Dr Henry Reese had the opportunity to talk to Dr Julia Hurst, newly appointed lecturer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History at the University of Melbourne.

Dr Hurst’s appointment reflects the strong desire in the History program to offer students the opportunity to study subjects in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history taught by an Indigenous historian, to diversify the approaches and methodologies taught and used by historians in the History program and to better reflect the history of our region. Dr Hurst will commence teaching indigenous history next year in the existing subject Global Histories of Indigenous Activism and the new subject Introduction to Indigenous History.

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