Rowan Dean, author of the two new books The Best of The Spectator Australia and Corkscrewed, joined The Young IPA Podcast to talk about the role of The Spectator Australia in the modern media...
US founding father John Adams was right when he said “facts are stubborn things”. Individuals in history are stubborn things too. Academic historians at modern-day universities might...
If you were a tourist attending the Australian Open, and you happened to have been perusing the papers in between sets, you would be forgiven for thinking that the entire country is suffering from...
The overwhelming majority of Australians are not only proud to be Australian, but they are also proud of their history. Furthermore, the majority of Australians want to continue celebrating...
Alice Springs town councillor and academic with the Centre for Independent Studies Jacinta Nampijinpa Price joined The Young IPA Podcast to discuss her views on Australia Day. Here are some...
In the last few months, the concept of ‘Western Civilisation’ has received significant coverage in the Australian press. In the aftermath of the announcement that healthcare and media entrepreneur...
Our universities are restricting speech like never before in a misguided attempt to protect students’ feelings Australia’s universities are becoming increasingly hostile to...
When Alfred Deakin quit politics in early January 1913, the initial press assessments of his contribution to public life were not particularly effusive. This even applied to The Age, the newspaper...
Western Civilisation is being neglected in Australian history courses. But there is hope for the future, writes Dr Bella d’Abrera. As part of its Foundations of Western Civilisation Program...
The Australian columnist and IPA Board Member Janet Albrechtsen joined the Young IPA Podcast to discuss a range of issues. Here are some highlights. On Milo Yiannopoulos “Boy, do we need Milo.”...
In 440 BC, the Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus broke with tradition by collecting primary sources and then systematically and critically arranging them into a narrative. In doing so, he...
On the IPA’s latest report The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit of History Teaching at Australian Universities “Personally I think [these subjects] don’t belong in history faculties. They are...
‘We have just witnessed the political funeral of Ronald Reagan’ opined Tom Pettit of NBC on a night in January 1980 when Reagan lost the Iowa caucuses to George Bush. It was only a narrow loss...
Bad ideas flourish in dark places. The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit of History Teaching at Australian Universities in 2017, released on Monday by the Institute of Public Affairs, exposes...
The IPA’s report, The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit of History Teaching at Australian Universities in 2017, written by Bella d’Abrera, has received a strong reaction since its release last...
The history and substance of Western civilisation that are essential to understanding our present and shaping our future are not being taught to history undergraduates. Instead, the focus of a...
History undergraduates are not being taught about the history and substance of Western Civilisation, according to a new Institute of Public Affairs report The Rise of Identity Politics: An Audit...
This is a systematic review of all 746 history undergraduate courses taught in 2017 at the 35 Australian universities which offer history as a program of study. The main findings of The Rise of...
