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...

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.

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....

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.

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

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...

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

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...

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

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.

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what an extraordinary week of #EverydayHeritage ! It has been a privilege to be hosted on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar, and to hear from @lauramca.bsky.social and Timo Ylimaunu. Thanks Steve Brown @tracyireland.bsky.social Sharpay Wu @naomijayne.bsky.social for organising! @everydayheritage.bsky.social

I'm still thinking about @lauramca.bsky.social thoughtful keynote this morning at @everydayheritage.bsky.social looking at the afterlives of The Maze prison, and the Magdalene Laundries. The strange history of Bobby Sand's bed was particularly fascinating.

Today's academic workshop took place in Fremantle Prison. What a fascinating and complex place with a troubling history. The staff are doing amazing work in preserving and adding to our understanding of its multilayered story. #everydayhistory

Almost ready to go with the 2024 #EverydayHeritage symposium at UWA @everydayheritage.bsky.social @tracyireland.bsky.social @lauramca.bsky.social @janelydon.bsky.social

Hello bluesky! A link to my latest paper on everyday heritage www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Very excited to start the week of EVERYDAY HERITAGE here in Perth! The Noongar season of Kambarang has brought the heat back and the moojar is beginning to flower. Our Thursday 28 symposium program is live: everydayheritage.au/wp-content/u...

Israel will not listen until there are consequences for its actions. The Australian Government has all the tools necessary at its disposal, including sanctions and travel bans on suspected war criminals, which it has deployed against Russia. All that is missing is the political will.

how wonderful www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

More celebration of my 20th anniversary as a blogger! These are my favourite feminist as fuck posts. 🏺 🧪

My review of BLACK CONVICTS by Santilla Chingaipe out today theconversation.com/casting-a-sp...

How the experience of gravity on the Moon was imagined in 1929. 🧪

Come to our Opening Australia’s Multilingual Archives conference in December . Registration is free - we are bringing hist of language and translation into conversation with hist of settler colonialism, historicism and nationalism www.eventbrite.com.au/e/opening-th...

The Australian Historical Association is now on Bluesky! We'll be sharing information about the latest developments, news, and events relevant to the discipline of history in Australia -- give us a follow!

Ethnic & Racial Studies journal has just created a special, themed article collection on Transnationalism and Diasporas. Great starting point for whatever you're doing ⬇️ tandfonline.com/journals/rer...

completely outdoes the pallid Anglo tradition that's for sure

Are any Australian / Western Australian #history or #GLAM or #textiles people aware of this 17thC embroidered bedspread / quilt? "ANCIENT QUILT" The Daily News (Perth) 9 March 1948: 7 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...

Call for Papers 📝👇: —'Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and "A Picture of the Treasury"' Conference. @ Bentham House, Faculty of Laws, University College London on 23–4 July 2025.

www.tandfonline.com/toc/rahs20/5... Our special issue on multilingual Australia

It’s time, friends! We welcome submissions for #batw2025 in Liverpool, UK. Join us at John Moores University 25-27 June 2025 for another great conference! We can’t wait to see you there! Watch here for more info. britainandtheworld.org/2025