My keynote, from the just-finished Labour History conference 'The Spirit of 1975' at Melbourne Trades Hall, part of the Congress of HASS. The Dismissal from below, on Inside Story inside.org.au/the-dismissa...

The Dismissal from below • Frank Bongiorno (with James Watson)

Fifty years later, what impact has the Dismissal had on Australian democracy?

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Delighted that the University of Canberra has announced my appointment as Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, and Director of UC's new Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas. Looking forward to developing this exciting initiative from early 2026. www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/med...

My colleagues and I are embarking on the first history of grandparenting in Australia, you can be involved too grandparentsaustralia.net

Excited to be part of this incredible team writing the first history of grandparenting in Australia! grandparentsaustralia.net

Grandparenting tells us much about our history. It’s important to preserve these stories

Grandparents can play a fundamental role in families, yet they have often been overlooked in Australian history.

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The Canberra Writers Festival begins this week (22-26 October 2025). I'll be in conversation with David Day on Bob Hawke on Sunday, but it is only one event in a rich program! Tickets available for many events at multiple venues. Check them out at: tickets.canberrawritersfestival.com.au/Events

Hugh Mackay - one of our wisest - and the splendid Alex Sloan are in conversation at the ANU on Monday, 3 November at 6pm on Hugh's beaut "Just Saying: Exploring twenty-five remarkable quotations to enlighten, challenge and inspire." Free, but bookings at: events.humanitix.com/meet-the-aut...

Meet the author - Hugh Mackay

Get tickets on Humanitix - Meet the author - Hugh Mackay. Kambri Cinema (Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre), Tangney Rd, Acton ACT 2601, Australia. Monday 3rd November 2025. Find event information.

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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

Can you help us boost this signal? UTS colleagues are doing a governance project to talk back to the consultant led 'reform' of their university. Please repost!! UTS people please have your say! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

UTS Governance Project Survey: A Staff-Led Collaborative Project

The UTS Governance Project is an independent, staff-led initiative to strengthen transparency, accountability and participation in how our university is run. Inspired by the ANU Governance Project, ...

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*Call for papers!* The Children’s History Society, Fifth Biennial Conference 'Space, Place, Belonging and Identity in Intergenerational Histories of Childhood and Youth ' To be held at the University of Sheffield, 1-3 July 2026. Details here: www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...

So delighted to see 'Playtime' reviewed by Marian Quartly alongside 'Fathering' and its stellar collective of authors!

@frankbongiorno.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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

Flinders University has abolished the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Another destructive restructure is about to happen.

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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Canberra friends, don't miss this opportunity to celebrate the launch of brilliant childhood historian Emily Gallagher's new book!

Emily Gallagher@as-ruby.bsky.social · 11mo ago

In Canberra next week? Come along and celebrate the launch of Playtime 🧸 Delighted to have Play School actress & singer Justine Clarke launch the book! 🗓️ 22 September, 6pm 📍 ANU Harry Hartog

In her new book, Dr Emily Gallagher, a historian at the ANU, charts the history of childhood play and imagination in pre-war Australia — bringing age to the centre of historical analysis as a critical category alongside class, gender and ethnicity. Read 👉 humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

Worlds of power & impossibility — taking children’s history seriously – Australian Academy of the Humanities

Wattle fairies, talking magpies, excursions to the South Pole, unbreakable dolls, flesh-eating monsters, toddler kings, and underground playgrounds. Is there anywhere the childhood imagination cannot ...

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In Canberra next week? Come along and celebrate the launch of Playtime 🧸 Delighted to have Play School actress & singer Justine Clarke launch the book! 🗓️ 22 September, 6pm 📍 ANU Harry Hartog

Book Launch of Playtime: A History of Australian Childhood by Emily Gallagher

Book Launch of Playtime : A History of Australian Childhood by Emily Gallagher

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In Canberra next week? Come along and celebrate the launch of Playtime 🧸 Delighted to have Play School actress & singer Justine Clarke launch the book! 🗓️ 22 September, 6pm 📍 ANU Harry Hartog

Book Launch of Playtime: A History of Australian Childhood by Emily Gallagher

Book Launch of Playtime : A History of Australian Childhood by Emily Gallagher

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For a project I am working on - how do you think John Howard fundamentally changed Australia - what did he do that we are still feeling the effects of? (Housing, immigration debates, loss of workers rights, black arm band of history, jingoism etc) Really interested in your takes.

Melbourne Uni needs to explain this bullshit. This is destroying critical cultural infrastructure. Unimelb axing Meanjin, ANU scuttling the Australian National Dictionary Centre, and then universities wonder why they can’t seem to exert any influence over the national discourse.

Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing

Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.

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Please sign and share this petition for ANU Council to: 🛑Stop forced redundancies 🛑Stop proposed school/center closures and amalgamations 🛑Sack the Chancellor and VC It’s open not only to students and staff but also to all members of the broader ANU community. nteu.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT...

Petition to ANU Council

In support of our petition, we observe that:  • ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...

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ANU School of History invites applications for a PhD scholarship to research the Communist Party of Australia, 1970-91. The project continues the work of the late Prof Stuart Macintyre and is valued at AU$100,000 over a four year period. programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/9520... #phavictas

My book is available for preorder @melvillehouse.bsky.social! It’s about The Hite Report—the 50M-copy feminist sexology bestseller—its wild, visionary author Shere Hite and culture wars then and now. Out April '26! mhpbooks.com/books/the-bo...

ANU and the Search Foundation are offering a PhD with $100,000 top up to complete the final (1970-91) volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia. 👇

I am one of the staff members impacted by this. I truly thought when I first read the email that it might mean my job is safe because I have not yet been made redundant, but, no, I am still facing the axe. It was a maliciously cruel email to send.

Dr Liz Allen@drdemography.com · 12mo ago

Tough time for many at ANU. At around midday yesterday staff received a university-wide email. The language was ambiguous and could be read to say all forced redundancies would stop. I received many messages from people being forced out. Were they now safe?

Chancel Culture, David Pope

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There can be no university reform without a change of management

The only people ignoring the urgent need for major university reform are the people that are running them.

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Your support is needed - sign the petition opposing the Job-ready Graduates Scheme www.openpetition.org/au/petition/... @austhistassoc.bsky.social

If you would like to add your voice in support, you can sign here: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/w2nbCBNqgB...

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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More than 100 high-profile and distinguished Australians -and BA graduates- have signed the @austhistassoc.bsky.social open letter calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates: a policy that punishes humanities students with life-changing debts: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students

Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000

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No country for historians. History matters but not to this government and this Minister who was himself once a historian. Et tu, Brute! 25 years ago the Ministry (my first job as a historian) was a powerhouse and now just a shadow. #HistoryMatters #history www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Ministry for Culture and Heritage confirms 80 percent cut in senior historian roles

Manatū Taonga is going ahead with cutting the jobs of most of its historians.

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