Posted under Research Higher Degree

  1. A Historical View on Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne

    Since retiring from a distinguished career in physiotherapy, Professor Joan McMeeken AM has devoted much time to researching the history of physiotherapy at the University of …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/07/19/historical-view-on-physiotherapy

  2. Reflections on the VCA Digital Archive of Student Film

    Donna Lyon is impressive. Not only is she a film producer and lecturer at the VCA film school, Donna is also finishing up her PhD on …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/02/11/reflections-on-the-vca-digital-archive-of-student-film

  3. Meet the 2021 Hansen PhD Scholar, Georgia Comte

    Since 2016, an annual Hansen PhD scholarship in History has been awarded to support an outstanding researcher with a commitment to promoting History to the wider …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2021/02/05/meet-the-2021-hansen-phd-scholar-georgia-comte

  4. Rebuilding Life after Mass Violence: Lessons from the Chilean Truth Commission

    History PhD candidate Amy Hodgson was recently awarded a prestigious Yale Fox International Fellowship. This graduate exchange scheme supports students who are committed to harnessing scholarly …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/11/09/rebuilding-life-after-mass-violence-lessons-from-the-chilean-truth-commission

  5. Tracing the Evolution of Cancer Cytogenetics: An Interview with PhD candidate Lynda Campbell

    After retiring from a distinguished scientific career, Lynda Campbell developed an interest in the history of her field.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/10/29/tracing-the-evolution-of-cancer-cytogenetics-an-interview-with-phd-candidate-lynda-campbell

  6. Refugees, Museums and the Digital Diaspora

    Two weeks after submitting her PhD on oral histories about Vietnamese refugee childhood and the digital diaspora, Anh Nguyen was invited to present a public lecture …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/09/16/refugees-museums-and-the-digital-diaspora

  7. Archaeologists at Work on Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project

    Archaeology PhD candidate Maddi Harris-Schober is one of a number of SHAPS students and alumni who have taken part in the archaeological digs in Melbourne’s CBD …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/07/24/archaeologists-at-work

  8. Partnering with Regional Museums and Galleries: Grimwade Graduates in Bathurst

    Graduate students from the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation have been helping the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) to do the difficult but crucial work involved in reorganising their collection.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/05/30/grimwade-graduates-in-bathurst

  9. Tracking Traditional Medicine on the Vietnamese Internet: Dang Nguyen to Visit Yale

    PhD candidate Dang Nguyen has been awarded a prestigious Fox International Fellowship, which will see her spend the 2019-2020 academic year at Yale University Graduate School. She spoke with Nicole Davis about her work.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/05/14/tracking-traditional-medicine-on-the-vietnamese-internet-dang-nguyen-to-visit-yale

  10. Where Strange Fruit Meets Eating Out: Food Studies at Melbourne

    By giannandrea - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12863790

    Pineapples as a status symbol in early modern Europe and nineteenth-century Sydney restaurants were the topics of papers presented by the two gastronomes from SHAPS at the 22nd Symposium of Australian Gastronomy in November 2018 in western Sydney.

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/04/24/where-strange-fruit-meets-eating-out-food-studies-at-melbourne