Nick Ferns
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ARC DECRA Fellow at Monash University, working on Australia and the World Bank. Historian of development and Australian colonial and foreign aid policies.
Melbourne
Joined March 2009
Shocked to find out (via twitter) that my DECRA application was successful! Can’t wait to spend the next few years working on the history of Australia’s relationship with the World Bank.
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This Friday I’ll be presenting at the Monash History Seminar on my Australia and the World Bank project! Those of you in Melbourne who are willing to make the trek out to Clayton, the details are in the link. For those wanting to join on zoom, DM me .
monash.edu
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No mention of Australia’s colonial history in PNG in this article on the closure of the Kokoda Track. Ignorant or forgetful (or something else)? @JonPiccini
9news.com.au
Australian tourists have been flown out from remote jungle in Papua New Guinea as a long-running dispute o...
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Looking forward to having a chat this afternoon on ABC Statewide Drive Victoria (around 3:35pm) about my current research into the World Bank and its relationship with Australia!.
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Yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods agreement and the establishment of the World Bank and the IMF. I wrote a short piece commemorating the anniversary and discussing Australia's relationship with the World Bank
lens.monash.edu
When it was founded 80 years ago, the World Bank was a very different organisation than today, and it depended on “sound” recipients such as Australia to establish itself as a player in the field of...
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Map on display at kids toy shop at chadstone. Papua and New Guinea still Australian territories apparently
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Some suggestions for new Australian states (and territories) from 1950. Notably leaves off islands both to Australia’s north and south
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This archival folder seems to be saying more than most archival documents…
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Excited to start month number 2 of my NLA fellowship. Less excited for the freezing mornings
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RT @AustHistAssoc: Congrats to @nickjohnferns and Angela Villani on the publication of 'International Organizations and Global Development'….
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Featuring chapters written by Glenda Sluga and Sabine Selchow, Maha Ali, Margarita Fajardo, Lorella Tosone, Yarong Chen, Ben Clark and Axel Fisher, Maria Cullen, Michelle Carmody and Nick Pozek.
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Very exciting to see that my edited volume, co-edited with Angela Villani, on International Organisations and Development, is now available online and open access! We have been working on this for the past few years, so it’s very exciting to see it out!
degruyterbrill.com
The third issue of the Yearbook on the History of Global Development aims at collecting contributions about the role of international organizations in shaping the global system of development...
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Very privileged to be in Trondheim today to participate in Frida Brende Jenssen’s PhD defence for her thesis on mining in Papua New Guinea. There’s something wild about being on the other side of the world discussing PNG. Perfect day for it too!
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Last day of a productive research trip here in DC. Excited to fly over to London this weekend to spend a couple of weeks there. If anyone is still on this mess of a website and wants to catch up while I’m in the UK send me a message!.
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‘The essay employs a rather crude anti-colonialism’.
What’s the most memorable feedback you’ve received on your work?.
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Favourite archival find of the trip so far is Robert McNamara roasting New Zealand and their fixation on butter prices
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Found some great material (including about the ‘Australian Loan Legend’) and got to see these guys on my first day at the World Bank today!
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Having got through 2 days of godawful jet lag it was nice to explore Washington DC today. Excited to get into the World Bank archives this week!
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After a couple of years of work, it’s exciting to finally see proofs!
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