Category: News

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

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