Historian of 19th-c France—incarceration, prisons, settler/penal colonies (esp New Caledonia) 📕Dangers of Youth www.mqup.ca/dangers-of-youth-products-9780228024330.php
Professional editor www.brionyneilson.com
Sydney, Australia
Briony Neilson
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A contestant competes in a cuckoo clock-assembling championship in Australia in 1970 (possibly as part of Oktoberfest in Perth) (National Archives of Australia) 🗃️
This 3-wheel delivery van parked on a street in Belleville, Paris, c.1970 (photo by François-Xavier Bouchart, Galerie Roger-Viollet) 🗃️
This 3-wheel delivery van parked on a street in Belleville, Paris, c.1970 (photo by François-Xavier Bouchart, Galerie Roger-Viollet) 🗃️
Corrupted idiom of the day: "to pass mustard"
This vitally important one-day symposium is taking place today (right now) at the University of Sydney on free speech on university campuses across the Global North and the struggle for justice for Palestinians. Live-stream available via this link: palestinespeech.my.canva.site
Autumnal Sydney moon river
A bit of good news 🕊️
Western Sydney University’s pro vice-chancellor for quality and integrity, Prof Cath Ellis, used AI to write an opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald in which she urged students not to use tech to "cut corners" in their academic writing. 🙃
1/3 What can a damaged, seemingly ordinary sabre tell us about diplomacy?
On 3 July I'll be speaking at the ANU Mongolia Institute about Prince Bambar's sabre, a diplomatic gift awarded by Catherine II and later presented to the Qianlong Emperor.
reminder that this symposium is on Thursday this week. join in person or online.
full program and rego link: palestinespeech.my.canva.si
