Sound & Vision
A collection of audio and video recordings of SHAPS research presentations, including the SHAPS Forum podcast.
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SHAPS Digest (October 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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SHAPS Digest (September 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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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).
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On Biography and the History of Medicine
Dr Fallon Mody in conversation with PhD candidate Samara Greenwood, for the HPS Podcast.
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SHAPS Digest (July 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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Working Fathers Introduction
Welcome to Working Fathers, a podcast about dads, families and work. We look at the many different roles fathers play in contemporary Australian families and society and how policy can better recognise, value and support. Listen to the podcast via the links to each episode found below, or on your preferred podcast provider. The creators of the podcast Professor Cordelia Fine – …
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Working Fathers: Episode 1
Our starting point is the large gender gap in time spent directly caring for children in economically developed and relatively gender egalitarian societies like Australia. Things aren't what they were 50 years ago. Mothers, particularly of younger children, are more likely to do paid work than they were in the past. But it's still quite rare for men to be …
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Working Fathers: Episode 2
The family as an institution has changed significantly across time and place. How people divide labour within and beyond the family unit has been in flux throughout human history. The current model of fatherhood in many Western nations, including Australia, is a modified version of what we usually call the breadwinner model, where one parent is designated the primary earner …
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Working Fathers – Episode 3
How much freedom do fathers have? Do fathers have real choices when it comes to decisions about how to divide their time between paid work and caring for the kids at home? And where do government and organisational policies fit in? One of the major societal changes of the past century has been the rise of female employment, particularly in …
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Working Fathers – Episode 4
In this episode, we look at more of the pressures that prevent fathers from being active and equal caregivers in their children's lives. In particular, we look at the gender norms that dictate what it means to be a good man, and the social norms that dictate what it means to be a good worker – and ask what this …
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Working Fathers – Episode 5
What’s next for Australian fathers? In this episode, we look at the future of fatherhood. So far, one thing all of our guests seem to agree on is that, for many families, current arrangements aren't working as well as they could. Expectations on men as fathers are expanding, but without much of a lessening of demands from employers. External factors, …
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SHAPS Digest (May 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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The HPS Podcast is Here!
On May 31, a new SHAPS contribution to public outreach and engagement was released. The HPS Podcast shares fascinating contemporary research in History and Philosophy of Science with those outside the discipline. Each episode is designed to be short, engaging and entertaining. Covering a wide range of topics, this is a podcast for anyone with a fascination for history, philosophy, …
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SHAPS Digest (April 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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SHAPS Digest (March 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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SHAPS Digest (February 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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SHAPS Digest (January 2023)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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A Global History of Feminism? Perspectives from across the Pacific World
A video-recording of a roundtable held in October 2022.
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Imperial Russia in Australia & the Pacific
A video-recording of the 2022 Greg Dening Memorial Lecture, delivered by Dr Hilary Howes.
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SHAPS Digest (November 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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Introducing Dr Matthew Champion
Dr Matthew Champion, appointed to a Senior Lectureship in History in 2022, is a historian of medieval and early modern Europe, with a particular focus on the experience of time and temporality during periods of intense change. In this interview for the SHAPS Forum podcast, Dr Henry Reese talks with Matthew about his research, including his latest project, The Sounds …
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Solidarity: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part IV
A video-recording of the fourth instalment in this series, featuring HE Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia and New Zealand; HE Nina Obermaier, Ambassador of the European Union to New Zealand; Dr Olesya Khromeychuk (Ukrainian Institute London); Prof. Michèle Knodt (TU Darmstadt), and Prof. Zdisław Mach (Jagiellonian University, Kraków), speaking on the theme of 'Solidarity' (16 September 2022).
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Failed Decolonisation: Russia, Ukraine and Vladimir Putin
A videorecording of the 2022 Kathleen Fitzpatrick Lecture, delivered by Professor Mark Edele on 19 May 2022.
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SHAPS Digest (September 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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Understanding the Experiences of Early Career Researchers
In May 2022, the History & Philosophy of Science (HPS) program hosted Nicole Nelson, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who uses ethnographic and historical methods to study methods development and uncertainty in the biomedical sciences. During her visit, she delivered a public lecture, ‘Controlling the Interpretation of Replication Experiments’. In the lecture, Nicole Nelson discusses how common reactions …
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SHAPS Digest (August 2022)
Our new Hellenic Senior Lecturer in Global Diaspora Studies, Andonis Piperoglou (History), delivered a talk as part of the Greek Community of Melbourne's Greek History & Culture Seminar series, on the topic ' "My kids are still called dagoes": Historical Responses to an Irksome Racial Slur'. Racial slurs permeate our public vernacular. Throughout the United States and Australia people from the …
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Propaganda: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part III
A video-recording of the third instalment in this series, featuring Professor Natalia Chaban (University of Canterbury), Dr Julie Fedor (University of Melbourne), Dr Robert Horvath (La Trobe University), and Dr Volodymyr Kulyk (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), speaking on the theme of 'Propaganda' (27 May 2022).
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Remembering Stuart Macintyre
A videorecording of the two-day symposium honouring and celebrating Stuart Macintyre (24–25 February 2022).
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SHAPS Digest (June 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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History: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part II
A video-recording of the second instalment in this series, featuring Associate Professor Olga Bertelsen (Tiffin University), Associate Professor Oxana Shevel (Tufts University) and Professor Serhy Yekelchyk (University of Victoria), speaking on the theme of 'History' (29 April 2022).
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SHAPS Digest (May 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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Resistance: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part I
A video-recording of the first instalment in this special series of talks, featuring Dr Olga Boichak (Sydney), Dr Roman Horbyk (Lviv/Södertörn), and Professor Marko Pavlyshyn (Monash), speaking on the theme of 'Resistance' (8 April 2022).
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Christianity, Colonisation and the Challenge of Māori History
A video-recording of the 2021 Ernest Scott Lecture, Part II, delivered by Dr Hirini Kaa (October 2021).
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SHAPS Digest (April 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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SHAPS Digest (March 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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Solidarity with Ukraine
On 3–5 February 2022, scholars from sixteen countries around the world – 179 participants in all – gathered online for a Ukrainian Studies conference marking the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. Since 24 February, we have followed with grief and horror the unfolding catastrophe in Ukraine after the Russian Federation’s unprovoked and illegal invasion. The members of the Conference Organising Committee …
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Safe Sex – Roman Style
A video-recording of Professor Tim Parkin's presentation to the SHAPS Fellows & Associates Seminar (October 2021)
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SHAPS Digest (January 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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How to Pursue a Career in Archaeology
In this interview, four of our recent graduates share their insights and advice on how to go about building a career in archaeology. Current PhD candidate Tom Keep spoke with Monique Corbett, an archaeologist working with Heritage Insight; Rachel Slocombe, a subcontracting archaeologist who is currently working with Australia Cultural Heritage Management; Gemma Lee, a Melbourne-based field archaeologist; and Jarrad …
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Performances on the World Stage
A video-recording of the 2021 Greg Dening Memorial Lecture, delivered by Dr Jenny Bulstrode.
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SHAPS Digest (November–December 2021)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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Women & the Plague: The 1919 Spanish Influenza Pandemic in Melbourne
A video recording of Mary Sheehan's presentation to the SHAPS Fellows & Associates Seminar (September 2021).
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An Interview with Hansen Associate Professor Jenny Spinks
Jenny Spinks is a historian of the early modern world, with a particular interest in visual and material culture as historical sources for research and for teaching. To celebrate her recent promotion to Associate Professor, we feature Jenny's work here in this interview with recent graduate Jen McFarland. You can watch the video and/or read the transcript below. https://youtu.be/2d-kbjY5Pkc Transcript Hi, my name is …
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Introduction to Textile Conservation
In October 2021, Student Conservators @ Melbourne, the student group for the Master of Cultural Materials Conservation program at the Grimwade Centre, held a webinar, 'Introduction to Textile Conservation'. Hosted by Victoria Thomas of Artlab (a graduate of the Masters and former Grimwade Conservation Services employee), the program introduced the types of objects commonly cared for by textile conservators. It …
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Country, Culture and Conflict on Australia’s Early Colonial Frontiers
A video recording of Professor Grace Karskens' 2021 Ernest Scott Lecture Part I (September 2021).
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SHAPS Digest (October 2021)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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Bali Art & Heritage Conservation Internship Program #BAHCIP
In mid-2021 a group of alumni of the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation co-organised the Bali Art & Heritage Conservation Internship Program (#BAHCIP). Developed by Saiful Bakhri, Masters of Cultural Conservation 2018 and winner of a Rising Star Alumni Award in 2020, together with Gadis Fitriana Putri, Lia Sumichan and Laila Nurul Fitrani, the program included an immersive, in-country …
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SHAPS Digest (September 2021)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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Discovering the ‘Mess and Stink’ of Romeo Lane
A video recording of Professor Janet McCalman's presentation to the SHAPS Fellows & Associates Seminar (July 2021).
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SHAPS Digest (August 2021)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.