Based at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. Interrogating how, where, and why population policies emerged over the 19th and 20th centuries.
Sydney, Australia
Joined September 2021
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Populating the 1980s returns for a final session on 27 March (11am, Sydney time). Alison Bashford will be joined by Sanjam Ahluwalia and Mytheli Sreenivas to discuss the influence of Alison Bashford's "Global Population" and the state of the field: eventbrite.com.au/e/populati…
Applications for our three postdoctoral positions close in just under 3 weeks (Sunday, 18th Feb, 11.30pm AEST). For full details, including application instructions, visit the UNSW careers website: external-careers.jobs.unsw.e…
We're recruiting! Applications are now open for three (3) Laureate Postdoctoral Fellowships in population history, based at UNSW Sydney.
Please circulate to your networks. Applications close 18 Feb 2024 (AEDT). @halpublic external-careers.jobs.unsw.e…
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👏 🏆 Congratulations to UNSWADA Scientia Professor of History Alison Bashford on winning the 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award for her book ‘An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family’.
⬇️ Learn more here
waverley.nsw.gov.au/top_link…
Our last talk in the "Populating the 1980s" series for 2023 is this Weds, 15 Nov @ 11am (Sydney time). Sarah Mellors Rodriguez will be discussing the evolution of China's reproductive politics since the 1980s. All welcome! Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/populati…
We're delighted to share that Centre Director, Alison Bashford, was awarded the 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award for her latest work, An Intimate History of Evolution (Allen Lane). Congratulations Alison! @halpublic waverley.nsw.gov.au/top_link…
Laureate Centre for History and Population retweeted
The first title on our 2023 #CundillHistoryPrize shortlist spotlight is ‘The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution’ by Alison Bashford, published by @uchicagopress.
Our "Populating the 1980s" seminar series returns next Weds, 11 Oct @ 10am (online), with Raúl Necochea talking about demographic debates in 1980s Peru. Register via eventbrite: eventbrite.com.au/e/populati…
Wonderful to hear that Laureate Centre Director Alison Bashford's latest book has made the 2023 Cundill History Prize shortlist. Congratulations Alison!
Introducing the 2023 #CundillHistoryPrize shortlist.
From the future of clean energy to China’s Cultural Revolution, from US state secrets to new takes on religion and mental health – the shortlist celebrates books that create “dialogues between dilemmas of yesterday and today”.
More prize-related news, Alison Bashford's latest book, An Intimate History of Evolution, has been shortlisted for the Mark and Evette Moran NIB Literary Award, waverley.nsw.gov.au/recreati…
Laureate Centre for History and Population retweeted
Introducing the #CundillHistoryPrize 2023 longlist!
Our first entry is ‘The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution’ by Alison Bashford, published by @UChicagoPress.
Discover the full 2023 longlist here: cundillprize.com/news/2023lo…
Next Tuesday (13th June, 12.30pm Sydney time), Laureate Centre Postdoc @a_sarcar will be speaking on the history of family planning in India. Register below for a link - all welcome!
Come and hear @a_sarcar on 'Family Planning as Artefact: India’s Small Family Norm and its Afterlife' eventbrite.com.au/e/family-p…
Next Wednesday, May 24th, we're delighted to welcome @homeiaya, who will be discussing Sino-Japanese cooperation on family planning in the 1980s.
Register for this and other seminars in the "Populating the 1980s" series (convened by @a_sarcar) here: eventbrite.com.au/e/populati…
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Looking forward to this conversation with @amnaqayyum_ @a_sarcar and Darshi Thoradeniya. It’s on 3/28 8pm EST, and registration link below!
Our new seminar series, convened by @a_sarcar, starts next Weds 29th March @ 11am with Mytheli Sreenivas (Ohio State) - "South Asia, Population Planning and National Imaginations: A Discussion on Method and Periodization". Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/populati…
Our new seminar series, convened by @a_sarcar, starts next Weds 29th March @ 11am with Mytheli Sreenivas (Ohio State) - "South Asia, Population Planning and National Imaginations: A Discussion on Method and Periodization". Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/populati…
Listen to Centre Director, Alison Bashford, in conversation with Meehan Crist for Crist's new @LRB podcast series 'Climate, Politics and Procreation' lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-video…
Join Centre Director, Alison Bashford, in conversation with Robyn Williams AO, on her new book. 6pm Thurs, 2 March @ The State Library of NSW. All very welcome! @halpublic eventbrite.com.au/e/an-intim…
Laureate Centre Director, Alison Bashford, will be launching her new book on Thurs 2nd March, 6pm at the State Library of NSW, all very welcome! @halpublic @earthhistories eventbrite.com.au/e/an-intim…
"The six-billion milestone marked the first cracks in global anxiety about rapid and unchecked population growth." Read Rimi Nandy on "The World at 6 Billion" historyandpopulation.com/202…
