: c.org/9JLppW5tMS
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Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 21/05/2026
The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians
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History and the humanities at the University of Hertfordshire – a statement from the Royal Historical Society - RHS
Even for those familiar with bleak times, this has been a particularly bad few weeks in UK higher education. Confirmed job losses at the University of Essex were followed by further bad news from Hert...
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Karen Brookfield @karenbrookfield.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
At University of Hertfordshire Heritage Connections event today. The University plans to axe its History dept. inc. the Heritage Hub and 16 years of innovative and inspiring co-creation with communities. Madness. @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
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Eureka Henrich @eurekahenrich.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
What a valuable resource!
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
University of Hertfordshire closes a swathe of Humanities courses, accelerating the sweeping tide against Human-centred disciples in the UK. Because understanding humans is so yesterday today. With such happy consequences, as we see when we look around us.
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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Today the AHA will be presenting evidence at the Parliamentary Inquiry into Reversing Job-Ready Graduates. You're welcome to tune into the livestream and watch -- we'll be on at around 2.30pm (AEST)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukKW...
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Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The AMHN would like to organise a panel around migration for this conference: if interested please contact e.henrich@unsw.edu.au asap oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/biennial-con...
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Biennial Conference 2026 CFP - Oral History Australia
Call for Presentations Deadline  11 May 2026 Oral history is ‘history built around people’ (Paul Thompson). Its methodology is embedded in humanity—it is a person-to-person communication through which the experiences and memories of one are recorded for posterity by another, using best practice tools and techniques. Through oral history, voices are preserved and accents, nuances, […]
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Professional Historians Association (Vic & Tas) @phavictas.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Call for Papers: Studies in Oral History Produced by Oral History Australia, the theme is ‘Bearing Witness, Making Histories’. The deadline for submission of peer review articles is 31 March 2026, and for reports is 29 May 2026. oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/journal/cfp-... #oralhistory
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Call for Papers 2026 - Oral History Australia
Studies in Oral History, Issue No. 48 Editors: Mia Martin Hobbs and Geraldine Fela Bearing Witness, Making History Peer-reviewed articles Contributions are invited from Australia and overseas for the ...
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History Australia @historyaustralia.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
www.tandfonline.com/journals/rah... Free access to the full History and AI collection throughout December.
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Mike Jones @mikejonesphd.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
A petition in support of the State Library of Victoria, currently facing significant cuts: c.org/Ny9tCp8jRM
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Save the State Library of Victoria!
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Eureka Henrich @eurekahenrich.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Great #oralhistory event on in Sydney tonight, and free! Book here: www.pridehistory.org.au/fortherecord
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Pride Histories Tickets — PRIDE HISTORY GROUP
Interested in learning more about LGBTIQA+ history? Join us on 26 November at the Inner West Pride Centre from 6:00PM. This special event will bring together a fascinating lineup of speakers on Sydney...
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Emily Fitzgerald @emily-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Know anyone who would want to come work with me? 1 year position for someone with a HASS background (don’t need to be a programmer), working on a tool to search historical documents like colonial Hansard. unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
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Research Assistant in Digital Humanities
Role type: Full Time; Fixed term until February 2027 Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Department: School of Computing and Information Systems Salary: Level A - $87,226 - $118...
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Emily Gallagher @as-ruby.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Excited to be part of this incredible team writing the first history of grandparenting in Australia! grandparentsaustralia.net
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Grandparenting tells us much about our history. It’s important to preserve these stories
Grandparents can play a fundamental role in families, yet they have often been overlooked in Australian history.
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History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night at the next History Now event at the Chau Chak Wing Museum Tickets are still available, but if you are unable to join us in-person, this event will also be live-streamed Learn more via buff.ly/WtAmOqw @drcraigb.bsky.social
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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
My review of former Australian PM Tony Abbott's new book out today: Tony Abbott’s history of Australia wants us to be proud of men like him theconversation.com/tony-abbotts...
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Tony Abbott’s history of Australia wants us to be proud of men like him
Tony Abbott begins his book Australia: A History, by telling off professional historians – and laments the “cultural confusion” of our present moment.
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Eureka Henrich @eurekahenrich.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Pride History Group and Oral History NSW are hosting a joint event on LGBTQIA+ Life Stories in Sydney on Nov 27. All welcome! Book your free ticket here: www.pridehistory.org.au/events/2025/... #oralhistory #queerhistory #sydney
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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Two History postdocs at UNSW (Sydney) and the net is wide: "open to candidates working on any time period from Ancient History to Contemporary History, any area or region, incl. global and international history, and any methodology, incl. oral history, gender history, history of race and more."
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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Why did 4 LA historical and cultural organizations have the courage to speak out against Trump's ICE raids this summer? I interviewed their leaders and wrote about their commitment to drawing parallels with the past while caring for their communities. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/museums-arch...
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No Going Back
Mary Rizzo examines how four LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations.
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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Wondering how AI will (and does already) impact history teaching? Register for this upcoming workshop, presented by the AHA, exploring just that! Follow the link for all the details: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s
New research uncovers stories of resilience, entrepreneurship and thriving cultural creativity across seven decades of Australian TV history.
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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 08/08/2025
ANU ‘dictionary centre is a national asset — once it’s gone, we lose a living record of our national voice’ theconversation.com/the-anu-is-m...
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The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary – this is why it matters
The dictionary is a living, breathing and evolving record of how language is wrapped up in who we are as Australians. It is vital we protect it.
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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
We are so close to reaching our target of 2500 signatures on this petition calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates! If you care about equity in higher education and want the BA to be affordable and accessible for *all* students, please sign! www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...
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Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition
We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025…
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Jo Case @jocaseau.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Excellent piece by Caitlin Macdonald on the open letter to abolish Job-Ready graduates. @aunz.theconversation.com Caitlin argues without the humanities, and the tools to think deeply, imagine ethically & reason clearly, we risk leaving students 'soul-starved'. theconversation.com/top-australi...
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Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing
Tim Winton, Helen Garner and Peter Garrett are just a few of the high-profile signatories to an open letter against Job-Ready Graduates – and for the humanities.
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History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Who will tell the histories of our shared pasts? We invite everyone to read our statement of concern on the planned downsizing of academic positions in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and the closure of The Australian National Dictionary via buff.ly/A5sAcbC 📷 Wikimedia Commons
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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I'm so proud to be part of the History Workshop project, supporting a brilliant team of Early Career historians who have built the best site for radical, engaged history online. Do consider applying for this opportunity! www.historyworkshop.org.uk/article/hist...
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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025
History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.
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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Migration and Mobility History
The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.
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Anisa Puri @anisapuri.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I'm excited to share details about The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project! This project is identifying & creating a list of precarious oral history collections held in Victoria, Australia. Tell us about your collection via www.precariousoralhistories.com #oralhistory
Image of a flyer introducing the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project
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Kate Fullagar @kfullagar.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
humanities.org.au/power-of-the...
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Australia can't withstand further humanities cuts
The Australian Academy of Humanities views with great concern the impact on staff, students and the wider community of the ANU’s plan for the humanities and social sciences. Now is not the time to red...
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
***Digital History Seed Grants*** The IEHS invites submissions for awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with digital history work connected to migration history and related fields. Deadline: 8/1/25 iehs.org/awards/seed_...
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Digital History Seed Grants
Visit the post for more.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.
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Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Check out this new special issue on Citizenship and Migration co-edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social for the Journal of American and Ethnic History! The introduction is open access and available to all for free. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK @ihr.bsky.social has made available a unique archive of interviews with leading post-war British historians. They point to the importance of history & the urgent need to defend the profession. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...
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At a time of crisis for the profession, a unique collection of interviews demonstrates the importance of history. - History & Policy
At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK, the Institute of Historical Research has made available a unique archive of interviews with some of the profession's leading post-war Bri...
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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Members! Don't forget to register for the 2025 AGM, on next week - especially important if you're attending virtually! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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AHA Annual General Meeting 2025
Thursday 3 July 2025 3.30--5.30pm (AEST) James Cook University, Townsville and via Zoom
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I wrote an amicus brief supporting resettlement agencies and refugees hurt by this terrible policy. It’s about the history of refugee resettlement — a history that the Trump admin wants to just disregard. refugeerights.org/wp-content/u...
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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Australia’s multilingualism is fuelled by migration flows. However, migrant communities struggle to pass on their languages to the next generation once settled. But new research, led by Assoc Prof Antonia Rubino, shows grandchildren are reclaiming their linguistic heritage. bit.ly/3FVF5vY
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Multilingualism—is it a thriving or withering asset?
New research examines a surprising trend among Australians with migrant backgrounds—more are learning their grandparents' languages.
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History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
📜 Nominate your work today for the History Council of New South Wales History Awards! A total of $6,000 in prize money is on offer in a number of prestigious award categories Registrations close 8 July at 5pm so discover more via buff.ly/Vrb98GC 📷 TWH Photography
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Call for Proposals: Jecca Namakkal, Kalyani Ramnath, Amy Chazkel, and Evan Taparata are co-editing a special issue of Radical History Review focused on mobility regimes. Interested authors are invited to submit a 1-2 page proposal by June 15, 2025. www.radicalhistoryreview.org/mobility-reg...
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History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Come along to the first History Now event of the year at Chau Chak Wing Museum! Hear Postdoctoral Research Fellow Geraldine Fela and Associate Professor Leigh Boucher explore the complex and exciting process of podcasting history Register via buff.ly/GCcUSpP #HistoryNow2025 📷 Supplied
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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
An exhibition worth making time for: 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art is at the Potter Museum of Art (Naarm/Melbourne) from May 30 to November 23, 2025. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Why this exhibition is 'a grand cultural moment' in Australia's history
Professor Marcia Langton says she's "overwhelmed" by the result of a decade's work spent curating a monumental celebration of Aboriginal art and design.
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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The State Library of NSW Fellowships are now accepting applications! There are nine Fellowships offering amazing pools of research funding -- get working on your projects! All the details are here: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards...
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 23/05/2025
In May 2000, Australians marched to symbolise coming together. But in the decades that followed, promises to Indigenous people have gone unfulfilled.
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Corroboree 2000, 25 years on: the march for Indigenous reconciliation has left a complicated legacy
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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Want to support our amazing members who are precariously employed? Make a tax-deductible donation to the AHA Public Fund! Your donations make a very real difference in what is a turbulent time for the university sector -- consider giving today! theaha.org.au/donate
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Donate to the AHA Public Fund - The Australian Historical Association
The Australian Historical Association is seeking donations to expand its programs promoting the creation, publication, dissemination and discussion of historical literature in Australia. These gifts…
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Tyne Daile Sumner @tynedaile.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Excited to share this call for bursary applications! We're supporting 10 x Early Career Researchers and/or Industry applicants to attend the 2025 Digital Humanities Australasia Conference (DHA25). Details below! #digitalhumanities #data #RSE #GLAM #research
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Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · 08/05/2025
We're thrilled to announce that The Portal Trust has become an inaugural donor of the UK’s first permanent Migration Museum. The Portal Trust will provide £0.5 million in funding over the next three years to help us establish a permanent home in the City of London, opening in 2028.
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