Megan Cassidy-Welch

And one more thing. Students. If you have a professor who is, for some reason, outsourcing their own job to ChatGPT....drop the class.

If they tell you to "ask ChatGPT" for sources, drop the class.

Because they apparently don't know their own discipline well enough to teach it.

Really they are now straying into comically ridiculous territory now.

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Conference poster: Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches 23–24 July 2026, Virtual and at Monash University Rest of text doesn't fit in alt text, see link here: https://premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org/?p=1656

We're hosting a hybrid conference in July!

"Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches" will explore traditional and recent themes converging on public health history.

To be notified when registration opens, fill out this form: forms.gle/5dMU4rNd8d5q...

A happy discovery for holiday reading: the British Academy have put the memoirs (i.e., biographical essays by colleagues) of almost all departed Fellows online: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/m...

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Important information for those considering or conducting baptisms.

A statement from the Religious History Association in response to the Bondi beach terrorist attack.

Why is Pope Leo XIV's visit to Türkiye important for the Orthodox Church? Pope Leo XIV is about to set foot on Turkish soil for his historic journey to İznik and Constantinople.

"For the first time in history, representatives of the five ancient patriarchal sees—Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem—will stand together at Nicaea to commemorate the council’s 1700th anniversary." orthodoxobserver.org/why-is-pope-...

I had this cancer and rate it zero stars, do not recommend. Vaccines are the best - get yours now!

#SkyStorians, question: are there small pots of money out there for non-affiliated historians to apply to to support their research project? Most of what I can find are full postdocs or small grants for people in a post to buy them out a bit.

With jobs going, some more of those funds would be good?

I’m so very sorry. Thinking of you x

This is awful. I’m sorry Matt, for you and your colleagues. What a shortsighted decision.

Terrible news. I’m very sorry.

It was lovely to be back at Monash and see everyone! Sorry you couldn’t be there.

Sending you positive healing vibes. Hope you feel better very soon.

#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic

historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...

Presenting on a religious history topic at an academic conference? Need some funding support? Apply for a conference bursary from the RHA! Membership is great value: AUD30 (waged)/AUD15 (student or unwaged). Visit therha.com.au for details.

#job📢 #classics #Australia - University of Queensland (Brisbane) - Lecturer in #Greek Literature (Level B) - full-time, permanent, teaching & research - closing date Sept 11 uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...

Applications still open! For religious history papers at any academic conference, anywhere! Great opportunity for a bit of funding support to present your research. Tell your networks! Details in post below.

Funding opportunity! Please share!
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky

Change proposals risk relegating ANU to middle-ranking regional uni Well known historian and long-time ANU staff member, Frank Bongiorno, says he has never seen, such a lack of vision, such a vacuum of ideas, such general disorganisation, nor such cavalier decision-making about institutions and programs built up through hard work over decades in all his years at ANU. He outlined his concerns in this submission to ANU management.

A future in which [ANU] brings up the rear of the Group of Eight and then, unable to compete, evolves in short time into a middle-ranking Australian regional university. That is what is at stake here, writes Frank Bongiorno #auspol #ANU

Why the ANDC Matters? - The ANDC is Australia’s leading centre for lexicographical research, jointly funded by ANU and Oxford University Press. - It is the definitive authority on Australian English—documenting regionalisms, Aboriginal English, and producing landmark publications like the Australian National Dictionary. - Its widely celebrated “Word of the Year” initiative connects Australians with their evolving language and identity. - For ANU, it provides immense national and international visibility—while operating as a low-cost, high-impact asset. The Cost of Closure: - Damage to Australian English: Halting systematic documentation of our unique national language. - Setback for Indigenous Languages: Undermining efforts to research and preserve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. - Erosion of National Identity: Undermining the role of language in shaping how Australians see themselves, their history, and their culture. - Damage to ANU’s Reputation: Compromising its mission as a national university and leader in cultural heritage research.

The latest round of cuts at ANU include an outrageous plan to close the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC). ANU has forgotten its vital function as the national university.

Please sign this petition urging ANU to reconsider and protect the ANDC:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Presenting on a religious history topic at an academic conference? Need some funding support? Apply for a conference bursary from the RHA! Membership is great value: AUD30 (waged)/AUD15 (student or unwaged). Visit therha.com.au for details.

Funding opportunity! Please share!
The Religious History Association is offering bursaries for conference papers on religious history. Up to AUD $1,000. Apps due August 30, 2025. Info and application form on the 'Awards and Grants' menu at: therha.com.au
#AcademicSky

“Australian universities should not be rewarded financially for narrowing the scope of HASS in a manner that
undermines the national interest”.

...and it's out!

"‘People and Things Have Always Been Mixed Up’: Notes on the So-Called Global Middle Ages", my very short essay for the Journal of Medieval History's 50th-anniversary special issue, is now published; limited free access at the link below!

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RAEXD...

Srebrenica at 30: Why this turning point for international justice still matters The 1995 massacre galvanised legal accountability mechanisms that remain vital as multilateral institutions face new challenges.

“When the international community finally acted with resolve, it brought tangible results: military pressure that changed facts on the ground, diplomatic agreements that ended war, & legal frameworks that pushed back against impunity”. A lesson for our time.
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

Antisemitism plan would strip funding from unis, arts events who fail to fight Jewish hate Powers to strip funding from public institutions who fail on antisemitism, a review of Australia's hate speech laws, and visa screening for antisemitic views are among the recommendations of a wide-ra...

Sounds like Trump to me. Bad, bad idea.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Australia can't withstand further humanities cuts The Australian Academy of Humanities views with great concern the impact on staff, students and the wider community of the ANU’s plan for the humanities and social sciences. Now is not the time to red...

Strong statement from the Australian Academy of Humanities on the troubling proposal to cut the excellent Humanities Research Centre at the ANU among other cuts. Decimating humanities research and teaching is a cultural and intellectual disaster.

humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

All those poor people 😢