After going on a hike in the Scottish Highlands yesterday, this city boy has been reborn as…

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Out next month!!! New book i co-authored with brilliant scholars Rob Cover, Whitney Monaghan, Stuart Richards and Tinonee Pym www.bloomsbury.com/au/australia...

Pride History Group and Oral History NSW are hosting a joint event on LGBTQIA+ Life Stories in Sydney on Nov 27. All welcome! Book your free ticket here: www.pridehistory.org.au/events/2025/... #oralhistory #queerhistory #sydney

Two History postdocs at UNSW (Sydney) and the net is wide: "open to candidates working on any time period from Ancient History to Contemporary History, any area or region, incl. global and international history, and any methodology, incl. oral history, gender history, history of race and more."

The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened on US screens 50 years ago today. Initially a major box office bomb, cult cinema outsiders and queer audiences quickly took up the film’s mantle and turned it into a unique and exciting way of engaging with the movies. Remember kids, don’t dream it—be it!!

Job at Victoria University in Melbourne! The Senior Lecturer in Arts & Humanities within the Bachelor of Arts program, focusing upon Gender Studies, Political Science, and Sociology, while also considering other disciplines. www.seek.com.au/job/85535627...

This Pride Month we are continuing to spotlight queer subjects in the ADB 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Today it’s writer and playwright, Sumner Locke Elliott. Though he spent the majority of his life in the United States, many of his works reflected his Australian roots. adb.anu.edu.au/biography/el...

I watched this movie for the first time just recently and loved it.

My workplace is looking lovely with all the scaffolds down

Wanna reduce crime? Open more libraries. "we find within the nearby proximity of the library; there is a substantial reduction in frequency of burglaries, vandalism, robberies, fraud, and assaults." link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Oral historians: Voices and photographs capturing early-mid 20thc student life at Melbourne Uni will appear today MPavilion Parkville. Only up for 3 days, 6-8 May, 11-3. On Thurs I’ll be there from 11-2 to chat about the project. @unilibrary.bsky.social @oralhistoryvic.bsky.social

Applications are now open for the Ann Curthoys Prize. Applicants must be an Early Career Researcher (ECR) and a member of the Australian Historical Association (AHA). Applications close on 1 May 2025. See: theaha.org.au/awards-and-p... #HistoryAustralia #ECR

Canberra folks: join us at the National Library on 29th March for a film screening and panel discussion about memories of bushfire: www.library.gov.au/whats-on/eve...