Dr Nikolas Orr
@nikolas_orr
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Historian of global Indigenous #iconoclasm & colonial #monuments • Snr Heritage Officer @nswdcceew • he/him/él • All views my own
Muloobinba/Newcastle
Joined February 2020
You can now read (and cite!) my PhD thesis “Contemporary Indigenous iconoclasm in global perspective: Contested monuments in three settler colonies, c. 1968–2000”. Download available through @UON_NOVA
https://t.co/ziAYTA5bVs Its three key arguments are… 1/
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In 2019, Bordeaux unveiled a statue honouring Modeste Testas, an African woman enslaved by local traders and later freed. It was covered in white plaster as a “symbolic act of memory,” sparking debate on how France confronts its slavery past. 🔗 https://t.co/jVsqAjukGG
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Join the @pubhisint for a thought-provoking discussion with historian Tad Stoermer Tad will explore the ethical, political, and practical challenges of doing public history this Wednesday at 11pm Sydney time via zoom Register via
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Haven't registered for the 2025 AHA Conference ?? Get moving, today's the last day you can! Follow the link to secure your place and join us in sunny (and warm) Townsville!
eventbrite.com.au
James Cook University and Central Queensland University are proud to host the Australian Historical Association conference in 2025.
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if your university exists next fall, you can assign my book
ucpress.edu
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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So glad I got one!
The #NewcastleWritersFestival session 'Close to Home: Colonial Violence and Family Histories' has now SOLD OUT A waitlist has now been made available for this event Check out more information via https://t.co/LdJxvvopbf We are proud to be supporting this session
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My PhD thesis 'Visual Cultures of Empire: India and Australia, 1860 - 1940' is finally available online to read and download! https://t.co/DZGU4P5O6v
@UON_NOVA
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Anyone got access to this article? Asking for a friend… Anna Cole, “Gender, race and colonialism: Aboriginal debutante balls in the 1960s”, Crossings, no. 20 (June 1994), 22–30.
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Come along to #hcnswmember @statelibrarynsw Fellows’ Forum: 'Creative responses to history' on Wed 26 February! Hear from Fellows Phillip Bartlett, Eloise Reddy & Bronwyn Rennex speak about their exciting research drawn from the Library’s collection https://t.co/3HTWfSzSrI
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Working as a freelance and/or oral historian in NSW We have teamed up with @OralHistoryNSW for an informative panel discussion about working as a freelance and/or oral historian. Join us at History House on 3 March from 5.30 pm. For registrations: https://t.co/BGGiEGaYEH
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📣 Excited to announce the Monument(al) Challenges Toolkit! Teaching diverse classrooms about contested histories isn’t easy. This toolkit equips educators with strategies for inclusive, impactful, and creative history teaching. Download it here: https://t.co/qEFaiwlm0h
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Bishop Budde speaking truth to power is like watching Cardinal Benítez from Conclave in real life. Extraordinary.
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
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We're leaving X as a response to increasingly concerning developments on the platform, including its tolerance for far-right and undemocratic ideas, as well as the reckless rhetoric from its owner. More: https://t.co/gBOmgLblj7 ❗️Visit our new LinkedIn: https://t.co/yAagg4JDt8
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I need to hear this band’s music!
#OtD 21 Jan 2015 Che Guevara's grandson, Canek Sanchez Guevara, died aged just 40. His metal band had their gigs broken up by Cuban secret police. He had had to leave Cuba when he began criticising anti-working class aspects of the Communist Party govt https://t.co/8yyARCHgPe
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🎯2020 was a turning point for sculpture, with public statues sparking global debates. Should these controversial works stay or go? Is there a viable third way to retain and explain them? Explore these questions in ‘Toppling Statues.’ 📘 BUY 👉 https://t.co/Fgs4kM9vV2
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Me too! Another Gen X who read LoTR around 8yo.
I read LoTR for the first time when I was 9. It's not hard. I was not an outlier, just Gen X. My god. I fear for us and AI hasn't even really started the next wave of brain rot.
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With a federal election around the corner, it is still legal to lie in political ads. This weakens our democracy. 🎯 South Australia and the ACT have shown it can be done. It is time for truth in political advertising laws. Add your name: https://t.co/seWE8NV0Li
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