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The Institute of Public Affairs recently published a report bemoaning the types of courses that are now taught in university History Departments. It feels that the History curriculum has been hijacked by “identity politics” and that too much attention is given to the study of race, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity – generally from a critical Read more …
The AHA is delighted to announce a new award for six Early Career Researchers in history. This award supports Early Career Researcher historians to develop their professional skills. Specifically, it will link Early Career Researchers with senior historians who will mentor them in the development of new and innovative works of historical scholarship, in the Read more …
Congratulations to Jeannine Baker, who has been awarded the biennial Ferguson Prize for the best article published in Labour History on an interwar theme/topic, for ‘Australian Women Journalists and the “Pretence of Equality”’, Labour History, no. 108, May 2015.
Claire Higgins completed her DPhil in History in January 2014 at the University of Oxford. She is now now a Senior Research Associate at the Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW. Read about her experience as an emerging historian here.
‘My Marvellous Melbourne’ is a new podcast produced by staff and students affiliated with the Melbourne History Workshop in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne, under the direction of Professor Andrew May. Segments combine stories, interviews and personal reflections on the social history of the city and suburbs, as well as new Read more …