Academy membership great source of pride
In 2014 Professor John Maynard, a scholar of Indigenous history and Co-Director of Purai Indigenous Global History Centre, was elected… Read more
Purai Global Indigenous History Centre
Purai is an Awabakal word meaning “the world, earth”.
The Purai
Global Indigenous History Centre is an exciting research initiative integrating global and transnational analytical perspectives and frameworks with research on Indigenous and diaspora histories and other related histories of race.
Drawing upon our extensive national and international connections throughout the world, Purai harnesses collaborations that lead to high-quality original research projects and the development of productive new knowledge networks.
By integrating Indigenous and transnational/transcolonial global historical scholarship with approaches from a range of disciplines, Purai aims to generate new and ground-breaking interdisciplinary research methodologies for the study of global Indigenous histories.
Research uncovers the historical experiences of the earliest global domestic workers
A new research project will bring to life the experiences and histories of the world’s first travelling global domestic workers,… Read more
Captain Cook and COVID
This year Australia was set to observe the 250th anniversary of Cook and the arrival of the Endeavour in 1770… Read more
Ring Kings: A History of Aboriginal Boxing
The Australian Boxing community has been mourning the recent death of the great Hector Thompson. Read more
A more balanced understanding of Australian history
The multitude of Aboriginal oral memories about Captain James Cook. Read more
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