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)
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)