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SHAPS Digest (February 2021)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications and projects, and other news from across the School community.
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Is This the End of the ‘American Century’?
Is the United States’ time in the sun as the world’s superpower coming to an end? While American exceptionalism reigns supreme, the Capitol Hill riots revealed a truth. Hansen Lecturer in Global History Dr Sarah Walsh explores the history of how American foreign policy has been imagined and mythologised in this article, republished from Pursuit. Were the past 80 years truly …
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Episode 6 in the SHAPS Podcast Series: Professor Mike Arnold
Professor Mike Arnold discusses his research on the intersections between death, technology and society, in this final episode of the SHAPS 2020 'Disaster and Change' podcast series, hosted by Dr Henry Reese.
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Welcome Dr Richard Lee, New Lecturer in Chinese History
In February 2021 Dr Richard Lee commenced his appointment as Lecturer in Chinese History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. He will be teaching Modern China in Global History (Semester One) and Cold War Cultures in Asia (Semester Two), as well as supervising Honours students. In this interview, Dr Lee responds to a set of questions posed by …
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Vale, Josie Winther
The staff of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies mourn the passing of long-time colleague and former School Manager Josie Winther, who passed away in January 2021. Josie dedicated over 40 years to the University, starting out in the Faculty in her late teens. Josie started off as an admin assistant in the Department of Philosophy. She moved through the …
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Introducing New Lecturer in Gender History, Dr Annabelle Baldwin
Newly appointed Lecturer in Gender History, Dr Annabelle Baldwin, is a specialist in twentieth-century European and global history, with a particular interest in Holocaust studies, focusing on Jewish women's and girls’ experience of sexual violence during the Holocaust. Annabelle will be teaching two brand-new undergraduate subjects: the first-year subject Gender Rights and Leadership in History (HIST10017) (Semester 2), and the …
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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 creating the VCA Digital Archive – a growing, online repository of over 1,800 student short films tracing back to the 1960s. This mammoth project required input from a range of departments across the University …
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Classics on YouTube: An Interview with John Henry
In 2018, current MA candidate in Classics John Henry created his own YouTube channel, Foxwede History, where he delivers mini-lectures on myth, literature and history through his alter ego, Dr Eldon Foxwede. Beautifully produced and presented with humour and creativity, his videos have drawn an audience from many different countries. We spoke with John about this project and how it …
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- SHAPS Digest (February 2021)
- Is This the End of the ‘American Century’?
- Charles Coppel on Elias Godfrey Coppel CMG QC LLD on the Supreme Court of Victoria
- Episode 6 in the SHAPS Podcast Series: Professor Mike Arnold
- Welcome Dr Richard Lee, New Lecturer in Chinese History
- Vale, Josie Winther
- Introducing New Lecturer in Gender History, Dr Annabelle Baldwin
- Reflections on the VCA Digital Archive of Student Film
- Classics on YouTube: An Interview with John Henry
- Meet the 2021 Hansen PhD Scholar, Georgia Comte
- SHAPS Digest (January 2021)
- What Philosophy Can Tell Us About Sex and the Human Condition
- A Shipwreck and a Song: Isabel Hollingdale on Family History, Creativity and the Women of World War Two
- History Capstone 2020 Showcase
- Encounters, Agency, and Race in Oceania
- Stuart Macintyre in Conversation with History Honours Students
- Introducing MAARC: A New Network for Mediterranean Archaeologists in Australasia
- David Palmer on Korean Forced Laborers in Wartime Japan
- Scientist and Killer: A Split Life
- SHAPS Digest (December 2020)
- Empowering Communities through Shared Learning
- The Queen who Defied the Holy Roman Emperor
- Exploring the History of Antimatter
- Looking Back at the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic in Colonial Indonesia
- Documenting the History of Worco Crafts Co-operative
- Cataloguing the University’s School of Chemistry Collection
- World AIDS Day: Interview with History Graduate Timothy Krulic
- SHAPS Digest (November 2020)
- ‘Narratives & Power’: Melbourne Historical Journal Volume 47 Launch
- Historians Working for Justice at the Waitangi Tribunal
- ‘Donkey Work’ and the History of Labour
- Applied Proof Theory: Holding an International Workshop during the Pandemic
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Internship
- Rebuilding Life after Mass Violence: Lessons from the Chilean Truth Commission
- SHAPS Digest (October 2020)
- The Uncounted Death Toll of Coronavirus in Aged Care
- Feminism and the History of Democracy
- The Early History of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne
- Meet the New History Society Office-Holders
- Darius von Güttner on Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland
- On God and Science
- Introducing Dr Julia Hurst, Lecturer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History
- Federation Stars: The Meanings of Popular Astronomy in Australia at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
- The 1970s and the Making of Modern Australia
- SHAPS Digest (September 2020)
- The Sands of Time: Histories of the Medieval and Early Modern Hourglass
- Restoring and Conserving the Parish Church at Guiuan, Eastern Samar
- Spotlight on Postgraduate Research in Classics
- Reimagining Trust in Science
- Other Awful Years in History
- WFH as a Textile Conservator
- SHAPS Digest (August 2020)
- Welcome Dr Lieve Donnellan!
- Pirates or Partners?
- Exploring the History of Whales and Whaling
- Body-makers and Farthingale-makers in Seventeenth-century London
- From HPS to Saving Planet A
- Students Chat about Philosophy
- Documenting Margel Hinder’s Contribution to Australian Modern Art
- The Bishop with 150 Wives
- “Ffor Whalebones to it”: The Baleen Trade and Fashion in Sixteenth-century Europe
- Volcanic Winter and Pandemic Pandemonium
- Chris Bendle
- The Inaugural SHAPS Optimus Awards
- Meet the 2020 Hansen PhD Scholar Cat Gay
- Are There ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ Brains?
- SHAPS Digest (July 2020)
- Is This the Earliest Depiction of a Dodo in Art?
- Sport, Community and Everyday Life: World War One and COVID-19 Compared
- Celebrating Our Students’ Achievements
- How to Keep Minorities Out of Philosophy
- Hagia Sophia Reigns Serene
- What Today’s News Has in Common with Early Execution Ballads
- Confronting the History of Race and Empathy in the Classroom: A Conversation with Dr Sarah Walsh
- Remembering Ding Dyason: Bringing Humanities and Science Together
- Australia’s Earliest European-built Boat?
- SHAPS Digest (June 2020)
- Episode 5 in the SHAPS Podcast Series: Professor Peter McPhee
- Race, Change and Time in the USA
- Science Needs to Look Inward to Move Forward
- National Archaeology Week 2020 Goes Online
- A New Look at the History of Fascism
- Episode 4 in the SHAPS Podcast Series: Professor Nathan Rosenstein
- SHAPS in the Media (May 2020)
- Racial Justice, Memory & the Museum
- Andrew Black
- Stephen Campbell-Wright
- Rhys Cooper
- Rebekah Currer
- Kate Davison
- Spiridoula Demetriou
- Gretel Evans
- Michael Francis
- Ashleigh Green
- New Books by SHAPS Staff and Recent Graduates
- Daniel Hannington-Pinto
- Phoebe Kelloway
- Martin Kovacic
- Katherine Mannell
- Mary Proctor: A Forgotten Populariser of Astronomy