Another review for Inside Story, this one allowed me to let off some steam about what is happening in the US right now, what I always worry about for the humanities, and what I think of people who lean into profiteering arguments. Nussbaum reissued her 2010 book Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities … Continue reading On the Humanities, Profit, and Martha Nussbaum
Month: February 2025
The Great Counterfactual of Australian History
For Australia Day 2025, I wrote this short piece on The Great Counterfactual of Australian History for the Australian Academy of the Humanities' blog. It was a shortened version of a presentation I gave at the Australian Academy of Humanities' 2024 annual symposium - a recording of that, with Prof. Megan Davis, Prof. Mark McKenna, … Continue reading The Great Counterfactual of Australian History