Category: News

  1. Bali Art & Heritage Conservation Internship Program #BAHCIP

    In mid-2021 a group of alumni of the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation co-organised the Bali Art & Heritage Conservation Internship Program (#BAHCIP). Developed by Saiful Bakhri, Masters of Cultural Conservation 2018 and winner of a Rising Star Alumni Award in 2020, together with Gadis Fitriana Putri, Lia Sumichan and Laila Nurul Fitrani, the […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/10/18/bahcip

  2. 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 study together in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In 2018 and 2019 SHAPS was able to send small groups of students, together with Associate Professor Katharine McGregor, to participate in person in […]

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

  3. Submarines and Vaccines: France’s 2022 Presidential Elections

    Why do the French elections matter to Australia? More now due to new challenges to France’s commitment alongside Australia in the fraught geo-politics of the Indo-Pacific. Peter McPhee explores the 2022 election campaign in this article republished from Pursuit Will the next President of France be Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen or another of the candidates […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/10/07/submarines-and-vaccines-frances-2022-presidential-elections

  4. SHAPS Digest (September 2021)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/10/04/shaps-digest-september-2021

  5. The Symbolism of Australia’s Southern Cross

    Australia’s Southern Cross has been used on flags and coats of arms since the early colonial period but, despite its endurance, it’s a very difficult emblem for many Australians. Dr Martin Bush, Research Fellow in SHAPS, researches the cultural history of astronomy in colonial- and Federation-era Australia. He tells us more in this article, republished […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/09/29/the-symbolism-of-australias-southern-cross

  6. 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

  7. An Interview with Associate Professor Catherine Kovesi

    Catherine Kovesi researches discourses surrounding luxury and consumption in early modern Italy; Florentine and Venetian family history; and Australian religious history. She is Chair of the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies and in recent years has worked with the Australian Council for the Arts at the Venice Biennale Arte. To celebrate Catherine’s promotion to Associate […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/09/20/an-interview-with-associate-professor-catherine-kovesi

  8. 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).

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/09/13/janet-mccalman-on-discovering-the-mess-and-stink-of-romeo-lane

  9. SHAPS Digest (August 2021)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/09/06/shaps-digest-august-2021

  10. Equality and Fairness: Vaccines Against this Pandemic of Mistrust

    The COVID crisis has laid bare a crisis of trust. In many Western nations there’s a small but significant minority refusing to follow distancing guidelines, wear masks or get a vaccination. Protests in recent weeks have demonstrated just how much they mistrust politicians, scientists, bureaucrats, the ‘mainstream media’ and many of their fellow citizens. And […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/08/30/equality-and-fairness-vaccines-against-this-pandemic-of-mistrust

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