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  1. Exploring Venice’s Past and Present

    From September to December 2019, History postgraduate researcher Jennifer McFarland was based in Venice as one of two Australasian Centre of Italian Studies (ACIS)-Save Venice research …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/01/28/exploring-venices-past-and-present

  2. Location, Relationships & Practice: The Con/servare Melbourne Forum 2019

    In October 2019 the Grimwade Centre hosted a forum run by Con/servare, an international network for researchers and practitioners in the fields of conservation, material culture …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/01/21/location-relationships-practice

  3. Researching Masculinities and Violence Against Women: An Interview with Dr Shane Tas

    After completing a PhD in History in 2019, Dr Shane Tas went on to become Senior Policy Advisor, Masculinities at Our Watch. In this capacity he …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/01/09/researching-masculinities-and-violence-against-women

  4. How to Care for and Recover Personal Items after Bushfire

    The devastation wrought by the Australian bushfires has been immense and, as the fires continue to burn, the final loss won’t be known for many months. …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2020/01/08/how-to-care-for-and-recover-personal-items-after-bushfire

  5. Protecting Australian Women from American Jazz: The Hidden Aim of the 1927 Tariff Inquiry

    The 1927 Tariff Board inquiry into the import duty on gramophone records coming into Australia was about more than industry protection. In fact the piano roll …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/12/26/protecting-australian-women-from-american-jazz-the-hidden-aim-of-the-1927-tariff-inquiry

  6. Uncovering Connections in Britain’s Empire: An Interview with Professor Zoë Laidlaw

    Upon finishing her Honours at Melbourne, Zoë Laidlaw went on to complete her postgraduate degree at Oxford. After 20 years in the United Kingdom, she returned …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/12/19/uncovering-connections-in-britains-empire-an-interview-with-professor-zoe-laidlaw

  7. The Remarkable Journey of Leonardo’s Inscrutable Masterpiece

    Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, known as the Lady with an Ermine, is one of Poland’s national treasures, but the painting has had an …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/12/18/the-remarkable-journey-of-leonardos-inscrutable-masterpiece

  8. All Roads Lead to Rome: The Thérèse and Ronald Ridley Scholarship

    In 2019, Thérèse and Ron Ridley established a scholarship to enable a PhD student in the Classics and Archaeology program at the University of Melbourne to …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/12/12/all-roads-lead-to-rome-the-therese-and-ronald-ridley-scholarship

  9. Philosophy on the Small Screen

    Dan Halliday

    In 2019, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Dan Halliday teamed up with Snodger Media and the ABC to make a documentary series on practical ethics. The result …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/12/05/philosophy-on-the-small-screen

  10. Castles, Caves and Rock Shelters

    Archaeology in the rugged landscape of Georgia reveals a medieval world where caves and underground shelters provided refuge from raiders, allowing a threatened civilisation to flourish. …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/11/29/castles-caves-and-rock-shelters

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