James Findlay

Lecturer in History @USydSoH. Research Fellow @afirc. Screen culture, settler colonialism, convicts. Author of Caught on Screen (Bloomsbury, 2025).

[James Findlay @find_findlay]

Caught on Screen, my first book has a website! Released in October.

https://t.co/dLxa8PKknq

[James Findlay @find_findlay]

What can a TV drama teach us about how societies understand empire?
In our new open-access article, Sarah Pinto and I revisit the controversy around the BBC’s Banished (2015), exploring why British and Australian audiences responded so differently. https://t.co/StI44DZ6if

[Australian Historical Studies @AHSjournal]

Annabel Cooper reviews ‘Caught on Screen: Australia’s Convict History in Film and Television’ by James Findlay. Published by @BloomsburyAcad .
https://t.co/Bueb2dNVUW

[James Findlay @find_findlay]

@AMcLarenHistory Wonderful!!! Great cover too!

[Annemarie McLaren @AMcLarenHistory]

There’s a book cover! Coming soon. Wish me luck with checking the proofs too…

[James Findlay @find_findlay]

It was a joy to judge for the NSW Premier's History awards. The shortlists are up & I'd encourage all to read, watch & explore these fantastic entires between now and awards night. https://t.co/62e43tj68l

[David Brophy @Dave_Brophy]

Copies arrived of these diaries I recently edited. They cover Liu Zerong’s 刘泽荣 time in China’s Moscow embassy (1940-44) and as special commissioner for foreign affairs in Xinjiang (44-49). Hopefully of interest to WWII and Xinjiang scholars. https://t.co/83rw5g8yWK

[History Council of Victoria @History_Vic]

Tonight! Emeritus Professor @PeterMcPhee7 and Dr @find_findlay will be presenting our Making Public Histories webinar on the topic 'History on Film' - 5pm, via Zoom. Its not too late to register: 🔗https://t.co/fDmxJLYRWc

We will also be live tweeting the event! @OldTreasuryMelb

[Zora @ZoraSimic]

New work from @AnnCurthoys @catherinekevin5 & myself from a forthcoming special issue of @HistAustJournal on gender & law - open access.

A partial view: the limits and value of the legal archive for historicising domestic violence https://t.co/65ypeRFUvw

[History Council of NSW @HistoryNSW]

WORKSHOP | Learn about organising, preserving and sharing to a professional standard, ensuring your collection of papers or photos or objects, survive with #hcnswmember Parramatta Female Factory Friends Inc. Book now: https://t.co/Tq9QMzdeoV

[James Findlay @find_findlay]

Can cinema reckon with the past?
I'll be speaking about "The Nightingale", and how it repeated and ruptured previous narratives and ideas concerning the Australian frontier experience for the History Council of Victoria next week. https://t.co/uOJSxE7s1I

[Nick Riemer @NickRiemer1]

This plaque commemorating a major milestone in the fight for Indigenous rights in Australia is placed outside the Quadrangle building at @Sydney_Uni. In restricting campus protest, @mscott is shamefully thumbing his nose at the uni's own history as well as basic democratic rights

[James Findlay @find_findlay]

@ryan_cropp Amazing news!! Well done mate!

[Annemarie McLaren @AMcLarenHistory]

**Tutors needed!** If you or someone you know is in Sydney and is interested in tutoring work, please do DM me. My colleague Theresa Ardler (Wreck Bay) and I are looking for more tutors for F2F classes, and possibly some online ones too. @notredameaus

[Frank Bongiorno @fbongiornoanu]

And now for something that will produce zero soul-searching among Australian university leaders: "Australian universities ranked poorly in areas like employability and teaching, with no local institution in the global 300 for academic and student ratios." https://t.co/vJz0m581Yx

[James Findlay @find_findlay]

Looking forward to speaking today (tonight Sydney time) at #SSN2024 about screening surveillance on the Australian frontier.

[Surveillance Studies @SurvStudiesNet]

It's day 2 of our 10th #SSN2024 Conference #Surveillance in an Age of #Crisis

Some of today's topics: #AI, #drones, #hacking, surveillance imaginings... and more ⬇️

Tonight: a very exciting @SurveilSouth plenary on surveillance in #Africa & African surveillance studies!

[History Council of Victoria @History_Vic]

Don't forget to register for our #MakingPublicHistories webinar this Thursday! We will be joined by @ncushing12, @JessUrwin95 and @mattdjryan to discuss some pertinent questions about Australia's energy future (and past): Bookings https://t.co/UT4759P22E with @OldTreasuryMelb

[Amanda Harris @AmandaHarrisSyd]

Cover reveal for the Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia that @ClintBracknell and I have edited. Featuring Kaylene Whiskey's artwork 'Dolly visits Indulkana'. The book is out in August! https://t.co/rl389ot7Ys

[Dr Liz Allen @DrDemography]

This aspect of diversity is too often overlooked. Important to expose socioeconomic inequality.