Incredible autobiography by Elder Uncle Noel Blair, a Jinibara man, who shares his story of growing up at Cherbourg mission to being a community leader negotiating land rights. Highly rec. #histbookchat #indigenoushistory #australian #missionhistory #landrights #civilrights #nativetitle #readingnow

Just added the newly created @studiesonasia.bsky.social to @jppinfo.bsky.social's starter pack of Japan & Asian Studies Institutions/Organizations! go.bsky.app/H54gyeg

This @australia.theguardian.com article erases the fact that this man was posting Nazi symbols on the Center of Arab & Islamic studies center at the ANU. One of the primary targets of this white supremacist hate are Arabs & Palestinians-yet police & media have only spoken about antisemitism. #auspol

"I don’t want to suggest the garden is a balm or a compensation, since there is no such thing," writes Margaret Simons. “The pain in the world is real.” satpa.pe/EbsmP1T

In aiming to advocate for subaltern narratives, there are many available #oralhistories that assist, especially #Indigenous in the so-called 'New England' tablelands, #NSW, #Australia. @oralhistoryvic.bsky.social @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social @austhistassoc.bsky.social

Oh, ok, one more: This one is a book review - it was a good read, although the concept of dark heritage is not so widely accepted in the literature. There should be more than 30 free eprints of this available too! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JTRRC...

Or if you are interested in #japaneselanguage learning, I wrote this article with my colleague, Levi Durbidge (USC) and it still has over 60 free eprints too! Just click through the link. We were thinking on remote teaching which is still very relevant! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GZZJN...

Interested in some more reading over the next little while? T and F also alerted me there are still more than 70! free eprints remaining of this article: Valuing the Urakami Cathedral after the atomic bombing: fundraising and social rupture in Nagasaki www.tandfonline.com/eprint/U4BYP...

In aiming to advocate for subaltern narratives, there are many available #oralhistories that assist, especially #Indigenous in the so-called 'New England' tablelands, #NSW, #Australia. @oralhistoryvic.bsky.social @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social @austhistassoc.bsky.social

What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.

My new article just in time for the holidays has a long name and is in Australian Studies: It is part of an opportunity to do some oral history work near my university. Hopefully more to come in the not too distant future! Free eprint: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KMWWT...

Flowering in the garden today nearby the apricots.

Heartbroken about last night’s events in my beautiful, sparkling hometown. Hard to comprehend such hatred and violence.

What could possibly go wrong

Huge congratulations to eds Skye Krichauff & Carolyn Collins on issue #47 of open access Studies in Oral History! It includes an article by Alessandro Portelli, based on his keynote address to the 2024 conference. @oralhistoryvic.bsky.social @oralhistoryie.bsky.social @ohcollective.bsky.social 1/12

I wanted to share this scene at the hypocenter no less in Nagasaki: a release in so many ways - in a place that feels like a black hole, and after this I met my cousin and her family - amazingly we were both there at the same time we went to Cathedral, Peace Park and then just sat, ate and talked.

1/2 @lucyham.bsky.social’s forensic examination of proliferating transnational far right think tank & propaganda networks puts me in mind of the collaboration between racist white settler elites to control & demonise Asian migrant flows in the late C19/early C20. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

An important aspect in recovery from war: people need to have agency over the process. More than survivors of a tragedy – they are integral to the revival of their communities. #auspol #Gaza #Nagasaki

As Gaza starts to rebuild, what lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945? The aftermath of war, and those who were bombed become the pejorative 'cave-dwellers' - a long path ahead. I'm wishing for an end to hostility and a holding up of the ceasefire, so that recovery may at least begin.

It was fantastic welcoming so many people to our UNE Armidale Campus last week for the The Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA) Biennial conference! @thejsaa.bsky.social JSAA 2027 to be held in Tokyo.

Thrilled to be joining A Prof Barbara Hartley in the launching of"Gender,Costume,Textile,Technique"from @degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2025 Launched by Prof Tessa Morris Suzki on a very early 9am Saturday day 2 (3?) session #JSAA #JSAA-conference-2025 (Peep @vyecos.bsky.social from our MNCC days!)

So sorry to miss this session at #JSAA25 ! I'm planning to get hold of this book though, soon! Congratulations Emerald and all authors involved!

I'm heading for #JSAA25. Organised with my intrepid colleague Laura Clark! The keynotes are open to the public on the website. The 1st is tomorrow at 6pm AEST. Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki - "The Sea Connects: Rethinking the Emergence of Modern Japan and Australia from a Pacific Ocean Perspective"

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

I love this bit of reflection by Ursula Le Guin on her writing. 'Meaning in art isn't the same as meaning in science.'

“It is truly extraordinary that of the three countries that are party to the deal, Australia – which bears the brunt of both the cost and the risk – is the only one not to have put AUKUS to a genuine review." Petition for an inquiry into AUKUS > theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry

Okay so Melbourne is going to tease us with a balmy 23 degrees this afternoon and then quickly revert to 14 max tomorrow for the wedding! 🧐

Hear! Hear! Dr Holbrook 👏 theconversation.com/the-australi...

The keynotes for JSAA Biennial Conference University of New England (AU) on 2nd/3rd October will be hybrid (AEST). All welcome! To register, sign up here: forms.gle/2XdDxz6yshVE... The full abstracts are found here: www.une.edu.au/about-une/fa... on a drop down screen. #japanesestudies #jsaa2025

I'm planning a (likely final) trip to the Goto. On 28 October I am planning to join a guided trek on the 無人島 Ojika Island to the shrine known as Oe-ishi which includes a rock formation 24 m high and 12 m wide. If anyone #長崎人？ would like to join the trek PM me! (Kojima shrine on this US map) #japan

Typical evening at a March for Australia household

My work was pirated by LibGen, and I filled out the form.

National march for Palestine through Canberra

one of the biggest recent protest turnouts in Brisbane by my count marching for Palestine with others across the country today, incl a strong @withmeaa contingent w the message: stop the killings. stop killing journalists

We’ve been here for over 20 minutes and we still can’t see the end of this protest. There must be tens of thousands here! 🇵🇸

If there are profs out there who don’t want to do the very basics of their jobs anymore I know a lot of out-of-work academics who’d gladly take them!

Relieved that Australia's Copyright Agency is pushing back against the Productivity Commission's Text and data mining exception brain fart. All power to them ✊

Apparently, we (Scottish people) are being hysterical, and we should just shut up and accept the 150 nuclear "incidents" that have occurred in the last 18 months. Share this & contact your MSP & MP if like me you want these subs out of Scotland. www.thenational.scot/news/2539358...

The keynotes for JSAA Biennial Conference University of New England (AU) on 2nd/3rd October will be hybrid (AEST). All welcome! To register, sign up here: forms.gle/2XdDxz6yshVE... The full abstracts are found here: www.une.edu.au/about-une/fa... on a drop down screen. #japanesestudies #jsaa2025

“We control the height of the flames” was how Netanyahu described his policy of covertly propping up Hamas for years. How quickly everyone forgot.

Anyone interested in reviewing a book for our open access journal: Studies in Oral History? PM me if you are interested. The book is Migrants, Television & Australian Stories: A New History by Kate Darian-Smith, Sue Turnbull, Sukhmani Khorana and Kyle Harvey (Routledge, 2025). #oralhistory #history

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This is about Ozaki Tomei, as he introduced himself to me and as he was known for most of his life. Wrote about his story in Dangerous Memory in Nagasaki and wrote a bio chapter in Shadows of Nagasaki edited by Chad Diehl.

Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war 80 years after Nagasaki

The 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki is tomorrow at 11:02am. I’m putting this 2021 article out: what reminded me of it is that my friend who I talk about in it has now decided he will allow his father’s name to be used with his story. If anyone would like a pdf PM me. #ナガサキ

Well done Hiroshima 👏👏👏

The Job-Ready Graduates scheme needs to go. I’ve been pushing hard for this reform since I was elected to Parliament. Members of the government and opposition are now seeing the light too. We should back the expert evidence and reverse this punitive and unfair policy, immediately.

AHA’s official guidance says you can use generative AI to “produce a historical image.” In case you were wondering if it was possible for AHA to become more embarrassing