Category: News

  1. Student History Journal Chariot in 2021

    Chariot is an undergraduate history journal created by and for students. Founded in 2018, the journal provides a space for students to engage with history in their own way, publishing online and in print. In this blogpost, Chariot editors Daisy Norfolk and Lauren Song report on their activities over the past year. 2021 has been […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/11/25/student-history-journal-chariot-in-2021

  2. Against Erasure

    Using witness accounts and smuggled information, researchers and technicians from the University of Melbourne have created a 3D digital model of the infamous but dismantled Manus Island Detention Centre. In this article, republished from Pursuit, SHAPS’s Una McIlvenna, together with Claire Loughnan (SSPS) and the eTeaching Unit’s Mitch Buzza, Meredith Hinze and Sam Taylor, tell […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/11/24/against-erasure

  3. 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 […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/11/22/an-interview-with-hansen-associate-professor-jenny-spinks

  4. Celebrating Our Students’ Achievements

    Looking back on last year’s note of congratulations to our student award recipients, I noted then the extraordinary (pandemic-driven) conditions during which the students were working. This year the point is doubly true and needs to be acknowledged explicitly. Most of the work that is being awarded by these prizes was done remotely, often independently, […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/11/15/shaps-student-prizes-scholarships-2020

  5. Introduction to Textile Conservation

    In October 2021, Student Conservators @ Melbourne, the student group for the Master of Cultural Materials Conservation program at the Grimwade Centre, held a webinar, ‘Introduction to Textile Conservation’. Hosted by Victoria Thomas of Artlab (a graduate of the Masters and former Grimwade Conservation Services employee), the program introduced the types of objects commonly cared […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/11/11/introduction-to-textile-conservation

  6. Country, Culture and Conflict on Australia’s Early Colonial Frontiers

    A video recording of Professor Grace Karskens' 2021 Ernest Scott Lecture Part I (September 2021).

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/11/08/country-culture-and-conflict-on-australias-early-colonial-frontiers

  7. Melbourne University Philosophy Society 2020–2021

    Despite rolling lockdowns, the SHAPS undergraduate societies have continued to operate and thrive, doing vital work in creating innovative ways for students to connect and interact throughout the pandemic. In this article, we feature the Melbourne University Philosophy Society (MUPS). We farewell the outgoing 2021 committee and look back on their activities over the past […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/11/03/shaps-undergrad-soceties-part-one

  8. SHAPS Digest (October 2021)

    A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/11/01/shaps-digest-october-2021

  9. Greg Dening (1931–2008)

    On the occasion of the forthcoming Greg Dening lecture, we thought it timely to republish an obituary for Greg Dening by his former colleague, Emeritus Professor Chips Sowerwine. This obituary first appeared in the Journal of Australasian Irish Studies 7 (2007) and has been reprinted by permission of the journal’s editor.  Greg Dening died on 13 […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/10/27/greg-dening-1931-2008

  10. Donna Merwick Dening (1932–2021)

    On 23 August SHAPS received the sad news that Donna Merwick Dening had passed away overnight. Donna was an Associate Professor in the History Department from 1969 to 1995 and taught American History. She was teacher, mentor and colleague to many and we mourn the passing of a great historian. Donna was proud of the […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/10/24/donna-merwick-dening-1932-2021

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