2023 Graduates

Robyn Cooper, (MA in Classics & Archaeology) 'Romans, Religion, and Residences. Investigating the Relationship of Domestic Spaces and Roman Homes throughout Pompeii, Herculaneum, and the Iberian Peninsula' Using domestic cult spaces as a source material, this project explores how the nature of space within Roman residences interacted with and influenced on the expression of religious beliefs. As domestic cult spaces …

Nicole Davis (PhD in History, 2023) 'Nineteenth-century Arcades in Australia: History, Heritage & Representation' This thesis explores the social and spatial histories of Australia’s nineteenth-century arcades from their beginning in Melbourne in 1853, with an emphasis on their first half century of development. It explores the retail, leisure and business activities they hosted and the lived experiences of the people who worked and …

Leonard D'Cruz (PhD in Philosophy, 2023) 'Foucault and Normative Political Philosophy' This thesis brings Michel Foucault’s work into dialogue with the tradition of normative political philosophy inaugurated by John Rawls. More specifically, it draws on Foucault’s ideas to develop an original approach to normative theorising that emphasises the importance of situated insights in reconstructing our normative political concepts. With this goal …

Elena Heran, 'Sidelining the Feminine in Ovid’s Metamorphoses' (PhD in Classics & Archaeology) This thesis answers two key questions regarding the treatment of gender in Ovid's Metamorphoses: 1) How does the poem utilise mythical narratives in order to explore peculiarly Roman masculine concerns and anxieties, such as fatherhood, the transition from boy to man, the tension between sexual desire and the …

Alastair James (PhD in Philosophy), 'Labour Market Justice: Old and New Problems' This thesis sets out to analyse normatively significant and in some cases under-theorised labour market phenomena to identify forms of injustice and provide philosophically defensible responses that take seriously the feasibility constraints governing policy proposals. Some chapters engage with longer-standing questions, such as exploitation theory, and workplace hierarchy. These …

Caroline James-Garrod (PhD in Philosophy, 2023) 'Pressed for Time: A Study of Digital Journalists' Ethical and Temporal Conundrums' This thesis argues digital print journalists experience social and time ethics pressures due to constant responsibilities to stay connected to mobile work-related online communications. It claims this identifies a social phenomenon – cyber time poverty. It examines its research topic by studying original …

Tonia Sellers (MA in History, 2023) '"Romantic, Idealistic, Fiercely Partisan": Emotion and the Communist Party of Australia, 1920–1945' This thesis questions and explores the role of emotion in the Communist Party of Australia (CPA), 1920–1945. During this time, the CPA grew from a small fringe group to the dominant force in Australia’s Far-Left, and members’ lived experiences of Party life varied …

Diana Tay (PhD in Cultural Materials Conservation, 2023) 'Building a Conservation Material Record: A Study of Paintings by Cheong Soo Pieng and Georgette Chen' Despite the growing visibility of prominent figures in modern Singaporean art history, there is limited material knowledge of the art practices of paintings from Nanyang artists such as Georgette Chen (1906–1993) and Cheong Soo Pieng (1917–1983). Scholarly …

Morgan Weaving (PhD in History & Philosophy of Science, 2023) 'Misogyny as Hierarchy Maintenance' There is growing interest in ‘misogyny’ within psychology, yet the concept lacks a clear definition and theoretical grounding. This thesis explores misogyny as a form of gender hierarchy maintenance. Specifically, the thesis seeks to i) provide a definition and conceptual model of misogyny that promotes psychological research …

Neville Yeomans (PhD in History, 2023) 'A History of Australia's Immigrant Doctors, 1838–2021: Colonial Beginnings, Contemporary Challenges' Since colonisation in 1788, Australia has been populated by immigrants. Among them, for all this period, there have been practitioners of Western medicine who qualified overseas. This thesis is about them, now termed International Medical Graduates (IMGs). Starting in 1838, when the first …