Category: SHAPS Engagement Team
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Madeline Helyar
Madeline Helyar is a Masters student in the Philosophy program. Her research interests are in the phenomenology of art and language. Her thesis aims to describe the kind of experience we have when we engage with poetry, as well as to identify the epistemic benefits of such an experience. Madeline has a background in music and creative […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/05/madeline-helyar
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Kathryn Laurentis
Kathryn Laurentis is a graduate researcher in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne, uncovering the untold stories of women who shaped Australian engineering, from the inventors and tinkerers who never got the title, to the pioneers who fought for one — she’s piecing together a more inclusive history of the profession. Kathryn’s career […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/05/kathryn-laurentis
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Ruby Mackle
Ruby Mackle is a Master’s candidate in the Classics and Archaeology department. Her thesis examines depictions of Roman agricultural practice in literary sources compared to archaeological evidence. She is interested in landscape archaeology, investigating relationships between people and landscapes in the past, and works at the intersection between different fields of study. Particular interests are […] -
Jesse Seeberg-Gordon
Jesse Seeberg-Gordon is a PhD candidate in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. His PhD project, which is linked to the Faculty of Arts Research Initiative on Post-Soviet Space, examines the history of Australian-Soviet relations during the Cold War. Previously based at the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory in Tallinn, Jesse has a special interest in […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/02/jesse-seeberg-gordon
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Seka Seneviratne
Seka Binaramali Seneviratne is a PhD candidate at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne, where she is building her PhD research project based on ‘Biodeterioration Methodologies and Their Effect on Painting Surfaces in the Asia Pacific Region’. Her research focuses on understanding the positive and challenging effects of microbial […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/01/seka-seneviratne
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Thomas Spiteri
Thomas Spiteri is a PhD candidate in the History and Philosophy of Science program. His research interests are in the history and philosophy of the human sciences. His thesis explores the ways in which knowledge about the mind is generated from case studies in the “psy” disciplines – i.e., psychiatry, psychology and psychoanalysis. Thomas’ research aims to enrich our […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/03/01/thomas-spiteri
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Noah Wellington
Noah Wellington is a PhD candidate in Classics & Archaeology. His current research focuses on a tradition of women’s subversive discourse in ancient Greek literature from the Archaic through Hellenistic periods. Noah’s Honours thesis explored liminal gender identities in Athenian male youth and their repercussion on Athenian literature and politics and was a winner of […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/shaps-research/2024/02/28/noah-wellington
