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The book makes invaluable contributions to subjects of race, identity and belonging and how they shape human interrelations.
Superconductivity may sound like science fiction, but the first experiments to achieve it were conducted over a century ago. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, credited with the discovery, won a Nobel Prize in 1913.
Skeletons found with items that don’t align with their estimated sex are usually excluded from research – but that assumes a 19th century view of gender.
Before the 1970s, there were no trans organisations or publicly advertised gender clinics. But camp cultures brought together a variety of sexually- and gender-diverse people.
The answer might surprise you.
If history is to be of any use to those who study it, it ought to help them understand the nature of the country and society they live in.
The medieval is part of the mosaic of modern Australia. Our nation’s heritage on this island continent is full of it: in aesthetics, institutions, laws, languages, identities, moralities.
The court would laugh at rather than with the fool.
Art and science may seem like opposites, but throughout history the disciplines have fed off each other − and still do today.
In my research, I try to uncover the cultural significance of the placenta and afterbirth in premodern Europe to help us better understand the social and medical history of this important organ.
Martin Puchner’s engaging new history argues that every culture has its backstory of influences
Truth-telling between First Nations and non-Indigenous people is a vital step in recognising past colonial wrongdoing. And research has found it is also a step towards self-determination and healing.
From semitropical playgrounds to life-endangering climate risks: Going back over a century, California’s and Florida’s growth has been predicated on climate – and promises of the good life.
No matter how much we believe our knowledge and our technological capabilities have evolved, pandemics prove we are still at the mercy of the natural world.
Using urine in pregnancy testing dates as far back as ancient Egypt.
From pulling faces to reading the bumps on your head, these historic leisure activities could be handy for a rainy summer day.
In the 19th century, it was impossible to get a London paper to distant towns or cities by breakfast. This gave local newspapers an advantage in distribution.
98% of Australia’s Japanese population were sent to internment camps during the second world war.
Brothers of Italy want streets named after fascist figures and the far-right’s ‘contribution’ to democracy recognised on national days of memory.
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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ANU Visiting Professor, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, History, Flinders University
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Lecturer in History of Design and Material Culture, De Montfort University
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Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
