The Memory Tapes brings history to life through the voices of the people who lived it. Drawing on one of the nation’s most significant oral history collections, the series explores remarkable stories ...

#ImmigrationSyllabus Essential readings and digital resources that provide historical context to current debates over immigration and citizenship Revised and Updated - September 2026 Created by immigr...

Australians have every reason to be angry at our political elites. But Hanson’s nostalgic and false history does not hold the answer.

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 ...

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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...

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, […]

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 ...

Save the State Library of Victoria!

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...

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...

Grandparents can play a fundamental role in families, yet they have often been overlooked in Australian history.

Tony Abbott begins his book Australia: A History, by telling off professional historians – and laments the “cultural confusion” of our present moment.

Mary Rizzo examines how four LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations.

New research uncovers stories of resilience, entrepreneurship and thriving cultural creativity across seven decades of Australian TV history.

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.

We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025…

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.

History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

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.

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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This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

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...

Thursday 3 July 2025 3.30--5.30pm (AEST) James Cook University, Townsville and via Zoom

New research examines a surprising trend among Australians with migrant backgrounds—more are learning their grandparents' languages.

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.