Dr Lisa Rolston
@elisabethrolston.bsky.social
early career historian (rulership, power, and historical narratives in the later middle ages); learning advisor @ university of wollongong. AI sceptic.
📍Dharawal country, NSW
📍Dharawal country, NSW
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
i submitted an informal information request to find out if the university's "we are committed to embracing GenAI" policy had been considered against the UN SDGs (because y'know, societal harm and environmental destruction) and they seem to...genuinely believe...that GenAI CONTRIBUTES TO THEM
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
i submitted an informal information request to find out if the university's "we are committed to embracing GenAI" policy had been considered against the UN SDGs (because y'know, societal harm and environmental destruction) and they seem to...genuinely believe...that GenAI CONTRIBUTES TO THEM
so how's everyone else dealing with the moral injury of working for a institution that pushes GenAI
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
so how's everyone else dealing with the moral injury of working for a institution that pushes GenAI
got coffee with a friend who worked as a learning advisor in the second year of my PhD to ask her about the job bc I thought it might be a good fit. Two years later they were hiring a casual and she messaged to see if I wanted it
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
got coffee with a friend who worked as a learning advisor in the second year of my PhD to ask her about the job bc I thought it might be a good fit. Two years later they were hiring a casual and she messaged to see if I wanted it
genuinely horrified by a meeting this morning with a tech platform the university partners with that fed confidential student data into AI for the sake of [checks notes] generating fake student profiles
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
genuinely horrified by a meeting this morning with a tech platform the university partners with that fed confidential student data into AI for the sake of [checks notes] generating fake student profiles
your legacy lives on at UOW @drdrehistorian.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
your legacy lives on at UOW @drdrehistorian.bsky.social
caught up with a PhD friend last night to chat about what we're working on and we talked for two hours. It's so nice to feel like a historian again
July 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
caught up with a PhD friend last night to chat about what we're working on and we talked for two hours. It's so nice to feel like a historian again
when gerry brownlee lost ilam in 2020 I thought that would be the best election moment of my life. thanks to the good voters of Dickson QLD for proving me wrong 🙏
May 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
when gerry brownlee lost ilam in 2020 I thought that would be the best election moment of my life. thanks to the good voters of Dickson QLD for proving me wrong 🙏
if anyone has some 🔥🔥🔥 memes about thesis writing please drop them here, I'm on a mission to make some honours students chuckle
April 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
if anyone has some 🔥🔥🔥 memes about thesis writing please drop them here, I'm on a mission to make some honours students chuckle
Disappointed to have resigned my NTEU membership this morning. I don't know if it's just at UOW or statewide that the NTEU only represents academic staff in practice, but the complete silence and apathy from the union in the face of this devastating professional staff restructure is very telling.
March 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Disappointed to have resigned my NTEU membership this morning. I don't know if it's just at UOW or statewide that the NTEU only represents academic staff in practice, but the complete silence and apathy from the union in the face of this devastating professional staff restructure is very telling.
filed under a seemingly endless list of "stuff i never saved from UC IT accounts because I figured if I ever needed it again I could email Chris and it would be a good excuse for a yarn": course outlines for every course I tutored on
March 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
filed under a seemingly endless list of "stuff i never saved from UC IT accounts because I figured if I ever needed it again I could email Chris and it would be a good excuse for a yarn": course outlines for every course I tutored on
first discussion post topic for my grad cert is a "memorable learning experience" either positive or negative. fondly remembering the time a classmate told our lecturer very late in the semester that he wasn't leaving the room until he'd given us a question for the final essay
March 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
first discussion post topic for my grad cert is a "memorable learning experience" either positive or negative. fondly remembering the time a classmate told our lecturer very late in the semester that he wasn't leaving the room until he'd given us a question for the final essay
previous post deleted because some rando reposted it and i would like to know: who raised you
February 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
previous post deleted because some rando reposted it and i would like to know: who raised you
as one of the cited learning advisors, can confirm these tips are wonderful and really appreciate Lucy's generosity in sharing!
As we head into the new academic year in Australia, I'd like to reshare this document of #neurodivergent study tips that I compiled.
It's based entirely on tips by neurodivergent people, and I have had learning advisors tell me it was very helpful and had good info.
#historysky #academicsky
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It's based entirely on tips by neurodivergent people, and I have had learning advisors tell me it was very helpful and had good info.
#historysky #academicsky
1/3
Neurodivergent Study Tips.pdf
drive.google.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
as one of the cited learning advisors, can confirm these tips are wonderful and really appreciate Lucy's generosity in sharing!
After months of chipping away at student guidelines for Gen AI use I've worked out what I think is an effective framing: risks of GenAI which relate to the user (academic misconduct, hallucinations, cognitive offloading) and the costs, which relate to the social and environmental impacts
February 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
After months of chipping away at student guidelines for Gen AI use I've worked out what I think is an effective framing: risks of GenAI which relate to the user (academic misconduct, hallucinations, cognitive offloading) and the costs, which relate to the social and environmental impacts
Reposted by Dr Lisa Rolston
EXTENDED CFP! We've had a great deal of interest in our conference at University of Melbourne in December, and seen lots of panel and paper proposals come through, but we want more! Ignore the deadline on website, we'll accept submissions up to 28 Feb.
conference.anzamems....
conference.anzamems....
February 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
EXTENDED CFP! We've had a great deal of interest in our conference at University of Melbourne in December, and seen lots of panel and paper proposals come through, but we want more! Ignore the deadline on website, we'll accept submissions up to 28 Feb.
conference.anzamems....
conference.anzamems....
absolutely delightful scene to stumble across on my lunch break
February 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
absolutely delightful scene to stumble across on my lunch break
just had a lovely meeting with a team from the library about an upcoming shared workshop on research skills for Honours students and its just really nice to work with other people who are passionate about this cohort
February 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
just had a lovely meeting with a team from the library about an upcoming shared workshop on research skills for Honours students and its just really nice to work with other people who are passionate about this cohort
switched to Duck Duck Go for my mobile browser to avoid AI slop and look what they've done 🫠🫠🫠
February 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
switched to Duck Duck Go for my mobile browser to avoid AI slop and look what they've done 🫠🫠🫠
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Want to do a fully funded PhD on medieval English historiography? Well do I have an opportunity for you! See the attached ad and get in touch ASAP if you're interested (and please share widely).
Contesting Conquests – HDR Scholarship Opportunity - Flinders University
www.flinders.edu.au
February 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Want to do a fully funded PhD on medieval English historiography? Well do I have an opportunity for you! See the attached ad and get in touch ASAP if you're interested (and please share widely).
Reposted by Dr Lisa Rolston
There is something nefarious about how hard and fast people are pushing AI in education.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but it doesn’t bode well when corporations, not student need, set the pace with which we adopt new technologies.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but it doesn’t bode well when corporations, not student need, set the pace with which we adopt new technologies.
February 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
There is something nefarious about how hard and fast people are pushing AI in education.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but it doesn’t bode well when corporations, not student need, set the pace with which we adopt new technologies.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but it doesn’t bode well when corporations, not student need, set the pace with which we adopt new technologies.
went to our local community pool this arvo. it is open 6am-7pm daily from September to April and it is completely free
January 31, 2025 at 3:24 AM
went to our local community pool this arvo. it is open 6am-7pm daily from September to April and it is completely free
sometimes I see student-facing guidance on using AI that make me question if the higher education sector has given up on research integrity entirely
January 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
sometimes I see student-facing guidance on using AI that make me question if the higher education sector has given up on research integrity entirely
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Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Historian: Obviously, this has to be attributed to the loss of sources.
Historian: Obviously, this has to be attributed to the loss of sources.
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Literary critic: The "gap", or occlusion, if you will, the liminal and fleeting spectre that returns to haunt us in the shape of the Real, that absent presence that animates our flickering awareness of the unreachable and unknowable Other
Literary critic: The "gap", or occlusion, if you will, the liminal and fleeting spectre that returns to haunt us in the shape of the Real, that absent presence that animates our flickering awareness of the unreachable and unknowable Other
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Rare book cataloguer: [1] i, from 1-9 (8), took a break at [2] I-III8, IV10, then was Cited In and had to Bound-with 2°: πA⁶(πA1+1, πA5+1.2), A-2B6, 2C2, x4, “gg3.4″(±”gg3″), ¶-2¶6, 3¶1, 2a- 2f6, 2g2, “Gg6“, 2h6, 2k-3b7. But eventually, [n.d.]
Rare book cataloguer: [1] i, from 1-9 (8), took a break at [2] I-III8, IV10, then was Cited In and had to Bound-with 2°: πA⁶(πA1+1, πA5+1.2), A-2B6, 2C2, x4, “gg3.4″(±”gg3″), ¶-2¶6, 3¶1, 2a- 2f6, 2g2, “Gg6“, 2h6, 2k-3b7. But eventually, [n.d.]
January 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Historian: Obviously, this has to be attributed to the loss of sources.
Historian: Obviously, this has to be attributed to the loss of sources.