Really enjoyed speaking virtually through COVID with Paul Barclay, Kate Darian Smith and Alison Paige about recent reflections on Cook. Alison was the Indigenous filmmaker for the National Museum during its Cook extravaganza and created amazing work for it – still viewable online. Kate DS has written extensively on Cook commemoration. I was invited to … Continue reading Cook Revisited at SLQ

COVID 19 mostly wrecked havoc on my teaching, research, and everyday life…but the silver linings have been attending international seminars where the borders suddenly don’t matter. I was delighted in late May to “attend” a seminar at the University of Kent’s new Centre for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies. The lead discussant, Sarah Smeed, wrote … Continue reading A seminar on WVA…

Well, this was a highlight—chatting with a pop star I admired hugely back in the day now turned ABC radio host, who I also follow keenly now, Christine Anu. She had me on her ‘Black Life, Matters’ evening show in May 2020, discussing some of the Indigenous stories to gain some light last week through … Continue reading Chatting with Christine Anu

For the inevitable Cook250 fest in April-May 2020, Australia’s The Conversation commissioned nearly 20 articles highlighting revisionist research on Cook. My bit was on Cook’s little-noticed Islander shipmates: https://theconversation.com/the-stories-of-tupaia-and-omai-and-their-vital-role-as-captain-cooks-unsung-shipmates-126674