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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Was so great talking Chinese-Australian history with Mei-fen Kuo podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"Renowned not only for his encyclopedic knowledge of Russia and the Russian language, but also for a modesty that belied his influence, one colleague has called him “a compassionate humanist.” citynews.com.au/2026/death-o...

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Death of a distinguished diplomat and linguist | Canberra CityNews

Members of Canberra’s artistic, academic and diplomatic communities have been saddened to hear of the death on Monday of diplomat, scholar and Renaissance man Kyle Ralph Wilson. He was 76.

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A memorial will be held for my father, Kyle Ralph Wilson, at Old Parliament House Canberra on July 28. In lieu of flowers a donation in Dad's memory may be made to Future Ukraine (futureukraine.org.au) tributes.smh.com.au/au/obituarie...

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A few weeks ago I went on Saturday Extra with Nick Bryant on the ABC to talk about Chinese Australian history and Sinophone Australia. Had some stuff to say about multiculturalism as well.... www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Discovering Australia's hidden Chinese past - ABC listen

It's well known that Australia is a country of migrants, and plenty of historians have traced our multicultural past. But incredibly, until now most Australian history has been written using only Eng...

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Au Louvre, j'aime @aulouvrejaime.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Isis Pharia Musée du Louvre

Description : Isis (chignon, calathos, chitôn à rabat, himation, tenant une corne d'abondance) base (rectangulaire, moulure)
État de l’œuvre : incomplet, il manque le gouvernail rapporté dans la main droite. Doigts de la main droite brisés.
Langue : grecque
Nature du texte : dédicace (contenu du texte->inscription religieuse) (sur la base : Isis Pharia)
Dimensions : Hauteur 24,2 cm ; Largeur 8,4 cm ; Profondeur 7 cm
Matériau : bronze
Matériau secondaire : argent
Technique : fonte en creux (coulé = fondu = fonte), incrustation = incrusté (sur la base : inscription incrustée d’argent)
Précision technique : baudrier rapporté
Époque / période : romain impérial
Date de création/fabrication : IIe s. ap. J.-C. (?) (100 - 200)
Lieu de création / fabrication / exécution : Proche-Orient
Lieu de découverte : Banias = Balanea

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China Historical Photos @chinahistorypics.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

1/7 A thread on the Xinchou Treaty and Li Hongzhang. Beijing, 1900. The Eight-Nation Alliance crushed the Boxer Rebellion. The Qing court had no leverage left. What followed was not negotiation, but damage control under pressure. (Photo: Allied troops inside the Imperial Palace)

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

What did Australian Federation look like through the eyes of a young Chinese revolutionary? Liang Qichao 梁啟超 visited Australia 1900. Here I revive the cosmopolitan spirit of Federation, one in which Asian AND European political thought shaped utopian dreams for a brave new Australian world. link👇

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Reading list on Chinese philosophy used by Chinese Australians in Sydney in 1934

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Unidentified group of soldiers during Federation celebrations in Sydney in 1901

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Two unidentified Chinese dignitaries being carried in a sedan chair. Sydney 1930s.

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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I guess the countdown to publication day has well and truly begun ...

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Are you using #maps in research? Want to learn about their history and use as sources? In London in late January? Sign up for @ihr.bsky.social short course, Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place! #maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

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Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place

Discovery Course 1

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Journal of Australian Studies @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Matthew Ryan reviews @hannahforsyth.bsky.social 's Virtue Capitalists: The Rise and Fall of the Professional Class in the Anglophone World, 1870–2008 @universitypress.cambridge.org tinyurl.com/2pyxhch5 🧵4/5

A pale yellow book cover, titled Virtue Capitalists: The Rise and Fall of the Professional Class in the Anglophone World, 1870–2008. On the right hand side of the cover, a man in a suit is on the first few rungs of a ladder.

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Pretty exciting to have @hannahforsyth.bsky.social at usyd today talking about Economics and History. Students were over the moon

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Ever since I heard Craig A. Smith talk about Yao-Chang's work in 2023, I've been fascinated by his use of historical archives to recreate violent Qing colonial frontiers in Taiwan. I know the translators have worked hard to bring this work to us in English. www.cambriapress.com/pub.cfm?bid=...

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Lionhead Flower: A Novel of 1875 Formosa By Yao-Chang Chen

Lionhead Flower: A Novel of 1875 Formosa By Yao-Chang Chen .

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Here’s a typical bundle of file papers from the Boston Municipal Court archives. It probably hasn’t been unwrapped since it was docketed in 1822. The organization of the sub-layers is significant, & I always photograph bundles so that I can put them back together as I found them. I love this work! 🗃️

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

"Considering the rightward trend of country music through the last half-century, it sounds odd to hear a mainstream country singer endorsing communal economic programs. In Cash’s youth, however, country musicians were behind the New Deal." (We've always known Johnny Cash was cool.)

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Down in Dyess

Johnny Cash wrote in his autobiography, “I grew up under socialism—kind of.”

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

So I submitted the complete manuscript of my new book to the publisher. Hope it'll be out in the world late next year. It's about why Australia's role as an overseas coloniser was strikingly obvious to all and sundry till the 1970s, then was abruptly (and conveniently) forgotten.

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Xander ✺ @spectralcodex.com · 01/10/2025

A fantastic photo essay about photographing the vanishing Third Front factories of China.

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I spent the day looking at applications for licenses to deal second hand goods, which were required in Boston in 1839, and was struck by how many were on blue paper. Made from coarse rags dyed with indigo, they form a sort of class-based material vernacular. No rich person used paper this color 🗃️

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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Indigenous Australian flag goes hard

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

“We have survived” At the Bicentenary 1988, as a recreation of the 1788 white invasion of Australia came into view on La Perouse headland in Sydney, indigenous Australians watched the tall European ships approach, and quietly, furiously protested from the shore :

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

History Workshop students learning about Sydney’s indigenous history with Aunty Maxine today , proud Dharawal elder born at the La Perouse mission

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Delighted to endorse this exciting new book from Bolin Hu. Sydney University Press is publishing so much new Chinese Australian history. So happy and proud. Have a look at our growing 'China and the West in the Modern World' series. sydneyuniversitypress.com/products/978...

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Patriots and Propaganda

In the turbulent years of China’s War of Resistance against Japan (1931–1945), a unique and complex narrative unfolded far from the battlefields – in Australia. Patriots and Propaganda: Chinese Austra...

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

There will be business school case studies written about this period of ‘reform’ across our university sector.

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Hannah McCann @binarythis.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🚨 Historian Geraldine Fela has been working on producing this podcast about the 1998 waterfront dispute in Australia. Here’s the promo. Series will be a must listen for anyone who cares about unions/industrial history/politics in Australia! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Conspiracy? War on the waterfront - ABC listen

On 8 April 1998 Australians woke up to the startling news that dogs and men in balaclavas were invading the docks around the country, locking out workers. This is a story of political intrigue, of ...

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Nanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

✨Deeply honoured to deliver this year's Annual Digital Lecture at The National Archives! Drawing on our @erc.europa.eu Data Loss project, I'll explore how preservation creates loss in the digital age and what that means for the politics of archives. Nov 20 6pm at Senate House, London. Do join us!

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

To celebrate the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah from prison, the ebook edition of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED, tr. an anonymous collective, is available to download for free for the next week via all ebook platforms, including Kindle and Apple Books, until 30 September.

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Douglas M. Charles, PhD @dmcharles.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

FBI directors who were crooks.

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

***Attention Historians*** Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for September 2025. A thread. I will update the thread over the course of the month. 1/

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Every day I think - I get to wake up safely. I get to raise my children and feed my children and care for my children in safety. In Gaza an Australian doctor describes abattoir-like conditions for the Palestinian people. A tough but essential read: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

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What Australian doctor saw in Gaza was 'apocalyptic', now he wants to go back

Mohammed Mustafa recently returned from his second medical mission in Gaza, describing horrific conditions. Now, the Australian doctor is on a mission to build an Australian-backed children's hospital...

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The fabulous Rachel Franks on Crime and History at The University of Sydney on this sunny Tuesday . A real treat for HSTY1001 students

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