Dr Nikolas Orr

Historian of global Indigenous #iconoclasm & colonial #monuments • Snr Heritage Officer @nswdcceew • he/him/él • All views my own

[Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr]

You can now read (and cite!) my PhD thesis “Contemporary Indigenous iconoclasm in global perspective: Contested monuments in three settler colonies, c. 1968–2000”. Download available through @UON_NOVA

https://t.co/ziAYTA5bVs

Its three key arguments are…
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[Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr]

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[Contested Histories in Public Spaces @ContestedH]

In 2019, Bordeaux unveiled a statue honouring Modeste Testas, an African woman enslaved by local traders and later freed. It was covered in white plaster as a “symbolic act of memory,” sparking debate on how France confronts its slavery past.

🔗https://t.co/jVsqAjukGG

[History Council of NSW @HistoryNSW]

Join the @pubhisint for a thought-provoking discussion with historian Tad Stoermer

Tad will explore the ethical, political, and practical challenges of doing public history this Wednesday at 11pm Sydney time via zoom

Register via https://t.co/a6BwXGLyUF

[AHA (Australia) @AustHistAssoc]

Haven't registered for the 2025 AHA Conference ?? Get moving, today's the last day you can! Follow the link to secure your place and join us in sunny (and warm) Townsville! https://t.co/UC4Hn6LYoW

[Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr]

@UON_SpecColl Thanks for sharing the call out!

[Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr]

@nordacious @pharnzwurth Sorry can’t help with heritage listing, out of my jurisdiction. But if QLD is same as NSW anyone can nominate an item for listing! Whether it meets the state threshold is another matter…

[Esmat Elhalaby @thaqafatalhind]

if your university exists next fall, you can assign my book https://t.co/cNpJHqBvVF

[Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr]

So glad I got one!

[History Council of NSW @HistoryNSW]

The #NewcastleWritersFestival session 'Close to Home: Colonial Violence and Family Histories' has now SOLD OUT

A waitlist has now been made available for this event

Check out more information via https://t.co/LdJxvvopbf

We are proud to be supporting this session

[Dr Srishti Guha @srishti_guha]

My PhD thesis 'Visual Cultures of Empire: India and Australia, 1860 - 1940' is finally available online to read and download!

https://t.co/DZGU4P5O6v

@UON_NOVA

[Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr]

@Carmit That would be amazing Carmit! Fancy having to go outside Australia to get access!

[Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr]

Anyone got access to this article? Asking for a friend…

Anna Cole, “Gender, race and colonialism: Aboriginal debutante balls in the 1960s”, Crossings, no. 20 (June 1994), 22–30.

[History Council of NSW @HistoryNSW]

Come along to #hcnswmember @statelibrarynsw Fellows’ Forum: 'Creative responses to history' on Wed 26 February!

Hear from Fellows Phillip Bartlett, Eloise Reddy & Bronwyn Rennex speak about their exciting research drawn from the Library’s collection

https://t.co/3HTWfSzSrI

[PHA NSW & ACT @pha_nsw]

Working as a freelance and/or oral historian in NSW

We have teamed up with @OralHistoryNSW for an informative panel discussion about working as a freelance and/or oral historian.

Join us at History House on 3 March from 5.30 pm.

For registrations: https://t.co/BGGiEGaYEH

[Contested Histories in Public Spaces @ContestedH]

📣 Excited to announce the Monument(al) Challenges Toolkit!

Teaching diverse classrooms about contested histories isn’t easy. This toolkit equips educators with strategies for inclusive, impactful, and creative history teaching.

Download it here: https://t.co/qEFaiwlm0h

[Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr]

Bishop Budde speaking truth to power is like watching Cardinal Benítez from Conclave in real life. Extraordinary.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.

[EUROPAST @Euro_past]

We're leaving X as a response to increasingly concerning developments on the platform, including its tolerance for far-right and undemocratic ideas, as well as the reckless rhetoric from its owner.

More: https://t.co/gBOmgLblj7

❗️Visit our new LinkedIn: https://t.co/yAagg4JDt8

[Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr]

I need to hear this band’s music!

[Working Class History @wrkclasshistory]

#OtD 21 Jan 2015 Che Guevara's grandson, Canek Sanchez Guevara, died aged just 40. His metal band had their gigs broken up by Cuban secret police. He had had to leave Cuba when he began criticising anti-working class aspects of the Communist Party govt https://t.co/8yyARCHgPe

[Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr]

@Carmit @MemStudiesAssoc Sheesh, Isabel Díaz Ayuso flew from Madrid for the photo opp. Very on brand.

[Dr Nikolas Orr @nikolas_orr]

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[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

I mean it's pretty simple. You can do it in Excel.

[Public Statues and Sculpture Association @PSSAtweets]

🎯2020 was a turning point for sculpture, with public statues sparking global debates. Should these controversial works stay or go? Is there a viable third way to retain and explain them? Explore these questions in ‘Toppling Statues.’ 📘

BUY 👉 https://t.co/Fgs4kM9vV2