Some historians are particularly interested in gender relations and gender roles during war-time. It is while a nation is at war that underlying attitudes of society about the proper roles of men and women become exposed and reinforced. Men go to battle, women are responsible for keeping things going at home. Professor Karen Hagemann from University of North Carolina opened … [Read more...] about War and Gender
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Captains of the Soul in Sceptical Times
The interaction between religious and non-religious beliefs in Australian society is complicated. It is often obscured by a public debate which in recent times has been punctuated by simple slogans, such as "Australia is a Christian country" or "separation between church and state". Passion about these issues has periodically run high through Australia's post … [Read more...] about Captains of the Soul in Sceptical Times
Fresh Observations of War and Military
Mobilities and mobilisations in history is the theme of this year's conference of the Australian Historical Association. This is a very rich topic. The construction and maintenance of empires was based on the ability to move people and goods around the empire. Subversion often draws on the ability to move also. There have been some fascinating papers delivered at this … [Read more...] about Fresh Observations of War and Military
Review: Paint me Black by Claire Henty-Gebert
One day I was reading brief accounts in the newspaper written by some people who were over one hundred years old. And there she was, Margaret Somerville, the link to the book Paint Me Black, that was waiting on my bedroom floor to be read. I was a missionary, I went to Croker Island, just off Darwin, and was a cottage mother at a home for part-Aboriginal children. The … [Read more...] about Review: Paint me Black by Claire Henty-Gebert