Month: August 2025

Loved doing this podcast with Richard Whatmore for the ANU's new Urgent History series. It was based mostly on Richard's last book, The End of Enlightenment (2023), which I reviewed in May 2024 in Inside Story. Here we discuss his book, eighteenth-century Europe, the Voice Referendum, and Trumpian USA. This series looks like a good … Continue reading Podcast on Enlightenment

The best advocacy I could do right now as a historian is to help fight for equity and recognition of the value of the humanities and social sciences in Australia. Both are under severe threat, from both the government and Vice Chancellors (who take their cues from govt). Most specifically we fight the egregious Job-Ready … Continue reading Advocacy for Humanities