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The D-Notice System and the Question of Trust
A series of Australian Federal Police (AFP) raids on Australian journalists in 2019 stimulated numerous reviews into press freedom and the impact of Australia’s secrecy laws on public interest journalism. One of the proposals that was subsequently put forward by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security in 2020 with a view to ensuring […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/04/06/d-notice-system
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Samantha Rogers
Samantha Rogers is a student of the Grimwade Centre’s Master of Cultural Materials Conservation. She has an interest in paper and object conservation and community heritage advocacy and engagement. She has a Master of Ancient History from Macquarie University and a BA (Hons) in History from Monash University. Samantha is a qualified secondary teacher specialising […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/05/02/samantha-rogers
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Giovanni Piccolo
Giovanni Piccolo (PhD in Classics & Archaeology, 2022), ‘The Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium by Gaius Julius Solinus: A Roman Geography for a Changing World’ The Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium is a collection of wondrous facts from various areas of natural science presented within the geographical framework of a description of the known world. Little is known of […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/03/07/giovanni-piccolo
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Stephanie Zindilis
Stephanie Zindilis (MA in Classics & Archaeology, 2022) ‘Distaff Displacement: Narratives of Female Exile in Ovidian Poetry’ Displacement is a torment experienced by numerous women in Ovid’s Heroides and Fasti. Reading these episodes from a gendered perspective reveals nuances in the female vs. male experience of exile, broadening understanding of how exile is experienced by […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/02/13/stephanie-zindilis
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An Interview with Hansen Associate Professor Jenny Spinks
Jenny Spinks is a historian of the early modern world, with a particular interest in visual and material culture as historical sources for research and for teaching. To celebrate her recent promotion to Associate Professor, we feature Jenny’s work here in this interview with recent graduate Jen McFarland. You can watch the video and/or read […] -
Unpacking the History of Quantum Mechanics
Senior Lecturer in History & Philosophy of Science Dr Kristian Camilleri is currently completing work on a book which challenges the standard understanding of the history of quantum mechanics. The book manuscript is provisionally titled Quantum Mechanics and Its Discontents: The Making of An Orthodoxy. In this interview, Kristian sat down with current HPS PhD […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/09/27/quantum-mechanics
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Discovering the ‘Mess and Stink’ of Romeo Lane
A video recording of Professor Janet McCalman's presentation to the SHAPS Fellows & Associates Seminar (July 2021). -
Racial Justice, Memory & the Museum
In December 2019, History PhD candidate Sam Watts travelled through the Deep South completing research for his thesis on racial politics in the Reconstruction-era urban Deep South. Here he reflects on this trip, historical memory, the nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd, and the ongoing struggle for racial justice in America. The day […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/06/09/racial-justice-memory-the-museum
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SHAPS in the News: A Digest of Recent Media Commentary by Our Staff & Students
The need for expert knowledge and analysis has been brought into sharp relief as we struggle to understand and respond to the COVID-19 emergency. In this digest, we bring together samples of commentary produced by SHAPS staff and students, and media coverage of our research, in recent months. Melbourne History Workshop’s (led by Professor Andrew […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/05/04/shaps-in-the-news
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Kieran McInerney
‘Reconceiving the Reasonable Probability of Success Criterion’ (PhD in Philosophy, 2019). This thesis examines the Reasonable Probability of Success criterion of jus ad bellum. Chapter One provides an initial explication of this principle. It outlines its historical origins, and explains the rationale for requiring that this criterion is satisfied in order for it to be […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2016/11/01/kieran-mcinerney
