Author Archives: Managing Editor

‘You Can’t Wear A Red Ribbon If You’re Dead’: The Complex Rise of The Ribbon Project for People With AIDS

In this blog, Caitlin Merlin explores the history of the Ribbon Project and its impact on reducing the AIDS stigma in the early 1990s. It has been said, that, ‘there’s a ribbon for everything’. In other words, for every medical … Continue reading

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Monte Punshon and the Forgotten Women of Australian Cultural History

In this blog biographer Tessa Morris-Suzuki shares her research and insight into the life of Ethel May Punshon, an extraordinary woman whose 106-year life crossed many boundaries. Ethel May Punshon (1882‒1989) – known to all her friends as Monte – … Continue reading

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A Man-to-Man Whipping and a Promotion in Byzantium

In this blog, Mark Masterson explores the history of homoeroticism in histories from the tenth-century Byzantine empire. Sources from the tenth-century Byzantine empire give us glimpses of a culture of homoeroticism. Men, who were attractive to other men, got ahead … Continue reading

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Reflection: 2024 Melbourne Feminist History Group Workshop

Shouyue Zhang reviews the recent Melbourne Feminist History Group Workshop in Melbourne in October 2024. On 4 October 2024, I was privileged to present at the Melbourne Feminist History Group (MFHG) Workshop at the Australian Catholic University (ACU), Melbourne Campus. … Continue reading

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Regnant Queenship or Female Kingship? Gender, Power, and Legitimacy in Early Modern Europe

In this blog for “Premodern Gender”, Tyler Horton explains the tensions between gender, power and legitimate rule that early modern monarchs faced. In the early modern period, the strength of the monarchy was fundamentally built on ideas of divine right … Continue reading

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International Federation for Research in Women’s History 2024 Conference

Margaret Allen, Ana Stevenson and Michelle Staff share their experiences of attending the 2024 International Federation for Research in Women’s History Conference. It was great to attend the International Federation for Research in Women’s History (IFRWH) 2024 Conference, ‘Reflections on … Continue reading

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