Contents
Reflection | Elisa Litvin
Editorial | Guy Nolch
SUNGRAPHO | Research and analysis
Nefertiti: New Perspectives from New Data
Jack T. Norris and Grace O’Donnell
New evidence about Nefertiti has altered perspectives and theories surrounding this Queen, and possible Pharaoh, from ancient Egypt.
THEMA | Reflections on the theme
New Perspectives on the Causes and Consequences of the French Revolution
Peter McPhee
The past decade has seen further evidence of the ways in which the French Revolution continues to inspire research and reinterpretation, particularly on the consequences of 1789.
Teaching the Russian Revolution in Times of War
Natasha Wilson
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has encouraged historians to explore non-Russian archives, amplifying the voices and experiences at the peripheries of the Russian Revolution.
Was the American Revolution a Civil War?
Patrick McGrath
The intense partisanship of America’s current political culture has led historians to question the traditional conception of the revolution as a unifying event guided by a common ideology or shared enemy.
Reform Aversion and the Death of the Roman Republic
Frederik Juliaan Vervaet
The demise of the Roman Republic arguably fits the circumstances identified in recent scholarship examining how democracies can be taken over by authoritarians.
The Great Divergence Debate
Koji Hirata
The ‘Great Divergence’ debate forces us to rethink the origins of Europe’s modern economic growth and its relationship with colonial expansion overseas.
China’s Foreign Emergence under Mao
Pete Millwood
A new wave of historiography is identifying Mao’s final years as the period when China retreated from the isolation of the Cultural Revolution and began opening up to the capitalist West.
Beginning a New Century of Women’s Suffrage History?
James Keating
New scholarship is documenting the suffragists’ place in Australia’s commemorative landscapes, the promise and partiality of digital archives, and reconsidering the voting restrictions that complicate narratives of ‘universal’ suffrage in the twentieth century.
History Teachers and the Future of Australian Democracy
Carolyn Holbrook
Democracy is under attack. Could mythologising its history save it?
‘We Won, You Lost, Get Over It!’: Moving Beyond Truth-telling to Justice in the Australian History Classroom
Aleryk Fricker
We need to consider how History teaching can move beyond truth-telling towards the context of justice.
Historians Are Becoming Characters in their Historical Accounts
Melanie Guile
There is a growing trend among historians to insert personal autobiographical material into their historical narratives. Does this undermine the authenticity of these sources?
PRAKTIKOS | Teaching Ideas
Colouring Antiquity: Revised Perceptions of Statues in the Ancient World | Jo Clyne and Valentina Bydanova
The recovery of colour information from Graeco-Roman statues has led to a shift in how historians think about the past.
The Biggest Fallacies in Education | Ben Lawless
Some common beliefs in educational practice do not stand up to scrutiny.
Making Thinking Routine in the VCE History Classroom | Benedict Russell
Thinking and revision routines can encourage active listening, idea generation and connection-making in the History classroom.
The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies | Skye Krichauff
A new website documents the nature, extent and duration of violent interactions between Aboriginal people and colonists.
KRITIKOS | Reviews
