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Zara @zarasaunders.bsky.social · Jul 3

It was a privilege this morning to have the opportunity to share some findings from my dissertation alongside historians that I deeply admire #AHA2025

Thanks @elibranagh.bsky.social for the photo of the room

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Eli Branagh @elibranagh.bsky.social · Jul 3

So great to see you present Zara!! Doing such important work

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · Jul 2

We're being looked after so well here at JCU Townsville -- even the wallabies are coming out to greet us! It's so beautiful here on Bindal country. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025

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Eli Branagh @elibranagh.bsky.social · May 15

Good crowds out in the rain to mark 77 years of Al Nakba 🇵🇸 from Gadigal to Gaza

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · May 5

This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.

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Kate Fullagar @kfullagar.bsky.social · Apr 28

May I interest you in a BA?

Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · Apr 28

We need a national course in basic media literacy and fact checking.

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ewan coopey @euuanxcvi.bsky.social · Apr 29

Awesome!

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Australian universities slash costs, staff and courses, while lavishing hundreds of millions on themselves - The Australia Institute

Australia's universities spend hundreds of millions of dollars on travel, marketing and consultants, while cutting costs, staff and courses, according to new research by The Australia Institute.

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Eli Branagh @elibranagh.bsky.social · May 1

Yay 🤩

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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · Apr 29

From the first page alone: executive travel at ANU over one-year would pay for NINETY FIVE entry-level lecturers.

Kate Fullagar @kfullagar.bsky.social · Apr 29

ESSENTIAL reading for anyone involved in Oz unis. *Especially voting parents* ACU, ANU and UOW case studies. Appalling stats but they are ‘typical not extraordinary’: go get em @joshuablackjb.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au australiainstitute.org.au/report/elect...

Elective spending at Australian universities - The Australia Institute

Universities spend vast sums on consultants, advertising, and travel. Reducing these expenses could have prevented the deep cuts that some of these same universities have made to their staff and cours...

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · Apr 21

Vale Pope Francis

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · Apr 13

RIP Keith Windschuttle, best known for his 1984 book 'The Media' and definitely nothing else.

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Eli Branagh @elibranagh.bsky.social · Apr 9

We’ll miss you Harry!!

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Eli Branagh @elibranagh.bsky.social · Apr 1

Registration is now open for our symposium, 'Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress' !!
📅 17th of April, 2025
📍 Qtopia Sydney
Link here: forms.office.com/r/nhrvxSDue4
Full program in replies

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Eli Branagh @elibranagh.bsky.social · Apr 1

Full program can be found here: tinyurl.com/beyondlibnar...

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Eli Branagh @elibranagh.bsky.social · Apr 1

Registration is now open for our symposium, 'Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress' !!
📅 17th of April, 2025
📍 Qtopia Sydney
Link here: forms.office.com/r/nhrvxSDue4
Full program in replies

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jordy silverstein @jordanas.bsky.social · Mar 31

a must read from @jumanabayeh.bsky.social in @overlandjournal.bsky.social, dismantling the UA antisemitism definition: "what is painfully evident is that, in the process of writing the definition, not one person in the room saw, imagined, considered Palestinians."

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Silencing Palestine: Universities Australia and the new definition of antisemitism - Overland literary journal

I am a researcher of literature and I am invested in understanding the political nature of language, and the context in which that language is embedded — even chaotic and unfocused language. I want to...

overland.org.au

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Effie Karageorgos @eleaud.bsky.social · Mar 29

This is an absolutely crucial piece of history that needs to be preserved. If you can donate, the link is here: www.gofundme.com/f/preserve-u...

Donate to Preserve & Update Kooriweb.org, organized by Koori web

Kooriweb.org is the world’s oldest Indigenous owned, created, coded and controlled website. I… Koori web needs your support for Preserve & Update Kooriweb.org

www.gofundme.com

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Hannah McCann @binarythis.bsky.social · Mar 17

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 (please share). The Centre for Feminist Research at York University invites abstracts from scholars/artists/activists, for Connection: The Fifth Annual Critical Femininities Conference. Conference is virtual August 15-17, 2025. Full CFP: www.yorku.ca/cfr/wp-conte...

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Stephanie Russo @drstephr.bsky.social · Mar 18

Great news!

The Verge @theverge.com · Mar 17

Microsoft accidentally wipes out Copilot in latest Windows 11 update

The app can easily be reinstalled, though

buff.ly

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Eli Branagh @elibranagh.bsky.social · Mar 14

i dont worry… i hate

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Simon Farley @sighmonger.bsky.social · Mar 14

I worry about the immortal souls of the people who created Okta Verify

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Kate Fullagar @kfullagar.bsky.social · Mar 11

The @austhistassoc.bsky.social is pleased to enhance its advocacy work this year. A short thread here on our terms, reach, submissions, statements, and tips for defending history: theaha.org.au/advocacy/

Advocacy - The Australian Historical Association

The Australian Historical Association advocates for the ability of historians to produce and publicise excellent and ethical historical research, with fair access to historical resources and communiti...

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Eli Branagh @elibranagh.bsky.social · Mar 13

Yay Tanya! Very timely publication

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Tanya Evans @tanyaevans.bsky.social · Mar 4

Delighted to see this published open access yesterday (thanks to Eli Branagh for their suggestions and to all the participants in the project): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Impact of Sex and Gendered Stories of Sport in Australia

This article is the result of collaboration by a public historian of sport and a scholar who specializes in biomechanics. They report on their research project titled ‘Do men and women participate ...

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Eli Branagh @elibranagh.bsky.social · Mar 13

I've been waiting for this one!! Congrats!! A great read and will be very useful in my own work :)

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