Zachary Kendal

I just got back from a fantastic book launch! It was for my friend and collaborator Dr Alexandra Roginski's new book, "Science and Power in the Nineteenth-Century Tasman World" (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

It explores the practice of phrenology in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand and contains many fascinating stories. It's an incredible work of scholarship many years in the making!

#Science #Australia #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Phrenology #BookLaunch

Jul 23, 2023 at 4:40amWeb
Show threadZachary KendalJul 23, 2023
A few years ago, Alex and I worked together on a new scholarly edition of Joseph Fraser's "Melbourne and Mars: My Mysterious Life on Two Planets" (1889), a socialist utopian novel written by a Melbourne phrenologist. Our edition, with an introduction and notes, was published by Grattan Street Press in 2020. Such a fun collaboration!