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The national history revision project is a calculated attempt to prop up the regime, handpicking historians loyal to power and amplifying only narratives that serve its interests. Here’s why.
Who is writing history affects how it is written.
A global approach to African history complements the radical post-colonial histories, while also asserting the role of the continent in the world’s global pasts and present.
Former President Thabo Mbeki’s critique of South African historiography, and his concomitant attempt to correct this body of work, has set off a significant public discussion.
Anne Summers’ ambitious 1975 book reframed Australian history by placing women at its centre. It was a book of its time. But its groundbreaking approach ensures it is also a book for today.
The BBC’s chief contribution to the bicentenary has been to rename itself the Bonapartist Broadcasting Corporation.
There’s no shortage of historical texts, but only a handful are lauded as literature. We can learn valuable lessons by revisiting EP Thompson’s The Making of the English Working Class.
Local history is one of the most popular forms of history in Australia. Yet there is a yawning gap between the enthusiastic amateur and the academic historian. While some academic historians engage with…
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Professor in History, University of Liverpool
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Professor of History, President, Australian Historical Association, Macquarie University
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Honorary Professor in History, University of Sydney
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Honorary Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer: History; Humanities, University of Pretoria
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Reader in Welsh History, Cardiff University
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Peneliti Pascadoktoral, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
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Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Cape Town