Vale Stuart Macintyre— here on a 2018 Heritage Council stakeholder engagement tour. A somber day for history at the University of Melbourne.

My forum article “Nasty talk: anatomy of the first wife murder in the new colony of Victoria” grim but necessary work to uncover the history of violence against women.

“Cancer Culture” project funded by ARC to explore historical nexus between science, advocacy, policy and behavioural change. Can’t wait to work with our fantastic team: Tom Kehoe (Cancer Council Victoria); Carolyn Holbrook & Richie Barker (Deakin), Andrekos Varnava (Flinders).

A favorite and fascinating topic - the heritage of public toilets heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/get-involved/w… #PublicToilets

Such a delight to leave Melbourne lockdown last year to help Myf Warhurst for part of her #wdytya journey. On the tele tonight SBS Australia 7.30 p.m. History at Monash Monash Arts

PhD opportunity in the Melbourne history program on our new "Cancer Culture" project @andrekosvarnava @cancervic Thomas Kehoe @sigmundmarx Rob Moodie #medicalhumanities #PhDposition jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/909769/…

Excited to be back in the archives once more kicking off research on a history of Australians' attitudes to the sun as part of the Cancer Culture project Cancer Council Victoria @unimelb #cancerculture

My reflections on Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide for Australian Academy of the Humanities. CW: Suicide

humanities.org.au/power-of-the-h… The public face of private suffering.

Flinders & Swanston melbournehistoryworkshop.com/portfolio/flin…

Reading other people’s family history tends to make one’s eyes glaze over. But at their best their latent power is in their provocation. Great to be part of special issue #familyhistory Genealogy MDPI co-edited @CathyColeborne & Giselle Byrnes #colonialism #india Faculty of Arts

What is Heritage? Terrific new Heritage Information Pack with animations, videos, posters and info leaflets: heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/heritage-prote…

Boredom, discomfort, friendship and fun—read about all this and more in my latest The Conversation piece. theconversation.com/when-my-though…

Congratulations to #UniMelb Professor of History Dr Andrew May (Andrew May) for being awarded one of 12 prestigious Australia India 'Unnati' Research Collaboration Grants. @AIInstitute about.unimelb.edu.au/news-resources…

Daylight benefits mental health (UK study). Australia has highest rate of skin cancer globally. Over exposure to UV is the main cause, so reporting of sunlight's health benefits should be balanced with promoting sun-safe behaviours. Cancer Culture in Australia theage.com.au/national/almos…

SDAD collective has now uploaded photos and transcriptions of old gravestones at All Saints Cemetery Shillong sdad.omeka.net/items/show/445 #digitalshillong Nathaniel Majaw

Looking forward to speaking next week on 'Melbourne Inc. - little laws and the shaping of a frontier town' trybooking.com/events/landing…

In the new Provenance, Andrew May delves into the life of the Victorian Railways engineer tasked with building a model of 1838 Melbourne for display at the 1888 Centennial International Exhibition held at the Royal Exhibition Building. prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collec…

Excited to be a part of Open House Melbourne forum this Thursday: openhousemelbourne.org/event/this-is-…

Congrats to Prof Andrew May & Dr Thomas Kehoe, who will receive a grant to host a workshop to explore the nexus between #science, #advocacy, #policy and behavioural change in the context of the social, cultural and political experiences of #cancer in Australia. @unimelb