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Reposted by Jane Lydon, Anne Applebaum, Joanna Bryson , and 4 more

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Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.
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by Alan Lester — Reposted by Jane Lydon, Lesley A. Hall, Ramón López Facal , and 1 more

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In the current issue of Ab Imperio: a defence of scholarly integrity against right wing historical propaganda:
Full text here:

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by Alan Lester — Reposted by Jane Lydon, Andrew Scott, Andrekos Varnava , and 1 more

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The @telegraphnews.bsky.social, @dailymail.co.uk and @thespectator1828.bsky.social have all promoted Nigel Biggar’s latest book as the definitive riposte to reparations claims. But what exactly are its arguments and how do they stand up to scrutiny?

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The Anti-Reparations Bible
Alan Lester Promoting the Anti-Reparations Bible Britain’s right-wing press has mobilised to promote Nigel Biggar’s latest book, Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt as the defin…
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by Alan Lester — Reposted by Jane Lydon, Margot C. Finn, Adele Perry

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Action against the slave trade from 1807 enabled British colonisation, but Jane Lydon shows here how achieving the abolition of slavery in 1833 and expanding territory through conquest were also interrelated, not separate, processes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Forced Free Labour’: Connecting the Abolition of Slavery and Settler Colonisation in the Thought of Henry George Grey
This article investigates the connections between emancipation in Britain’s slave colonies and settler colonisation through the policies of Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (styled Viscount Howick ...
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Reposted by Jane Lydon, Mona Lena Krook

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this rules

🇳🇿 #nzpol
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by Jane Lydon

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Friday essay: ‘whose agony is greater than mine?’ Testimonies of Gaza and October 7 ask us to recognise shared humanity
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Friday essay: ‘whose agony is greater than mine?’ Testimonies of Gaza and October 7 ask us to recognise shared humanity
Survivor testimonies hope for understanding, empathy – and change. From the Yoorrook Commission to Gaza and Israel, they build a case for justice in a shared future.
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Reposted by Jane Lydon, Erin O’Donnell

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MEDIA RELEASE: Israel’s ongoing attacks on starving Gazans
“As Jews, we cannot watch Palestinians starved, concentrated into zones to be shot with impunity, and not remember our own history. The Australian government must urgently act.”
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Ph.D. opportunities, via @janelydon.bsky.social
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Social Inequality and British Documentary Style: Bert Hardy’s photographs for Picture Post magazine, 1940-57 at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Social Inequality and British Documentary Style: Bert Hardy’s photographs for Picture Post magazine, 1940-57 at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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by Jane Lydon

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10 essential books to read on Australia Day – our expert picks
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10 essential books to read on Australia Day – our expert picks
A barbecue, a protest … or a good book? We asked some of our leading historians to choose an illuminating Australia Day read.
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Reposted by Jane Lydon, Burkhard Schäfer

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Meta CEO and dog fucker Mark Zuckerberg has said that his platforms don’t need fact-checkers. So to celebrate this win for free speech, here are some of his best quotes:
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“I killed Jeffery Epstein but still miss him everyday.” – Mark Zuckerberg, 2023.
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Reposted by Jane Lydon, Caroline M. King

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What an extraordinary, devastating essay. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Sophie Smith · Sleeping Women: On the Pelicot trial
Gisèle Pelicot doesn’t conceive of her now ex-husband or the other men who raped her as ‘bad apples’, aberrations...
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by Jane Lydon

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Can I recommend Hannah Forsyth's excellent Substack F*cking Capitalism.
Fearless and thoughtful ...

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F*cking Capitalism | Hannah Forsyth | Substack
Historian Hannah Forsyth writes about capitalism, work, and higher education...and her personal project to overcome her work ethic addiction and f*ck capitalism one home grown vegetable at a time. Cli...
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Reposted by Jane Lydon, David Galloway

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Should be in every newsagents window.
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by Jane Lydon

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Congratulations to Cait Hamilton and Eliza Garnsey for the publication of CREATING JUSTICE: Human Rights and Art in Conversation! Order via Rowman & Littlefield rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...
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Australian Council of the Learned Academies statement on cuts to Aotearoa New Zealand's Marsden fund.
ACOLA statement on importance of humanities
Statement on funding cuts to New Zealand Marsden Fund Humanities and Social Science Research by Australia's Council of Learned Academies.
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Counting down to @tag45.bsky.social ! I'm running the session 'Excavating the Collection: New Evolutions in the Archaeology of Museum Collections' this Friday 13th 14:00-16:30, and am so excited to be joined by
@alicestevenson.bsky.social
as discussant! For more info 👇
Poster for the conference session 'Excavation the Collection: New Evolutions in Museum Archaeology'. The poster is in black and white. In the centre is a historic photograph of the Pitt Rivers Museum court (taken about 1900). The photograph shows crowded glass display cases. At the top, the title is displayed in bold font, while at the bottom the details of the session organiser (Beth Hodgett) and Discussant (Alice Stevenson) are in smaller block capitals.
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by Jane Lydon

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what an extraordinary week of #EverydayHeritage !
It has been a privilege to be hosted on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar, and to hear from @lauramca.bsky.social and Timo Ylimaunu. Thanks Steve Brown @tracyireland.bsky.social Sharpay Wu @naomijayne.bsky.social for organising! @everydayheritage.bsky.social
A group of students and teachers sits around a table in Fremantle Prison's workshop, with a banner for the #Everydayheritage project beside them Denis Byrne stands at a lectern with his powerpoint behind him showing a map of Darlinghurst's gay heritage landscape
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Today's academic workshop took place in Fremantle Prison. What a fascinating and complex place with a troubling history.

The staff are doing amazing work in preserving and adding to our understanding of its multilayered story. #everydayhistory
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I'm still thinking about @lauramca.bsky.social thoughtful keynote this morning at @everydayheritage.bsky.social looking at the afterlives of The Maze prison, and the Magdalene Laundries. The strange history of Bobby Sand's bed was particularly fascinating.
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Almost ready to go with the 2024 #EverydayHeritage symposium at UWA
@everydayheritage.bsky.social @tracyireland.bsky.social @lauramca.bsky.social @janelydon.bsky.social
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by Jane Lydon

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and for those interested in the EVERYDAY HERITAGE project see our website everydayheritage.au
#everydayheritage
Everyday Heritage – EXPLORING ORDINARY, EVERYDAY & OVERLOOKED AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE
everydayheritage.au
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by Jane Lydon

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Very excited to start the week of EVERYDAY HERITAGE here in Perth! The Noongar season of Kambarang has brought the heat back and the moojar is beginning to flower.
Our Thursday 28 symposium program is live:
everydayheritage.au/wp-content/u...
The words EVERYDAY HERITAGE appear next to the project logo of coloured overlapping handprints
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by Jane Lydon

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Congratulations Kate and Sophie! Glad you were part of our special issue!!!
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by Jane Lydon

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how wonderful
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Lord Howe Island's magical cloud forest makes 'unbelievable' recovery from vermin
The forest at the tip of Lord Howe Island's highest peak is an otherworldly place alive with animals and plants not found elsewhere on Earth. But it's taken radical action to save it.
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jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
Israel will not listen until there are consequences for its actions. The Australian Government has all the tools necessary at its disposal, including sanctions and travel bans on suspected war criminals, which it has deployed against Russia. All that is missing is the political will.
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More celebration of my 20th anniversary as a blogger! These are my favourite feminist as fuck posts. 🏺 🧪
Dr Space Junk 20 Years of Blogging Feminist as Fuck Edition
This beautiful artwork is by archaeologist Dr Katherine Cook  https://drkrcook.wordpress.com/  This blog is 20 years old! My first post was ...
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by Jane Lydon

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My review of BLACK CONVICTS by Santilla Chingaipe out today

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Casting a spotlight on the Black convicts of African descent who helped shape Australia
Santilla Chingaipe’s new book brings a fresh and urgent perspective to bear on Australian history. But in countering misrepresentations she overlooks existing scholarship.
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tracyireland.bsky.social
Hello bluesky! A link to my latest paper on everyday heritage www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Engaging the everyday: the concept and practice of ‘everyday heritage’
In this paper, we explore what it means to link heritage to the everyday, how this has been framed in the field of heritage studies to date and how engagement with the everyday might generate futur...
www.tandfonline.com
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drspacejunk.bsky.social
How the experience of gravity on the Moon was imagined in 1929. 🧪
More early microgravity: Dr Dolittle on the Moon
I've always loved the Dr Dolittle books, so charmingly illustrated by their author Hugh Lofting . (Of course, the ghastly Eddie Murphy film...
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Come to our Opening Australia’s Multilingual Archives conference in December . Registration is free - we are bringing hist of language and translation into conversation with hist of settler colonialism, historicism and nationalism

www.eventbrite.com.au/e/opening-th...
Opening the Multilingual Archive of Australia Conference
A two-day conference to explore historical materials from national and international collections in languages other than English
www.eventbrite.com.au
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