Canberra friends, don't miss this opportunity to celebrate the launch of brilliant childhood historian Emily Gallagher's new book!

Frank Bongiorno leaving ANU - but staying in academia and Canberra. Big loss for ANU

Long stories are my specialty, so I wrote a very short book. "Oral History: A Very Short Introduction" is a compact, comprehensive, and global overview of oral history. I'm so proud of this little book. Shipping October 10. Pre-order your copy today! www.amazon.com/Oral-History... #OralHistory

This cause is close to my heart - please sign to stop needless cuts to our national university: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...

Deadline Extended! Oral history collections hold invaluable insights into our historical, cultural and linguistic past. This project is taking an important first step by identifying and listing details about these collections in Victoria, Australia. Visit: www.precariousoralhistories.com

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO RECORD DETAILS OF PRECARIOUS ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS – FORM CLOSES 28th SEPT. The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collection Project is creating a list of precarious collections in Victoria, Australia. Learn more and get involved at precariousoralhistories.com

It's not too late to get involved! The project form deadline has been extended to 28 September.

Come along to #hcnswmember Oral History NSW online panel discussion with oral historians, Dr Scott McKinnon, Dr Margaret Cook, and Professor Katie Holmes, who will reflect on their interviews about water on 11th September at 6pm Register your spot now via buff.ly/UasufZA 📷 Courtesy pexels

Standing in the shower this morning I was thinking about the many restructures and redundancies I’ve seen over the course of my career in the Humanities, so I turned it into a blog post www.mikejonesonline.com/contextjunky... #humanities #universities

FINAL DAYS to record details of your precarious Victorian oral history collection – FORM CLOSES AUGUST 31. The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collection Project is creating a list of precarious collections in Victoria, Australia. Find the form and info at precariousoralhistories.com

Do you have an oral history collection in Victoria, Australia? If so, the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collection Project likely wants to hear from you! The project is creating a list of precarious collections. Learn more and get involved via precariousoralhistories.com

Read Prof Bongiorno’s full response to the CASS change proposal here: shorturl.at/VBhCO We have published it alongside other staff feedback on ANU CMPs. We welcome everyone to publicly share their own responses to ANU cuts (anonymously if you prefer) by emailing them to: [email protected]

If you have a relevant oral history collection in Victoria, we'd love to hear from you! #oralhistory #history #GLAM

Do you have an oral history interview in Victoria? Then you need to know about the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project! Come to OHV's (@oralhistoryvic.bsky.social) free, online Info and Q&A Session - 17th July. Bookings via link: events.humanitix.com/identifying-...

The following thread contains 201 open access articles, books, chapters & reports written and led by First Nations’ researchers. We write our own research across all areas. The order is random and ranges across disciplines, because of course it does. #201FirstNationsArticles

Haven't registered for the 2025 AHA Conference ?? Get moving, today's the last day you can! Follow the link to secure your place and join us in sunny (and warm) Townsville! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/looking-up...

Do you have an oral history collection held in Victoria, Australia? If so, we likely want to hear about your collection! Learn more about the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections project & get involved via precariousoralhistories.com

Next Tuesday PHA NSW&ACT will be hosting History on the Radio. Three speakers will share their experiences, tips and tricks on writing audio history. Register: www.phansw.org.au/upcoming-eve... @mfoster-history.bsky.social @kathyprokhovnik.bsky.social #history

I'm excited to share details about The Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project! This project is identifying & creating a list of precarious oral history collections held in Victoria, Australia. Tell us about your collection via www.precariousoralhistories.com #oralhistory

We're now on Bluesky, along with @austhistassoc.bsky.social! We'll post about our latest publications as well as journal updates.

Australian Policy and History is on Bluesky! We are a network of historians that provides politicians, bureaucrats, journalists and the public with historical knowledge in the pursuit of better public policy outcomes. You can read our latest pieces and find out more here: aph.org.au

Huge thanks to OHA and OHV for a truly fabulous oral history conference! Wonderful to spend a few days listening and learning, catching up with old friends & meeting new practitioners

@oralhistoryvic.bsky.social Studies in Oral History Issue #46 was launched last night at the Oral History conference in Naarm/Melbourne oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/journal/issu... Congratulations to all involved! #oralhistory #openaccess

Only a couple of days until the OHA Conference 🥳 The program looks amazing

The AHA has joined the exodus from the bad place and has set up here (probably in both places for a while) - please follow and share for Aust History news:

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...

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

Attention oral historians, journalists, podcasters! Oral History Australia’s biennial conference registrations close tonight (11 Nov) at midnight! (AEDT) oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/biennial-con...

A new oral history podcast!

So great to see historian Lauren Samuellson's research making such a splash in the media - here she is on Channel 7's Morning Show talking about her new book A Matter of taste - a history of the Australian Women's Weekly's role in Australian food culture: 7news.com.au/video/the-mo...

Here's the start of gathering a bunch of fantastic public historians' accounts together. go.bsky.app/53FhZd1 DM or comment with people I'm missing! #publichistory #publichistorians #starterpack

I’ve created a starter pack for historians of childhood and youth, all periods and places. Reply below if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/NWwKFQm

“What even is time”, many of us said during Covid lockdowns. Here, a historian, philosopher, and sociologist consider their survey research into experiences of time over the past few years. Great listening, I loved it. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

In our new article in the *open access* journal Studies in Oral History, Carla Pascoe Leahy and I reflect on our experiences developing a remote interviewing practice & doing oral history during times of crisis 🗃️ oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/journal/issu...

Delighted to be delivering the History Council of Victoria's Annual Lecture for 2023! Look forward to dropping in (virtually) on the southern hemisphere to discuss 'Colonial Pasts and Image Wars' on 25 October. Registration: www.historycouncilvic.org.au/2023_annual_...

I'll be using this a great deal. Already found some incredible materials. Open access collections on colonial and global history. globalarchives.lnu.se/explore

Are you a Years 7-12 teacher of #history / #humanities? We want to know what you think about #truthtelling! Our @EduMelb research is asking how #teachers understand/practice truth-telling. Wr’d be so grateful if you could complete the survey & share in your networks! #histed tinyurl.com/ttresearch

New piece by me in Overland, on university management’s solidarity and the history and politics job cuts at ACU (full disclosure, it includes my job). overland.org.au/2023/09/soli...