Lectureship in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland! Come join me and my wonderful colleagues! jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...

You know your society is in trouble when your government's only priority in its Tertiary Education Strategy is economic growth. Universities are so much more than skills' training schools. New Zealanders should want to fund universities that teach and research in all areas of societal relevance.

It's true - Luxon & National want to sell or exchange up to 67% of NZ's conservation lands

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment states:

“This proposal would represent a major change to New Zealand conservation law...The vast majority of this land is of high ecological value.”

#nzpol

Why David Seymour’s latest online campaign is so very dangerous … the ever erudite Dame Anne Salmond explains

Dame Anne Salmond, erudite as ever ...

Hot off the press! See the Open Access paper 'The Dum-Dum Controversy: Rifle Ammunition in British Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century' by Maartje Abbenhuis: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

Here’s the Open Access link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you are interested in the politics of arms supply, check out my latest article: ‘The Dum-Dum Controversy: Rifle Ammunition in British Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century’ published in the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History #History @jich.bsky.social

The assault on universities is ramping up in Aotearoa NZ - this will need a country-wide robust response

We’re in a timeline where I agree with Mike Pence 🤯

Hmmm… 🤷🏻‍♂️

www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Excuse me, Chernobyl, what??!!: It seems that Russia is getting out of hand in their war with Ukraine. Here is the latest stupidity. Last night the Russians went after Chernobyl. With a drone attack. Yes, *that*Chernobyl. The one where the sarcophagus was just completed in 2017. The one where the…

Last week, when some of NZ’s school children were either served slop or left waiting for meals that arrived well past lunchtime – if at all – the country’s elite dined on 220 crayfish; 65 dozen oysters; 200kg of lamb, beef and pork, and 60kg of fresh fish.

#nzpol

www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

Mediaeval history PhD scholarship opportunity at Flinders. lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...

if canada burns the whitehouse down *again* that's going to be really awkward.

Let’s applaud the courage to speak truth to power and defend the down trodden.

I finally made it here and am happy to share the CfP for a small workshop I am hosting @coloniallegacy.bsky.social in Hamburg in March. Anyone working on "Animals and Empire" with methods of provenance research is welcome to apply until January 19.

kolonialismus.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/2024/12/20/c...

Call for proposals for a new Handbook of the Histories of Internationalism, deadline 1 March 2025. Looking forward to your proposals!

More info here:
csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/call-fo...

Firaxis—the studio behind the Civilization series—is hiring a historian. An *actual* historian.

And note, when they ask for "4+ years as a Writer, Narrative Designer, or other position with commensurate duties," that includes teaching, writing, and research—i.e. your Ph.D. in History.