We have some of the highest-paid university vice-chancellors in the WORLD and yet they seem to have run the sector into the ground, producing a sector unloved by either side of politics and which has largely lost its social licence: afr.com/work-and-caree…

Did you know that Scottish Church History Society offers grants of between £500 and £750 to support students, independent researchers and clergy (of any denomination) with the expenses associated with researching any aspect of Scottish church history? More info here 👇 scottishchurchhistory.org/grants

Come work with us Macquarie University History Museum! PHANZA Australia and Aotearoa NZ Public History Network Centre for Applied History IFPH Student and Early Career Group

Please share and consider responding to our CFP for a special issue of Parergon Journal in honour of the excellent Chris Jones. More details in the attached flyer, but any queries please get in contact with myself, Dr Lisa Rolston, and Madi Williams 🇵🇸. We look forward to hearing

Public higher educacioun ys a common goode and sholde be free to all. Everyone sholde be able to pursue their intellectual vocations and career dreames, to fynde the learninge thei seek wythout the burden of debt. Educacioun ys a foundation for a free societye. Fund higher ed.

Congratulations to my colleague Dr. Jennifer Redmond, to her Co-editor Dr Mary McAuliffe and all the contributors on the publication of this brilliant reader. So many great critical histories within this- sure to be a vital collection for anyone teaching or researching Irish history.

We are delighted to announce a new and exciting Symposium happening in June 2025 on Emotions in Turmoil: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Painful Emotions. The deadline for abstracts is January 31, 2025. More details available via the cfp and our website. societyhistoryemotions.com/events/

Public Lecture & Workshop on Reynolds's Mai portrait, and more! Register free for one or both! 17-18 Oct, Canberra ourANU ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences ANU College of Asia and the Pacific ANU Art History & Theory events.humanitix.com/british-art-pa…

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the lifting of the 'ban' on women's football by the Scottish Football Association. To celebrate I'll be sharing some tweets about the history of the game in Scotland throughout the day. Join in using #50YearsOn #SWPL #SWF

The statistical illiteracy of the responses to this tweet are an indictment of Australian education.

A preview of what is to come. #twitterstorians

Excellent Dr Jenna Price piece on the impact of internat. student caps: 'First, universities will lose income. Second, academics will lose their jobs. Third, research will suffer. [...] Fifth, domestic students will have an even worse university experience'. canberratimes.com.au/story/8746781/…

The AHA welcomes Expressions of Interest for the Marilyn Lake Prize for Australian Transnational History! EOIs due 31 October 2024 Full applications close 31 January 2025 More info here! theaha.org.au/awards-and-pri…

A preview of what is to come. #twitterstorians

Proofs are in for our @InheritingtheFamily project! With Prof Joanne Begiato She/Her Tanya Evans Laura King Ashley Barnwell

Call for papers for the #child scholars. How do we learn about disaster? All disciplines welcome.

Happy to receive some advance copies of A Most Unsuitable Game which will be packed carefully in editor Julie McNeill ‘s poets bag for KBTfringe on Sunday 8th September If you’ve pre ordered your copy should be with you soon. If not, what you waiting for? tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/a-most…

Schools be like: young people have extraordinarily high levels of anxiety and poor mental health. What can possibly be the cause?

All articles published in the Society's journal, 'Transactions of Royal Historical Society' are now made available fully Open Access - with no charge to readers or any author: bit.ly/46Uf35j 'Transactions' welcomes articles from historians of all kinds #twitterstorians

Call for conference papers: "Learning About Disaster: Children, Emotion & Crisis." Abstracts due by 15 December. The conference will be held in Melbourne (Australia) in June 2025.