ICYMI - Brad Underhill and Helen Gardner had a piece in @aunz.theconversation.com celebrating 50 years of PNG independence! "50 years without coups or dictators: how PNG built a durable democracy based on dignity and fairness". Republished on APH here: aph.org.au/2025/09/50-y... #PNG #independence

Today marks 50 years of Papua New Guinean independence! In honour of the occasion, Brad Underhill, Keimelo Gimapau, and Helen Gardner published Debating the Nation: Speeches from the House of Assembly, 1972-1975. On APH, Nick Ferns reviews the new collection! aph.org.au/2025/09/book... #PNG

Meet the Revolutionaries and Ratbags who shaped the world as we know it! Was hugely fun to co-host this new history podcast with Francis Leach looking at some of history's great rebels and revolutionaries, and to discuss what this history means for us today

ICYMI - September 2025 marks 50 years of independence in Papua New Guinea! APH is pleased to publish policy briefs, written by attendees at a DFAT-sponsored workshop run by the Centre for Contemporary Histories this past June, on ways to develop the PNG-AUS relationship in the future.

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** NEW REVIEW ** On the website, Peter Hobbins reviews Raina MacIntyre's Vaccine Nation aph.org.au/2025/08/book... #auspol #COVID19 #Vaccines #healthhistory

ICYMI - @atomicmax.bsky.social on the ongoing obstruction that historians face in writing the history of British nuclear tests in Australia and the impact it had on Australian service personnel. Important context for Australia's planned nuclear military endeavours with allies! #auspol #AUKUS

This week marks 41 years since the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests began; a process that was marred by govt obstruction. Four decades on, Max Billington reveals the ongoing difficulties that researchers face when trying to uncover this history in the archives aph.org.au/2025/07/ghos...

Want to learn how to turn your research into policy recs? Five days left to register for the CCH/APH Policy Brief Workshop at Deakin Downtown, 13 August! Details below 👇 aph.org.au/2025/06/cch-...

ICYMI - Peter Hobbins on Australia's pandemic exceptionalism #COVID #health #auspol aph.org.au/2025/06/book...

**NEW REVIEW** On the website, @miamh.bsky.social reviews Albert Palazzo's 'Big Fix' for Australia's national security #natsec #auspol #militaryhistory aph.org.au/2025/06/book...

🔄 What if the solution to our waste crisis was hiding in plain sight - in your morning coffee routine, your weekend op-shop finds, and your university lecture halls? New research on @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social reveals how Australians are living the circular economy, often without realising it.

It was a privilege to work with Lorinda, Mia and Carolyn to produce this @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social policy brief. In it, Lorinda and I suggest '[t]he education system has a crucial role to play in promoting the social value and environmental benefits of a circular economy.' #policy #highered

Lorinda Cramer's new article about clothing circularity suggest this economic process is not new. I urge you to make time for this short read from @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social. Lorinda always demonstrates why it is worth taking time to learn from the past. #WorldEnvironmentDay #Fashion #History

Have to admit, I had a great time writing this piece for @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social; Dolly Parton, coffee culture and changing global trade, what more could a historian ask for? aph.org.au/2025/06/bean... #worldenvironment #academicsky #skytorians

Do you have an oral history collection under your care? Then this project may be of interest to you. For further information visit: www.precariousoralhistories.com #history #oralhistory #collection #GLAM

In honour of #WorldEnvironmentDay this week, historians Lorinda Cramer and Deborah Lee-Talbot are publishing a series of articles on circular economy, how it works in Australia (and why it hasn’t), proposing new avenues for Aus industries to improve uptake of the concept #auspol #circulareconomy

The State Library of NSW Fellowships are now accepting applications! There are nine Fellowships offering amazing pools of research funding -- get working on your projects! All the details are here: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards...

We are delighted to announce our seven new Writing Fellows! Dr Matthew R. Keynes Dr Jessica Stroja Dr Melanie Brand Dr Renee Miller-Yeaman Dr Sam Dalgarno Dr Robyn Gulliver Dr Alexa Ridgway These fabulous ECRs are researching topics that are essential to Australia society and politics today

👀 any #Ozhistory #Anzac #warhistory readers want to review this one for APH, DM us!

#OzHistory folk in Melb, get thee to Trades Hall on 29 May for the launch of Liam’s new book! RSVP 👇

"Working people created their own organisations to assert their fundamental humanity by using collective power to elevate the value and conditions of their toil." This argument is at the heart of my new book: "No Power Greater: A History of Union Action in Australia".

🎣 for reviewers because this looks amazing - any #OzHistory scholars want to review for APH, DM us!

Due at the end of this week! Apply apply apply!

Exciting news! I will be holding a Melbourne launch for my new history of the Australian union movement "No Power Greater: A History of Union Action" on Thursday 29 May, 6.30pm at Trades Hall, Carlton. RSVPs essential: lnkd.in/giZ2_Rrm

**NEW REVIEW** On the website, Martin Crotty reflects on Peter Stanley's insights from 1,000 books on Australian military history aph.org.au/2025/04/book... #Anzac #OzHistory

If any of our readers would like to review this for Australian Policy and History, DMs are open! #auspol #OzHistory

📣 ECR OPPORTUNITY 📣 In collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Histories, we are offering 10 Writing Fellowships for ECRs! Fellows will write one opinion piece and one policy briefing note, mentored by academics from the CCH and APH. Deadline: 10 May 2025 Info: aph.org.au/2025/04/aust...

I'm excited to share research from the Challenging #Anzac project with the Centre of Contemporary Histories tomorrow! Talking about how radical left-wing veterans have been silenced throughout Aus history, and what that means for today's ADF Info 👇 #OzHistory cch.deakin.edu.au/news/2025/03...

NEW REVIEW Caitlin Mahar reviews Josh Bornstein's Working for the Brand on the APH website aph.org.au/2025/04/book...

This will be a great event reflecting on trauma as a legacy of war, 50 years after the Fall of Saigon! Register through the flyer below or contact @miamh.bsky.social for an email invite

** NEW REVIEW ** On the website, James Cotton reviews Kevin Rudd's PhD-turned-book, On Xi Jinping aph.org.au/2025/04/book... #auspol #china #rudd

**New Review** On the website, Tamra Jones reflects on the importance of community spaces, 'mucking around' and trusting children aph.org.au/2025/03/book... #auspol #Fitzroy

"The style is gaudy, the science patchy and even vaguely suggesting viruses have intentionality is ludicrous" On the website, Richard Trembath takes aim at the fearmongering over the Wuhan lab leak theory aph.org.au/2025/03/on-t...

A message from our co-founder Prof David Lowe, in the Centre of Contemporary Histories' newsletter, on the troubling developments at home and abroad for historians and researchers cch.deakin.edu.au/news/2025/03... #auspol #OzStudies #history

**NEW REVIEW** On the website, Claire E.F. Wright reviews Catherine Fox's Breaking the Boss Bias: How to Get More Women into Leadership aph.org.au/2025/03/book... #womenshistorymonth

**NEW REVIEW** On the website, Wayne Bradshaw reviews Jayne Persian's Fascists in Exile: Post-War Displaced Persons in Australia aph.org.au/2025/03/book... @nonwayne.bsky.social @drjpersian.bsky.social

theaha.org.au/wp-content/u... Australian History Association statement on the new Universities Australia Definition of Anti-semitism. @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social

Something recent by me on the humanities, profit, Martha Nussbaum, and RFK's chained puppy: "how it will go down with Americans reeling from an authoritarian onslaught on their most hallowed public institutions is hard to say" insidestory.org.au/why-the-huma...

ECRs and HDRs: don't forget the AHA offers prizes and grants to help you get to the annual conference, help you with your research, and reward your stellar contributions! Check out the Awards and Prizes page for more info!

I will be speaking about my chapter in this book at Deakin’s Centre for Contemporary History on 5 March at 11am AEDT. My paper: ‘Locating the ‘moral genealogy’ of war trauma in the Australian Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide’. Zoom details here: cch.deakin.edu.au/news/2025/02...

On the website, Helen Gardner reflects on the life and legacy of one of Papua New Guinea's 'founding fathers', Julius Chan aph.org.au/2025/03/juli...

As we reach the end of the year, we thought that we'd highlight our top 5 publications. A big thank you to all of our contributors! Have a safe and happy holidays. We look forward to seeing you again in 2025.

On the website, Richard Scully reviews Sebastian Smee’s Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism aph.org.au/2024/12/book...

On the website, Rosita Henry reviews Brad Underhill’s Preparing a Nation? The New Deal in the Villages of Papua New Guinea aph.org.au/2024/11/book...

The Australian Historical Association is now on Bluesky! We'll be sharing information about the latest developments, news, and events relevant to the discipline of history in Australia -- give us a follow!

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Well now, if you're interested in the latest Australian Policy and History books, opinion pieces and reflections, give this good crew a follow @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social

On Monday 11 November, Carolyn Holbrook gave a speech at the Ballarat Reform League Charter 170th Anniversary. You can read an edited version here: aph.org.au/2024/11/caro...