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Jane Lydon

@janelydon.bsky.social

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Australian historian of colonialism, legacies of slavery, & visual culture. Perth, West Australia. Author: Anti-Slavery and Australia: No Slavery in a Free Land? (Routledge) & Imperial Emotions: The Politics of Empathy Across the British Empire (CUP) .. more

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Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · Nov 14

this rules

🇳🇿 #nzpol

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Jul 4

Friday essay: ‘whose agony is greater than mine?’ Testimonies of Gaza and October 7 ask us to recognise shared humanity
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Friday essay: ‘whose agony is greater than mine?’ Testimonies of Gaza and October 7 ask us to recognise shared humanity

Survivor testimonies hope for understanding, empathy – and change. From the Yoorrook Commission to Gaza and Israel, they build a case for justice in a shared future.

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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · Jun 18

MEDIA RELEASE: Israel’s ongoing attacks on starving Gazans
“As Jews, we cannot watch Palestinians starved, concentrated into zones to be shot with impunity, and not remember our own history. The Australian government must urgently act.”

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Visual Politics Research Program @visualpolitics.bsky.social · Apr 10

Ph.D. opportunities, via @janelydon.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Social Inequality and British Documentary Style: Bert Hardy’s photographs for Picture Post magazine, 1940-57 at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Social Inequality and British Documentary Style: Bert Hardy’s photographs for Picture Post magazine, 1940-57 at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Jan 24

10 essential books to read on Australia Day – our expert picks
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10 essential books to read on Australia Day – our expert picks

A barbecue, a protest … or a good book? We asked some of our leading historians to choose an illuminating Australia Day read.

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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · Jan 8

Meta CEO and dog fucker Mark Zuckerberg has said that his platforms don’t need fact-checkers. So to celebrate this win for free speech, here are some of his best quotes:
chaser.com.au/general-news...

“I killed Jeffery Epstein but still miss him everyday.” – Mark Zuckerberg, 2023.

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · Jan 2

What an extraordinary, devastating essay. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Sophie Smith · Sleeping Women: On the Pelicot trial

Gisèle Pelicot doesn’t conceive of her now ex-husband or the other men who raped her as ‘bad apples’, aberrations...

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Dec 19

Can I recommend Hannah Forsyth's excellent Substack F*cking Capitalism.
Fearless and thoughtful ...

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F*cking Capitalism | Hannah Forsyth | Substack

Historian Hannah Forsyth writes about capitalism, work, and higher education...and her personal project to overcome her work ethic addiction and f*ck capitalism one home grown vegetable at a time. Cli...

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JmRoyle #LFC #YNWA #BLM #REJOINEU @myarrse.bsky.social · Dec 17

Should be in every newsagents window.

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Dec 12

Congratulations to Cait Hamilton and Eliza Garnsey for the publication of CREATING JUSTICE: Human Rights and Art in Conversation! Order via Rowman & Littlefield rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · Dec 12

Australian Council of the Learned Academies statement on cuts to Aotearoa New Zealand's Marsden fund.

ACOLA statement on importance of humanities

Statement on funding cuts to New Zealand Marsden Fund Humanities and Social Science Research by Australia's Council of Learned Academies.

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B Hodgett @coloursburntin.bsky.social · Dec 11

Counting down to @tag45.bsky.social ! I'm running the session 'Excavating the Collection: New Evolutions in the Archaeology of Museum Collections' this Friday 13th 14:00-16:30, and am so excited to be joined by
@alicestevenson.bsky.social
as discussant! For more info 👇

Poster for the conference session 'Excavation the Collection: New Evolutions in Museum Archaeology'. The poster is in black and white. In the centre is a historic photograph of the Pitt Rivers Museum court (taken about 1900). The photograph shows crowded glass display cases. At the top, the title is displayed in bold font, while at the bottom the details of the session organiser (Beth Hodgett) and Discussant (Alice Stevenson) are in smaller block capitals.

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Nov 30

what an extraordinary week of #EverydayHeritage !
It has been a privilege to be hosted on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar, and to hear from @lauramca.bsky.social and Timo Ylimaunu. Thanks Steve Brown @tracyireland.bsky.social Sharpay Wu @naomijayne.bsky.social for organising! @everydayheritage.bsky.social

A group of students and teachers sits around a table in Fremantle Prison's workshop, with a banner for the #Everydayheritage project beside them

Denis Byrne stands at a lectern with his powerpoint behind him showing a map of Darlinghurst's gay heritage landscape

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Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Nov 29

Today's academic workshop took place in Fremantle Prison. What a fascinating and complex place with a troubling history.

The staff are doing amazing work in preserving and adding to our understanding of its multilayered story. #everydayhistory

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Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Nov 28

I'm still thinking about @lauramca.bsky.social thoughtful keynote this morning at @everydayheritage.bsky.social looking at the afterlives of The Maze prison, and the Magdalene Laundries. The strange history of Bobby Sand's bed was particularly fascinating.

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Naomi Preston @naomijayne.bsky.social · Nov 28

Almost ready to go with the 2024 #EverydayHeritage symposium at UWA
@everydayheritage.bsky.social @tracyireland.bsky.social @lauramca.bsky.social @janelydon.bsky.social

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Nov 24

and for those interested in the EVERYDAY HERITAGE project see our website everydayheritage.au
#everydayheritage

Everyday Heritage – EXPLORING ORDINARY, EVERYDAY & OVERLOOKED AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE

everydayheritage.au

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Nov 24

Very excited to start the week of EVERYDAY HERITAGE here in Perth! The Noongar season of Kambarang has brought the heat back and the moojar is beginning to flower.
Our Thursday 28 symposium program is live:
everydayheritage.au/wp-content/u...

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Nov 23

Congratulations Kate and Sophie! Glad you were part of our special issue!!!

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how wonderful
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Lord Howe Island's magical cloud forest makes 'unbelievable' recovery from vermin

The forest at the tip of Lord Howe Island's highest peak is an otherworldly place alive with animals and plants not found elsewhere on Earth. But it's taken radical action to save it.

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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · Nov 21

Israel will not listen until there are consequences for its actions. The Australian Government has all the tools necessary at its disposal, including sanctions and travel bans on suspected war criminals, which it has deployed against Russia. All that is missing is the political will.

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · Nov 20

More celebration of my 20th anniversary as a blogger! These are my favourite feminist as fuck posts. 🏺 🧪

Dr Space Junk 20 Years of Blogging Feminist as Fuck Edition

This beautiful artwork is by archaeologist Dr Katherine Cook https://drkrcook.wordpress.com/ This blog is 20 years old! My first post was ...

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Nov 20

My review of BLACK CONVICTS by Santilla Chingaipe out today

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Casting a spotlight on the Black convicts of African descent who helped shape Australia

Santilla Chingaipe’s new book brings a fresh and urgent perspective to bear on Australian history. But in countering misrepresentations she overlooks existing scholarship.

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Tracy Ireland @tracyireland.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hello bluesky! A link to my latest paper on everyday heritage www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Engaging the everyday: the concept and practice of ‘everyday heritage’

In this paper, we explore what it means to link heritage to the everyday, how this has been framed in the field of heritage studies to date and how engagement with the everyday might generate futur...

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · Nov 18

How the experience of gravity on the Moon was imagined in 1929. 🧪

More early microgravity: Dr Dolittle on the Moon

I've always loved the Dr Dolittle books, so charmingly illustrated by their author Hugh Lofting . (Of course, the ghastly Eddie Murphy film...

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Sophie Loy-Wilson @sophieloywilson.bsky.social · Nov 18

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...

Opening the Multilingual Archive of Australia Conference

A two-day conference to explore historical materials from national and international collections in languages other than English

www.eventbrite.com.au

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Nov 18

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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Amrita Malhi @amritamalhi.bsky.social · Nov 16

Ethnic & Racial Studies journal has just created a special, themed article collection on Transnationalism and Diasporas. Great starting point for whatever you're doing ⬇️
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Transnationalism and Diasporas Collection

Explore the article collection: Transnationalism and Diasporas Collection. Published in Ethnic and Racial Studies.

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Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social · Nov 14

completely outdoes the pallid Anglo tradition that's for sure

Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · Nov 14

this rules

🇳🇿 #nzpol

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · Nov 14

Call for Papers 📝👇:

—'Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and "A Picture of the Treasury"' Conference.

@ Bentham House, Faculty of Laws, University College London on 23–4 July 2025.

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