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Emily Gallagher's "Playtime" is Non-fiction Pick of the Week: "superbly realised, often haunting ... Gallagher has a genuine lyrical flair ... a thoroughly engaging piece of imaginative historical writing, always thoughtful and quite often moving."
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From serial-killer chiller to the history of play: 10 new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction titles
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The judges also awarded a commendation for the Max Kelly Award to Saskia Roberts for her essay ‘The world was being opened to me’: Where Did I Come From?, girls’ reading and sexual knowledge in Australia

Read Saskia's comments on receiving a commendation via buff.ly/oPiYLzJ

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The winner of the 2025 Jill Roe Regional History Award is Zoe Smith, for her essay, ‘No Place for a Woman’: Historicising rural, regional, and remote domestic violence in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Australia

Read Zoe's statement and the judges comments via buff.ly/oPiYLzJ

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#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Historian @frankbongiorno.bsky.social joins @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social to dissect the Liberal Party's existential crisis and asks whether Australia's 'natural party of government' is heading for collapse.

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Latest Democracy Sausage episode: Echo chamber politics | Australian Studies Institute
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Thanks, Gavin. A complicated story!
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Michelle Arrow, Anna Clark and Frank Bongiorno’s co-authored piece in The Conversation. @michellearrow.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @ouranu.bsky.social @utsengage.bsky.social #MacquarieUniversity
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Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.
Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer
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"Professor Parry has defended the Change Proposals by stating that the ADB could easily have been cut altogether. She appears to regard the ADB as an academic unit within the gift of the dean rather than as a collaborative national institution" inside.org.au/the-jewel-in...
The jewel in the crown of the ANU • Inside Story
Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are threatened by university cuts
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Who will tell the histories of our shared pasts?

We invite everyone to read our statement of concern on the planned downsizing of academic positions in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and the closure of The Australian National Dictionary via buff.ly/A5sAcbC

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One brilliant historian introducing another. @frankbongiorno.bsky.social speaking about how Henry Reynolds changed the way Australian history is taught. Looking forward to the keynote lecture. #AHA2025 #OzHA2025
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Henry Reynolds' keynote #AHA2025 was brilliant, funny and direct - and an inspiration for everyone @jcuofficial.bsky.social and @austhistassoc.bsky.social . Big thanks!!! Also to @frankbongiorno.bsky.social for terrific moderation and introduction.
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A revised version of an old essay from me that also appears as 1 of 3 commentaries (others by Robert Manne and Alex McDermott) in a terrific new collection, edited by Chris Feik, from La Trobe University Press: John Hirst: Selected Writings. Discounted copy available:
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A political world we still inhabit • Frank Bongiorno
Historian John Hirst founded a career on a distinctive view of colonial Australian politics
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A lovely piece on the ANU Vice Chancellor's taste in shoes. Three change management plans involving the loss of (we don't know how) many jobs about to land, possibly this week. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/900277...
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I was delighted to contribute to this series on the very rich contributions of James Cook University to the writing of Australian history.