Micaela Pattison
@micaelapattison.bsky.social
Historian of contemporary (or late modern, if you like) Spain. Feminist historian. Based on Kaurna Country. Teacher of European History, Gender Studies, Criminology. Pesada. Antifascista. Cansada.
HIstorians! The AAEH conference will be held in Adelaide next year. If you do research into modern Europe and its place in the world, please submit an abstract. events.flinders.edu.au/events/call-...
Call for Papers: Conflict and Cooperation in European History - Events at Flinders
Call for Papers: Open from September 7, 2026 – November 12, 2026 Conflict and Cooperation in European History The 30th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for […]
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Micaela Pattison’s OA article explores how youth politics, left-wing activism and transnational debates on eugenics and sexuality shaped the teenage Hildegart’s distinctive, feminist politics on the eve of Spain’s Second Republic. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #SkyHistorians #SexualHistory
The Timely Rise of a Teenage Reformer: Youth Revolt, Feminism and the Struggle for a ‘New Sexual Morality’ at the Dawn of the Spanish Second Republic
The contributions of propagandist and writer Hildegart (1914–1933) to Spanish cultural life are overshadowed by accounts of her unusual upbringing and violent death. This article examines the conditi...
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My new article, co-authored with Jose Escribano, is already available online! "War and Globalisation in the Modern Era (1500s-2000s)" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
War and globalisation in the modern era (1500s–2000s): actors, technologies and spaces
What was the historical relationship between war and globalisation? While scholars have challenged conventional assumptions about the alleged deglobalising effects of war, global historians have no...
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Does anyone per-chance have access to this chapter: Sager, A (2002) 'Hungarians as vremde in Medieval Germany' in: Meeting the Foreign in the Middle Ages by Classen, A.
All of this. Does it look/ feel like academic freedom when 'strategic career advice' for grad students & those seeking jobs/ funding/ tenure/ survival in their jobs consistently amounts to a call to pivot, play down disciplinary expertise, or creatively pass off projects as something more palatable?
Ben Miller@benwritesthings.bsky.social · 2mo agoacademic freedom isn’t a standard that sometimes gets broached: for most scholars under 50, it’s fundamentally nonexistent in the west right now
Yesterday, I was on @sobremesapod.bsky.social, hosted by the wonderful @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social, to talk about why Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez seems to be loved everywhere but in his own country. (Link in the thread, which includes other related links.)
Really interested to hear what Australian educators/ academics think about the framing of this open letter.
Micaela Pattison@micaelapattison.bsky.social · last yr."This is more than shortsighted – it’s self-sabotage. When we hollow out the teaching profession, we undermine our children’s future. When we strip away specialist programs like Tesol [..] we deepen inequality, leaving the most vulnerable students further behind." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Something is rotten in Australia’s tertiary education. And UTS’s suspension of teaching courses is one of its biggest disgraces | Isobel Crealy
If preparing teachers for NSW during an ongoing teacher shortage isn’t a public good, what is?
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Happy Antifascist Pasta Day to all who observe the holiday! 🍝✊
Good piece on co-responder model for mental health call outs. theconversation.com/police-arent...
Police aren’t properly trained for mental health crises – but they’re often the first responders. Here’s what works better
People who are in distress and need support are often met with handcuffs, detention and are sent to hospital emergency departments.
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My sincere thanks to @jordanas.bsky.social @zorasimic.bsky.social and Ben Silverstein for this important piece. Full article: ‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times
Published in History Australia (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Also paging @srishti-g.bsky.social @alexhedt.bsky.social @gillianpolack.bsky.social @elisabethrolston.bsky.social @micaelapattison.bsky.social Are any of you up for a #RemoteRetreatAUS again??
Mi compañero @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social y la cuestión de negociar nuevas fronteras... sin contar con los habitantes y afectados. theconversation.com/siete-veces-...
Siete veces en que las grandes potencias se confabularon para negociar nuevas fronteras sin contar con los afectados
Ucrania sin los ucranianos. No es la primera vez que países poderosos, como hacen ahora Estados Unidos y Rusia con Ucrania, negocian nuevas fronteras o esferas de influencia sin contar con la opinión ...
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@kilderbenhauser.bsky.social on the German election: Friedrich Merz has won Germany’s election. But as the far right soars, forming a government may be difficult theconversation.com/friedrich-me...
Friedrich Merz has won Germany’s election. But as the far right soars, forming a government may be difficult
Friedrich Merz’s party has won the most seats in Germany’s election. But after ridiculing the left and embracing far right issues, he may struggle to form a coalition.
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So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund. www.arts.gov/news/press-r...
Updates on National Endowment for the Arts FY 2026 Grant Opportunities
The National Endowment for the Arts is updating its FY 2026 grant guidelines, with deadlines in March and July 2025. These changes impact organizations applying in the Grants for Arts Projects or Chal...
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The AHA strongly opposes Minister Jason Clare's call for the ARC to investigate Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's grant. Such political interference, which the Minister promised to end, undermines the integrity of the ARC and its independent, peer-review processes.
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At a faculty planning meeting we were placed into groups and asked to discuss various 'apocalyptic' scenarios. I can't be the only one who thinks this all sounds kinda amazing. 🤔 #Goals
This is hilarious. They go to Spain twice for vacation, decide to relocate to live the “European lifestyle,” they move to Santander (of all places) and then complains about the weather being too rainy, the siesta time because she can’t shop..Where do you think you are??🤣🤣 www.cnn.com/travel/ameri...
She relocated to Spain in 2022, but after struggling to adapt, this American woman has packed up and returned home | CNN
After vacationing in Spain a few times, Cristina Martinez, from the US, felt enamoured with the European country and was eager to return – for good. She left Miami for Spain in 2022, but decided to re...
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The Arts and Humanities Alliance have written an open letter to Bridget Philippson, Secretary of State for Education, on the recently announced cuts across the sector. We are concerned that these measures disproportionately affect our disciplines and call for an urgent government review.
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Australia was a trailblazer from the inception of International Women’s Year. But despite the gains, there are still forces pushing back against women’s empowerment.
1975 was declared International Women’s Year. 50 years on, the ‘revolution in our heads’ is still being fought
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Enough already. The damage that's been done to Australian universities is irreparable. Collegial governance now!
Australian Women's History Network@auswhn.bsky.social · 2y agoThe Australian Women's History Network expresses dismay at the proposed cuts and redundancies impacting academic and professional staff at universities Australia-wide. Read more ⬇️ www.auswhn.com.au/wp-content/u...
ICYMI, Balwyn Führer Tom Sewell's nazi gang 'National Socialist Network' held a national gathering in Adelaide on the w/e, but SA Pol stopped the boys from hindering the Invasion/Survival Day March by *checks notes* 'arresting them'. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Man arrested in South Australia for displaying Nazi symbol as Greens call attempts block Invasion Day rally ‘sickening’
Fifteen men and one youth from the neo-Nazi group were arrested, police say
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On #HumanRightsDay, we mark the end of the 2024 #16DaysOfActivism Against Gender-Based Violence. The Australian Women's History Network reiterate our commitment to the fight against gender-based violence, with recommended readings. Read the statement ⬇️ www.auswhn.com.au/wp-content/u...
This Friday (3 May at 11.15 ACST) Flinders History Seminar welcomes Dr Boyd Cothran and Prof Adrian Shubert to share reflections on their wonderful global microhistory ‘The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of Globalisation, 1850–1914’. In person or online!
Flinders History Seminar welcomes Dr Shvetal Vyas Pare TODAY at 11.15 ACST (11.45 AEDT). We are excited to hear our new colleague's paper titled ‘Vernacular Nationalism and Imagining the Political: The Development of Gujarati Identity at the Turn of the Twentieth Century’!
Flinders History Seminar will kick off on International Women's Day (Friday 8 March @ 11.15 ACDT/ 11.45 AEDT) Join us online or in person to hear Assoc Prof Barbara Baird's paper ‘The Residual Offence: When an outdated history of abortion won’t go away’.
Micaela Pattison@micaelapattison.bsky.social · 3y agoFlinders History Research Seminar, Semester 1, 2024. Join us on campus/ online from March 8. Programme features Barbara Baird, Skye Krichauff, Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, Lee Rippon, Shvetal Vyas Pare, Adrian Shubert & Boyd Cothren, Peter DeGabriele, @megancw.bsky.social and Valerie Munt.
