Harry Croft

Minoru Hokari, Gurindji Journey. Brilliant and paradigm shifting. Intimate and revelatory. What happens to the Western tradition of the historical discipline when it takes seriously the Dreaming, Everywhen, and Indigenous epistemologies? Truly wonderful things.

Fernand Braudel, Identity of France vol. I. The attention to detail is breathtaking. Linking regions’ roofing materials with local economies and geographies (pp. 53 & 171) to paint a longue durée history, to give one example. Siân Reynolds’ translation is fantastic.

For the third year in a row, I read one book per week. Hopelessly, only one was fiction (Joseph Heller, Picture This); the rest history, animal studies, memoir, archaeology, pedagogy, and the like. Some highlights include:

@claire_wwood @latrobe Congrats Claire! 🎉

Graduated with Masters from @latrobe! I had an incredible time here over the last 2.5yrs and I'm so thankful to the history dept for the community and support. Any non-academic job ideas for an environmental historian?

It’s giving Franklin Dam

The SoPHIS postgrad cohort was very much cohort-ing at our end of year event

@ruthamorgan My desk is soon to collapse under the strain of all the books I’ve been frantically borrowing over the last few weeks

@Captain_Boot Whaaaaat?!

Monash’s main library is binning half its collection over the summer. Just look at the shelves! 😢

@zaraasaunders A ruddy good question! Ostensibly it’s too improve accessibility (something I can support—the shelves are VERY close together), but rather than moving them to offsite storage or donating them, the books are going in the bin!

@sighmonger I saw it last weekend! Loved loved loved the premise

Standing room only for the launch of Judith Buckrich’s latest!

The website for the 2025 AHA Conference is live! Hosted by James Cook University and Central Queensland University, the CFP is now open on any area of history, including those on the conference theme, 'Looking Up'. buff.ly/3VeVFeH

Feeling very full following a week in Canberra "thinking planetarily", writing, scouring archives, and catching up with friends and family :)

RT @Joshua_Black97: Retweeting this CfP for a special issue of @AJPandH on the 49th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam Government/…

RT @AustHistAssoc: The AHA welcomes the Australian Government's proposed 20% cut to HECS-HELP student debts. But this modest cost-of-living…

@claire_wwood This is so cool!

A few non-conference related trip highlights! Back home in naarm now 😊