Robin Derricourt
Robin Derricourt is a writer, publisher, archaeologist and an Honorary Professor of History at the University of New South Wales
Robin's recent articles
4 February 2026
Israel and the return of settler politics in a lawless international system
Zionism emerged at the height of European settler colonialism and was realised just as the world turned toward decolonisation. Today, as international law loses force, Israel’s actions are again enabled by the prevailing global order.
14 April 2024
The stark monuments of conflict in Israel and Palestine
Visits to the historical sites of Israel and beyond provide stark reminders that the past – including the recent past – is always with us, with places and monuments marking conflicts of ideologies and conflicts of people.
11 October 2020
In Defence of Nomadic "Mere" Hunter-Gatherers
We increasingly hear people say that traditional Aboriginal societies were “not mere hunter-gatherers”. Unwittingly, this phrase downgrades the mobile foragers who occupied Australia on the eve of colonial occupation of their territory (and for tens of millennia before). The yearning to reclassify foragers as farmers reflects a dated and discredited concept of economic hierarchy.