For the entire month of December, the History Australia special collection on history and AI is free to read! Grab a cup of tea, settle in, and happy reading! www.tandfonline.com/journals/rah...

Exciting news: the CFP for the 2026 AHA Conference is live! We'll be meeting at Macquarie University, on Dharug Country in Sydney, to discuss and explore the theme of "Changing Minds". We'd love to see you there: all the details are at the link! theaha.org.au/aha-conferen...

In the latest instalment of Past/Present, AHA's column in The Guardian, Leigh Boucher considers the history of World Aids Day and the success of activist-led safe-sex campaigns in Sydney. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Congratulations to AHA members Rachel Fensham, Anna Johnston, Tamson Pietsch, Paul Turnbull, and Andrekos Varnava: newly elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities! humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

This time next week a whole host of AHA members will be speaking as part of the Aus Academy of the Humanities and CHASS' symposium on academic freedom. It's free and open to the public: register your attendance at the link! humanities.org.au/events/acade...

In Canberra tonight? Head along to the launch of "The Australian Wars" at the Australian War Memorial -- Rachel Perkins and Henry Reynolds will be discussing the book's stories of Indigenous resistance to colonial occupation. All the details are at the link! www.awm.gov.au/book-austral...

AHA members Lyndon McGarrity and Ben Jones have co-edited a special issue of Australian Studies Journal, on "Histories of Northern and Regional Australia". Access the special issue at the link to read the latest work from a bunch of AHA members! australienstudien.org/australian-s...

There's a new instalment in Past/Present, AHA's monthly column in The Guardian! On the eve of the 50th ann. of Whitlam's dismissal, James Watson and Frank Bongiorno consider how "one of the biggest deals in Australian history" played out amongst ordinary people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

2025 NLA Fellow Alexis Bergantz will be presenting on his Fellowship research at the NLA today! Head along to hear his presentation “Power and Vision: Australia and the South Pacific Commission”. Register at the link! www.library.gov.au/whats-on/eve...

In Canberra tonight? Head along to the launch of Mark McKenna's new book "The Shortest History of Australia", at the NLA! All the details are at the link: www.library.gov.au/whats-on/eve...

Congratulations to AHA member Yianni Cartledge for the publication of his new book "Ikarians in South Australia 1900--1945"! Pick up your own copy here: anthempress.com/books/ikaria...

The AHA was delighted to see so many wonderful history projects receive funding in the latest round of ARC Discovery Grants, announced this week! Congratulations to all the successful applicants, especially the AHA members among them, and commiserations to those who weren't funded this time around.

Congratulations to AHA member Annemarie McLaren for the publication of her new book "Aboriginal-Colonial Exchanges in New South Wales 1800—1835: When the Strangers Came to Stay"! Grab a copy at the link: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Congratulations to AHA member David Lowe for the publication of his new book, "The Colombo Plan: Development Internationalism in Cold War Asia"! It's available to purchase here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

Congratulations to the 2026 State Library of NSW Fellows, announced last night in Sydney, and especially the AHA members among them: Mark Dunn, Ruby Ekkel, Hannah Forsyth, Tamson Pietsch, and Nicole Townsend! www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards...

AHA member and 2024-25 Carol Thomas Fellow Nancy Cushing will be delivering the Carol Thomas Lecture at the State Library of NSW tonight! All the details are here: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/coral...

Free tomorrow night? AHA member Cath Bishop is delivering the 2025 Russel Ward Annual Lecture, in person at UNE and live online via Zoom! Cath will be revealing the complex and often hidden work of women behind the label "home duties". Register here: www.une.edu.au/about-une/ne...

Congratulations to AHA member Martin Thomas, whose book "Clever Men" has been named as a finalist in the 2025 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Awards! Read all about it here: www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/top/news_and...

OMG, a JOB! UNSW Canberra is looking for Level B and Level C positions in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences! Check out the job ad here: external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...

The war against 'false news' is not 'new', but has been a concern of international organisations for over 100 years. The ever captivating Roland Burke launches a new Guardian column, Past/Present, sponsored by the @austhistassoc.bsky.social.

The fledgling UN tried to rein in mass-scale misinformation. The world turned its back and is now paying the price | Roland Burke Great new #history initiative to counterbalance the presentism of media. Well done @australia.theguardian.com @austhistassoc.bsky.social

A new initiative from the AHA: a monthly column in The Guardian providing an historical perspective on present-day events! We're starting with Roland Burke, thinking about misinformation and the links between the UN of today and the 1930s. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Congratulations to AHA member Marnie Hughes-Warrington for being named as a finalist in the Women in Innovation SA awards!

Joel Barnes is working with us at the University of Sydney on a university truth telling project, which stimulated this important research. The value of real historical sleuthing... More to come, I hope #austhist @sydney.edu.au @austhistassoc.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social

Important research here from Joel Barnes tracing the origins of philanthropic wealth in Australia. How should institutions reckon with these legacies? theconversation.com/the-dixson-f...

Congratulations to AHA member Geraldine Fela, who last week won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History for her book "Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis" (UNSW Press)! Read more about the winners here: creative.gov.au/news-events/...

Thinking of applying for the Allan Martin Award, Kay Daniels Award, Serle Award, or the Hancock Prize? EOIs close next Tuesday, so make sure you reach out in time! Find all the information here: theaha.org.au/awards-and-p...

Still one day to register in time for tomorrow's workshop on teaching history and AI! This one's for AHA members, so it's a perfect reason to join if you haven't already! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

ECRs: Don't forget that applications for the 2026 AHA ECR Fellowship close THIS WEEK! Get all the details here: theaha.org.au/awards-and-p...

Wondering how AI will (and does already) impact history teaching? Register for this upcoming workshop, presented by the AHA, exploring just that! Follow the link for all the details: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

AHA Vice President Kate Fullagar appeared on RRR today in a long conversation about the campaign to repeal JRG. Listen in from the 1hr, 9 minute mark! linktr.ee/aushistorica...

Every Australian academic should sign this, imo, historian or not. Job Ready Graduates fundamentally disrupted the whole HE funding and enrolment ecosystem for the worse. It's not just about who does Arts.

Please consider signing to achieve affordable Arts degrees.

All the links relating to the current campaign to repeal Job-Ready Graduates are housed here. Please feel free to share widely! We'd especially love people to sign the petition. Thank you for your support! linktr.ee/aushistorica...

Signed. Please consider doing the same. #StudentDebt #HECS #AcademicSky #JRGNeedsToGo

This year has not gone as planned; my work/career plan was a cactus by February. As I reflect on this for my contribution to the @austhistassoc.bsky.social ECR panel, I'm starting to think that a determined, oddly optimistic, resilient, and perpetually curious historian is emerging as a result.

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/...

@austhistassoc.bsky.social taking a lead here. Pls sign this petition and share it around:) www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

Thank you @austhistassoc.bsky.social for addressing the abomination that is Job-Ready Graduates and petitioning the Albo Labor Government to repeal it #auspol. We need more grads and esp. lawyers from Indigenous and other minority backgrounds, not fewer!

Taking 20% off old HECS debts won't really help current humanities students whose debt has doubled because of JRG. They're still much worse off.

I'd urge anyone keen to see the student contribution to tertiary education costs in Australia reduced to sign this petition.

Labor's bill to cut HECS debts by 20%, which passed this morning, leaves unchanged the structural inequalities built into tertiary education through Job-Ready Graduates. Sign our petition calling for the repeal of this destructive and unfair policy here: www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

It absolutely kills me & my devoted colleagues to be teaching beautiful cohorts of bright, engaged, inquisitive young people, knowing that they are being unfairly burdened with a massive debt because of ideological views. Sign here to petition the Albanese gov't to act on this now ↓

I’ve signed the petition and calling on Australian academics in our law schools to get behind this too. Law is arts and the humanities too, regardless if you’re formally within some business faculty. And business academics, you should be signing it anyway.

From the Australian Historical Association: Open Letter to the Prime Minister: Restoring Equity in Higher Education @austhistassoc.bsky.social "We urge you to abolish JRG and to institute a new fee regime which does not punish students who choose to study the humanities and social sciences."

“Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing” theconversation.com/top-australi...

And! People of all professions, including people in the business and corporate sphere, have signed our petition, leaving comments about the enduring social, political, and economic value of the BA. Sign the petition, read the comments, leave your own in support! www.openpetition.org/au/petition/...

And it’s not just writers: comedians, business leaders, academics, musicians and chefs have signed our letter:

'The independent member for Kooyong, Dr Monique Ryan, will this week table an amendment to the student debt bill to reverse the JRG package and change the timing of Hecs/Help indexation until after prepayments are made.' #highered #auspol #academicsky

A great comment piece on @austhistassoc.bsky.social open letter urging the PM to repeal Job-Ready Graduates: theconversation.com/top-australi...