The Importance Of History In Our Own Lives?

Context is all important in asking any question? And these days a key question is the importance of history. Pragmatic agendas of the daily grind obscure how significance the study of the past is for getting a perspective on how to live a better life. This blog looks at how different present contexts are better understood from what preceded.

ANZACmania, Australia, and America

ANZACmania, Australia, and America

  “...What we find today is the complete absence of the kind of concern with Americanization which one found in the United States in the 1880 to 1922 period. And this is a real problem. Possibly only in Australia, among the countries with mass immigration, does...

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Stupidity of the Market Economy in Higher Education

Stupidity of the Market Economy in Higher Education

“Still, universities continue to churn out a supply of PhDs far exceeding the academic market’s demand for them. About 70 percent of all professors are not in tenure-track positions. Only 27 percent of those who received history PhDs in 2017 were in tenure-track jobs...

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Dr Neville Buch’s Philosophy and History

Dr Neville Buch’s Philosophy and History

Dr Neville Buch’s Philosophy and History Article: Downloadable PDF Version   In the early morning, before dawn broke, I dreamed of how to explain my philosophy and history (historiography).       It came as my mind recovered from the slightly-over...

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Dear Nick…

Dear Nick…

Dear Nick,   I am writing a short letter after skimming your Sky News piece, “Peter Dutton is steering the Voice 'No' campaign to victory over cancel culture by refusing to play the role of a troglodyte conservative”. I make only a sincere plea to stop fuelling...

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After SVB collapse: Banking in Australia

After SVB collapse: Banking in Australia

The timing of it was interesting for me personally on the global narrative of the collapse of SVB and Signature. On Monday my application with the Commonwealth for a credit card was denied, and I put it down to my income and budget based on a slow business model. The...

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