Windschuttle, again

BOOKS | Keith Windschuttle brings the temperament of a barrister to his latest subject, the stolen generations, writes Dean Ashenden

15 Mar 10 | Comments (0)

Reviewing Indigenous history in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia

CINEMA | On the eve of the “Baz Luhrmann’s Australia Reviewed” conference at the National Museum of Australia, convenors Shino Konishi and Maria Nugent survey responses to the film’s engagement with Indigenous history

04 Dec 09 | Comments (2)

Equal but different

Filmmaker John Hughes responds to Ruth Balint’s essay on history and television

22 Sep 09 | Comments (0)

Where are the historians?

History on Australian television doesn’t reflect what historians really know about the past, and the fault is on both sides, writes Ruth Balint

30 Jul 09 | Comments (2)

Battle over a war

For three decades the Australian War Memorial has been the focus of a struggle between two ways of knowing the past, writes Dean Ashenden

02 Jun 09 | Comments (0)

What might, and did, happen

What role should local museums have in remembering events like the Victorian bushfires, asks Ian McShane

18 May 09 | Comments (0)

Australia, Hungary and the case of Károly Zentai

The Zentai extradition case reveals much about the postwar history of two very different countries, writes Ruth Balint

29 Apr 09 | Comments (0)

Sentimental spectacle

We need to reconsider the importance of Anzac Day, writes Geoffrey Barker

27 Apr 09 | Comments (4)

The past as it wasn’t

Lauded overseas, The Baader Meinhof Complex is a flawed account of an important part of modern German history, writes Klaus Neumann

15 Apr 09 | Comments (0)

Close to home

Part of the international success of Bernard Schlink’s novel, The Reader, reflects a mistaken view of contemporary Germany, writes Klaus Neumann

17 Mar 09 | Comments (0)