Category: Academic Staff

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
An Interview with Associate Professor Laura Schroeter
The School of Historical and Philosophical Studies congratulates Laura Schroeter on her recent promotion to Associate Professor. Specialising in Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, and Metaethics, Laura has gained international recognition for her work on two-dimensional (2D) semantics and is famed for her ‘jazz model’ of concepts. As long-serving director of postgraduate studies in […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/06/13/an-interview-with-associate-professor-laura-schroeter
An Interview with Professor Howard Sankey
The School of Historical and Philosophical Studies is this year pleased to announce Howard Sankey’s promotion to full Professor. Since his arrival at the University of Melbourne in 1992, Howard’s research has remained at the forefront of epistemology and philosophy of science, his teaching engaging and reflective of his clear and ongoing enthusiasm. Howard’s interests […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/12/13/an-interview-with-professor-howard-sankey
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
Why Study Ancient Languages? An Interview with Dr Edward Jeremiah and Dr Andrew Turner
We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr Edward Jeremiah and Dr Andrew Turner as Teaching Specialists in ancient languages. Andrew and Edward play key roles in introducing our students to Latin and Ancient Greek, and guiding them through their journey as they learn to read classical texts in the original language. In addition […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/08/23/why-study-ancient-languages
Stuart Macintyre in Conversation with History Honours Students
As part of the Honours subject The Writing of Australian History (HIST90023), students have the unique opportunity to meet with distinguished historian Professor Emeritus Stuart Macintyre and to engage him in conversation about his work and about Australian historiography more broadly. We share below a videorecording and transcript of one of these sessions, from April […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/01/12/stuart-macintyre-in-conversation-with-history-honours-students
Meet Dr Sarah Bendall, McKenzie Fellow in History
In 2020, Dr Sarah Bendall joined the History program as a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow. A historian of material culture, Sarah specialises in the dress of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, Scotland and France. Sarah completed her PhD at the University of Sydney in 2018 and joins us after a post-doctoral fellowship at UWA working on the […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/05/08/meet-sarah-bendall
Uncovering Connections in Britain’s Empire: An Interview with Professor Zoë Laidlaw
Upon finishing her Honours at Melbourne, Zoë Laidlaw went on to complete her postgraduate degree at Oxford. After 20 years in the United Kingdom, she returned to the University of Melbourne in September 2018. PhD candidate Jonathan Peter spoke to Zoë recently about her experiences as an academic, her research interests, as well as current […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/12/19/uncovering-connections-in-britains-empire-an-interview-with-professor-zoe-laidlaw
Meet the new Head of School, Professor Margaret Cameron
In the midst of her relocation from Canada to commence her appointment as the new Head of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies (SHAPS), Professor Margaret Cameron took some time out to chat to SHAPS Forum’s Carley Tonoli about her love of philosophy, her academic career, and her excitement about heading up the SHAPS […]
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/07/10/meet-the-new-head-of-school-professor-margaret-cameron
Revisiting Augustus’s Alternative Truth
In October 2018 the inimitable Associate Professor Frederik Vervaet presented a riveting public lecture entitled "'Monarch by Universal Consent’: Revisiting Augustus' Alternative Truth", as part of the 2018 Truth SHAPS Public Lecture series
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/05/01/revisiting-augustuss-alternative-truth

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