Do listen to this masterful exposition of the links between trans-Atlantic slavery and Australian settler colonisation from the brilliant & meticulous Zoe Laidlaw (working with @janelydon.bsky.social) www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

How British slave money flowed to colonial Australia - ABC listen

In 1833, slavery in the British Empire was abolished, but not without a massive compensation scheme paid out to slave owners. Some of that money flowed to colonial Australia. Two-thirds of Australia's...

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Traces of Australian links to Atlantic slavery survive all around us, whether we realise it or not. Research by Prof @janelydon.bsky.social FAHA and Prof Zoë Laidlaw illuminates these connections and prompts us to seek new understandings of the past: lnkd.in/ebZ7dAUR

Beware! I have a book coming out in November! via @tomgauld.bsky.social

It's simple: Researchers flag reviews they think are unprofessional & provide separate rejoinder for them. College of Experts judge: If review is unprofessional, it & scores are set aside. If not, additional rejoinder considered. Excerpt from community's proposal👇 treasury.gov.au/sites/defaul...

Segal needs to go. She represents the interests of right-wing Israeli Zionists & her actions in general constitute foreign interference. @albomp.bsky.social needs to stop pandering to Zionists. Zionism is not Judaism. Zionism is a far-right political ideology, not a peaceful & ancient religion.

Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · last mo.

Australian health regulator AHPRA hijacked by lobby group agitating to stop criticism of a foreign country. #antisemitism #auspol #israel michaelwest.com.au/chilling-eff...

The number of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds attending uni collapsed by nearly 20%. And still the Albanese government refuses to axe the Morrison funding scheme despite its promises.

Crikey@crikey.com.au · last mo.

Australian university students paid $368 million more to study their undergraduate courses in 2024 than they would have if the Morrison government had not introduced a new pricing system. Julie Hare reports. www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/30/s...

Like teaching and learning, research is fundamental to what universities do and are. See the whole elephant. It's not standing outside by the wall: it's rampaging in the room.

Where are researchers & where is research activity in this priority list? How can we grapple effectively with a sector-wide university crisis without recognising the integral role of research in these institutions (including in their higher education functions)? Asking for some friends. 1/2

How is the higher education sector faring at the end of 2025/26 (And what 10 points does Andy Burnham need to know about it?) - HEPI

This blog was authored by Nick Hillman, CEO of HEPI. The piece is a revised version of a report written originally to inform Council members at the University of Buckingham for a strategic away day. 1...

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Please sign- seismic damage to marine is huge and not well understood

Robb Edwards 🌱@robedwards1.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I just signed a petition to Stop Seismic Blasting from Australian Marine Parks . Sign here: www.saveourmarinelife.org.au/actions/stop...

There once was an archaeologist called Alice Who dreamt of discovering a palace. While digging in mud She said 'Christ, this is crud!' And backfilled with haste and with malice. - a limerick written for me by @janelydon.bsky.social! 🏺 #NationalLimerickDay

coming up in just a few weeks!

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Tuesday 26 May, 5.30pm - 7pm Institute of Historical Research, London or online Join us to celebrate the 200th volume of our Studies in Imperialism series at a special roundtable event. Tickets are free, but attendees must reserve a space: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/studi...

Very excited to see this event taking shape - and our discussion of imperialism and legacies of slavery

Alan Lester@alanlester.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We’re celebrating the 200th volume In the Studies in Imperialism series and over 40 years of publishing cutting-edge research with the launch of the book itself and a panel discussion of imperialism & imperial history, past & present, on 26 May. Do join us? www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Now on FirstView: Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social reexamines the relationship between Jeremy Bentham and Edward Gibbon Wakefield through the lens of one of Bentham’s last projects: “Colonization Company Proposal” (1831)

Excited to share this open access article about Bentham & Wakefield: 2 men who shaped South Australia's colonisation/ invasion. Made possible by the @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social Bentham Project at UCL and kind feedback from colleagues. Modern Intellectual History www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

My review of former Australian PM Tony Abbott's new book out today: Tony Abbott’s history of Australia wants us to be proud of men like him theconversation.com/tony-abbotts...

Tony Abbott’s history of Australia wants us to be proud of men like him

Tony Abbott begins his book Australia: A History, by telling off professional historians – and laments the “cultural confusion” of our present moment.

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The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑@50501movement.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

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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In the current issue of Ab Imperio: a defence of scholarly integrity against right wing historical propaganda: Full text here: alanlester.co.uk/blog/accusat...

The “arguments” that Nigel Biggar is lauded for making are confused, self-serving humbug, but more importantly, the “facts” he purports to base them on are simply, profoundly, wrong.

Alan Lester@alanlester.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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? alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-ant...

Friday essay: ‘whose agony is greater than mine?’ Testimonies of Gaza and October 7 ask us to recognise shared humanity theconversation.com/friday-essay...

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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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.”

Ph.D. opportunities, via @janelydon.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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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10 essential books to read on Australia Day – our expert picks theconversation.com/10-essential...

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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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: chaser.com.au/general-news...

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...

lrb.co.uk

Can I recommend Hannah Forsyth's excellent Substack F*cking Capitalism. Fearless and thoughtful ... hannahforsyth.substack.com?r=ui4ei @hannahforsyth.bsky.social

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...

hannahforsyth.substack.com

Should be in every newsagents window.

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...

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.

humanities.org.au