Category: Graduate Profiles
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Spiridoula Demetriou
Spiridoula Demetriou, ‘Imagining Modern Greece: Mesologgi, Philhellenism and Art in the 19th century’ (PhD in History, 2020) Renowned as the site of Byron’s death, and the centre of war operations in western mainland Greece during the Greek War of Independence [1821–1832], Mesologgi duly became a focus of Philhellene propaganda in the revolt against Ottoman rule. […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/06/07/spiridoula-demetriou
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Gretel Evans
Gretel Evans, ‘Through Fire and Flood: Migrant Memories of Displacement and Belonging in Australia’ (PhD in History, 2020) Natural disasters are a significant feature of the Australian environment. In a country with a rich history of immigration, it is therefore surprising that historians have not yet examined the specific challenges faced by immigrants within this […] -
Michael Francis
Michael Francis, ‘”The Bishop with 150 Wives“: Interrogating the Missionary and Ecclesiastical Career of Monsignor Francis Xavier Gsell MSC (1872–1960)’ (PhD in History, 2020). This thesis provides the first comprehensive scholarly investigation into the missionary and ecclesiastical career of Monsignor Francis Xavier Gsell MSC (1872-1960). Remembered as the apocryphal ‘Bishop with 150 Wives’, Gsell is […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/06/06/michael-francis
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Ashleigh Green
Ashleigh Green, ‘Birds in Roman Life & Myth‘ (PhD in Classics & Archaeology, 2020) In Ancient Rome, the role of birds in everyday life and myth was one of critical importance. This thesis examines birds in their assigned roles of divine messengers, heralds, hunting quarry, domestic flocks, and companion animals, focusing primarily on the transitional […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/06/05/ashleigh-green
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Daniel Hannington-Pinto
Daniel Hannington-Pinto, ‘The Social and Moral Campaigning of Australian Trade Unions, 1960s to 2015’ (PhD in History, 2020) Although wages and working conditions have long been their ‘bread and butter’, trade unions have frequently campaigned on broader social and moral issues. In the Australian context, however, the labour history literature remains relatively silent on these […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/06/04/daniel-hannington-pinto
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Phoebe Kelloway
Phoebe Kelloway, ‘Three Major Industrial Disputes 1928–30, Rank-and-File Action and the Communist Party of Australia’ (Phd in History, 2020) At the start of the Depression in Australia, workers in three industries waged determined struggles against significant cuts to their wages and conditions: waterside workers in 1928, timber workers in 1929, and coalminers of the NSW […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/06/04/phoebe-kelloway-2
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Martin Kovacic
Martin Kovacic, ‘The Buddhist Ethics of Killing: Metaphysics, Phenomenology, Ethics’ (PhD in Philosophy, 2020) Significant media interest and academic scholarship has in recent years brought attention to the normative status of killing in Buddhism, concurrent with the worst genocidal event since the last century, committed by apparent Buddhists, in Rakhine State in Myanmar, in August-September […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/06/03/martin-kovacic
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Katherine Mannell
Katherine Mannell, ‘Young Adults, Mobile Messaging, and the Negotiation of (Un)Availability’ (PhD, History & Philosophy of Science, 2020) With a mobile phone, a person can reach and be reached anytime, anywhere. As many scholars have noted, this creates mutual expectations of availability, particularly among young adults whose friendships typically involve high rates of mobile messaging. […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/06/03/katherine-mannell
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Daniel Nott
Daniel Nott, ‘Talking Sense to the American People: The Appeal of Adlai Stevenson in the McCarthy Era’ (MA in History, 2020) The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the enduring popularity of Adlai Stevenson with the liberal elements of the Democratic Party during the 1950s. This is worth investigating as he was the overwhelming […] -
Christopher Orrell
Christopher Orrell, ‘Communicable Knowledge: Medical Communication, Professionalisation, and Medical Reform in Colonial Victoria, 1855–66′ (MA in History & Philosophy of Science, 2020) This thesis examines the process of medical professionalisation in colonial Victoria from 1855 to 1866. During this eleven-year period the medical profession of colonial Victoria were able to create Australia’s first long lasting […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/06/03/christopher-orrell
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