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Latest news and events from the University of Queensland's History Department/Discipline

 Brisbane, Australia
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Joined December 2014
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History@UQ's Lisa Featherstone has a chapter 'Trauma and sexual violence: narratives and cases in late-twentieth century Australia', in the new collection Gender and Trauma Since 1900, eds Paula Michaels and Christina Twomey @HASSUQ #twitterstorians bloomsbury.com/uk/gender-and…
Gender and Trauma since 1900

Gender and Trauma since 1900

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An important commentary on Australian war crimes, by HIstory@UQ's Associate Professor Martin Crotty and Dr Carolyn Holbrook from Deakin theconversation.com/the-anza…
The Anzac legend has blinded Australia to its war atrocities. It’s time for a reckoning

The Anzac legend has blinded Australia to its war atrocities. It’s time for a reckoning

When the honour of Australia’s revered soldiers is questioned, so, too, is the national self-image. But war is an ugly business, and we pay a price for tethering it so tightly to our identity.

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More exciting work from our History postgrads! Ilona Fekete is researching the impact of policies of assimilation and multiculturalism on Hungarian migrants to Australia. Congratulations Ilona! @HASSUQ @IASH_UQ #History
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The School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry recently hosted a Research Showcase, highlighting the work of History HDRs. Here is Paige Donaghy @donaphy on molas and false conceptions in early modern Europe! @IASH_UQ @HASSUQ #History
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History graduates must be feeling pretty job ready today! #ElectionResult2020
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The School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry hosted an HDR Research Showcase today - it was a fabulous, inspiring event, bringing together HDRs and staff to celebrate new work. Congrats to Cassandra Byrnes and @kristonrennie for organising! @HASSUQ @mcassidywelch @UQ_News
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Delighted to announce History@UQ's Martin Crotty and his colleague Kate Ariotti for his Australian Army funding to research the death penalty and the 1St Australian Imperial Force! Congratulations Martin and Kate, looking forward to this new work. @HASSUQ
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History@UQ is delighted to have Professor Lynette Russell speak to us in a webinar this Friday. All welcome! Please RSVP #INDIGENOUS #AboriginalHistory hass.uq.edu.au/event/7941/me…
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History@UQ is delighted to have Professor Lynette Russell speak to us in a webinar this Friday. All welcome! Please RSVP #INDIGENOUS #AboriginalHistory hass.uq.edu.au/event/7941/me…
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#ICYMI: Will hiking up the price of certain uni degrees mean we miss out on certain valuable skill-sets for the workforce? "It is a false and misleading distinction to suggest that the arts and humanities and social sciences are not job ready." - @MichelleArrow1 #TheDrum

In this clip: Dr Michelle Arrow, Associate Professor at Macquarie University.

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History@UQ's Emeritus Professor Clive Moore, contributing to debates on China and the Solomon Islands edition.cnn.com/2020/09/17/a…
These Pacific Islanders are frustrated with China’s presence in their country, so they’re pushing...

These Pacific Islanders are frustrated with China’s presence in their country, so they’re pushing...

How a repatriation flight from Guangzhou to a Pacific island sparked anger over China’s influence — and prompted a province to launch an independence referendum.

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History@UQ Emeritus Professor Clive Moore, contributing to current debates on the Solomon Islands theguardian.com/world/2020/s… #UQResearch
Great opportunity to explore how Indigenous stories matter in this important week #ILD2020 @UQ_News @UQCom_Arts @HASSUQ
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To celebrate and promote Indigenous Literacy for #ILD2020 here at AustLit, we invite everyone to use the below free guest access to explore AustLit and especially BlackWords. Please share widely! 📚 Username: ILD2020 Password: ReadingOpensDoors @IndigenousLF #readingopensdoors
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Baby ducks! One of the many lovely things about being back on campus @HASSUQ @UQ_News
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Emeritus Professor Clive Moore, from History@UQ, on slavery in Australia nytimes.com/2020/08/12/world…
‘No Slavery in Australia’? These Pacific Islanders Tell a Different Story (Published 2020)

‘No Slavery in Australia’? These Pacific Islanders Tell a Different Story (Published 2020)

The Black Lives Matter movement has offered a rare moment for the descendants of plantation laborers brought aboard ships in the 19th century to make their family histories known.

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Exciting new work on war, memories and heritage, from History@UQ's Associate Professor Kriston Rennie theconversation.com/second-w…
Second World War fight to protect Monte Cassino Abbey was a battle over Europe’s history

Second World War fight to protect Monte Cassino Abbey was a battle over Europe’s history

In 1944, the former archbishop of Canterbury mounted a case to preserve the Italian abbey, renowned for centuries for scholarship and devotion, but Allied forces had just destroyed it.

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A quick heads up, for anyone looking to take up some additional study over Winter. History@UQ is running one course in Teaching Period Five - HIST2100 China: From Empire to Republic. Intensive mode - 26 hours - a great way to fill those long winter days while gaining credit!
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How did people in the past understand a pandemic? HIstory@UQ's Kriston Rennie explains the plague, in his latest piece for The Conversation theconversation.com/how-medi… #HASSUQ #AcademicTwitter #History
How medieval writers struggled to make sense of the Black Death

How medieval writers struggled to make sense of the Black Death

During the Black Death of the 1300s, medieval writers struggled to make sense of the disease just as we are now during the COVID-19 pandemic

theconversation.com
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History@UQ's Martin Crotty, on toxic masculinity, now and in the past. theconversation.com/elite-bo…
Elite boys’ schools like St Kevin’s were set up to breed hyper-masculinity, which can easily turn...

Elite boys’ schools like St Kevin’s were set up to breed hyper-masculinity, which can easily turn...

In the early 20th century, elite boys’ schools fostered military cadets, encouraged martial virtue among those they saw as future defenders of the empire and nation, and prized toughness.

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Hot off the press! @kristonrennie's new book on monastic exemption in France, c.590-c.1100 @ManchesterUP #medievaltwitter #medieval #history
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