Historiadora. Feminista. Antifascista. she/ her/ ella Lecturer in Modern European History. Currently based in Kaurna Country. Researcher of 20th century Spain — gender, sexuality, medicine, mass culture, radical politics, youth and childhood. https://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3lwx53ofrgs2tReally interested to hear what Australian educators/ academics think about the framing of this open letter. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2025 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwx53ofrgs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3lwvaw22ia22qhttps://openletter.earth/an-open-letter-from-educators-who-refuse-the-call-to-adopt-genai-in-education-cb4aee75?limit=021 Aug 2025 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvaw22ia22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3lwvao5vbf22q"This is more than shortsighted – it’s self-sabotage. When we hollow out the teaching profession, we undermine our children’s future. When we strip away specialist programs like Tesol [..] we deepen inequality, leaving the most vulnerable students further behind." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/21/something-is-rotten-in-australias-tertiary-education-and-utss-suspension-of-teaching-courses-is-one-of-its-biggest-disgraces21 Aug 2025 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvao5vbf22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3luqw77ulis2vHappy Antifascist Pasta Day to all who observe the holiday! 🍝✊25 Jul 2025 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3luqw77ulis2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3lqlyoyzads22Good piece on co-responder model for mental health call outs. https://theconversation.com/police-arent-properly-trained-for-mental-health-crises-but-theyre-often-the-first-responders-heres-what-works-better-257641?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com02 Jun 2025 05:01 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqlyoyzads22https://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3lpogec6ei22b My sincere thanks to @jordanas.bsky.social @zorasimic.bsky.social and Ben Silverstein for this important piece. Full article: ‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14490854.2025.2495210#inline_frontnotes21 May 2025 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpogec6ei22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3ljkf4mzs2s2qMi compañero @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social y la cuestión de negociar nuevas fronteras... sin contar con los habitantes y afectados. https://theconversation.com/siete-veces-en-que-las-grandes-potencias-se-confabularon-para-negociar-nuevas-fronteras-sin-contar-con-los-afectados-25131204 Mar 2025 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkf4mzs2s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3lixon7u64225@kilderbenhauser.bsky.social on the German election: Friedrich Merz has won Germany’s election. But as the far right soars, forming a government may be difficult https://theconversation.com/friedrich-merz-has-won-germanys-election-but-as-the-far-right-soars-forming-a-government-may-be-difficult-250621?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton25 Feb 2025 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lixon7u64225https://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3lhhsjsfmgk2pWell at least one of them's got the stones. #JoshWilsonMP @albomp.bsky.social06 Feb 2025 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhsjsfmgk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3lhftgzekgc2pAt a faculty planning meeting we were placed into groups and asked to discuss various 'apocalyptic' scenarios. I can't be the only one who thinks this all sounds kinda amazing. 🤔 #Goals05 Feb 2025 05:25 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhftgzekgc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3lhctowk3kc2tchng.it/WccdwysvFT Please sign to defend Academic Freedom & Pro-Palestinian Voices – Stand with Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah - Sign the Petition! https://chng.it/WccdwysvFT04 Feb 2025 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhctowk3kc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3lgrnagz3ik2yEnough already. The damage that's been done to Australian universities is irreparable. Collegial governance now! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgrnagz3ik2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3krclnw2brs2vThis Friday (3 May at 11.15 ACST) Flinders History Seminar welcomes Dr Boyd Cothran and Prof Adrian Shubert to share reflections on their wonderful global microhistory ‘The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of Globalisation, 1850–1914’. In person or online!29 Apr 2024 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3krclnw2brs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3kqyq7c5hiw2pFlinders History Seminar welcomes Dr Shvetal Vyas Pare TODAY at 11.15 ACST (11.45 AEDT). We are excited to hear our new colleague's paper titled ‘Vernacular Nationalism and Imagining the Political: The Development of Gujarati Identity at the Turn of the Twentieth Century’!26 Apr 2024 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqyq7c5hiw2phttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3kmvvwx7tsf2hFlinders History Seminar will kick off on International Women's Day (Friday 8 March @ 11.15 ACDT/ 11.45 AEDT) Join us online or in person to hear Assoc Prof Barbara Baird's paper ‘The Residual Offence: When an outdated history of abortion won’t go away’. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2024 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmvvwx7tsf2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3kmcd2eysmf2iFlinders History Research Seminar, Semester 1, 2024. Join us on campus/ online from March 8. Programme features Barbara Baird, Skye Krichauff, Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, Lee Rippon, Shvetal Vyas Pare, Adrian Shubert & Boyd Cothren, Peter DeGabriele, @megancw.bsky.social and Valerie Munt.26 Feb 2024 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmcd2eysmf2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3k7aocifkcy22I saw Celine Song's Past Lives last night and loved it to bits. https://youtu.be/kA244xewjcI?si=Pyjju77eyq3hxmgi13 Sep 2023 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7aocifkcy22https://bsky.app/profile/micaelapattison.bsky.social/post/3k62o2y4ut72x1st post out of the way: These images from last night are more than spontaneous expressions of outrage about actions of a dirtbag or the rot in RFEF. Sustained commitment by Spanish feminist organisers has built a massive base of supporters primed to act in solidarity. https://elpais.com/deportes/futbol/2023-08-28/la-manifestacion-feminista-contra-luis-rubiales-repartida-por-espana-en-imagenes.html#?prm=copy_link29 Aug 2023 00:36 +0000at://did:plc:raidn537i4c3aopgtnyznrb3/app.bsky.feed.post/3k62o2y4ut72x