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A Professional Turn

15/01/2023 by Perkinsy

2 blank monitors on white desk, in between which can be seen a cat sleeping behind them. Sunlight is filtered through a partially open blind casting strips on the sleeping cat and part of the desk. In the foreground is a Linux book and a white keyboard.

The new year is a good time to share some big changes in my life during 2022. I left you in August last year with the promise of more blog posts, then silence. I didn’t manage to publish one post in months. There was a reason for this. Over the last year I had been feeling that I was ready for a change and a new challenge, so I started applying for jobs. In September I … [Read more...] about A Professional Turn

Historian and Website Developer

21/02/2019 by Yvonne Perkins 5 Comments

I have been very quiet on this blog over the last year. It may look like this duck is gliding quietly through life, but underneath it all I have been paddling furiously. Over the last year I have been developing websites. This involves getting under the hood and doing some coding. You see, I am a hybrid creature. I am a writer, but I am also a bit of a geek. I learned … [Read more...] about Historian and Website Developer

Australian Professional Historians and Conference Excellence

29/09/2016 by Yvonne Perkins 4 Comments

Hello again! I have been very busy the last couple of months with some projects that will come to light in due course. But one of the causes of my 'busyness' was one of the best conferences I have attended. Read on... “Things they never taught me at history school” was the topic of a panel at last month’s national conference of the Professional Historians Association of … [Read more...] about Australian Professional Historians and Conference Excellence

Reflections on a Day at Digital Humanities Australasia 2016

22/06/2016 by Yvonne Perkins 4 Comments

The field of Digital Humanities has been a significant influence on the way I work. There are many debates about the nature of Digital Humanities is but very broadly it covers the work humanities researchers do when they study the use of digital technology in society, adopt research methods which draw heavily on digital technology and present their findings using digital … [Read more...] about Reflections on a Day at Digital Humanities Australasia 2016

Second-Hand Bookshopping in Brisbane

14/06/2016 by Yvonne Perkins 10 Comments

Hubble and I enjoy rummaging through second-hand bookshops. They are treasure troves. I buy some new books, but I am building up my Australian history collection by finding out of print, sometimes obscure gems in second-hand bookshops. Often these books are hard to find in a library near me - particularly if they solely relate to a state other than the state in which I live. I … [Read more...] about Second-Hand Bookshopping in Brisbane

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Yvonne Perkins is a professional historian and launched Stumbling Through the Past in August 2010. Focusing on history, and Australian history in particular, posts include interviews, book reviews, news reports on conferences and reflective pieces.

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