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  1. On Language and Listening to One Another: Dr Ross Barham on the Value of Philosophy

    In 2018 Ross Barham completed his Philosophy PhD, investigating the relationship between human language and the way we understand the concept of objectivity. He chatted to Carley Tonoli about how it feels to be on the other side of the finish line.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/04/28/ross-barham

  2. Where Strange Fruit Meets Eating Out: Food Studies at Melbourne

    By giannandrea - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12863790

    Pineapples as a status symbol in early modern Europe and nineteenth-century Sydney restaurants were the topics of papers presented by the two gastronomes from SHAPS at the 22nd Symposium of Australian Gastronomy in November 2018 in western Sydney.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/04/24/where-strange-fruit-meets-eating-out-food-studies-at-melbourne

  3. Fascinating Strangers: Dr Tessa Leach’s Work on Sex Robots

    Advances in robotics raise all kinds of questions about how humans will relate to this new technology… In her recent PhD, Dr Tessa Leach explored an especially controversial aspect of this topic: the human-like sex robots that may soon be among us.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/04/12/fascinating-strangers

  4. History Alumni News 2018

    Our annual newsletter celebrates the achievements of our students, past and present, and shares news about the research, teaching and other activities happening in the History program.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/04/02/history-alumni-newsletter-2018

  5. Unlocking Ancient Scripts: 2019 Michael Ventris Award winner, Brent Davis

    Brent Davis (left) excavating at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel, the site of a major Philistine city: the regional headdress called the 'kaffiyah' is very practical in this hot and dry climate. Photograph © Richard Wiskin, 2013

    SHAPS Classics & Archaeology lecturer Dr Brent Davis was recently awarded the prestigious Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies. He spoke with Nicole Davis about his research.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/03/29/unlocking-ancient-scripts-2019-michael-ventris-award-winner-brent-davis

  6. Farewelling Professor Antonia Finnane

    In 2018 Professor Antonia Finnane retired after 33 years working for the History program at the University of Melbourne. We present here excerpts from the speeches and tributes delivered at Antonia’s farewell in November 2018.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/03/28/farewelling-professor-antonia-finnane

  7. A Year in Melbourne

    Professor Tim Parkin’s reflections on his first year as Tatoulis Chair in Classics The reason the Greeks and Romans remain fascinating and significant to us in …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/03/17/a-year-in-melbourne

  8. Honouring the Life and Work of Tony Sagona

    Antonio Sagona, 2011. Photograph © Claudia Sagona

    Free-threshing wheat, a small piece of inscribed banded agate, the myth of Jason and Medea… are all elements in the stories told by presenters at a recent Classics and Archaeology symposium devoted to the legacy of the late Emeritus Professor Antonio (Tony) Sagona.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/02/20/re-orienting-ancient-near-eastern-studies

  9. Introducing Ángel Alcalde: New Lecturer in Twentieth-century European History

    Incoming Lecturer in European History Ángel Alcalde brings expertise on the social and cultural history of war, transnational history and the history of fascism. He discusses his inspirations with Ross Karavis.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/02/19/interview-introducing-angel-alcalde

  10. Disposal of the Dead: The Intersection of Death & Technology

    Fallon Mody recently caught up with an interdisciplinary group of Melbourne-based researchers – including our own Associate Professor Mike Arnold – who think about death for a living.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/02/18/disposal-of-the-dead

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