VIDA editorial assistant and PhD candidate Michael Stockwell introduces a new blog series exploring historical and contemporary experiences of vilification through gender, sexual orientation and roles associated with them. Fin the post here: auswhn.com.au/blog/vilificat…

It's a Women's History Month miracle! We are SO delighted to share the publication of our 2024 issue of Lilith! Featuring a wide array of fascinating articles, including some on the theme of our 2023 symposium 'Gender & Joy', we hope it was worth the wait! press.anu.edu.au/publications/j…

The AHA is proud to present its Advocacy Toolkit, a suite of resources designed to assist members advocate for and champion the discipline of history (and its value) within and beyond the university. Take a look for yourself: theaha.org.au/advocacy/

In our latest blog Dr Kate McAnelly explores the underpinnings of refrigerator mother theory and how it was incorrectly used to blame and vilify mothers as being the cause of their children's autism. Find it here: auswhn.com.au/blog/unreal-an…

over 200 recipients of ARC funding call for Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's fellowship to be reinstated and for this anti-Palestinian racism to stop - because this is exactly what this is, despite what Peter Shergold says. for full letter & list of signatories see: forms.gle/gaj13Lorsfbwvj…

University executives have justified job cuts and casualisation as ‘financially necessary.’ But behind the numbers are students losing quality education and academics working in fear. Who is higher education really serving? satpa.pe/JsjBaIY

"This article traces the development of #feminist thought about #sex work through the International Feminist Network Against Female Sexual Slavery (#IFNAFSS)." New article online now from Rosa Campbell and Ana Stevenson: doi.org/10.1080/014365…

We're on the hunt for book reviewers for our 2025 issue! If you'd like to write a review of any of the below books (or would like to pitch a review of another book), please get in touch by 30 April! A great opportunity for both emerging and established scholars alike!

In our latest blog Dr Cassandra Byrnes discusses Queensland’s historic use of the vilification of abortion as a political tool to support conservative values. #MyBodyMyChoice #ProChoice Find it here: auswhn.com.au/blog/productio…

a new article from Zora, Ben Silverstein and me. we hope it can be of use in the fight for Palestinian liberation. full (open access) article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Violet Affleck, Yale student, has published a well researched and written article reflecting on the parallels between climate and C19 denial. Well done, Violet! yaleglobalhealthreview.com/2025/05/18/a-c…

We are delighted to announce the details of our 2025 symposium - a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Lilith in joint collaboration with AWHN @auswhn.bsky.social held at the University of Melbourne over 24-25 November. Our CFP is now open! Please see details below. Submissions due 29/08 🎉

The International Studies Group UFS in South Africa is advertising funded PhD positions in history. This is a research-intensive department focusing on Southern Africa history. It's also a place where I spent three happy years working.

This is glorious--cooking a monument-ally crook Cook. Good riddance to bad papier-mâché, I say! Monumentally Kitsch: The Decommissioned Captain Cook Statues of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Australia read.dukeupress.edu/radical-histor…

The Australian Women's History Network supports our members' truth-telling about Palestine. We are proud to be a scholarly organisation that speaks out against settler colonialism and genocide.

I was delighted to contribute to this series on the very rich contributions of James Cook University to the writing of Australian history: jculibrarynews.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-view… James Cook Uni

“Before anything further was said, I could guess the nature of the complaint and pinpoint the offending teaching material to which it referred.” A case study on academic censorship by Zain Swaleh overland.org.au/2025/06/whose-…

Really tough week in the ANU college of arts & social sciences. Committed, respected & highly impactful staff have been told their jobs are no longer & about 30 ppl are facing forced redundancy. It’s come as a complete shock to identified individuals. No consultation, no warning

Relying on rumours: ANU PhD and postgraduate scholars request transparency and consultation from leadership. “Morale is low, our supervisors are worried about losing their jobs, and the disciplines we devote ourselves to may soon be disestablished.” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

this is a clear attack on university education and research, including the ARC. every academic institution needs to be coming out against this. we all need to demonstrate, collectively, that we will not allow our work to be monitored and controlled in this repressive manner.