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Australian and New Zealand Studies
Australian and New Zealand Studies September 14, 2021

The History of a Riot

Class, Popular Protest and Violence in Early Colonial Nelson

Jared Davidson

Hosted by Ed Amon
Today I talk to Jared Davidson, the author of The History of a Riot: Class, Popular Protest and Violence in Early Colonial Nelson (Bridget Williams Books, 2021). In 1843, the …

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Australian and New Zealand Studies September 13, 2021

Child Sexual Abuse Inquiries and the Catholic Church

Reassessing the Evidence

Virginia Miller

Hosted by Bede Haines
In Child Sexual Abuse Inquiries and the Catholic Church: Reassessing the Evidence (Firenze UP, 2021), Dr Miller analyses empirical findings, methodologies and conclusions of the three main national inquiries (Irish, US, Australian) …
Geography September 8, 2021

Wetlands in a Dry Land

More-Than-Human Histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin

Emily O'Gorman

Hosted by Stentor Danielson
In the name of agriculture, urban growth, and disease control, humans have drained, filled, or otherwise destroyed nearly 87 percent of the world's wetlands over the past three centuries. Unintended …
Australian and New Zealand Studies September 6, 2021

Tongerlongeter

First Nations Leader and Tasmanian War Hero

Henry Reynolds and Nicholas Clements

Hosted by Bede Haines
Nicholas, today's guest, explains Australia has no war hero more impressive than Tongerlongeter. Leader of the Oyster Bay nation of south-east Tasmania in the 1820s and ’30s, he and his allies …
Australian and New Zealand Studies August 25, 2021

Return to Uluru

A Killing, Hidden history, a Story that Toes to the Heart of the Nation

Mark McKenna

Hosted by Bede Haines
Today I talked to Mark McKenna about his new book Return to Uluru: A Killing, Hidden history, a Story that Toes to the Heart of the Nation (Black Inc, 2021). When McKenna set …
Nordic Asia Podcast August 20, 2021

A European Perspective on the Indo-Pacific

A Conversation with Camilla Sørensen

Camilla Sørensen

Hosted by Andreas Forsby
In this episode, Camilla T.N. Sørensen joins Andreas Bøje Forsby from NIAS for a conversation about the Indo-Pacific region as seen from a Danish and broader European perspective. Camilla was …
Language August 12, 2021

Difference and Repetition in Language Shift to a Creole

The Expression of Emotions

Maïa Ponsonnet

Hosted by Piers Kelly
In today’s global commerce and communication, linguistic diversity is in steady decline across the world as speakers of smaller languages adopt dominant forms. While this phenomenon, known as ‘language shift’ …
General History August 12, 2021

Tautai

Sāmoa, World History, and the Life of Taʻisi O.F. Nelson

Patricia O'Brien

Hosted by Holger Droessler
In Tautai: Sāmoa, World History, and the Life of Ta’isi O.F. Nelson (University of Hawai’i Press, 2017), O’Brien chronicles the life of a man described as the “archenemy” of New Zealand …
Irish Studies August 9, 2021

The Coffin Ship

Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine

Cian T. McMahon

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Cian T. McMahon is an associate professor of history at University of Nevada-Las Vegas. His research focuses on the history and identity of the Irish Diaspora. In this interview, he …
Australian and New Zealand Studies August 6, 2021

The Writer's Diet

Helen Sword

Hosted by Bede Haines
Helen Sword, writing champion, brings us into the word gym. Or maybe kitchen. Either way, The Writer's Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose (U Chicago Press, 2016) is a short, sharp introduction …
Australian and New Zealand Studies July 29, 2021

Creating God

The Birth and Growth of Major Religions

Robin Derricourt

Hosted by Bede Haines
What do we really know about how and where religions began, and how they spread?  Robin Derricourt considers the birth and growth of several major religions, using history and archaeology …
Australian and New Zealand Studies July 19, 2021

The Other Half of You

Michael Mohammed Ahmad

Hosted by Bede Haines
I only ever asked you for one thing,' my father said, a quiver in his voice. 'Just this one thing.' It was as though I had smashed the Ten Commandments.'Oh …
Anthropology July 19, 2021

Voyagers

The Settlement of the Pacific

Nicholas Thomas

Hosted by Alex Golub
In Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific (Apollo, 2020), the distinguished anthropologist Nicholas Thomas tells the story of the peopling of the Pacific. In clear, accessible language Thomas shows us that …
Gender Studies July 14, 2021

The Perfect Vagina

Cosmetic Surgery in the Twenty-First Century

Lindy McDougall

Hosted by Jana Byars
Today on New Books in Gender Studies Jana Byars talks with Lindy McDougall, of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia about her new book, The Perfect Vagina: Cosmetic Surgery in the …
Islamic Studies July 9, 2021

Faith in Freedom

Muslim Immigrant Women Experiences of Domestic Violence

Nafiseh Ghafournia

Hosted by Shehnaz Haqqani
In Faith in Freedom: Muslim Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Domestic Violence (Melbourne University Press, 2019), Nafiseh Ghafournia explores questions of domestic violence in the context of Muslim immigrant women in …
Australian and New Zealand Studies June 29, 2021

Dingo Bold

The Life and Death of K'gari Dingoes

Rowena Lennox

Hosted by Bede Haines
Australia and dingos - we have a past and future, and not without controversy.  Dingo Bold: The Life and Death of K'gari Dingoes (Sydney UP, 2021) examines this relationship, with Rowena Lennox's encounter …
SSEAC Stories June 24, 2021

Building Bridges Across the Seas

A Discussion of Australia-Indonesia Cooperation for the Preservation of Underwater Cultural Heritage

Natali Pearson

Hosted by Thushara Dibley
Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelagic state, its waters home to hundreds, if not thousands, of shipwrecks. As maritime neighbours with both a common boundary and a shared history, protecting …
Australian and New Zealand Studies June 16, 2021

Boy On Fire

The Young Nick Cave

Mark Mordue

Hosted by Matthew Thompson
Boy On Fire: The Young Nick Cave (HarperCollins, 2020) is the first volume of a long-awaited, near-mythical biography of Nick Cave by award-winning writer, Mark Mordue. A beautiful, profound and …
Anthropology June 3, 2021

Belonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World

Refugee Youth and the Pursuit of Identity

Laura Moran

Hosted by Fulya Pinar
Children and youth are front and center in the context of global mass migration and the social discord around questions of multicultural inclusion that it often ignites. Imprecise portrayals of …
Australian and New Zealand Studies June 1, 2021

Australian Jurists and Christianity

Geoff Lindsay and Wayne Hudson

Hosted by Bede Haines
Professor Wayne Hudson knows a lot - a whole lot - about religion and society. In Australian Jurists and Christianity (The Federation Press, 2021) Wayne, as co-editor, assembles a collection of …