Urgent History

Urgent History brings together leading historians to apply their knowledge of the past to some of the most pressing questions of the present. Season 1, hosted by Dr Filip Slaveski, Senior Lecturer in Russian, Soviet and East European History, covered issues from the fate of face-to-face lectures and the crisis in Australian universities, to the roots of political populism, climate activism, and the cost-of-living squeeze.

In Season 2, Emeritus Professor Carolyn Strange, a specialist in criminal justice and gender history, joins Filip Slaveski in new conversations with historians who explore how the past continues to shape our present. In this season, we consider the repercussions of war and colonisation, the changing nature and dynamics of families, and the historic and contemporary ways in which we consume the news.

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• No. of episodes: 11
• Latest episode: 2026-04-22
• History

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