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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · 23h

Past/Present is an Australian Historical Association initiative, in partnership with the Guardian, looking at current events in historical context. Here's an excellent piece by Roland Burke on early international efforts to deal with misinformation/disinformation.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The fledgling UN tried to rein in mass-scale misinformation. The world turned its back and is now paying the price | Roland Burke

The ruinous result of the US approach to freedom of information and media has made anti-democratic contagion impossible to ignore

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · 2d

Much looking forward to this conversation with David Day on his new Bob Hawke biography at the Canberra Writers Festival (Museum of Australian Democracy) on Sunday, 26 October. Bookings for all events available at: It's going to be a brilliant Festival! www.canberrawritersfestival.com.au

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · 18d

Emily Gallagher's "Playtime" is Non-fiction Pick of the Week: "superbly realised, often haunting ... Gallagher has a genuine lyrical flair ... a thoroughly engaging piece of imaginative historical writing, always thoughtful and quite often moving."
www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

From serial-killer chiller to the history of play: 10 new books

Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction titles

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · 19d

'Gallagher writes with an elegant assurance.' inside.org.au/authors-of-t...

Authors of their own lives? • Marian Quartly

How children and fathers experienced twentieth-century Australia

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · 23d

Join us at 6pm Tuesday 23 September at UTS in Sydney for this one! Places still available.
events.humanitix.com/a-new-austra...

A New Australian Politics: Rupture or Realignment

We explore the outcomes of the 2025 Australian federal election and consider whether it signals a fundamental rupture or realignment in the political landscape

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History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · 27d

The judges also awarded a commendation for the Max Kelly Award to Saskia Roberts for her essay ‘The world was being opened to me’: Where Did I Come From?, girls’ reading and sexual knowledge in Australia

Read Saskia's comments on receiving a commendation via buff.ly/oPiYLzJ

📷 Tim Harris, TWH

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History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · 27d

The winner of the 2025 Jill Roe Regional History Award is Zoe Smith, for her essay, ‘No Place for a Woman’: Historicising rural, regional, and remote domestic violence in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Australia

Read Zoe's statement and the judges comments via buff.ly/oPiYLzJ

📷 TWH

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ANU Australian Studies Institute @anuausi.bsky.social · 26d

#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Historian @frankbongiorno.bsky.social joins @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social to dissect the Liberal Party's existential crisis and asks whether Australia's 'natural party of government' is heading for collapse.

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Latest Democracy Sausage episode: Echo chamber politics | Australian Studies Institute

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · Sep 5

Graeme Turner on the dangerous vacuum left by the 'slow politics' of centrism.

graemeturner.org/2025/09/02/t...

The March for Australia: How ‘slow politics’ is taking us backwards - Graeme Turner

The March for Australia last weekend reminds us that, among other things, there are consequences for the gradualism and pragmatism of the Albanese government. Their risk-averse tweaking of the status ...

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · Sep 3

Social Sciences Week 2025 event! Join www.chass.org.au for my conversation with Cassandra Atherton, Tracy O’Shaughnessy and Jessica Wilkinson on their prize-winning project.
Monday, 8 September at 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm AEST
More details and Zoom link also at:
socialsciencesweek.org.au/event/poetic...

Poetic Portraits: A Conversation with Cassandra Atherton, Tracy O’Shaughnessy and Jessica Wilkinson

‘Poetic Portraits’ was the winner of the Council for the Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) Distinctive Works Prize in 2024. This online event, for Social Sciences Week…

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks, Gavin. A complicated story!

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · Sep 2

Yes, a superb piece.

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · Sep 2

I much enjoyed speaking with Tegan Taylor on ABC RN Life Matters on universities. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

What's the point of university? - ABC listen

Across the board universities are under immense pressure. But if cracks in the system are so widespread, how hard should we be fighting to save them? Right now, there's a fierce debate about what uni...

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · Aug 27

The remarkable (and as far as I'm aware unprecedented) Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia statement on the Australian National University, the Australian Dictionary of Biography, the Australian National Dictionary, and national research infrastructure.
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Statement on risks to national social and cultural research infrastructure and capability at the Australian National University | Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia has deep concerns about the current risks to critical research infrastructure that underpins the work of Aus ...

socialsciences.org.au

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Michelle Arrow, Anna Clark and Frank Bongiorno’s co-authored piece in The Conversation. @michellearrow.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @ouranu.bsky.social @utsengage.bsky.social #MacquarieUniversity

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Aug 25

Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.

Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer

theconversation.com

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Michelle Arrow @michellearrow.bsky.social · Jul 27

If you would like to add your voice in support, you can sign here:

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Repeal Job-Ready Graduates Policy Now: Restoring Equity in Higher Education - Online petition

We sign this petition in solidarity with those who signed the Open Letter to the Prime Minister on 28 July 2025 (about:blank). We also write as individuals with a range of political beliefs. We are de...

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Jul 24

Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/IBP...

@historycouncilsa.bsky.social @ausdictionarybiog.bsky.social @anuausi.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @amigrationhn.bsky.social

‘I buy this piece of ground here’

<p><em>‘I buy this piece of ground here’</em> is a group biography that examines the lives and work of a cohort of Italian migrant families from the Veneto region who arrived in Australia in the 1920s...

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · Jul 22

"Professor Parry has defended the Change Proposals by stating that the ADB could easily have been cut altogether. She appears to regard the ADB as an academic unit within the gift of the dean rather than as a collaborative national institution" inside.org.au/the-jewel-in...

The jewel in the crown of the ANU • Inside Story

Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are threatened by university cuts

inside.org.au

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · Jul 22

limelight-arts.com.au/news/nationa...

National advocates for arts education urges ANU to reconsider restructure

Representing more than 10,000 arts educators, the National Advocates for Arts Education calls for a rethink on cuts to ANU's School of Music.

limelight-arts.com.au

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Jul 18

On the evening of Tue 23rd Sep join George Megalogenis, @frankbongiorno.bsky.social, @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social, @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social & I for our public event at UTS.

Registration is free & we'd love to see you there!

events.humanitix.com/a-new-austra...

A New Australian Politics: Rupture or Realignment

We explore the outcomes of the 2025 Australian federal election and consider whether it signals a fundamental rupture or realignment in the political landscape

events.humanitix.com

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History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · Jul 15

Who will tell the histories of our shared pasts?

We invite everyone to read our statement of concern on the planned downsizing of academic positions in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and the closure of The Australian National Dictionary via buff.ly/A5sAcbC

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Koen Stapelbroek @stplbrk.bsky.social · Jun 24

Our 4th 'Studies in North Queensland History' retrospective on the occasion of @austhistassoc.bsky.social
#AHA2025 @jcucase.bsky.social @jcuofficial.bsky.social is @frankbongiorno.bsky.social on 'North Queensland separatism in the nineteenth century' jculibrarynews.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-vi...

A View from the North

This year James Cook University celebrates its proud legacy in historical research, writing and publishing through the Studies in North Que...

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Benjamin T. Jones @drbenjaminjones.bsky.social · Jul 1

One brilliant historian introducing another. @frankbongiorno.bsky.social speaking about how Henry Reynolds changed the way Australian history is taught. Looking forward to the keynote lecture. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025

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Koen Stapelbroek @stplbrk.bsky.social · Jul 1

Henry Reynolds' keynote #AHA2025 was brilliant, funny and direct - and an inspiration for everyone @jcuofficial.bsky.social and @austhistassoc.bsky.social . Big thanks!!! Also to @frankbongiorno.bsky.social for terrific moderation and introduction.

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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · Jul 3

A revised version of an old essay from me that also appears as 1 of 3 commentaries (others by Robert Manne and Alex McDermott) in a terrific new collection, edited by Chris Feik, from La Trobe University Press: John Hirst: Selected Writings. Discounted copy available:
inside.org.au/a-political-...

A political world we still inhabit • Frank Bongiorno

Historian John Hirst founded a career on a distinctive view of colonial Australian politics

inside.org.au

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