@DloweDavid

Professor of Contemporary History interested in public uses of history https://xitter.cf/t.co/v4Mm6cqmJK https://xitter.cf/t.co/3JPxs4fROr

 Geelong, Victoria
Joined January 2013
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What Australians think about Australia Day is changing. Support for the day is dropping, and in some cases the change is marked. Drawing data from CCH's History Survey - Jo Cruikshank, David Lowe and Andrew Singleton have some insights... theconversation.com/support-…

Support for Australia Day celebration on January 26 drops: new research

New polling shows a significant drop in support for January 26 in just two years.

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Looking forward to hearing from Carla Pascoe Leahy who will be discussing her book, Becoming a Mother, this Thursday evening at 7 pm. Please RSVP: Book + Author February 2023 historycouncilvic.org.au/boo…
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Glad to this collection re the Australian Embassy in Tokyo out, co-edited with Kate Darian Smith press.anu.edu.au/publication…

The Australian Embassy in Tokyo and Australia–Japan Relations

Relations between Australia and Japan have undergone both testing and celebrated times since 1952, when Australia’s ambassadorial representation in Tokyo commenced. Over the years, interactions have...

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Our Seminar Series is back for 2023! We kick off on Wednesday at 11am (Melbourne time) with Assoc Prof Geoff Boucher. All the details in the link: chrg.deakin.edu.au/2023/02/c…
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Replying to @SigmundMarx
@SigmundMarx and me on the value of history - How the push to end tobacco advertising in the 1970s could be used to curb gambling ads today theconversation.com/how-the-… via @ConversationEDU

How the push to end tobacco advertising in the 1970s could be used to curb gambling ads today

In the 1970s, the Anti-Cancer Council launched a concerted, evidence-based public health campaign to end tobacco advertising – and many of their strategies could be used today on gambling advertising.

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Looking forward to this one - our first in-person event in three years!
History Council of Victoria@History_Vic28 Nov 2022
Join us for our end of year in-person event with Joy Damousi, Graeme Davison and Peter Gronn reflecting on the history of public education and democracy. Free, bookings here: historycouncilvic.org.au/fri… @ACU_IHSS @MonashHistory @MonashEducation @HTAVed #Schools150Years @DETVic
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It was great to be at the launch of @DloweDavid and Eric Meadows' new edited collection - Rising Power and Changing People: The Australian High Commission in India at Deakin Downtown yesterday. Thanks to the @AIinstitute for sponsoring the launch.
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.⁦@annakent1⁩ presenting on TPNG and ‘international’ education at the Remembering Australian Colonialism in PNG from Both Sides of the Coral Sea conference ⁦@Deakin⁩
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Happy to see chapter written with Tony Joel on Cold War as a region of memory out link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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ANU Press@ANU_Press13 Sep 2022
‘Rising Power and Changing People’ is an edited collection written by leading historians and expert commentators. It discusses the relationship between India and Australia seen from the perspective of the Australian High Commission in New Delhi. Download doi.org/10.22459/RPCP.2022
Text: Australian National University ANU Press – New release Graphic is the cover of 'Rising Power and Changing People: The Australian High Commission in India'

ALT Text: Australian National University ANU Press – New release Graphic is the cover of 'Rising Power and Changing People: The Australian High Commission in India'

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ANU Press Social Sciences Editorial Committee is delighted to be associated with these two titles. Congratulations to collection editors and authors @_As_Ruby @DloweDavid @Diana_Perche
ANU Press@ANU_Press8 Aug 2022
Coming Soon! Two compelling titles from our Social Sciences team! With original case studies of marketisation in social services in Australia, and expert analyses of the work of the Australian High Commission in India – these two are not to be missed! press.anu.edu.au
Text: Coming Soon Social Sciences Image is of two covers of ANU Press books including 'Designing Social Service Markets: Risk, Regulation and Rent-Seeking' and 'Rising Power and Changing People: The Australian High Commission in India'.

ALT Text: Coming Soon Social Sciences Image is of two covers of ANU Press books including 'Designing Social Service Markets: Risk, Regulation and Rent-Seeking' and 'Rising Power and Changing People: The Australian High Commission in India'.

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This is a poor decision. People in regions deserve the opportunity to study the humanities and social sciences. And this is a shocking betrayal by Federation University of Ballarat, a city with a rich heritage and central place in the nation's history. abc.net.au/news/2022-08-05/f…

Federation Uni decision to cut arts degree 'destructive and short-sighted', union says

Federation University announces it will cut its Bachelor of Arts program due to declining enrolments and steep fee increases, a move the union describes as "shameful".

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Join our HCV Friends for the next Book+Author event with Graeme Davison, @C_PascoeLeahy and @DloweDavid in conversation with the ABC's @michrayner talking about 'Lessons from History'. historycouncilvic.org.au/boo…
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Lyndon Megarrity interviews @hereorclaire about her new book, Australian Economic History 📚 aph.org.au/2022/08/qa-with-c…

Q&A with Claire E.F. Wright, author of Australian Economic History (ANU Press, 2022) | Australian...

Lyndon Megarrity interviews Claire E.F. Wright about her new book Australian Economic History (ANU Press, 2022)   Your book on the history of Australian economic history has a strong focus on local,...

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The wisest of historians.
English Radical History@EnglishRadical11 Jul 2022
“All decent people are at heart conservatives, desiring to conserve human associations, loyalties, affections. What makes the working class revolutionary is that modern conditions are constantly passing a steamroller over these in the name of material progress.” — R. H. Tawney
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📣 Event Alert! “Australia’s Dilemmas: Then and Now” 📣 @DloweDavid will look ahead w/ Geraldine Doogue, Greg Sheriden, and Mick Ryan at the political, cultural, and strategic decisions Australians will need to make to navigate the trials of the 21st century. @UniMelb 20 July!
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We are already getting prepped for our T2 Seminar Series... On the 20th July you can join us for a paper by Dr Bernard Keo - (Un)Making the Malayan Nation: Peranakan Chinese Politics at the End of Empire, 1945-1957 chrg.deakin.edu.au/2022/06/c… #twitterstorians
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All here with @DloweDavid, @SigmundMarx & Lyndon Megarrity for the launch of Lessons From History. @newsouthpub #OZHA2022
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Great to see this panel on #TheValueOfHistory with @PeterMcPhee7, @cairnsrebeccca and Bron Cook, chaired by @DloweDavid You can see more here: historycouncilvic.org.au/val…
Carolyn Holbrook@SigmundMarx30 Jun 2022
Excellent and important session about high school history. Gotta love a passionate high school history teacher! ⁦@History_Vic⁩ ⁦@DloweDavid⁩ ⁦@PeterMcPhee7⁩ #OzHA2022
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Out now - our Lessons From History book. Get it while it’s hot - UNSW Bookshop bookshop.unsw.edu.au/details…
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