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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 (December 2022)
A monthly roundup of media commentary, publications, projects and other news from across the School community.
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A Settlement for the Ages at Rabati, Southwest Georgia
The Rabati project is part of the long-running GAIA (Georgian-Australian Investigations in Archaeology) initiative, founded by Tony and Claudia Sagona of the University of Melbourne with collaborators from the Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi. In June and July 2022, GAIA conducted its fourth season of excavations at Rabati in the historically important and visually stunning Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southwest Georgia. Here, …
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Gough Whitlam’s Legacy: Lessons for Labor Today
On 2 December 1972, after 23 years in opposition, Gough Whitlam led the Labor party back to government. What followed was three tumultuous years of crisis and transformation, after which Australia would never be the same again. In our own era, when many have lost faith in the ability of the parliamentary system to deliver transformative reform, there is much the …
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The (Call-)Ins and (Call-)Outs of Norm-Enacting Speech
In 2020 Kelly Herbison was the recipient of a Hastie Scholarship, awarded annually to the highest achieving students in Honours Philosophy. In this article, Kelly shares some of the findings from her Honours thesis project, which used the philosophy of language and social norms to examine the practices of ‘calling-out’ and ‘calling-in’ as methods for changing people’s behaviour. Hang around long …
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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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- A Global History of Feminism? Perspectives from across the Pacific World
- Imperial Russia in Australia & the Pacific
- SHAPS Digest (December 2022)
- A Settlement for the Ages at Rabati, Southwest Georgia
- Gough Whitlam’s Legacy: Lessons for Labor Today
- The (Call-)Ins and (Call-)Outs of Norm-Enacting Speech
- SHAPS Digest (November 2022)
- Introducing Dr Matthew Champion
- Conserving the World’s Oldest Processional Dragon
- Review of Frank Bongiorno’s Political History of Australia
- Solidarity: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part IV
- SHAPS Digest (October 2022)
- Think you know your Ancient History?
- Dr Donald Edward Kennedy (1928–2021)
- Failed Decolonisation: Russia, Ukraine and Vladimir Putin
- Introducing 2022 Hansen Scholar in History Ines Jahudka
- The Reckoning of Gillard’s Misogyny Speech
- An Interview with Associate Professor James Chong-Gossard
- SHAPS Digest (September 2022)
- Imagining a Different Internet
- The Technical Study of Bernini’s Bronzes
- Cuckoldry in Early Modern England
- Understanding the Experiences of Early Career Researchers
- SHAPS Digest (August 2022)
- Propaganda: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part III
- Introducing Dr Tristan Grøtvedt Haze
- The SHAPS Hellenic Ball
- Remembering Stuart Macintyre
- SHAPS Digest (July 2022)
- Working for Cultural Change in the Defence and Security Sector
- Nat Cutter
- The Undoing of Roe v. Wade
- SHAPS Digest (June 2022)
- Yackandandah Museum Fire Project
- History: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part II
- An Interview with Associate Professor Laura Schroeter
- SHAPS Digest (May 2022)
- Domestic Violence and the Law in Ancient Rome
- Nicole Davis: Forum Content Manager
- Why Wait? Treaty and the Federal Election
- Becky Clifton
- Henry Dobson
- Ash Finn
- Resistance: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Part I
- Samara Greenwood
- Christianity, Colonisation and the Challenge of Māori History
- Anton Donohoe-Marques
- Elena Heran
- MAARC 2022 Conference Report
- Thomas Keep
- Nathan Gardner
- Nayree Mardirian
- Laura Pisanu
- Matthew Holmes
- Henry Reese
- Samantha Rogers
- SHAPS Digest (April 2022)
- Sophie Lewincamp
- Gen Schiesser
- Carl Joseph Sciglitano
- David Liknaitzky
- Jonathan Tehusijarana
- Larissa Tittl
- Hidden Women of History: ‘The Buzzwinker’ Ellen Miles, Child Convict, Goldfields Pickpocket and Vagrant
- Carley Tonoli
- Sam Watts
- An Interview with Dr Darrin Durant
- Miniature Qur’ans and Travelling Manuscripts
- Scroll: A Journal by Student Conservators
- SHAPS Digest (March 2022)
- Five Must-Read Books about Russia and Ukraine: Our Expert Picks
- Athanasios Matanis
- Inches Apart: Railways & Federation
- MUCLASS in 2021
- Stuart Macintyre’s History of the Communist Party of Australia
- Dang Nguyen (Nguyễn Hồng Hải Đăng)
- An Interview with Associate Professor François Schroeter
- SHAPS Digest (February 2022)
- Giovanni Piccolo
- Solidarity with Ukraine
- ‘National Security’ and Australian Identity
- Freg J Stokes
- Elizabeth Tunstall
- Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe
- Sam Watts
- J. Yan
- Safe Sex – Roman Style
- Richard Young
- Exploring the History of Indian Philosophy
- SHAPS Digest (January 2022)
- Mynas Matter: Towards a Cultural History of ‘Invasive’ Species in Australia
- Maternal Metamorphosis: How Mothering Has Changed in Australia Since the Second World War
- How to Pursue a Career in Archaeology
- Defining Political Terrorism
- We Need to Rethink How We Manage Deathcare
- Performances on the World Stage
- Paintings Conservation Fellowship at Harvard Art Museums
- The UniMelb History Society in 2021
- SHAPS Digest (November–December 2021)
- Return to Vietnam: Mapping American and Australian Veterans’ Journeys