Agora 2024-3 New Thinking About Old Histories

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New Thinking About Old Histories | Agora vol. 59 no. 3 (2024)

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REFLECTION/EDITORIAL	Reflection Elisa Litvin Editorial Guy Nolch

SUNGRAPHO Research and analysis
	Nefertiti: New Perspectives from New Data Jack T. Norris and Grace O’Donnell New evidence about Nefertiti has altered perspectives and theories surrounding this Queen, and possible Pharaoh, from ancient Egypt.
THEMA Reflections on the theme
	New Perspectives on the Causes and Consequences of the French Revolution Peter McPhee The past decade has seen further evidence of the ways in which the French Revolution continues to inspire research and reinterpretation, particularly on the consequences of 1789.
	Teaching the Russian Revolution in Times of War Natasha Wilson Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has encouraged historians to explore non-Russian archives, amplifying the voices and experiences at the peripheries of the Russian Revolution.
	Was the American Revolution a Civil War? Patrick McGrath The intense partisanship of America’s current political culture has led historians to question the traditional conception of the revolution as a unifying event guided by a common ideology or shared enemy.
	Reform Aversion and the Death of the Roman Republic Frederik Juliaan Vervaet The demise of the Roman Republic arguably fits the circumstances identified in recent scholarship examining how democracies can be taken over by authoritarians.
	The Great Divergence Debate Koji Hirata The ‘Great Divergence’ debate forces us to rethink the origins of Europe’s modern economic growth and its relationship with colonial expansion overseas.
	China’s Foreign Emergence under Mao Pete Millwood A new wave of historiography is identifying Mao’s final years as the period when China retreated from the isolation of the Cultural Revolution and began opening up to the capitalist West.
	Beginning a New Century of Women’s Suffrage History? James Keating New scholarship is documenting the suffragists’ place in Australia’s commemorative landscapes, the promise and partiality of digital archives, and reconsidering the voting restrictions that complicate narratives of ‘universal’ suffrage in the twentieth century.
	History Teachers and the Future of Australian Democracy Carolyn Holbrook Democracy is under attack. Could mythologising its history save it?
	‘We Won, You Lost, Get Over It!’: Moving Beyond Truth-telling to Justice in the Australian History Classroom Aleryk Fricker We need to consider how History teaching can move beyond truth-telling towards the context of justice.
	Historians Are Becoming Characters in their Historical Accounts Melanie Guile There is a growing trend among historians to insert personal autobiographical material into their historical narratives. Does this undermine the authenticity of these sources?
PRAKTIKOS Teaching ideas
	Colouring Antiquity: Revised Perceptions of Statues in the Ancient World Jo Clyne and Valentina Bydanova The recovery of colour information from Graeco-Roman statues has led to a shift in how historians think about the past.
	The Biggest Fallacies in Education Ben Lawless Some common beliefs in educational practice do not stand up to scrutiny.
	Making Thinking Routine in the VCE History Classroom Benedict Russell Thinking and revision routines can encourage active listening, idea generation and connection-making in the History classroom.
	The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies Skye Krichauff A new website documents the nature, extent and duration of violent interactions between Aboriginal people and colonists.

KRITIKOS Reviews	All reviews are available online Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States By John Zubrzycki Reviewed by Phillip O’Brien, McKinnon Secondary College Ghost of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects By Noah Angell Reviewed by Jo Clyne, Hellenic Museum A History Teaching Toolbox By Russel Tarr Reviewed by Robert Panara, Alphington Grammar School The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt By Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Reviewed by Kaye De Petro, Education and Services Officer, HTAV The Lost Princess: Women Writers and the History of Classic Fairy Tales By Anne E. Duggan Reviewed by Kaye De Petro, Education and Services Officer, HTAV