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  1. 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 …

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

  2. Nicole Davis

    Nicole Davis (PhD in History, 2023) ‘Nineteenth-century Arcades in Australia: History, Heritage & Representation’ This thesis explores the social and spatial histories of Australia’s nineteenth-century arcades …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/04/19/nicole-davis-2

  3. 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 …

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

  4. 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 …

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

  5. 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 …

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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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 …

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

  9. Assessing Joe Biden’s Place in History

    Speculation over US President Joe Biden’s intention to run for office again is reaching fever pitch. Biden is, reportedly, on the verge of announcing he will …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/02/28/joe-biden-in-history

  10. Essentialising ‘Russia’ won’t end the war against Ukraine

    In this article, republished from the Conversation, SHAPS Hansen Professor in History and Deputy Dean, Mark Edele, reviews Keir Giles’s Russia’s War on Everybody and the long historical context of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/02/22/essentialising-russia-wont-end-the-war-against-ukraine

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