Clare Corbould
@clarecorbould.bsky.social
Historian 🗃️| Associate Professor.
Books: Harvard UP; 2026 The New Press.
Bylines: Conversation; WaPo; Guardian.
She/her 🌈 | Personal account
Books: Harvard UP; 2026 The New Press.
Bylines: Conversation; WaPo; Guardian.
She/her 🌈 | Personal account
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Clare Corbould
@clarecorbould.bsky.social
· Feb 16
Social Survey in Global Perspective available from Berghahn next month: ftp.berghahnbooks.com/title/Greenh...
'An immensely readable and interesting discussion of the history of social surveys across the globe' says Matt Dawson (Glasgow)
#STS #histsci #histstm
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'An immensely readable and interesting discussion of the history of social surveys across the globe' says Matt Dawson (Glasgow)
#STS #histsci #histstm
@austhistassoc.bsky.social
Check it out! ToC in thread.
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Actor Sam Neill had that idea when he played an Australian astronaut in the film "Event Horizon" (1997) set in 2047. He asked for that design, saying he thought by 2047 Australia would celebrate its Indigenous history. #InvasionDay
January 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Actor Sam Neill had that idea when he played an Australian astronaut in the film "Event Horizon" (1997) set in 2047. He asked for that design, saying he thought by 2047 Australia would celebrate its Indigenous history. #InvasionDay
Unpaywalled until Monday! A review (of sorts) of Michelle Obama’s visit to Australia in May. For a mere $195-895, it was possible to see her “in conversation”— with Annabel Crabb or Leigh Sales—along with 5,000 other people. I had thoughts.
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-contribu...
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-contribu...
Clare Corbould
Historian Clare Corbould is Associate Head of School (Research) in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University. She is the au...
www.australianbookreview.com.au
July 3, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Unpaywalled until Monday! A review (of sorts) of Michelle Obama’s visit to Australia in May. For a mere $195-895, it was possible to see her “in conversation”— with Annabel Crabb or Leigh Sales—along with 5,000 other people. I had thoughts.
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-contribu...
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-contribu...
Me on patriotism, presidential-style:
theconversation.com/the-us-is-tu...
theconversation.com/the-us-is-tu...
The US is turning 250 – and Trump is making it all about him
Trump is not the first president to lean into an exaggerated patriotism at a time of crisis. But the vanity of his actions signals something perhaps unique.
theconversation.com
July 3, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Me on patriotism, presidential-style:
theconversation.com/the-us-is-tu...
theconversation.com/the-us-is-tu...
In May, Michelle Obama visited Australia for four "in conversation" events. Annabel Crabb hosted in Melbourne; Leigh Sales in Sydney. I found the evening underwhelming, but most of the people I spoke to at the Melb Convention Centre loved it.
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
‘The price of hope: An evening with Michelle Obama’ by Clare Corbould
The clatter of sensible heels accompanies the walk from Southern Cross train station to the Melbourne Convention Centre. Mothers are with young-adult daughters; groups of middle-aged friends and white...
www.australianbookreview.com.au
July 1, 2026 at 10:22 PM
In May, Michelle Obama visited Australia for four "in conversation" events. Annabel Crabb hosted in Melbourne; Leigh Sales in Sydney. I found the evening underwhelming, but most of the people I spoke to at the Melb Convention Centre loved it.
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
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The thing about social media age restrictions is that it treats today’s internet as an inevitability we all just have to deal with. The internet (and the WORLD) wasn’t like this until like four dudes were allowed to own & monetize as much tech real estate as they wanted. Fix THAT problem.
June 30, 2026 at 2:24 AM
The thing about social media age restrictions is that it treats today’s internet as an inevitability we all just have to deal with. The internet (and the WORLD) wasn’t like this until like four dudes were allowed to own & monetize as much tech real estate as they wanted. Fix THAT problem.
Does he mean: I haven’t been outdoors for so long that I AM transparent?
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. will be “fully transparent” about his nearly four-month absence when he returns to Washington on Tuesday, a spokesperson told CNN. https://cnn.it/4xUYFPf
June 30, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Does he mean: I haven’t been outdoors for so long that I AM transparent?
Ha! I’m saving season 2 of this dumb but completely watchable show until I hit a truly rough patch.
there’s a jon hamm show on apple tv that’s literally about nothing and somehow i’m on season 2
June 30, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Ha! I’m saving season 2 of this dumb but completely watchable show until I hit a truly rough patch.
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A federal judge has just ordered DOJ to turnover five categories of items from the Epstein Files that it previously failed to disclose by July 2 in a lawsuit brought by Katie Phang. Read the details here:
joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...
joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...
June 26, 2026 at 3:26 AM
A federal judge has just ordered DOJ to turnover five categories of items from the Epstein Files that it previously failed to disclose by July 2 in a lawsuit brought by Katie Phang. Read the details here:
joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...
joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...
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Some Democrats think the party has gone too far left and needs to readjust towards the “center.”
Rubbish.
Where’s the center between democracy and oligarchy, and why would Democrats want to be there?
Rubbish.
Where’s the center between democracy and oligarchy, and why would Democrats want to be there?
June 23, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Some Democrats think the party has gone too far left and needs to readjust towards the “center.”
Rubbish.
Where’s the center between democracy and oligarchy, and why would Democrats want to be there?
Rubbish.
Where’s the center between democracy and oligarchy, and why would Democrats want to be there?
two consulting companies are named in today's news reports about the University of Wollongong corruption inquiry. One of them is a small, Sydney-based outfit whose website highlights its recent work in DEI. Here's the team:
June 24, 2026 at 9:22 AM
two consulting companies are named in today's news reports about the University of Wollongong corruption inquiry. One of them is a small, Sydney-based outfit whose website highlights its recent work in DEI. Here's the team:
think the subeditor enjoyed this
June 24, 2026 at 9:06 AM
think the subeditor enjoyed this
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it fucking rules that new york city politics have become what outsiders assumed they already were
June 24, 2026 at 4:23 AM
it fucking rules that new york city politics have become what outsiders assumed they already were
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This last name is cursed
Dolezal said he and “a number of friends” deliberately submitted mail-in ballot applications with altered signatures — including forms signed by children — and then used the fact that they received ballots to argue that Georgia’s system facilitates fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Greg Dolezal, GOP nominee for Georgia Lt. Gov., said he submitted fake mail ballot applications to test system
Dolezal said he and "a number of friends" deliberately submitted mail-in ballot applications with intentionally altered signatures — including forms signed by children — to see whether officials would...
www.democracydocket.com
June 23, 2026 at 2:18 AM
This last name is cursed
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Transatlantic slavery was the gravest crime against humanity in history, Juneteenth marks its end
Transatlantic slave trade gravest crime against humanity, Juneteenth marks its end
Americans are commemorating Juneteenth months after a UN resolution on the transatlantic slave trade being the gravest crime against humanity.
www.abc.net.au
June 20, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Transatlantic slavery was the gravest crime against humanity in history, Juneteenth marks its end
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Trump signs a historically disastrous surrender to Iran at Versailles and the first thing Vance does is "look, trans people!"
June 18, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Trump signs a historically disastrous surrender to Iran at Versailles and the first thing Vance does is "look, trans people!"
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2003: Republicans get trolled by Ali G.
2026: Republicans get trolled by Algae
youtu.be/kEaef07rD6c?...
2026: Republicans get trolled by Algae
youtu.be/kEaef07rD6c?...
June 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
2003: Republicans get trolled by Ali G.
2026: Republicans get trolled by Algae
youtu.be/kEaef07rD6c?...
2026: Republicans get trolled by Algae
youtu.be/kEaef07rD6c?...
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Nobody used the term "arms race," but that's what they're describing: enormous pressure, including from some professors, to use AI or fall behind those who are. Many say they hate it, don't want to use it, but they feel like now it's submit or fail. 5/
June 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Nobody used the term "arms race," but that's what they're describing: enormous pressure, including from some professors, to use AI or fall behind those who are. Many say they hate it, don't want to use it, but they feel like now it's submit or fail. 5/
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Interestingly, the models themselves offer pseudo-mathematical explanations for this effect, claiming that women authors are simply “less salient.”
June 17, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Interestingly, the models themselves offer pseudo-mathematical explanations for this effect, claiming that women authors are simply “less salient.”
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When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
June 17, 2026 at 1:18 AM
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
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my patriotism overfloweth
June 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM
my patriotism overfloweth
George W. Bush is turning 80... soon.
June 17, 2026 at 11:50 AM
George W. Bush is turning 80... soon.
For all of Australians' pride (smugness) about a generally excellent federal election process, overseen by an independent statutory body... poll numbers on the east coast are released long before people on the west coast have finished voting. That's always struck me as less-than-ideal.
This is because the DC Board of Elections is waiting to release results until everyone has voted, and there were lines of late-arriving voters at some election sites when polls closed. Josh could have easily learned about this (entirely reasonable) policy because the board publicly announced it.
June 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM
For all of Australians' pride (smugness) about a generally excellent federal election process, overseen by an independent statutory body... poll numbers on the east coast are released long before people on the west coast have finished voting. That's always struck me as less-than-ideal.
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It seems a good day to remind people that in the UK 3 times as many people work in Indian restaurants or for McDonalds as in the whole coal and steel industry. 5 times as many are academic staff at universities. If Labour does not understand its electorate, there is no way to appeal to it.
June 17, 2026 at 7:53 AM
It seems a good day to remind people that in the UK 3 times as many people work in Indian restaurants or for McDonalds as in the whole coal and steel industry. 5 times as many are academic staff at universities. If Labour does not understand its electorate, there is no way to appeal to it.