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News • 24 Jun 2019
Research as an Act of Betrayal
Purai Global Indigenous and Diaspora Research Studies Centre and The Centre For 21st Century Humanities will host a talk and masterclass by visiting international scholar Dr Devaleena Das from the University of Minnesota Duluth.
News • 04 Mar 2019
New historical book reveals the cultural influence of ‘houseboys’ in the Asia Pacific
A new book co-authored by Centre for 21st Century Humanities Director, Professor Victoria Haskins, examines the role of Asian and Indigenous male servants across the Asia Pacific from the late-nineteenth century to the 1930s.
News • 14 Jan 2019
Solidarity and Subversion in Wartime South Africa
During the Second World War, more than six million servicemen and more than 300,000 civilians spent time in South Africa, a transport hub for Allied operations and a base for military training.
News • 31 May 2018
Reconciliation Week 2018 - Don't keep history a mystery!
By Professor Victoria Haskins, School of Humanities and Social Science (History).
News • 01 Apr 2018
Servants Past
Professor Haskins attended the 2018 European Social Science History Conference in Belfast being one of three panel members on a roundtable discussion centred on the idea of regulating domestic work in both historical/contemporary contexts, and colonial/non-colonial contexts.
News • 05 Mar 2018
Haskins Birkbeck fellowship spawns international collaborations
A visiting fellowship with the Birkbeck Institute for Humanities has prompted Professor Victoria Haskins to develop collaborative research initiatives between The University of Newcastle and Birkbeck University of London.
News • 11 Oct 2017
Law to revive and recognise Australian Indigenous languages
It was an emotional day for Dr Ray Kelly when the NSW government introduced the nation's first laws to recognise and revive Indigenous languages.
News • 03 Oct 2017
The Political Influence of Garveyism on Aboriginal Australia
Professor Maynard’s talk examines the rise of this early Aboriginal political movement at this critical point in world history including the transoceanic political influence of Garveyism on its political directives.
News • 29 Aug 2017
Professor Haskins to take up Visiting Fellowship at Birkbeck
Professor Victoria Haskins will take up the fellowship at Birkbeck University of London in October
News • 26 Apr 2017
UON researcher to reflect on 1967 referendum
Professor John Maynard will sit on a panel at the National Museum of Australia, as part of the new exhibition ‘A Change is Gonna Come’, to reflect on the 1967 r
News • 06 Apr 2017
UON researcher presents at University of California
Professor Victoria Haskins recently presented recent research at the University of California.
News • 01 Nov 2016
Living with the Locals
Without the generosity of Australian Indigenous people, the chances of an early European surviving a shipwreck or a penal escape were slim in the nineteenth century.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.