Really interested to hear what Australian educators/ academics think about the framing of this open letter.

"This is more than shortsighted – it’s self-sabotage. When we hollow out the teaching profession, we undermine our children’s future. When we strip away specialist programs like Tesol [..] we deepen inequality, leaving the most vulnerable students further behind." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Happy Antifascist Pasta Day to all who observe the holiday! 🍝✊

Good piece on co-responder model for mental health call outs. theconversation.com/police-arent...

My sincere thanks to @jordanas.bsky.social @zorasimic.bsky.social and Ben Silverstein for this important piece. Full article: ‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Also paging @srishti-g.bsky.social @alexhedt.bsky.social @gillianpolack.bsky.social @elisabethrolston.bsky.social @micaelapattison.bsky.social Are any of you up for a #RemoteRetreatAUS again??

Mi compañero @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social y la cuestión de negociar nuevas fronteras... sin contar con los habitantes y afectados. theconversation.com/siete-veces-...

@kilderbenhauser.bsky.social on the German election: Friedrich Merz has won Germany’s election. But as the far right soars, forming a government may be difficult theconversation.com/friedrich-me...

So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund. www.arts.gov/news/press-r...

The AHA strongly opposes Minister Jason Clare's call for the ARC to investigate Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's grant. Such political interference, which the Minister promised to end, undermines the integrity of the ARC and its independent, peer-review processes.

Well at least one of them's got the stones. #JoshWilsonMP @albomp.bsky.social

At a faculty planning meeting we were placed into groups and asked to discuss various 'apocalyptic' scenarios. I can't be the only one who thinks this all sounds kinda amazing. 🤔 #Goals

This is hilarious. They go to Spain twice for vacation, decide to relocate to live the “European lifestyle,” they move to Santander (of all places) and then complains about the weather being too rainy, the siesta time because she can’t shop..Where do you think you are??🤣🤣 www.cnn.com/travel/ameri...

The Arts and Humanities Alliance have written an open letter to Bridget Philippson, Secretary of State for Education, on the recently announced cuts across the sector. We are concerned that these measures disproportionately affect our disciplines and call for an urgent government review.

chng.it/WccdwysvFT Please sign to defend Academic Freedom & Pro-Palestinian Voices – Stand with Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah - Sign the Petition!

Australia was a trailblazer from the inception of International Women’s Year. But despite the gains, there are still forces pushing back against women’s empowerment.

Enough already. The damage that's been done to Australian universities is irreparable. Collegial governance now!

ICYMI, Balwyn Führer Tom Sewell's nazi gang 'National Socialist Network' held a national gathering in Adelaide on the w/e, but SA Pol stopped the boys from hindering the Invasion/Survival Day March by *checks notes* 'arresting them'. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

On #HumanRightsDay, we mark the end of the 2024 #16DaysOfActivism Against Gender-Based Violence. The Australian Women's History Network reiterate our commitment to the fight against gender-based violence, with recommended readings. Read the statement ⬇️ www.auswhn.com.au/wp-content/u...

This Friday (3 May at 11.15 ACST) Flinders History Seminar welcomes Dr Boyd Cothran and Prof Adrian Shubert to share reflections on their wonderful global microhistory ‘The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of Globalisation, 1850–1914’. In person or online!

Flinders History Seminar welcomes Dr Shvetal Vyas Pare TODAY at 11.15 ACST (11.45 AEDT). We are excited to hear our new colleague's paper titled ‘Vernacular Nationalism and Imagining the Political: The Development of Gujarati Identity at the Turn of the Twentieth Century’!

Flinders History Seminar will kick off on International Women's Day (Friday 8 March @ 11.15 ACDT/ 11.45 AEDT) Join us online or in person to hear Assoc Prof Barbara Baird's paper ‘The Residual Offence: When an outdated history of abortion won’t go away’.

Flinders History Research Seminar, Semester 1, 2024. Join us on campus/ online from March 8. Programme features Barbara Baird, Skye Krichauff, Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, Lee Rippon, Shvetal Vyas Pare, Adrian Shubert & Boyd Cothren, Peter DeGabriele, @megancw.bsky.social and Valerie Munt.

I saw Celine Song's Past Lives last night and loved it to bits. youtu.be/kA244xewjcI?...

1st post out of the way: These images from last night are more than spontaneous expressions of outrage about actions of a dirtbag or the rot in RFEF. Sustained commitment by Spanish feminist organisers has built a massive base of supporters primed to act in solidarity. elpais.com/deportes/fut...