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  1. Introducing Dr Matthew Champion

    Dr Matthew Champion, appointed to a Senior Lectureship in History in 2022, is a historian of medieval and early modern Europe, with a particular focus on …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/11/28/introducing-dr-matthew-champion

  2. Mynas Matter: Towards a Cultural History of ‘Invasive’ Species in Australia

    History PhD candidate Simon Farley is investigating settler Australian attitudes towards non-native wildlife from the 1820s to the present. In this article, they reflect on the …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2022/01/31/mynas-matter

  3. The 2021 International Summer School in Transnational History, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    Since 2018, the Universitas Gadjah Mada has hosted an annual International Summer School in Transnational History, bringing together students from across Southeast Asia to live and …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/10/11/the-2021-international-summer-school-in-transnational-history

  4. Control & the Imagery of Power: The Case of Emperor Augustus

    Episode 1 in the 2021 SHAPS ‘Control’ Podcast Series: Dr Roslynne Bell (Classics & Archaeology).

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/06/28/augustus-public-image

  5. Control 2021–2022

    From the Brexit campaign with its call to ‘take back control’, to cultural fashions like the Marie Kondo phenomenon, through to criminological and sociological theories on …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/04/22/control-2021

  6. Episode 6 in the SHAPS Podcast Series: Professor Mike Arnold

    Professor Mike Arnold discusses his research on the intersections between death, technology and society, in this final episode of the SHAPS 2020 ‘Disaster and Change’ podcast series, hosted by Dr Henry Reese.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/02/27/episode-6-in-the-shaps-podcast-series-professor-mike-arnold

  7. Applied Proof Theory: Holding an International Workshop during the Pandemic

    How do you hold an international workshop at a time when travel between continents is at a standstill and countries all over the world are in lockdown? Greg Restall, Professor in Philosophy, explains how this worked at the recent international workshop on Applied Proof Theory.  

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/11/17/applied-proof-theory-holding-an-international-workshop-during-the-pandemic

  8. Rebuilding Life after Mass Violence: Lessons from the Chilean Truth Commission

    History PhD candidate Amy Hodgson was recently awarded a prestigious Yale Fox International Fellowship. This graduate exchange scheme supports students who are committed to harnessing scholarly …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/11/09/rebuilding-life-after-mass-violence-lessons-from-the-chilean-truth-commission

  9. The Uncounted Death Toll of Coronavirus in Aged Care

    Associate in History Marama Whyte reflects on the acute crisis in the aged care sector that has been revealed so tragically by the pandemic.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/11/04/the-uncounted-death-toll-of-coronavirus-in-aged-care

  10. Restoring and Conserving the Parish Church at Guiuan, Eastern Samar

    In the wake of Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, National Museum of the Philippines conservators, heritage professionals, architects and anthropologists, have been working with parishioners …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/09/30/restoring-and-conserving-the-parish-church-at-guiuan

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