Category: News

  1. SHAPS Digest (December 2023)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/01/02/shaps-digest-december-2023

  2. Celebrating Student Successes in History & Ancient World Studies

    As the year draws to a close, we look back on the achievements of our students, awarded prizes in 2021 for their outstanding work in History and Ancient World studies. Winner of the 2021 Gyles Turner Prize, Maya Del Rio Reddan The Gyles Turner Prize is awarded annually for an undergraduate essay in Australian history. […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/12/30/celebrating-student-successes-in-history-ancient-world-studies

  3. Our Mental Health Has Gone Digital

    Apps, wearables and ingestibles that support digital mental health have lowered barriers to access but have profound social, ethical, and legal implications. In this extract from her new book, The Artefacts of Digital Mental Health, and republished here from Pursuit, Dr Jacinthe Flore (HPS) new digital mental health technologies and their impact.  In April 2022, The […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/12/20/our-mental-health-has-gone-digital

  4. Introducing Dr Pete Millwood, Lecturer in East Asian History

    We are delighted to welcome Dr Pete Millwood, who recently joined SHAPS as our newly appointed Lecturer in East Asian History. Dr Millwood is a historian of the Chinese world’s international and transnational relations, especially with the United States. He obtained his doctorate in History at St Antony’s College, Oxford, in 2018, and has held […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/12/15/introducing-dr-pete-millwood

  5. SHAPS Digest (November 2023)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/12/08/shaps-digest-november-2023

  6. Ridley Scott: Historians Need to ‘Get a Life’

    Napoleon director Ridley Scott is calling on us historians to “get a life” – and he has a point. Art is about more than historical facts. SHAPS Emeritus Professor Peter McPhee discusses the movie and the director’s stance in this article, republished from The Conversation. The release of Napoleon unleashed a torrent of objections to […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/12/06/ridley-scott-historians-need-to-get-a-life

  7. Conversations with Australian Philosophers

    Daniel Nellor’s book, What Are They Thinking? Conversations with Australian Philosophers (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2023), features interviews with ten philosophers working in Australian universities today, including SHAPS philosophers Margaret Cameron, Chris Cordner and Dan Halliday. They discuss the nature of philosophy and why it’s valuable, and think through some of the big questions on their […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/11/30/conversations-with-australian-philosophers

  8. Annual Fellows’ Research Day

    On 21 July 2023, the SHAPS Fellows & Friends of History held the annual Fellows’ Research Day. Fay Woodhouse wrote an overview of the day for Forum, discussing the speakers and their topics, as well as other enjoyable aspects of the day. The Annual SHAPS Fellows’ Research Day, held on a predictably cold Melbourne morning […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/11/13/annual-fellows-research-day

  9. SHAPS Digest (October 2023)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/11/02/shaps-digest-october-2023

  10. Remembering and Forgetting the Dead

    Ancient Celtic Halloween ­­– or All Hallow’s Eve ­– was a day to acknowledge the dead. Modern rituals of marking death continue this tradition, both remembering and letting go. In this article, republished from Pursuit, two of the DeathTech Research team –SHAPS’s Mike Arnold, together with Tamara Kohn (School of Social and Political Sciences) – discuss […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/10/30/remembering-and-forgetting-the-dead

  11. Marles Medal for Professor Robyn Sloggett

    Professor Robyn Sloggett was awarded the 2021 Marles Medal in Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Melbourne in recognition of her extraordinary achievements as a scholar and practitioner of cultural materials conservation whose work has had far-reaching impact both within and beyond the academy. Robyn is both a pioneer and a revolutionary force: […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/10/18/marles-medal-for-professor-robyn-sloggett

  12. Welcome Dr Jacinthe Flore, Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science

    We are excited to welcome Dr Jacinthe Flore as SHAPS’s new Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science. Dr Flore is a Science and Technology Studies (STS) Scholar and a Historian of Medicine, who combines the Medical Humanities, STS and critical theory in her research. She has published widely on the history and application of […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/10/09/welcome-dr-jacinthe-flore-lecturer-in-history-and-philosophy-of-science

  13. SHAPS Digest (September 2023)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/09/25/shaps-digest-september-2023

  14. Meet Dr Oleg Beyda, Hansen Lecturer in Russian History

    In 2022, Dr Oleg Beyda was appointed Hansen Lecturer in Russian History. Dr Beyda’s research focuses on the post-revolutionary Russian diaspora, with a particular emphasis upon their experiences of the Second World War. History alumnus Noah Ellis sat down with Oleg to discuss his research and his approach to teaching. Your research focuses upon the […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/09/23/meet-dr-oleg-beyda-hansen-lecturer-in-russian-history

  15. Birds in Roman Life and Myth

    Dr Ashleigh Green recently published her first book, Birds in Roman Life and Myth. In 2020, her PhD thesis in Ancient World Studies passed examination without corrections. She went on to hold a La Trobe Society Fellowship at the State Library of Victoria in 2022 and is now a Teaching Associate in the School of […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/09/13/birds-in-roman-life-and-myth

  16. SHAPS Digest (August 2023)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/09/06/shaps-digest-august-2023

  17. Re-Building: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part VI

    A video-recording of the sixth and final instalment in this series, featuring His Excellency Bruce Edwards, Professor Torbjörn Becker, Slava Balbek, Professor Natalia Kudriavtseva, and Emeritus Professor Marko Pavlyshyn, and Jurij Suchowerskij (November 2022).

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/08/24/re-building-russias-war-on-ukraine-part-vi

  18. On Biography and the History of Medicine

    Dr Fallon Mody in conversation with PhD candidate Samara Greenwood, for the HPS Podcast.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/08/17/on-biography-and-the-history-of-medicine

  19. SHAPS Digest (July 2023)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/08/11/shaps-digest-july-2023

  20. Beauty, Wine and Death in the Ancient World

    Picture a woman gazing at her face in a small mirror of highly polished brass. She has never seen her whole body – no mirror is that large in the Greek and Roman worlds. She whitens her face with powdered chalk and reddens her cheeks with a dye made from the madder plant. Her fingers […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/08/03/beauty-wine-and-death-in-the-ancient-world

  21. Celebrating Twenty Years of the Grimwade Centre

    The year 2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation. In June, to mark this milestone, the Grimwade Centre hosted a special Family and Friends Event. In collaboration with Student Conservators at Melbourne (SC@M), the Centre transformed its multi-purpose lab into an event space. Staff, students, and […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/08/01/20-years-grimwade-centre

  22. Reflecting on the Nature of Science

    Dr Kristian Camilleri (HPS) in conversation with PhD candidate Samara Greenwood, for the HPS Podcast.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/07/24/reflecting-on-the-nature-of-science

  23. Has Russia Contained the Prigozhin Threat?

    Its long history of managing violent mercenaries suggests so, as Professor Mark Edele explores in this article, republished from The Conversation. A month on since pundits declared the imminent start of a new Russian civil war, we’re still waiting. Moreover, we still know very little about what went on when Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin launched […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/07/24/has-russia-contained-the-prigozhin-threat

  24. We Need Good Policy to Back Working Dads

    How do men feel when they become fathers? Associate Professor Daniel Halliday (Philosophy) and Professor Cordelia Fine (HPS), together with Dr Melissa Wheeler (Swinburne Business School) spoke to a handful of Australian dads who generously agreed to share their experiences on the new Working Fathers podcast – many spoke of deep emotional responses. “Probably the most […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/07/17/we-need-good-policy-to-back-working-dads

  25. ‘Wokeness’ and White Conservatives in America

    Conservatives in the United States have launched an offensive against so-called wokeness as they head towards the 2024 Presidential Election. In this article, first published in the Conversation as, ‘Why ‘Wokeness’ has Become the Latest Battlefront for White Conservatives in America’, SHAPS Honorary Liam Byrne, together with Emma Shortis (SHAPS Graduate, RMIT) write about this […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/07/04/wokeness-and-white-conservatives-in-america

  26. SHAPS Digest (June 2023)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/07/03/shaps-digest-june-2023

  27. Guaraní Labour and British Capitalism

    Dr Freg Stokes recently completed his PhD in History, focusing on the history of Indigenous resistance to colonisation in the Atlantic rainforest of South America from the early sixteenth century. In this video, originally produced for the Ka’a Body Exhibition at Paradise Row Gallery in London, he presents his findings on the role played by […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/06/26/guarani-labour-and-british-capitalism

  28. Introducing Dr Andonis Piperoglou

    In 2022 Dr Andonis Piperoglou was appointed the inaugural Hellenic Senior Lecturer in Global Diasporas. In this role Dr Piperoglou is teaching on topics related to migration, multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism, as well as the global dynamics of Hellenic culture and diaspora. Andonis frequently engages with the wider public on the relevance of Hellenism’s pasts and […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/06/19/introducing-dr-andonis-piperoglou-hellenic-senior-lecturer-in-global-diasporas

  29. Reading the Nineteenth-Century Diaries of Girls Migrating to Australia

    In the nineteenth century, a large number of girls and young women (aged from under 15 to their early 20s) made the long journey to Australia from various locations around the globe published. Hansen PhD Scholarship holder, Cat Gay (History), explored the emotional histories of some of these journeys in this recently published article from […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/06/15/reading-the-nineteenth-century-diaries-of-girls-migrating-to-australia

  30. Tribute to Mark Raphael Baker

    The School community was saddened by the death in early May of distinguished historian Mark Raphael Baker, inaugural Lecturer in Jewish Studies in 1988 and former Director of the Jewish Studies Program. We re-publish here a tribute by his father-in-law, Raimond Gaita (Honorary Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Law School and Arts), originally published in The Conversation. […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/06/11/raimond-gaita-farewells-mark-raphael-baker

  31. Policing Women’s Drinking in Ancient Rome

    SHAPS PhD Candidate Lily Moore (Classics & Archaeology), explores the consequences of imbibing alcohol for Roman women in this article, republished from The Conversation. The ancient Romans venerated wine. It was accessible to the masses, a fundamental staple of mainstream life, and an indispensable part of the Roman economy and trade. It was utilised in […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/06/10/a-kiss-to-detect-wine-on-her-breath-women-drinking-in-ancient-rome

  32. SHAPS Digest (May 2023)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/06/08/shaps-digest-may-2023

  33. The HPS Podcast is Here!

    On May 31, a new SHAPS contribution to public outreach and engagement was released. The HPS Podcast shares fascinating contemporary research in History and Philosophy of Science with those outside the discipline. Each episode is designed to be short, engaging and entertaining. Covering a wide range of topics, this is a podcast for anyone with […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/06/02/the-hps-podcast-is-here

  34. Is NATO to Blame for the Russo-Ukrainian War?

    Mark Edele, SHAPS Hansen Professor in History and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Arts, explores this question in his review of Serhii Plokhy’s new book, The Russo-Ukrainian War (Allen Lane), republished here from The Conversation. A year after Russia’s all-out attack against its neighbour on 24 February 2022, volumes trying to explain the conflict to the […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/05/26/is-nato-to-blame-for-the-russo-ukrainian-war

  35. “Habits of Civilised Life”

    In this article, republished from The Conversation, Peter Prince (affiliate, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney), discusses Western Australia’s long history of discriminatory practices against Aboriginal people with regard to citizenship. The article’s reviewer, Julia Hurst, is Lecturer in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander History in SHAPS and Deputy Director of the Australian Centre in […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/05/23/habits-of-civilised-life

  36. Happy Ancient Roman Mother’s Day

    SHAPS Honorary Tamara Lewit explores the celebration of Mother’s Day in ancient Rome, in this article, republished from Pursuit. Although the words ‘ancient Rome’ might evoke marching armies or gladiatorial combats, those armies and gladiators would never have existed without their mothers. Like us, the Romans celebrated a Mother’s Day. But never mind breakfast in […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/05/14/happy-ancient-roman-mothers-day

  37. SHAPS Research Celebration

    In April, students and staff from the School of Historical & Philosophical Studies came together to celebrate the rich diversity of research undertaken across the School over the last three years.  The inaugural SHAPS Research Celebration, held in the Forum Theatre on the evening of 20 April 2023, provided a unique opportunity to recognise the […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/05/12/shaps-research-celebration

  38. SHAPS Digest (April 2023)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/05/01/shaps-digest-april-2023

  39. Conserving Performance: An Interview with Louise Lawson

    The conservation of performance-based art is an intriguing and relatively new area of conservation. The presentation of live works has become more prominent in museums and galleries as these institutions strive to become more participatory and relational spaces. Works based on live performance are being increasingly acquired by major collecting institutions around the globe and […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/04/19/conserving-performance-an-interview-with-louise-lawson

  40. First Nations People Have Made a Plea for ‘Truth-Telling’

    By reckoning with its past, Australia can finally help improve our future. In this article from The Conversation, SHAPS Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow, Indigenous and Settler Relations Collaboration, Julia Hurst, together with Sarah Maddison from School of Social and Political Sciences discusses the perspective of truth-telling in the third article in a series discussing these topics. […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/04/17/first-nations-people-have-made-a-plea-for-truth-telling

  41. Revisiting Frazer’s Golden Bough

    In February 2023, Dr Caroline Tully, archaeologist and honorary fellow in SHAPS, and Dr Stephanie Budin, ancient historian and independent scholar, hosted the international conference Shaking the Tree, Breaking the Bough. Designed to interrogate the influence of Sir James G Frazer’s (1854–1941) magnum opus, The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion, first published in […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/04/11/revisiting-frazers-golden-bough

  42. The D-Notice System and the Question of Trust

    A series of Australian Federal Police (AFP) raids on Australian journalists in 2019 stimulated numerous reviews into press freedom and the impact of Australia’s secrecy laws on public interest journalism. One of the proposals that was subsequently put forward by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security in 2020 with a view to ensuring […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/04/06/d-notice-system

  43. All Rivers Lead to Rome

    SHAPS Honorary Fellow Tamara Lewit explores the rivers of the Roman Empire and their river craft in this article, republished from Pursuit. The expression ‘All roads lead to Rome’ encapsulates the might of the Roman Empire, but the arteries which carried its lifeblood – food, fuel, livestock and luxuries – were not roads, but rivers. […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/04/04/all-rivers-lead-to-rome

  44. SHAPS Digest (March 2023)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/04/03/shaps-digest-march-2023

  45. Jewish Antifascism in Post-World War II Australia

    For Australian Jews in the 1940s and 1950s, remembering the Holocaust meant fighting racism and colonialism. Max Kaiser (PhD in History, 2019) (@maxyka), looks at the histories of Jewish antifascism and its broader implications in post-World War Two Australia in this article, republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Readers are advised this […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/03/27/jewish-antifascism

  46. Review of Lucy Frost’s Convict Orphans

    Janet McCalman reviews Lucy Frost's new book, "Determined Survival, Desperate Poverty and Fractured Families: The Stories of Australia’s Convict Orphans".

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/03/23/review-of-lucy-frosts-convict-orphans

  47. Poetry: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part V

    A video-recording of the fifth instalment in this series, featuring Uilleam Blacker, Yuliya Musakovska, Lesyk Panasiuk, Iryna Shuvalova (14 October 2022).

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/03/19/poetry-russias-war-on-ukraine-part-v

  48. SHAPS Digest (February 2023)

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

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/03/13/shaps-digest-february-2023

  49. New Perspectives on Filipino Textile Weaving

    There is a long and rich tradition of textile weaving in the Philippines. In October 2022 Dr Ana Labrador, currently Honorary Senior Fellow at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, gave a talk exploring different approaches to Filipino weaving practices and the challenges that they pose for conservators and for craft researchers. Her wideranging […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/03/06/new-perspectives-on-filipino-textile-weaving

  50. Lessons from the History of Tobacco Advertising Reform

    “There are uncanny parallels between the public health challenges posed by gambling advertising today and tobacco advertising 50 years ago.” Thomas Kehoe, Honorary Fellow, SHAPS and Historian, Cancer Council Victoria, together with Carolyn Holbrook, Senior Lecturer in History, Deakin University, explore the history of tobacco advertising and its demise, as well as the connection to […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/03/06/tobacco-advertising-in-the-1970s

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