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Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
Sydney folk, come join a celebration of my new book Virtue Capitalists launched by Professor Emerita Raewyn Connell on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 5pm for 5.30 (ending at 7pm) at the University of Sydney Western Tower room, in the Quad. RSVP 👇asap docs.google.com/forms/d/1Mze…
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I'll be giving an online talk for Melbourne Fashion Week on Mon 23 Oct 1pm: mfw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/...…...
I've been delving into a wonderful collection of photos taken at Melbourne's live music clubs in the sixties and will be talking about the mod menswear on show.
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
Wage theft: UNSW ‘knowingly’ kept poor pay records in face of underpayments, faces prosecution by Fair Work Ombudsman afr.com/work-and-careers/wor…
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
'The only job that matters is the one that bosses tell themselves they have to do.'
@hannahforsyth on solidarity among managers and the logic that governs the university sector. overland.org.au/2023/09/soli…
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
The AHA has released a public statement voicing our dismay about the proposed cuts to History, and the humanities and social sciences more broadly, at the Australian Catholic University. @ACUmedia
You can view our statement here: tinyurl.com/bdhpwtr9
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
Because she hasn't gotten enough boosting yet, my wonderful colleague @hannahforsyth's new book, years in the making, has just been published. You should read it, maybe also our bosses! cambridge.org/core/books/vir…
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
So far I've seen two petitions doing the rounds re: the cuts at ACU, if you're wondering what you can do to support the scholars being treated so shabbily there
General NTEU petition: act.newmode.net/action/nteu/…
Medieval and Early Modern Studies open letter: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
Petition against job-cuts at ACU. Sign and share! act.newmode.net/action/nteu/…
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
Its President is dismayed too. Next year will be 30 years since my first full-time lectureship in a university. I can't recall a more incompetent or brutal treatment of a group of close colleagues that this one by the Australian Catholic University.
The AHA is dismayed by the proposed cuts to History staff and programs @ACU_Media. We express solidarity with our colleagues at the Australian Catholic University, and call on the University to reverse its harmful and damaging proposal. 1/2
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
It is an attack on the entire Australian historical profession.
Further statement to follow.
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
The AHA is dismayed by the proposed cuts to History staff and programs @ACU_Media. We express solidarity with our colleagues at the Australian Catholic University, and call on the University to reverse its harmful and damaging proposal. 1/2
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
This shocking disestablishment of our MEMS team is part of a broader cut of 33 academic jobs across the university including inter alia the disestablishment of our entire philosophy institute as well.
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Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
We urge the @ACUmedia to reconsider its decision to disestablish the Medieval and Early Modern Studies research program and also its targeting of historians more broadly at ACU. These are bad decisions.
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Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
flew all the way to Sydney just to see the single most offensive road sign I've ever seen as a transport planner
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
Twentieth century capitalism has relied to a considerable degree on industriousness at work and school. Such industriousness became key to accessing the elite. This symposium seeks to understand the origins and unfolding of this 20th C work ethic. 7 July HYBRID final program 👇
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
as others have said, but to add to the chorus as someone who has been on a number of contracts and is very good at their job: a) academia isn't a meritocracy; and b) academics are often brilliant people struggling against the systems and bosses who damage their work
ALT black text on white background: He said casual and fixed-term employment works for a significant number of researchers but not for what are called "treadmill academics" — researchers that are stuck on rolling contracts. "There is some merit in more secure employment for 'treadmill academics' but there's not a right in Australia to have a job as an academic. You have to be good," he said.
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
If your protest has attracted a bunch of people doing nazi salutes, it might be time to examine whether you are in fact the baddies.
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨We now invite proposals for our 2023 symposium 'Gender and Joy in History'. Lilith calls for scholars to consider how women, feminists & gender diverse people have found joy, strength, resilience, inspiration, love & happiness in the past. Abstracts due May 15!
Michael Pearson mprpearson.bsky.social retweeted
I am delighted to post this call for papers co-hosted with Ellie Shermer @etshermer Symposium Working Five to Nine: Industriousness in the History of Capitalism. In Melbourne and online 7 July 2023 - see full description below. We welcome proposals from multi-disciplines.
