They don't need laughing gas at the dentist. Asking "are you under any stress" prompts enough hysterical laughing.

**screams in Chef widow**

'[T]here is evidence that items may have been acquired in the aftermath of ‘dispersals’ – the common euphemism used to downplay punitive actions often resulting in the indiscriminate killing of Indigenous Australians.' #history #academic #research

Best thing about having historians as friends #23: Cursive writing in birthday cards can be unique, imperfect and delightfully scrawling. #writing #cursive #birthdaycardmysteries

Now their capacity to scrape and steal creative works and publications is being limited they're going right to the source.

'It has been said that bad history does violence to the past. Allow us to gently disagree. The long dead can no longer be harmed. The real danger of bad history is that it does violence to the future.' Totally.

Cross-stitch to see in the weekend? Don't mind if I do. #slowcraft #Crossstitch

One. More. Conference. To. Go. #geektastic

I nominate The Moat, Melbourne.

Deakin University starts backpaying staff after multimillion-dollar wage underpayments. NTEU welcomes the move but believes there could be more current and former staff affected yet to come forward. 9news.com.au/national/dea... #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #auspol #HigherEd

That time of year when contracts end like dominoes rapidly fall and I'm setting up out of office replies with a learned bluntness: My contract with [Insert uni] has ended. Email me at... Ten years with one uni; this is a weird annual constant to have, while a permanent contract remains illusive 🤪

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...

#academicsky ?

Uh, fellow historians, has anyone conducted research and published about paradata of archives and libraries in Australia previously? #history #archives #library #academia

👀 "Wurundjeri people have fought for decades for recognition and respect and have been at the forefront of protecting culture and country in Melbourne and surrounds," Elder Perry Wandin said. "We want the waterways, the land to be looked after." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

It's the last long day of transcription for a while (2026, I'm lookin' at you) and I'll be streaming historycouncilnsw.org.au/podcasts/ to get through it 🤓 Any recommendations for history podcasts, especially with Australian and Pacific focus? Please drop a link below #podcast #history #research

Unimelb's School of Government, Archives and Special Collections, and Trinity College are delighted to invite you to a Symposium being held to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Fraser Government. 12-13 December 2025 www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/whats-happen... #vichistoryevents #phavictas #UNIMELB

NEW SUBMISSION CATEGORY ADDED! AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4

If we're logging wishes for the AI bubble burst; I'd like AI removed from my search engine, work accounts, & social media. AI by corporations is largely snakeoil, but let's maintain the capacity for libraries & archives to process large amounts of data, to improve access & discovery. #AI #academia

Excellent to see pluralistic languages and welcome to country being shown and explained on Disney's Shipwreck Hunters tv show. Absolutely confounding to see local Indigenous language not translated in subtitles and listed generically as "foreign language". 100% sure they're not the foreigners.

One of the best bundles you could grab from this geek sale. 🤓 #bookshelves

Another weekend, another journal article out there I refuse to think of what will happen if these pieces are returned at once. Absolutely going for the "don't care, it's outta my hair" approach. #submitdontquit #history #academic #pacific

Heads up research nerds; JSTOR is running a survey that includes questions about AI use in research and your perspective about the JSTOR database. Now would be a good time to let them know what you think about AI inclusion in teaching and research #academic #history #JSTOR #AI

I know Melbourne is ideal for the angsty, writer will push against the wind wearing a long, black, coat (if you're not thinking Nick Cave, what is wrong with you?), rain on the window while I create, crew, but that's enough. No more one (wet) season.

🧵 Our new QUEER AS… website Exploring queer Indigenous creativity. With: Blaqademics/Indigiqueers Queer as…a podcast (Jazz Money is first up). Indigenous Creatives Queer Museums Queer Tv - deep dive Our pubs and info queer-as.org

More than 200 maps from State Library of Victoria have been georeferenced in the past week! You can chart progress using this dashboard which is updated every 2 hours: https://wragge.github.io/slv-allmaps/dashboard.html

🔔 It must be conference season! 🔔 Thanks Australia ICOMOS for the invitation to speak on the panel, "Artificial Heritage? AI and the heritage industry". Chaired by James Lesh, I'll be in conversation with heritage experts, Meher Bahl, Janita Norman, & Kim Roberts. #conference #heritage #history

Super excited to present research next week with Francesca Bussey & Petra Brown at Deakin University Teaching and Learning conference, 13 Nov (abstract attached). This past year, with Catherine Legg, we've conducted research regarding the role AI can play, if any, in assessments. DM for details

When the calendar starts having those tempting summertime gaps in it, I know it's time to hit the art supply store. I'm not as good an artist as my Gran, or even Grandad, but there's something about remembering Gran's lessons, and learning my own, that still makes it meaningful.

What if AI was intertwined with a social outlook that placed intrinsic human value above capitalist outcomes? What would the future hold then? www.vwt.org.au/feminism-art...

☀️Join us on November 27 for a topical panel discussion in our last Making Public Histories webinar of 2025! Our three expert environmental historians will present 'Thinking about the weather: Heatwaves and history in twentieth century Australia'. ➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/43t43hbb

Ah, it's that time of year where the CV gets a flurry of additions and I think, hey, amongst all the deadlines, workshops, seminars, lectures and drafting, redrafting and asskicking (mine), I had a good time. #history #academia #willworkforbooks

Looking forward to reading this one:

Thrilled to see this introduction by me and Charlotte Ann Legg to our special issue on "Connected Histories of Empire: France, Britain & the Pacific" is now out and in open access. The rest of our special issue – with a fantastic array of articles – will be out soon! @journalpacifichist.bsky.social

Thank you to History Australia editor, Yves Rees, & @austhistassoc.bsky.social for the forum to share my new article about historians and GenAI. So interesting to see where a little curiosity and some generous librarians can take research #history #archives #library #avatar #AI #academic

🚨 On 6 Nov, join our seminar “A Beginner’s Guide to Land Grabbing in Port Moresby” to unpack how NCD customary land has been alienated through legal avenues since 1975. Register now: shorturl.at/Z5UGh #PNG #LandRights #PacificPolicy @anubellschool.bsky.social

Farming people a question about livestock; I understand recording cattle death is normal in a station diary but what's the death rate of stock? I honestly can't tell if the diary I am reading is from an unsuccessful farmer (dead stock almost every day) or this is what it was like in the late 1800s

Have any historians watched The Idea of Australia on SBS yet? Any hot takes? Anyone think they might have a review up their sleeve? 👀 www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.

In partnership w/ @ardc.edu.au, Sydney Informatics Hub is delighted to lead Curated Collections, a platform built on digital humanities software that enables easy publishing, importing & exporting of digital content, migration of legacy collections + long-term archiving. https://bit.ly/48S7Ply

A few years ago, we did a series called Personal Pan Histories. Each piece came with a recipe by the author. We didn't ask people to pitch simple comfort foods, but they did. Anyway, it's a good time to revisit a series of six pieces about what food means to us.

Currently debating with the resident teens who a) started fanfic first out of Dr Who and StarTrek and b) who had the first gay-yearning fanfic. Omg, having kids is so fun. #fanfic

DEADLINE EXTENSION A prize of AUD $1,000 will be awarded at the 2025 Pacific History Association Conference for the winner of the Gunson Essay Prize Competition. Now due 14 November 2025 (23:59pm, Australian Eastern Daylight time). See attached image for guidelines.

Good enough to record a fine drying day? Dude had the washing out fo' sure. Source: Disher, Harold Clive, Strathfieldsaye Estate Diary February 1872-1875 (February 1872-31 October 1875) [UMA-IT-000147344] Uni of Melb Archives, archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/6... #archive #transcription

Available March 2026 from @berghahnbooks.bsky.social, but pre-order possible. The real editing has been done by Charlotte Greenhalgh and @clarecorbould.bsky.social #histsci #histstm #STS @austhistassoc.bsky.social

🌍 Join us 5 Nov 2025 for a key seminar on how service providers are helping #women access #justice in domestic violence cases in #Bangladesh & #PNG. 🧷 Register now: shorturl.at/V5Abv @anubellschool.bsky.social

Our Nov issue is up, guest ed is Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social it’s devoted to Anglo-German relations in Australasia. It’s also the final issue for outgoing eds Tim Rowse & Fiona Paisley–thanks for your excellent stewardship these last four years www.tandfonline.com/toc/rahs20/5...

One of the excellent events attached to the recent Professional Historians Association conference (NT) was the dinner where Dr Jacqui Newling spoke about the history of spices and curry in Australia. #history #food #conference

Sending off another journal article like you do on the weekend. Looking forward to seeing how my arguments for historians' critical engagement with AI as a means of safeguarding the past is going to be received. #academic #history

Tiger orchid and the Yarra wanders. Good goddess I missed Wurundjeri country.