Coming soon! Me on whales

Yes, very grateful! Wonderful to see it all grown up now

Spectacular! How good it is to see this out in the world!

I was very lucky to spend a night at the Schneefernerhaus, a geology and climate research station atop Germany's tallest mountain. We learnt about the important work being carried out there, and awoke to a cold and fairy-floss coloured moonset c.2650 metres above sea level

Australia has weathered fuel crises before. What can we learn from previous oil price spikes? After the second world war, cheap oil was a foundation of global economic stability. That changed dramatically in 1973

The latest instalment of Past/Present: David Lee takes a look at how Australia has weathered fuel crises in the past, and ponders what we can learn from these experiences. Crucial reading!! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Mate, that four corners episode could have gone for 6 hours and still not laid it all out how bad things are. Australian universities are cooked and VCs are holding the tongs.

Now on the Universität Augsburg website!

Already some fantastic proposals have been trickling in

www.uni-augsburg.de/en/fakultaet...

Congrats! That was such an enjoyable paper

ANU Press New Release. Cover image of 'Lilith: A Feminist History Journal'.

This issue of ‘Lilith' explores gender in 20th-century Australia and Britain, from maternal feminism and 'Citrus Queen' pageants to motherhood and mental health, and the arguments that won abortion law reform in 1960s Britain.

Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/LFH...
#feminist #feminism #gender

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Not content with defacing Australia, Gina Rinehart hoped to dig up the Rockies as well ...

"[Kyla Tienhaara] termed 'preposterous' an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism that 'allows for companies to claim compensation for speculative lost future profits rather than just their sunk costs'"

Australia's universities have found themselves in crisis. But it has been decades in the making | Hannah Forsyth Rather than a set of teaching and learning relationships, universities have become a bunch of metrics to be gamed. Unwinding these systems will take effort

In the latest instalment of Past/Present, Hannah Forsyth takes a look at the decades-long forces that have produced the current crisis facing Australian universities. Follow the link to read more: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Awards and Prizes - The Australian Historical Association The AHA administers a range of prizes and awards annually and biennially. The Association is also proud of their partnership with the National Archives of Australia to offer scholarships to…

HDRs and ECRs! Remember that applications are currently open for a stack of grants and bursaries designed to help get you to our annual conference in July! Check them out here: theaha.org.au/awards-and-p...

Hope you can make it!

Hideous, Invasive, Forgotten: Theorising Uncharismatic Species in Environmental History

Hi Martin, thanks for your interest! I am just throwing together a rudimentary website now: uncharismaticspecies.wordpress.com Any other queries you are very welcome to email me at Harrison.Croft@uni-a.de cheers!

Hope to see you there!

@sighmonger.bsky.social @libbydeq.bsky.social @ncushing12.bsky.social @wildpasts.bsky.social @monicavasile.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social @mcookhistory.bsky.social @amandawells.bsky.social @historykate.bsky.social @clairewwood.bsky.social @lynetterussell.bsky.social FYI

🚨Call for Papers!
3–4 September, Universität Augsburg: 2-day workshop on "theorising uncharismatic species in environmental history". Who are they? Where are their voices in the historical record? What insights do they offer to the field of environmental history? Be there! Abstracts due 15/05/2026!

I’m so happy to see this out in the world!

I am really pleased to see my article here, alongside some brilliant scholarship and the journal's first Dadirri essay! Bravo!

Filed under: "most contrived linking sentences I've ever drafted"

Not published yet, but like Claire I used local residents’ submissions included in the environmental impact report for the proposed yarra brae dam for a paper I’m working on

EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.

the bell tolls for thee

www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...

Fearless, surely!

AHA Conference 2026 - The Australian Historical Association Monday 29 June–Friday 3 July 2026, Macquarie University The 45th Australian Historical Association (AHA) Conference will be hosted by Macquarie University.  The organising committee are excited to…

Exciting news!!! The CFP for the 2026 AHA Conference has been extended! Missed out on submitting an abstract? You've now got until 20 February -- two whole extra weeks! We can't wait to see you at Macquarie University in July -- head to the website for all the details! theaha.org.au/aha-conferen...

Bravo! What a wonderful achievement!

Time/Breathe Reprise YouTube video by Greensky Bluegrass - Topic

In that case, you‘ll approve this masterpiece

m.youtube.com/watch?v=EnGz...

Attn: AHA members! Matilda and I are working on a collection of captioned photographs along the following lines. Please send submissions to our email address!

My review of @mcookhistory.bsky.social brilliant 2nd edition of her brilliant book, A River with a City Problem: press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/pr...

History and AI Explore the article collection: History and AI. Published in History Australia.

For the entire month of December, the History Australia special collection on history and AI is free to read! Grab a cup of tea, settle in, and happy reading! www.tandfonline.com/journals/rah...