jfedor
-
Kathryn Laurentis
Kathryn Laurentis is a graduate researcher in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne, uncovering the untold stories of women who shaped Australian engineering, from the inventors and tinkerers who never got the title, to the pioneers who fought for one — she’s piecing together a more inclusive history of the profession. Kathryn’s career […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/05/kathryn-laurentis
-
Ruby Mackle
Ruby Mackle is a Master’s candidate in the Classics and Archaeology department. Her thesis examines depictions of Roman agricultural practice in literary sources compared to archaeological evidence. She is interested in landscape archaeology, investigating relationships between people and landscapes in the past, and works at the intersection between different fields of study. Particular interests are […] -
Jesse Seeberg-Gordon
Jesse Seeberg-Gordon is a PhD candidate in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. His PhD project, which is linked to the Faculty of Arts Research Initiative on Post-Soviet Space, examines the history of Australian-Soviet relations during the Cold War. Previously based at the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory in Tallinn, Jesse has a special interest in […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/02/jesse-seeberg-gordon
-
Seka Seneviratne
Seka Binaramali Seneviratne is a PhD candidate at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne, where she is building her PhD research project based on ‘Biodeterioration Methodologies and Their Effect on Painting Surfaces in the Asia Pacific Region’. Her research focuses on understanding the positive and challenging effects of microbial […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/01/seka-seneviratne
-
Thomas Spiteri
Thomas Spiteri is a PhD candidate in the History and Philosophy of Science program. His research interests are in the history and philosophy of the human sciences. His thesis explores the ways in which knowledge about the mind is generated from case studies in the “psy” disciplines – i.e., psychiatry, psychology and psychoanalysis. Thomas’ research aims to enrich our […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/01/thomas-spiteri
-
Leo Palmer
Leo Palmer (MA in Classics, 2024), Athenian Democracy in Context -
Daniel Rule
Daniel Rule (PhD in History, 2024), The Political Life of John Latham -
William Ridge
William Ridge (PhD in Philosophy, 2024), On the Evolution, Ontology, and Design of Retail Central Bank Digital Currenciesblogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/02/12/william-ridge
-
Feminist Critiques of Sex Difference Research
Feminist critics of sex difference research are often accused of claiming there are no sex differences, or that sex hormones have no influence on human behaviour. In this episode of the HPS Podcast, Professor Cordelia Fine joins Samara Greenwood to talk us through why this is a false characterisation. Instead, feminist researchers are digging into […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/01/16/feminist-critiques-of-sex-difference-research
-
SHAPS Digest (December 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/01/02/shaps-digest-december-2023
-
Celebrating Student Successes in History & Ancient World Studies
As the year draws to a close, we look back on the achievements of our students, awarded prizes in 2021 for their outstanding work in History and Ancient World studies. Winner of the 2021 Gyles Turner Prize, Maya Del Rio Reddan The Gyles Turner Prize is awarded annually for an undergraduate essay in Australian history. […] -
Our Mental Health Has Gone Digital
Apps, wearables and ingestibles that support digital mental health have lowered barriers to access but have profound social, ethical, and legal implications. In this extract from her new book, The Artefacts of Digital Mental Health, and republished here from Pursuit, Dr Jacinthe Flore (HPS) new digital mental health technologies and their impact. In April 2022, The […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/12/20/our-mental-health-has-gone-digital
-
Introducing Dr Pete Millwood, Lecturer in East Asian History
We are delighted to welcome Dr Pete Millwood, who recently joined SHAPS as our newly appointed Lecturer in East Asian History. Dr Millwood is a historian of the Chinese world’s international and transnational relations, especially with the United States. He obtained his doctorate in History at St Antony’s College, Oxford, in 2018, and has held […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/12/15/introducing-dr-pete-millwood
-
SHAPS Digest (November 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/12/08/shaps-digest-november-2023
-
Conversations with Australian Philosophers
Daniel Nellor’s book, What Are They Thinking? Conversations with Australian Philosophers (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2023), features interviews with ten philosophers working in Australian universities today, including SHAPS philosophers Margaret Cameron, Chris Cordner and Dan Halliday. They discuss the nature of philosophy and why it’s valuable, and think through some of the big questions on their […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/11/30/conversations-with-australian-philosophers
-
SHAPS Digest (October 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/11/02/shaps-digest-october-2023
-
Marles Medal for Professor Robyn Sloggett
Professor Robyn Sloggett was awarded the 2021 Marles Medal in Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Melbourne in recognition of her extraordinary achievements as a scholar and practitioner of cultural materials conservation whose work has had far-reaching impact both within and beyond the academy. Robyn is both a pioneer and a revolutionary force: […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/10/18/marles-medal-for-professor-robyn-sloggett
-
Welcome Dr Jacinthe Flore, Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science
We are excited to welcome Dr Jacinthe Flore as SHAPS’s new Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science. Dr Flore is a Science and Technology Studies (STS) Scholar and a Historian of Medicine, who combines the Medical Humanities, STS and critical theory in her research. She has published widely on the history and application of […] -
SHAPS Digest (September 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/09/25/shaps-digest-september-2023
-
Meet Dr Oleg Beyda, Hansen Lecturer in Russian History
In 2022, Dr Oleg Beyda was appointed Hansen Lecturer in Russian History. Dr Beyda’s research focuses on the post-revolutionary Russian diaspora, with a particular emphasis upon their experiences of the Second World War. History alumnus Noah Ellis sat down with Oleg to discuss his research and his approach to teaching. Your research focuses upon the […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/09/23/meet-dr-oleg-beyda-hansen-lecturer-in-russian-history
-
Birds in Roman Life and Myth
Dr Ashleigh Green recently published her first book, Birds in Roman Life and Myth. In 2020, her PhD thesis in Ancient World Studies passed examination without corrections. She went on to hold a La Trobe Society Fellowship at the State Library of Victoria in 2022 and is now a Teaching Associate in the School of […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/09/13/birds-in-roman-life-and-myth
-
SHAPS Digest (August 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/09/06/shaps-digest-august-2023
-
Re-Building: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part VI
A video-recording of the sixth and final instalment in this series, featuring His Excellency Bruce Edwards, Professor Torbjörn Becker, Slava Balbek, Professor Natalia Kudriavtseva, and Emeritus Professor Marko Pavlyshyn, and Jurij Suchowerskij (November 2022).blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/08/24/re-building-russias-war-on-ukraine-part-vi
-
On Biography and the History of Medicine
Dr Fallon Mody in conversation with PhD candidate Samara Greenwood, for the HPS Podcast.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/08/17/on-biography-and-the-history-of-medicine
-
Celebrating Twenty Years of the Grimwade Centre
The year 2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation. In June, to mark this milestone, the Grimwade Centre hosted a special Family and Friends Event. In collaboration with Student Conservators at Melbourne (SC@M), the Centre transformed its multi-purpose lab into an event space. Staff, students, and […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/08/01/20-years-grimwade-centre
-
Reflecting on the Nature of Science
Dr Kristian Camilleri (HPS) in conversation with PhD candidate Samara Greenwood, for the HPS Podcast.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/07/24/reflecting-on-the-nature-of-science
-
SHAPS Digest (June 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/07/03/shaps-digest-june-2023
-
SHAPS Research Celebration
In April, students and staff from the School of Historical & Philosophical Studies came together to celebrate the rich diversity of research undertaken across the School over the last three years. The inaugural SHAPS Research Celebration, held in the Forum Theatre on the evening of 20 April 2023, provided a unique opportunity to recognise the […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/05/12/shaps-research-celebration
-
SHAPS Digest (April 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/05/01/shaps-digest-april-2023
-
Revisiting Frazer’s Golden Bough
In February 2023, Dr Caroline Tully, archaeologist and honorary fellow in SHAPS, and Dr Stephanie Budin, ancient historian and independent scholar, hosted the international conference Shaking the Tree, Breaking the Bough. Designed to interrogate the influence of Sir James G Frazer’s (1854–1941) magnum opus, The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion, first published in […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/04/11/revisiting-frazers-golden-bough
-
Poetry: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part V
A video-recording of the fifth instalment in this series, featuring Uilleam Blacker, Yuliya Musakovska, Lesyk Panasiuk, Iryna Shuvalova (14 October 2022).blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/03/19/poetry-russias-war-on-ukraine-part-v
-
SHAPS Digest (February 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/03/13/shaps-digest-february-2023
-
SHAPS Digest (January 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/02/08/shaps-digest-january-2023
-
Jonathan Tehusijarana
Jonathan Tehusijarana (PhD in History, 2023), ‘Between the Pen and the Sword: Student-Soldiers and the Image of Ideal Youth in Indonesia’ Jonathan‘s thesis examines the tentara pelajar (Student Armies) of Indonesia that fought in the country’s war of independence (1945-1949), and whose veterans influenced a newly independent Indonesia afterwards. Using archival documents, news publications, memoirs, […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/01/30/jonathan-tehusijarana-2
-
Morgan Weaving
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 […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/01/29/morgan-weaving
-
A Global History of Feminism? Perspectives from across the Pacific World
A video-recording of a roundtable held in October 2022. -
Imperial Russia in Australia & the Pacific
A video-recording of the 2022 Greg Dening Memorial Lecture, delivered by Dr Hilary Howes.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/01/20/2022-greg-dening-memorial-lecture
-
SHAPS Digest (December 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/01/06/shaps-digest-december-2022
-
The (Call-)Ins and (Call-)Outs of Norm-Enacting Speech
In 2020 Kelly Herbison was the recipient of a Hastie Scholarship, awarded annually to the highest achieving students in Honours Philosophy. In this article, Kelly shares some of the findings from her Honours thesis project, which used the philosophy of language and social norms to examine the practices of ‘calling-out’ and ‘calling-in’ as methods for […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/12/12/call-ins-and-call-outs
-
SHAPS Digest (November 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/12/05/shaps-digest-november-2022
-
Solidarity: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part IV
A video-recording of the fourth instalment in this series, featuring HE Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia and New Zealand; HE Nina Obermaier, Ambassador of the European Union to New Zealand; Dr Olesya Khromeychuk (Ukrainian Institute London); Prof. Michèle Knodt (TU Darmstadt), and Prof. Zdisław Mach (Jagiellonian University, Kraków), speaking on the theme of 'Solidarity' (16 September 2022).blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/11/10/solidarity-russias-war-on-ukraine-part-iv
-
SHAPS Digest (October 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/11/04/shaps-digest-october-2022
-
SHAPS Digest (September 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/10/03/shaps-digest-september-2022
-
Cuckoldry in Early Modern England
Early modern English culture displayed an obsession with women’s infidelity and anxieties around the shame this brought on their husbands. History major Joseph Moorhead explored this topic for the subject A History of Sexualities (HIST30004) in 2020, and was awarded the 2020 Laurie R Gardiner Prize for the best undergraduate essay in early modern British […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/09/19/cuckoldry-in-early-modern-england
-
SHAPS Digest (August 2022)
Our new Hellenic Senior Lecturer in Global Diaspora Studies, Andonis Piperoglou (History), delivered a talk as part of the Greek Community of Melbourne’s Greek History & Culture Seminar series, on the topic ‘ “My kids are still called dagoes”: Historical Responses to an Irksome Racial Slur’. Racial slurs permeate our public vernacular. Throughout the United […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/09/05/shaps-digest-august-2022
-
Propaganda: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part III
A video-recording of the third instalment in this series, featuring Professor Natalia Chaban (University of Canterbury), Dr Julie Fedor (University of Melbourne), Dr Robert Horvath (La Trobe University), and Dr Volodymyr Kulyk (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), speaking on the theme of 'Propaganda' (27 May 2022).blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/08/29/propaganda-russias-war-on-ukraine-part-iii
-
Introducing Dr Tristan Grøtvedt Haze
Tristan Grøtvedt Haze joined the University of Melbourne in 2022 as a Lecturer (Teaching Specialist) in Philosophy. His first book, Meaning and Metaphysical Necessity, was recently published by Routledge. Tristan specialises in metaphysics and logic, and teaches across a number of undergraduate Philosophy subjects. He also enjoys some rather funny extracurricular activities, which he explores […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/08/22/introducing-dr-tristan-grotvedt-haze
-
Remembering Stuart Macintyre
A videorecording of the two-day symposium honouring and celebrating Stuart Macintyre (24–25 February 2022).blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/08/08/remembering-stuart-macintyre
-
SHAPS Digest (July 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/08/01/shaps-digest-july-2022
-
SHAPS Digest (June 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/07/04/shaps-digest-june-2022
Number of posts found: 200