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Srishti Guha

@srishti-g.bsky.social

Historian of visual culture | Aus-Ind colonial relations | Associate Lecturer @ University of Newcastle, Australia. she/her. https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/srishti-guha#career

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Jim Clifford@jimclifford.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm making the data underlying this visualization open and free to use. In the past, historians spent years building databases and needed to hold on to the data until they published enough to justify the work. Agentic LLMs change this dynamic. So, I'm sharing now. github.com/jburnford/co...

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Jim Clifford@jimclifford.bsky.social · 3mo ago

An interactive atlas of the British Empire's civil service: ~16,000 Colonial & India Office careers (1820–1966), every move an arc across the map. Rebuilt from the digitized Indian and Colonial Office Lists with a knowledge graph. WIP, feedback welcome: jimclifford.ca/col_matching/

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Another forgotten story of an amazing woman - now recovered in a biography by her great-niece. She qualified at Kolkata Medical College, became physician to the royal household in Nepal, & the first female Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jamini Sen: The Bengali doctor who made medical history in Britain

In 1912, Jamini Sen became the first woman Fellow of Glasgow’s Royal College, founded in 1599 and long closed to women.

bbc.co.uk

Emily Fitzgerald@emily-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Know anyone who would want to come work with me? 1 year position for someone with a HASS background (don’t need to be a programmer), working on a tool to search historical documents like colonial Hansard. unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...

Research Assistant in Digital Humanities

Role type: Full Time; Fixed term until February 2027 Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Department: School of Computing and Information Systems Salary: Level A - $87,226 - $118...

unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com

Simon Farley@sighmonger.bsky.social · last yr.

If any historians would like to review the following, please get in touch! * 'Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country' exhibition at the Museum of Sydney * 'Australia: an unofficial history' (SBS series) * 'Chinese Australian Whispers' podcast

AHA (Australia)@austhistassoc.bsky.social · last yr.

We are so close to reaching our target of 2500 signatures on this petition calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates! If you care about equity in higher education and want the BA to be affordable and accessible for *all* students, please sign! www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

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…

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Srishti Guha@srishti-g.bsky.social · last yr.

“This case affirms a powerful truth: that voices of descendants matter, that oral histories passed down through the generations of Black families carry weight and wisdom”

Hyperallergic@hyperallergic.com · last yr.

Ending a six-year battle that stirred ethical and legal debates about the ownership of photographs taken under duress, Harvard University has surrendered its claim to 15 daguerreotypes at the center of a lawsuit brought by Tamara Lanier, a descendant of enslaved individuals.

Effie Karageorgos@eleaud.bsky.social · last yr.

Our co-edited book has been published in Palgrave's Politics of Mental Health and Illness series (edited by Bruce M.Z. Cohen), w chapters on Māori mental health, depathologisation of trans health, community mental health, digitalisation of mental health & more /1 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Critical Mental Health in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

This interdisciplinary volume examines the social production of mental health and illness in Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand).

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Sam Halpert@samhalpert.bsky.social · last yr.

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

University of York Library@uoylibrary.bsky.social · 2y ago

Not that we in the library wish to encourage profanity, but if you want to get rid of these AI-search summaries (which are often absolute nonsense), just swear in your search terms. It really works.

a Google search for 'the effect of UX on libraries' showing an AI overview before the search results a Google search for 'the effect of UX on [expletive] libraries' showing no AI overview, just the search results
PubTech Radar@pubtechr.bsky.social · 2y ago

The launch of Google’s AI-powered search summaries has led to a 19% drop in click-through to academic reference services according to OUP product strategy director John Campbell: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ai-sear...

Kate Fullagar@kfullagar.bsky.social · 2y ago

The @austhistassoc.bsky.social is pleased to enhance its advocacy work this year. A short thread here on our terms, reach, submissions, statements, and tips for defending history: theaha.org.au/advocacy/

Advocacy - The Australian Historical Association

The Australian Historical Association advocates for the ability of historians to produce and publicise excellent and ethical historical research, with fair access to historical resources and communiti...

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊@sauthoff.bsky.social · 2y ago

Archaeologists have discovered iron objects at six sites in Tamil Nadu, dating back to 2,953–3,345 BCE, or between 5,000 to 5,400 years old. This suggests the process of extracting, smelting, forging and shaping iron to may have developed independently in the Indian subcontinent.

Earliest iron use found in India? Tamil Nadu digs spark debate

Tamil Nadu’s iron artefacts may predate Turkey's Anatolia, reshaping early Iron Age history.

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Srishti Guha@srishti-g.bsky.social · 2y ago

I find this move from the NLA quite hard to comprehend. Tim's Glam Workbench and its plethora of helpful tools and Juptyer notebooks are key to digital historical research in Australia, including my own. I hope those concerned realise the value of Tim's work and reverse this appalling decision.

Tim Sherratt@wragge.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 2y ago

Help! On Friday the National Library of Australia suspended my Trove API keys, threatening 15 year's work helping researchers use & understand Trove. If you use my tools or value my work you might like to let the NLA know. Details here […]