Effie Karageorgos

When I started exploring the SLNSW protest archive I wanted to write a guidebook for activists, but - unsurprisingly ‘Quiet Protest’ ended up much more historical. Thanks to Hannah Viney for seeing my attempts to show how similar our struggles now are to those in the past. aph.org.au/2026/09/book...

It’s Week 1 of semester and the first day of teaching in my new long-awaited (at least by me) course HIST2253: Bodies and Brains: Histories of Illness, Disability and Disease. Today I’ll talk to the students a bit about pain, death, disability histories/activism and social control. I’m so excited 🎉.

I’m on holidays in Greece after a very busy first half of the year. Back to work, teaching my new University of Newcastle course HIST2253: Bodies and Brains: Histories of Illness, Disability and Disease, in just under two weeks. Here is a video of the sea closest to our family village.

Thanks to Panos Apostolou from SBS Greek for interviewing me about my book Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War, published by @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social. www.sbs.com.au/language/gre...

Watching the World Cup on SBS reminds me of how much SBS has been a staple for Greek-Australian (& other) communities. I remember visiting family friends with my parents as a kid where SBS was on in the background all day, in case a Greek show came on. An absolute institution for so many Australians

Invitations to our Finding Home: Life Outside Institutions exhibition have arrived! This exhibition is one of the outcomes of our (@cathycoleborne.bsky.social and I) ARC DP about mental health aftercare in Aust 1900-1960, held at Watt Space Gallery, curated by Gillean Shaw. It opens on 8 July 6pm.

Our University of Newcastle Centre for Society, Health and Care Research is holding an online winter webinar tomorrow featuring the medical anthropologist Professor Kate Senior speaking on the ‘Living the Social Determinants of Health’. All welcome. www.newcastle.edu.au/events/colle...

This is fantastic. I want to know more about the actors’ actual lives though - who are they? Were they existing activists? 👏🏼👏🏼

Here is a calming video from my morning walk/run (of a pelican slowly moving over a grey lake under a grey sky) to help us all deal with the fact that it’s Monday morning again.

Episode #215 Delving deep into the archives of Australian history, we speak with historian Effie Karageorges about her new book, Quiet Protest. The Vietnam War sparked the largest demonstrations Australia had ever seen. player.captivate.fm/episode/822c...

I had a great chat with Greg T Ross on his The Last Post podcast about my @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social book ‘Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War’, democracy, conscription, anti-war veterans, Simon Townsend and art (among other things) podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

Another Monday of an incredibly full week, made somehow more bearable by this view of a heron, lake and cloudy blue sky first thing in the morning.

I had a chat with Philip Clark on ABC Nightlife last night about my @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social book 'Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War'. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

A reminder that this author talk is tomorrow at the State Library of NSW: myself in conversation with Ann Curthoys, Rowan Cahill & Lee Rhiannon - & my new book Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War (@newsouthpublishing.bsky.social). www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/quiet...

Exciting post received yesterday, looking forward to digging in. @eleaud.bsky.social

I had a great half hour chat with Trevor Chappell and some really incredible callers on ABC Overnights this morning about my new @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social book Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... (go to 2:24:00 or so).

#histbookchat excellent book. It is really enlightening about the quieter Vietnam protest movement. Published by New South so readily available in Australia.

My first copy of Quiet Protest just arrived! It will be out on 1 April, published by @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social (although there will be early copies for sale at the Newcastle Writers Festival from 27-29 March) and launches and author talks to follow.

I was up early this morning to speak to Trevor Chappell on ABC Overnights about Australian participation in the South African (Boer) War. It was fun to go back and talk about my older research! It’s here if you want to listen (It starts at about 2:24:00). www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The self-removal of artist-activist bodies from the AWW has created some of the most impactful quiet(er) protest seen in this country in recent years, and shows us the extent to which we believe that freedom of speech is a core democratic right. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A very Australian beach scene, a photo of Newcastle Beach taken yesterday, my last day of a 3 week work-free summer holiday. I post this to mark an excellent, restful break with wonderful friends & family (and sadness that I am currently sitting in front of my computer again). Happy new year all!

The figurative gods are looking out for me. I am writing a book review that I thought needed to be 800 words, but I have written 1010 (and will be difficult to reduce). I just checked the original request and, lo and behold, they've actually asked for 1000 words. Me right now:

Amazing History of Medicine PhD scholarship opportunity at the University of Newcastle (Australia), part of Prof Cathy Coleborne's ARC grant on Australian experiences of polio: www.newcastle.edu.au/study/resear...

Happy to share my new book 'Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War', which will be published by UNSW Press on 1 April 2026.

Nanas joined a packed public gallery today at NSW Parliament House as Kobi Shetty gave a powerful second reading to repeal NSw protest laws. NSW stands condemned by the UN, human rights lawyers and organisations for its anti-protest laws. The worst in Australia.

Just spent the first bit of my last day of work before a couple of weeks of annual leave (to visit Greece before going to the EAHMH conference in Berlin) setting the automatic reply on my work email.

Josh Lees this morning on Channel 9’s the Today show speaking about the March for Humanity on the Sydney Harbour Bridge today for Palestine and Palestinians. (Apologies for the blurry photo, I was on a treadmill when I took it) 🇵🇸👏🏼

Thank you to @theconversation.com for sharing the open letter calling for @albomp.bsky.social to repeal Job-Ready Graduates. theconversation.com/top-australi...

Well this is quite exciting: Michel Foucault’s personal library has been catalogued and will be searchable online from this September eman-archives.org/Foucault-fic... 🗃

MEDIA RELEASE: A National Crisis in HASS The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has issued a public call for urgent action in response to widespread cuts to staff, programs and entire disciplines across Australian universities. chass.org.au/docs.ashx?id...

The first hors d’oeuvre I was offered at the Australia and New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine conference dinner tonight was…Beef Wellington. 😬

If Napoleon Bonaparte was still around, he would be absolutely loving this.

See, what I’m mainly interested in is how the Erin Patterson case is going to influence the popularity of Beef Wellington as a dinner option. I know that if I was having a dinner party this week, I’d be tempted to make it for a laugh (although I don’t expect my guests would enjoy the joke).

Knitting Nannas at last nights Sydney premiere of @risingtideaus.bsky.social new film “Turning the Tide”. 100’s showed up adding to the “swell” of us wanting more #ClimateAction from NSW government that must include a stop to more gas and coal mine extensions and approvals. 🌡️🔥🌊 🥵

Lake Macquarie (NSW) this morning!