Delighted to share a new project that
@KTeaiwa
and I have been working on for the past year - a new six-volume history of Oceania (Australia and the Pacific) - 60,000 years:
*OPINION* We should invest in programs that teach people how to identify misinformation and how to properly research whether something is true. Many people, myself included, would benefit. Without such programs, young people may struggle to determine truth their entire lives.
Just got a letter from Julie Bishop asking me to give to her ANU alumni appeal. Wrote back explaining my feelings about her role in a govt that has systematically tried to destroy unis (as well as feminism, the GBR & the Uluru Statement). All of a sudden, the week is redeemed.
Hot tip to “change managers”. If you are ever in a position to ruin 53 careers please don’t tell them this is ‘hard for us too.’ Unless you want a large body of people to disrespect you for the rest of your born days.
Randomly checking my S&S site and suddenly it's there! My book has a cover! And a pub date, I learn:) A long-brewed book, really since the beginning of my career, with a ton of people to thank. First thanks though to
@SimonSchusterAU
@DGALitAgents
Students studying humanities, arts, culture, and comms to be penalised with 113% fee hike while most other subjects cut. Pure unadulterated cowering ideology.
@HumanitiesAU
@uniaus
Simon Schaffer had his retirement party in Cambridge last night. Colleagues presented him with this open-access festschrift, wish I could have seen his face! I’m delighted to have a piece in it. Dozens of brilliant authors here
#gowell
20 historian positions are slated for 'disestablishment' (yes, I know). 8 are from
@ACU_IHSS
, newly recruited in last three years, obviously amazing jobs but we could not make them any more 'normal': those 8 have done EVERYTHING and more that they were asked to do.
Hey
@abc730
@leighsales
did u know there are many world-class historians of Russia/east Europe in / from Oz? Also ones with less problematic professional reputations! S. Fitzpatrick. M. Edele. D. Christian.TBH you’d do no wrong too w
@drjpersian
@kilderbenhauser
@dirkmoses
&c
Thanks to all the well wishers on this, and for demonstrating the breadth of the History community last night with them! My book is (already?!) on discount here for anyone interested:)
2020 General History Prize is awarded to ‘The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist: Three Lives in an Age of Empire’ by Kate Fullagar (Yale University Press).
@kfullagar
#NSWPHA
#HistoryWeek2020
Read judges’ comments:
Particularly pleased to be made a FAHA today:) I started my career as a member of the secretariat, where we had some private tho affectionate nicknames for the fellows. I aim to make mates with the staff immediately:) …1/2
We're thrilled to announce 40 Fellows were elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities today. Among those elected are a human rights activist, an Archibald-winning artist, a filmmaker, a Chancellor & a space archaeologist.
Election to the Australian Academy of
I meant to post y'terday a thread about why I wrote this new book, but I got derailed by ongoing chaos
@ACUmedia
. In an effort tho to separate these 2 things, I'm happy to say yay it's here. It took me a long time to think I could or should write this book
Some friends tested positive to covid, many more missed out on ARC grants, my dear partner got another blood clot so we cannot take our Tassie hol on Sunday. BUT just had lovely family dinner where we had these cuties. Wishing you all better things for ‘22
My home institute
@ACU_IHSS
has voiced its support for the voice. History is calling! We support a yes vote unconditionally; if you have questions about what to do there are loads of resources to turn to, and now you can ask any of us at IHSS too!
@amandamull
… arrived to find it was this Kiwi’s 50th bday celebration. He had been on his way to his own party. He gave my husband cake. Dunno if that’s a NYC story or a NZ story.
Twenty years today with this chap. We are basically still the same but with loads more hair dye and a temporary walking crutch. We even have the same jackets!
Thanks
@statelibrarynsw
for hosting these literary awards. It is a real honour to see history rated as a literary endeavour! Honoured to win the non-fiction category (my chat at around 31mins here in this covid-safe ceremony). Thanks dear friends for the many messages tonight.
A lot of discussion of bad reviews in my thread today. But, counterpoint, most academic books get good reviews because most ARE good? Ie they have probably passed loads of assessment. They are the result of years of work. Why does it have to be a front for some other issue?
Through a comedy of errors I have missed every arrival of my book on
#theageofempire
thus far. So still haven't seen it. But my wonderful colleagues
@mq_arts
ripped open the box to reveal its existence:
@tbslcarolina
@hkatewilliams
@NewStatesman
Yep. Also: how dare TS be so capitalistic that she doesn’t give her music out for free. Oh, and please pay for my article which is behind a paywall. If you didn’t realise that pop music was capitalistic I just dunno.
Uni admits here it will slide in rankings but will build back ‘more sustainably’. But we were cheap as chips cf $10ms non-research centres and $100ms buildings. ACU does not solve their problem this way; unless their problem was the humanities per se.
@amandamull
In 2008 we were visiting NYC from Australia. Husband left laptop in a cab. Thought that was that. But then got call from my bro who’d been called by our last NY host who’d just been called by a visiting Kiwi who’d found the laptop. Told us to go to a restaurant to get it…
So this is happening in Princeton on Nov 21st. Really looking forward to it, despite how incongruous it does indeed seem. Would love to see any old friends stateside:
“PM will say “We must not borrow from future generations what we cannot return to them”” but
@ScottMorrisonMP
yr govt’s climate policy is founded on this principle.
The destruction of academic stability is a cancer in the Australian University sector. And it sure as hell makes everything even worse for the already-precarious.
@JasonClareMP
Just emailed all 1000 or so FASS colleagues at USyd about the situation at ACU. I urge all others to do so as well. Have posted this letter on our blogsite. Feel free to borrow from and circulate.
Time to reupload. "Contrary to popular belief, English majors ages 25 to 29 had a lower unemployment rate in 2017 than math and computer science majors.
That early STEM pay premium also fades quickly, according to research by David J. Deming and Kadeem L. Noray from Harvard....1"
‘Australia is a nation that can no longer point to the 1890s drafters and say that the racism imbued in our constitutional order is the legacy of “old, white, rich, dead men”. Modern Australia owned that on October 14, 2023.’ The post ref analysis you’ve been waiting for:
I have a new article published in
@AHSjournal
on the State of the Field of Cook Studies. Yeah I know. I wasn't that keen either. Here is the link for 50 freebies and here is a thread on why and what...🧵
However, they might care about the way they are perceived to have damaged History, Research Culture, and frankly the 'dignity of the human person' in their callous 'planning.' You can email if you like to change
@acu
.edu.au or senate
@acu
.edu.au
#twitterstorians
“A few months ago Inside Story asked me to review ‘The West: A New History of An Old Idea,’ the latest book by historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney,” writes
@kfullagar
. “Shortly afterwards, my professional life imploded.”
Awoke today to political news that really was last straw in an absolutely terrible news week (
#auspol
,
#CovidCampus
,
#PellAcquittal
) But then found my book somehow is entirely up on JSTOR. This will in no way make your week any better, but you may like to store for future ref:)
Christ on a bike what fresh hell is this ? Uni marketing campaigns exist to make us chuckle not win awards from the peak body that’s supposed to represent a sector under direct fire. Get yourself together
@uniaus
. (And sorry QUT but that poster sucks)
“The ACU’s decision is not only damaging for the University’s reputation and its students and employees, it is also a threat to the health of Australia’s humanities sector more generally”
@ZSkrbis
@ACUmedia
The History Council of NSW condemns the Australian Catholic University for its decision to axe 20 academic positions in history.
Please read our teams statement on this matter as part of our commitment to Advocacy for the Value of History
@Create_NSW
Many have asked me about History
@ACUmedia
compared to Phil and PolSci etc. We are dispersed around uni so not in one unit, but we are collegial and unified as colleagues. A Thread 👇
#twitterstorians
20 historian positions are slated for 'disestablishment' (yes, I know). 8 are from
@ACU_IHSS
, newly recruited in last three years, obviously amazing jobs but we could not make them any more 'normal': those 8 have done EVERYTHING and more that they were asked to do.
Melbourne folks, this event is still going forth this Thursday evening. Slightly amended in light of the referendum result. I'd love to see you there, a final Melb trip for me for some while I suspect:
The 2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards shortlists are out! Congratulations to all the shortlisted historians for uncovering fresh perspectives on our past.
#NSWPHA
@Create_NSW
@HistoryNSW
View the shortlists and judges’ comments:
Some events coming up on the topic of my new book, Bennelong & Arthur Phillip. Melbourne peeps: I'd love to see you at this Greg Dening Memorial lecture:) 19 October, free but need to register
@uommedia
@ArtsUnimelb
@ACUmedia
After my debut in chairing things I have no expertise in, my next trick will be to convene a world-class forum on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union. Check out these speakers! Sheila Fitzpatrick, Monica Attard, Mark Edele, and David Christian:
Sometimes I’d like Oz media to do a little less talking to each other about what the voters will do or say and a bit more talking to the voters exactly why something is really bad.
I think the ABC described this as possibly welcome distraction from heavier news of the present. Would be happy if so:) 20 mins of me taking with
@PhillipAdams_1
“95.1% of Humanities grads at ages 25-34yo had a job”Career prospects for History & Humanities students. And not just in history-related careers. Pls take a look current & future students and take heart.
@AlboMP
govt these are already ‘job ready’ grads
Face of a double-vaxxed woman. Thank you so much to the scientists who made it possible, and the academics who taught them; the nurses who gave the shots, and the teachers who trained them. 1/2
This is cute. But actually Australia has an excellent public service that knows how to manage huge tasks. They just suffer from unfathomably bad leadership. It’s not the organisation, it’s the stinking rotten head at the top.
This focuses on the philosophers but explains the position of all the research humanists involved. There has been horrific collateral damage to T&R historians too. This is the most accurate account thus far of
@ACUmedia
devastation Sledgehammers. Poison…1/2
A plan to save the Australian Catholic University’s accreditation has backfired spectacularly with the dismantling of its prestigious philosophy department.
It leaves some of the world-class academics it courted considering legal action.
The award for a single-authored book with a subject between 1600-1800 is jointly awarded. First to
@kfullagar
, for _The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist: Three Lives in the Age of Empire_, published by
@YaleBooks
Always wondered why c200 students a year never counted as our most important public outreach. I’d like to see how many people those ivory-tower critics directly affect each yr.
Despite me being fully masked, a guy at the shops this morning asked "Did you teach Property Law
@latrobe
?" referring to a 2008 class. He's now a lawyer for a social housing group. Uni management bangs on about "impact": not much more impact than teaching 100–300 students a year
Thanks
@yalepress
. Excited to see this now out: "The unexpectedly intertwined biographies of Ostenaco, Mai, and Reynolds offer fresh ways to appreciate the wider context of the revolutionary age."
@AgeofRevs
Wow. 👇🏼 This is the piece I’ve been waiting for. Connecting the dots from the appalling ‘jobs-ready’ legislation that punishes arts students for existing to ACU’s decimation of the humanities to a dumbified public debate. All connected.
@ABCReligion
Terrific piece by
@Sydney_Uni
colleague Luara Ferracioli on the links between ACU cuts, the Humanities, and the qualiry of debate [sic] about the Voice.
Tonight, I’ve gone into the wild world of bookselling. What a treat that the first books I sell are all copies of
@kfullagar
’s new work: “The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist”.
This important new history is available now from
@yalepress
And 9 are from the National School of Arts who have been there for a long time, have taught and uplifted countless students for YEARS and made a plain and clear difference to ACU's research status long before the concept of institutes, and never once begrudged us newbies...
Jacqui Lambie makes a stronger argument in favor of affordable higher education than any of our vice chancellors have managed in this entire debate. This is such great news!
"After about a decade, STEM majors start exiting their job fields as their skills are no longer the latest and greatest. In contrast, many humanities majors work their way to high-earning management positions. By middle age, average pay looks very similar across many majors...2'
Hey look what arrived in the post today ! A delight to hold!
@JarrodHore
kindly says in it that I must know every inch of this book but looks like a fair bit of new or updated stuff. Sure to reshape a field.
@ucpress
#envirohist
“Teachers, researchers, and professional staff are only there (or in this case not there) for managers to hit their targets. We aren’t, in this logic, here to do the work of the university”.
Brava
@hannahforsyth
Hope you read up
@ACUmedia
'The only job that matters is the one that bosses tell themselves they have to do.'
@hannahforsyth
on solidarity among managers and the logic that governs the university sector.
Great little piece about my new boss, Joy Damousi, coming full circle back to her childhood Fitzroy (which I will soon learn to locate on a map!)
#learningaboutmelbourne
Visions of Nature, my forthcoming comparative history of wilderness photography, has a cover and a website! Pre-orders are available now! Thanks to everyone at
@ucpress
for their hard work on this over the past few months.
Even though a 7% success rate is a frantic waste of research time, I am heartened to see all these great History projects funded (normally the list seems so meagre). Well done historians! You deserve it !!!!
This is 100% lies.
@AlanTudgeMP
you have NO data to say these have better job outcomes than the courses you clobbered with fees. They are just the sectors you prefer since they don’t terrify you and your craven govt.
Our Job-ready Graduates package is seeing more students applying in courses with better job outcomes:
•Agriculture ⬆️ 16%
•Health ⬆️ 15.5%
•Education ⬆️ 9.8%
•30,000 more university places in 2021
Well it's not going to make the cut for HistoryReclaimed but here's a new short piece I wrote on the remains of
#Bennelong
and
#Phillip
. And on the imperial + Aboriginal pillars of Australian history
@ACUmedia
Today has involved receiving four cover designs for 2022 books. I'm itching to share but of course it's too early. But here's one--for March 2022--for an endlessly intriguing narrative-cultural history about human-animal relations in the early 20th century.
#books
#publishing
@Sathnam
Sathnam, thank you - tho I want to note the first part of this
@BBCWorld
report is wrong. The Voice was not about greater political rights. It’s was about a tiny advisory body to parliament. It could hardly have been more modest. Too much tho apparently.
This is so so hard. I heard this convo in my local Bunnings and I’m shaky before I can even begin. But we do have to try; probably the most powerful political act many of us can do.
#auspol
, we URGENTLY need to begin organising against disinformation.
*Whenever* you're speaking to someone seeking to blame the Greens for the
#bushfiresAustralia
*please* do the following (continued in the thread):
I will be forever grateful to
@Flinders
for
#MyArtsDegree
. It took me ten years to complete while working and raising three children. I would not have had my career or the privilege of sitting in the
#HoR
without it.
#auspol
“I honestly don’t know what it will take for our political leaders to listen to the repeated warnings of the global scientific community – it is searingly clear we need to phase out the burning of fossil fuels immediately” via
@SatPaper
By far the most moving sacred place I’ve ever visited. Taputapuatea, birthplace of Ta’aroa, god of all other gods, islands, and people. On Raiatea, the sacred centre of Polynesia.
The
@AustHistAssoc
&
@HistAustJournal
has opened up for submissions for this year's Ann Curthoys Prize. Due 3 May 2021. For any ECR historian (anywhere in world) for an unpublished article on feminist, colonial, indigenous, or Australian history 🙇♀️