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Contemporary Histories refers to the history that is still with us, or the unfinished business of the past. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B
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Joined December 2015
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#HistoryMonth2024 & #Halloween collide @melbournemuseum. See the Museum transform into a supernatural delight, filled with terrifying treats, bonechilling beats and frightening feats -TO. https://t.co/IKZvHZrlhO 📸@PRO_Vic Ghost train poster, VPRS 12800/P0003, ADV 0914
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This Friday is our last Material Histories seminar for 2024! Join Gaye Sculthorpe to discover the story of this long lost rikawa (kelp water container) rediscovered in 2019, and Corioli Souter who will examine at a jug from the wreck of the Batavia! https://t.co/lK4DSDO9RK
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Join us for the next in our Material Histories seminar series.
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On the website, Wayne Bradshaw (@NonwayneWayne) reviews Dennis Glover’s Repeat: A Warning from History 📚 https://t.co/a7FFzAjvO2
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Wayne Bradshaw reviews Dennis Glover’s Repeat: A Warning from History (Black Inc, 2024) Dennis Glover’s new book, Repeat: A Warning from History, is the latest work to take its place in the...
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Ever wondered how early modern queens navigated their reigns? Read the latest blog for the "Premodern Gender" series from @Tyler_Horton14, exploring gender in the queenships of Mary I and Christina of Sweden 👑⭐️ Read here ⬇️ https://t.co/zRwS7iBdEk
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In this blog for “Premodern Gender”, Tyler Horton explains the tensions between gender, power and legitimate rule that early modern monarchs faced. Figure 1: Title page of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha....
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☀ Prof Katie Holmes' work integrates environmental, gender, oral and cultural history with an interest in the interplay between the individual, culture & environment. We are honoured to have @kt_holmes38 (pictured) speak at our 2024 Annual Lecture! 🔗 https://t.co/g65ohwwmjR
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Did you know ... that all the #Javanese manuscripts from Yogya in the @britishlibrary can be accessed digitally via Wikimedia Commons https://t.co/zbrBPpnwE0
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Did you miss our talk with Dr Lorinda Cramer yesterday? It can now be viewed on our YouTube Channel! Don't miss out on 'Old Clothes and New Looks' presented as part of Melbourne Fashion Week.
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please do come join us next week, let's talk together about how we can think critically about the racism of the border, of policy-makers, and of how settler-colonial our migration policies are...
Don't forget to book for our next Book+Author event on 31 Oct. In this intimate, in-person talk Dr Yves Rees will be in conversation with historian @jordana_s_ about her impressive & insightful work Cruel Care: A history of Children at our Borders. 🔗Book: https://t.co/Wvc6GHLp5u
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Congratulations to @colourful_hist for her Highly Commended application!
Congrats to @zubrzycka and @J_Russoniello, recipients of the #OzHA2025 Northern Australia Fellowships! @clemloz and @colourful_hist were highly commended Congrats to the recipients and the highly commended applicants! Full citations available here https://t.co/9PFXGXWHf0
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Call for Papers! 📢 @SchoolsofEmpire and @ihr_history are hosting a one-day research conference on 20 June 2025 in London and warmly invite proposals for research papers. Deadline: 15 January 2025 More information: https://t.co/6KuTHOua2U
#histed #phd #education #cfp
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Huge congratulations to Liam Byrne for writing this book alongside all this hands on work in the labour movement. Amid a crisis of growing inequality, unions are as vital as they have ever been.
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Don't forget to book for our next Book+Author event on 31 Oct. In this intimate, in-person talk Dr Yves Rees will be in conversation with historian @jordana_s_ about her impressive & insightful work Cruel Care: A history of Children at our Borders. 🔗Book: https://t.co/Wvc6GHLp5u
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The CFP deadline for our Adelaide conference has been extended! 👇📚🖊️
📣 The deadline has been extended to THIS FRI, 25 OCT for talk proposals for the 6th #CAPOS annual meeting. Get involved in a dynamic discussion on commons, platforms & emerging knowledge frameworks for open #DigitalScholarship! 🔗 Submit a proposal now >
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History Fest for #HistoryMonth2024 brings together local historical societies, objects valuers and conservers, and explores the history of Kingston and its people. 26 October 10am-4pm. -TO https://t.co/e6tfkkbsmK
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Dr Evan Smith (@evansmithhist) has recently taken up the role as book reviews editor. If you are interested in reviewing a recently published book on British colonial and imperial history (broadly defined), please contact him at evan dot smith at adelaide dot edu dot au.
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Applications close TODAY! Come and work with the AHA’s awesome President @MichelleArrow1, terrific Executive Committee and wonderful community of 950 historians, GLAM sector workers, teachers and more! Position description and details below! @HistAustJournal @AHA_ECRs
Opportunity! 🚨 The AHA is looking for an Executive Officer to work with the wonderful @MichelleArrow1 and Executive Committee. This is a fixed-term, part-time position and will be based in Sydney. Applications due *21 October 2024* 1/2
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The cycle of drought and flooding rains provides a dramatic stage for the history of environmental change in the Murray Darling Basin. Don't miss your chance to delve into this story with our speaker @kt_holmes38 at the 2024 HCV Annual Lecture. 🔗Book: https://t.co/g65ohwvOuj
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It's #MelbourneFashionWeek next week! To celebrate, here are our PROV fashion favourites with styles including matching suits, permed hair, chunky earrings, white dresses, athleisure wear and more. 📸 Various from our PTC, Harbour Trust and Olympics series. #FashionFriday
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On 24 October, @history2wheeler will deliver the 2024 R. Ian Jack Annual Memorial Lecture. The presentation will start at 7.30 pm in St Andrew's New Church Hall in West Market Street, Richmond. For details, see https://t.co/mZJeZ6LSUg
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