Ruth Morgan

It's a tricky time to celebrate with all that's going on in the world... But my new @BloomsburyBooks book on the history of climate diplomacy from the Cold War to the Paris Agreement is now out in the northern hemisphere! #envhist #climhist bloomsbury.com/us/climate-cha…

Just opened the offshore detention inquiry with @humanrightsHRLC , making the important point: " It has simply pushed the death offshore behind a veil of corruption and secrecy."

It has arrived! The 200th volume in the Manchester University Press Studies in Imperialism series. A landmark study of the afterlives of Caribbean slavery in Australia. Come and help us celebrate the book while discussing imperialism, past & present? history.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

@juliairwin Bravo, Julia!!

** Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction ** is officially published today! Happy to have this new little book out in the world. For more info: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

The forest & water disaster that is Alcoa in WA is brilliantly summarised by @thejuicemedia After 3 years covering Alcoa's misdeeds great to see it get national attention (and happy to see 3 headlines and two FOI documents of mine featured). youtu.be/FWrdQxmGlO8?si…

My department in Bologna invites applications for visiting fellowships of 1-2 months in sept-dec 2026, for historians and scholars working on history and memory. Deadline 31 March 2026. More info via link centri.unibo.it/memorylab/en/v…

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

Excellent piece from Waleed Aly in @theage this morning. The Albanese government has acted swiftly to protect some people, while slamming the door on others. They may be faceless to the media, but for our Iranian and Lebanese communities they’re parents, siblings and loved ones.

📌 Call for Applications: "The Verena Winiwarter Prize" for best article in global environmental history🥇 📌 Articles published between January 2024 - June 2026. 📌 Articles in English, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, German, Russian, Korean, French & Turkish!

#HistIR postdoc opportunity at ANU in Canberra Postdoctoral Fellow in International Relations on the Australian Research Council project “Humane Exclusion: How States Justify Excluding Refugees” with Prof Luke Glanville DL March 15th – details 👇jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdocto…

US miner @Alcoa illegally cleared the habitat of endangered black cockatoos for six years. From AAP. boilingcold.com.au/alcoa-slugged-…

"What the government can do to one group... is designed to up the stakes in the constant dialectic between “good” and “bad” migrants. We owe an obligation of solidarity to our friends, family, co-workers and neighbours on visas to push back."

@ZoeASmith4 Bravo!

Very honoured to win this one - and incredibly grateful to the judges for such a generous citation!

A reminder that gas is not a vital industry to Australia. As Polly Hemming explains, if anything, it costs the Australian economy. Some more gas myths debunked here: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/251…

@MichelleArrow1 Seems like more encouragement to further brain drain

@ruthamorgan Exactly. Sacking scientists doesn't bode well for either of these really important goals.

It's incredible that to date, the Labor government's record on supporting research is arguably worse than Morrison's or Abbott's. It's certainly no better.

@thehistoriann “For the sake of god” 😂😂😂

My 6yo sending me these talk to text messages. So dramatic

Job! Thanks to a generous donation from anonymous donors and matching funding from UNSW, we are advertising for 2 x two-year postdocs in History. Any region. Any period. Any method. external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/5355… Connection to Australia or NZ, via residency or education is required.

Yesterday, the UN SG António Guterres said the world has failed to prevent overshoot of 1.5°C of warming, the Paris Agreement limit. This is a massive political failure. Urgent action is needed now to limit the magnitude and duration of overshoot. theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Albanese govt has thrown more than $13 billion down the drain so far without scrutiny, committed another $2.5 billion in August & now secretly added another $365m. And people banished there can’t get enough food. 🤯 Offshore processing must stop now. theguardian.com/australia-news…