Category: History

  1. ‘The 1’: Something’s Been Forgotten in the Kanye-Taylor Feud

    Ahead of Taylor Swift’s Australian tour, in this article republished from Pursuit, SHAPS History Lecturer Dr Sarah Walsh talks about the drama with another celebrity, Kanye West, that occurred almost 15 years ago, and some of the nuance that has been lost in the discussion over time. Before I weigh in on exactly what happened […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/02/08/the-1-somethings-been-forgotten-in-the-kanye-taylor-feud

  2. Laura Jocic

    Laura Jocic (PhD in History, 2024) Dress in Australia: The Materiality of a Colonial Society in the Making The study of surviving items of dress offers a vital material source for historians that is commonly ignored. Dress sits at the intersections between necessity and self-representation, the assertion of social standing and cultural, economic and technological aspects […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/01/23/laura-jocic

  3. Elizabeth Muldoon

    Elizabeth Muldoon (PhD in History, 2024) 'Learning History with the Founding Foremothers of the Redfern Black Movement'

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/01/01/elizabeth-muldoon

  4. 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

  5. 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

  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. 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

  8. Melanie Brand

    Melanie Brand [submitted as Melanie Davis] (PhD in History, 2023) ‘A Question of Trust: Secrecy and Intelligence Accountability in Cold War Australia’ Intelligence oversight and transparency have traditionally been conceptualised as a zero-sum equation in which decreases in secrecy were believed to come at the cost of intelligence agency efficacy. This thesis challenges that view. While […]

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2023/11/01/melanie-brand

  9. 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

  10. 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

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