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Richard Dunley @redunley.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 JOBS!!! 🚨

2 lots of jobs advertised in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra

2.5 FTE positions in War Studies related disciplines - external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...

1 FTE in Indo-Pacific Studies - external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...

Lecturers/Senior Lecturers, Humanities & Social Sciences

Join our internationally recognised team of academics and share your knowledge in a humanities discipline relevant to the study of warfare. We have full and part-time teaching opportunities on offer.

external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 23h

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 1d

The gambling industry is predatory and insidious.

I quit the Parliamentary Sports Club a few weeks ago, when I discovered it had registered as a lobbyist group and was sponsored by the gambling peak body.

The industry will do anything to wield influence on pollies, and hates being called out.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 21h

#OtD 10 Oct 1972 Black sailors from the USS Kitty Hawk in the Philippines during the Vietnam war decided to disrupt a favourite hangout of white sailors in a segregated whites-only area in protest at the beating of a Black sailor the previous night. More: workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 20h

🥰 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄. These recent scholarly books reveal how love in China is shaped by political ideals, social inequalities and the shifting ethics of modern life. If you would like to read and review any of these titles for @asiancha.bsky.social, please email [email protected] for further discussion.

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Louise Edwards @ledw.bsky.social · 1d

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Is China’s reported ban on BHP a bluff, or a glimpse of the future?

If reports are true, the ‘ban’ is less of a final break than a negotiation tactic. It is China’s way of showing Australia the old rules no longer apply.

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Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 8d

Every second Thursday, Hugh White & Sam Roggeveen unpack the major shifts in international politics, and what they mean for Australia and the region in this NEW Aus Foreign Affairs series.

🎧Episode 1: youtube.com/watch?v=EJzf...

@anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Foreign Exchange: North Korean ICBMs, Albanese's New York tightrope, and the future of AUKUS

YouTube video by The Saturday Paper

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 8d

🔴 Santos Limited has racked up a 10th straight year of zero corporate tax payments from $48 billion in sales.

🔴 Ichthys LNG Pty Ltd paid zero corporate tax for the 6th year running, from $43 billion in sales.

Add your name to make the gas industry pay their fair share > theaus.in/fix_gas_expo...

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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 8d

Coming up this Monday 6 Oct at 1pm (Sydney time) I'll be talking with Peter McPhee about my book which explores the history of children, youth, welfare, criminality, punishment, incarceration etc in France at the turn of the 19th/20th century. All welcome. Register at the link in the original post.

Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 25d

I'm honoured to be speaking to @petermcphee.bsky.social on Mon 6 Oct at 1pm AEDT about my book Dangers of Youth: Age, Criminality, and Juvenile Justice Reform in Third Republic France at an online event hosted by the George Rudé Society. Please register here: uni-sydney.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Picture shows a book cover for Dangers of Youth

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 10d

Japan’s eight reigning empresses. Women are currently barred from the Japanese throne. You can read more about them in Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy, out now #womenwhoruledtheworld #japanesehistory #reigningempress #reigningqueen

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Per Capita Australia @percapitaaustralia.bsky.social · Jul 1

“Organisations like Per Capita are so critical to the broad policy debate.”

The Hon. Jenny Macklin AC

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“Organisations like Per Capita are so critical to the broad policy debate. They are able to say the things that need to be said in ways that members of Parliament can’t necessarily say, and really push the debate forward.”

The Hon. Jenny Macklin AC, Former Deputy Leader of the Federal Labor Party

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Yun Xie @yunxie.bsky.social · 13d

17th century men teach you how to be a perfect woman…

Antique book fair in Amsterdam.

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Hayden Starr @haydenstarr.bsky.social · 22d

From a US defence expert: the AUKUS Submarine Deal is Dead

"The US can’t provide the submarines; the UK can't make up for the shortfall...and Canberra must now face the unpleasant truth that the promises made in 2021 were more fantasy pledges than realistic commitments."

The AUKUS Submarine Deal is Dead

The promise to give Australia nuclear submarines is collapsing. A severe industrial crisis in both the U.S. and UK means the AUKUS security deal's central pillar is no longer viable.

nationalsecurityjournal.org

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Louise Edwards @ledw.bsky.social · 22d

humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

Independent journalism & the control of information – Australian Academy of the Humanities

Julianne Schutlz explains why politically independent journalism remains crucial to democracy and holding those with power accountable.

humanities.org.au

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Hayden Starr @haydenstarr.bsky.social · 23d

Reminder: The AUKUS deal was supposedly cooked up in the brain of Boris Johnson who wanted to piss off Macron, and so convinced Scott Morrison to drop the French subs deal.

$368 billion Australian taxpayer dollars to help the US make submarines that we'll never receive.

Turnbull explains why ⤵️

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Louise Edwards @ledw.bsky.social · 24d

events.humanitix.com/legends-in-s...

Legends in Stone and Story: The Mongol Invasions in Japan’s Memoryscape [online webinar]

This talk considers the impact of the 13th century Mongol invasions on Japan today.

events.humanitix.com

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Taylor C Sherman @taylorcsherman.bsky.social · 29d

Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths is now out in paperback and it has an evocative new cover! To me, it brings to mind some of René Magritte's paintings from the 1950s and 60s. Thanks to Princeton University Press for the new design.

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Louise Edwards @ledw.bsky.social · Sep 10

podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...

Australia’s Convict Quilt: Something to be Proud Of

Podcast Episode · Haptic & Hue · 02/05/2024 · 42m

podcasts.apple.com

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · Sep 10

The Australian Academy of the Humanities is pleased to announce the outstanding researchers selected for the 2025 Publication Subsidy Scheme: bit.ly/4nn9p2C

The grants will support the publication of new humanities research of national and international significance.
@pctang.bsky.social

Publication grants support new humanities research – Australian Academy of the Humanities

Grants awarded under the 2025 Publication Subsidy scheme will support early career humanities researchers to publish new research.

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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · Sep 10

People in Melbourne, get along to the rally at 9am tomorrow (Thursday 11 September) on the footpath outside Melbourne University Press (715 Swanston Street, Carlton) to demand that Meanjin be saved. (I'll be there in spirit)

James Ley @jamesley.bsky.social · Sep 10

savemeanjin.org

Save Meanjin

Save Meanjin from closure

savemeanjin.org

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Sep 5

#OtD 5 Sep 1917 mass arrests of radical American workers took place as US marshals raided the national offices of the Socialist Party and of the @IWW union, as well as some 20 branch offices of the IWW in different states. Learn more: workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/w...

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Rationalist Society of Australia @ausrationalist.bsky.social · Sep 8

Newly published survey data shows that the proportion of the Australian population identifying as not religious has continued to surge in recent years, rising to more than half. See figure 5 in the following report: scanloninstitute.org.au/publications...
#auspol

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Craig Clunas @craigclunas.bsky.social · Sep 5

Xu Shuzhi arrived in #Naples in 1773, where his mastery of pulse diagnosis was a big hit. Henrietta Harrison's brilliant new #OA article in Past and Present studies this instance of personal interaction in the transmission of Chinese medical theory to Europe #TCM academic.oup.com/past/article...