Very Excited to be a part of this wonderful project headed by Joel Barnes and Ian Hesketh on Global Darwin Commemorations.

Check it Out!

#darwin #HistSci #sciencehistory

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A little taste of Ian Hesketh's and my current project on the global history of Darwinian commemoration

NEW BLOG 🚨 COMMEMORATING DARWIN: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE, RELIGION AND POLITICS by Joel Barnes and Ian Hesketh PLS RT #histsci #twitterstorians #Darwin

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A new piece in which I've dug into the history of the concept of the 'god-professor' in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand universities, and its relations to collegial and managerial governance. OA in the Journal of Educational Administration and History.
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📣 Call for Papers: our standing working group now invites contributions for “History of Knowledge in the History of Education” panels at ISCHE 45, in Natal 🇧🇷18-21 August 2024 and ONLINE 💻 5-6 September.

Deadline: January 31.

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Such a pleasure to work with Raine Daston on this piece, which advocates for stronger connections between scientists, historians, and the public. Big thanks to Philip Ball for encouraging us to write it, and Sam Haselby for running with it.

Happy to circulate the introduction to the 'Down Under Darwin' special issue of Studies C sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Colin Kidd succinctly sums up the manifold achievements of the late, great John Pocock (1924-2023): intellectualhistory.net/news/john-poco…

We have a new book: “The History of Knowledge” (Cambridge Elements)

Published today. Open access. Feel free to spread the word.

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Attention Jason Clare MP : Hannah Forsyth is the very definition of the kind of historian and academic you would want teaching young people in universities today. She's leaving the profession after an appalling restructure at Australian Catholic University. We need university governance reform now:

'The only job that matters is the one that bosses tell themselves they have to do.'

Hannah Forsyth [email protected] on solidarity among managers and the logic that governs the university sector. overland.org.au/2023/09/solida…

The AHA has released a public statement voicing our dismay about the proposed cuts to History, and the humanities and social sciences more broadly, at the Australian Catholic University. Australian Catholic University
You can view our statement here: tinyurl.com/bdhpwtr9

BOOK LAUNCH:

LUCK’s first seminar this semester takes place on 18 September, 13.15–14.30 (CEST), and is a digital book launch of “Knowledge Actors: Revisiting Agency in the History”. Welcome to join us!

newhistoryofknowledge.com/2023/09/13/boo…

If like me you could use some good news today, Online publication of Virtue Capitalists has happened! (hardcover coming next month) check it out, maybe order it for your library! cambridge.org/core/books/vir…

Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge (LUCK) will this autumn offer an exciting mixture of digital, hybrid and in-person seminars.

Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2023/09/04/his…

📢📢📢Call for papers 📢📢📢

The History of Education Review welcomes submissions for its special issue 'Generations and Generational Change in the History of Education'

emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pape…

ISCHE History of Education Society CHEA/ACHÉ History of Education Children's History Society SHCY @austhistassoc

So excited to share that 'Evolutionary Theories and Religious Traditions' edited by Bernie Lightman and yours truly will be out in November!!

Currently going through the proofs and can't wait for you all to see it!!

See: upittpress.org/books/97808229…

✨💥New article that explores how a little ol' newsletter about educational standards was central to the formation of conservative networks and ideas in 1970s and 1980s Australia. 50 free downloads 👇
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Journal of Australian Studies