Category: Research
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Revisiting Augustus’s Alternative Truth
In October 2018 the inimitable Associate Professor Frederik Vervaet presented a riveting public lecture entitled "'Monarch by Universal Consent’: Revisiting Augustus' Alternative Truth", as part of the 2018 Truth SHAPS Public Lecture seriesblogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/05/01/revisiting-augustuss-alternative-truth
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On Language and Listening to One Another: Dr Ross Barham on the Value of Philosophy
In 2018 Ross Barham completed his Philosophy PhD, investigating the relationship between human language and the way we understand the concept of objectivity. He chatted to Carley Tonoli about how it feels to be on the other side of the finish line. -
Where Strange Fruit Meets Eating Out: Food Studies at Melbourne
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. -
Fascinating Strangers: Dr Tessa Leach’s Work on Sex Robots
Advances in robotics raise all kinds of questions about how humans will relate to this new technology... In her recent PhD, Dr Tessa Leach explored an especially controversial aspect of this topic: the human-like sex robots that may soon be among us.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/04/12/fascinating-strangers
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Farewelling Professor Antonia Finnane
In 2018 Professor Antonia Finnane retired after 33 years working for the History program at the University of Melbourne. We present here excerpts from the speeches and tributes delivered at Antonia's farewell in November 2018.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/03/28/farewelling-professor-antonia-finnane
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A Year in Melbourne
Professor Tim Parkin’s reflections on his first year as Tatoulis Chair in Classics The reason the Greeks and Romans remain fascinating and significant to us in the modern world is because their influence is omnipresent and also because in studying them we constantly learn more about ourselves. In January 2018, Professor Tim Parkin arrived in […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/03/17/a-year-in-melbourne
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Honouring the Life and Work of Tony Sagona
Free-threshing wheat, a small piece of inscribed banded agate, the myth of Jason and Medea... are all elements in the stories told by presenters at a recent Classics and Archaeology symposium devoted to the legacy of the late Emeritus Professor Antonio (Tony) Sagona.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/02/20/re-orienting-ancient-near-eastern-studies
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Introducing Ángel Alcalde: New Lecturer in Twentieth-century European History
Incoming Lecturer in European History Ángel Alcalde brings expertise on the social and cultural history of war, transnational history and the history of fascism. He discusses his inspirations with Ross Karavis.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/02/19/interview-introducing-angel-alcalde
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Disposal of the Dead: The Intersection of Death & Technology
Fallon Mody recently caught up with an interdisciplinary group of Melbourne-based researchers - including our own Associate Professor Mike Arnold - who think about death for a living.blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2019/02/18/disposal-of-the-dead
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Meet Brigid Evans, recent SHAPS Master of Arts, Philosophy graduate
In 2018 Brigid Evans completed her Masters by research in the areas of political philosophy and philosophy of education. On a recent trip home from her new base in the UK, she chatted to Carley Tonoli about reflections on her research.
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