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Defining Political Terrorism
Emeritus Professor Tony Coady’s latest book, The Meaning of Terrorism (Oxford University Press, 2021), explores competing ways of thinking about political terrorism and its consequences. In this interview with Associate Professor Dan Halliday, Tony Coady explains how and why he came to write the book, and introduces the ongoing philosophical debates over how to define terrorism. You’ve written this book …
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We Need to Rethink How We Manage Deathcare
Australia’s deathcare system is already showing cracks, but the pressures will only worsen, especially as the baby boomer generation takes us into ‘peak death’. A team of scholars from the University's DeathTech research team, including SHAPS's Mike Arnold, explore the topic in this article recently published on Pursuit Death is a phenomenon like no other. It touches all dimensions of human …
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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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Paintings Conservation Fellowship at Harvard Art Museums
After completing a Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne, Ruby Awburn spent two years in the United States as the Richard I Shader Fellow in Paintings Conservation at the Straus Centre for Conservation and Technical Studies at Harvard Art Museums. Ruby recently returned to Australia to take up a new role at Queensland Art Gallery & …
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The UniMelb History Society in 2021
The UniMelb History Society is a student-led club for people who are studying or interested in history. Headed by a committee of passionate history buffs, our aims include promoting the study of history; providing a social network for fellow history buffs on campus and beyond; and running history-themed events such as trivia nights, film screenings, and study sessions. In the …
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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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Return to Vietnam: Mapping American and Australian Veterans’ Journeys
Between 1981 and 2016, thousands of American and Australian veterans returned to Vietnam on journeys of reconciliation, healing and remembrance. Their stories became the focus of Mia Martin Hobbs’s PhD dissertation, a transnational, comparative oral history project tracing their return journeys. In this article, Mia discusses her research, investigating why these veterans returned and what they encountered on their journeys. Throughout …
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An Interview with Professor Howard Sankey
The School of Historical and Philosophical Studies is this year pleased to announce Howard Sankey’s promotion to full Professor. Since his arrival at the University of Melbourne in 1992, Howard’s research has remained at the forefront of epistemology and philosophy of science, his teaching engaging and reflective of his clear and ongoing enthusiasm. Howard’s interests and areas of expertise have …
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- 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
- An Interview with Professor Howard Sankey
- Book Conservation in the Twenty-First Century
- Vale Stuart Macintyre (1947–2021): A History Warrior Who Worked for a Better Australia
- Women & the Plague: The 1919 Spanish Influenza Pandemic in Melbourne
- Student History Journal Chariot in 2021
- Against Erasure
- An Interview with Hansen Associate Professor Jenny Spinks
- Leila Alhagh
- Celebrating Our Students’ Achievements
- Trent Duan
- John Henry
- Stephen Jakubowicz
- Introduction to Textile Conservation
- Themistocles Kritikakos
- Country, Culture and Conflict on Australia’s Early Colonial Frontiers
- Jen McFarland
- Sakinah Munday
- Jessie Matheson
- Ainslee Meredith
- Melbourne University Philosophy Society 2020–2021
- Josipa Mickova
- Joseph Parro
- SHAPS Digest (October 2021)
- Paul-Mikhail Podosky
- Alisha Rajaratnam
- Greg Dening (1931–2008)
- Susan Reidy
- Donna Merwick Dening (1932–2021)
- Bengi Selvi-Lamb
- Paul Siemers
- Antonia Smyth
- Bali Art & Heritage Conservation Internship Program #BAHCIP
- Blake Peter Stove
- The 2021 International Summer School in Transnational History, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- Submarines and Vaccines: France’s 2022 Presidential Elections
- SHAPS Digest (September 2021)
- The Symbolism of Australia’s Southern Cross
- Unpacking the History of Quantum Mechanics
- An Interview with Associate Professor Catherine Kovesi
- Discovering the ‘Mess and Stink’ of Romeo Lane
- SHAPS Digest (August 2021)
- Equality and Fairness: Vaccines Against this Pandemic of Mistrust
- Why Study Ancient Languages? An Interview with Dr Edward Jeremiah and Dr Andrew Turner
- Confronting Racism in the Sciences: A Resource Set for Scholars
- New Media Conservation Fellowship
- SHAPS Digest (July 2021)
- Welcome Dr Julia Bowes, New Hansen Lecturer in US History
- A Historical View on Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne
- Peter Yule on Vietnam Veterans and the Victorian Bar
- Editing the Adams Family Papers: An Interview with Sara Martin
- Beyond ‘Statue Shaming’: Grappling with Australia’s Legacies of Slavery
- SHAPS Digest (June 2021)
- Control & the Imagery of Power: The Case of Emperor Augustus
- Stalin in the Summer of 1941: A Drama in Three Acts
- The PolyMuse Project: Part II
- SHAPS Digest (May 2021)
- What was it Like to be a Child in the Roman Empire?
- Reflections on the Last Two Decades of Indigenous Histories
- The PolyMuse Project
- Introducing Dr Monique Webber, Teaching Specialist in Ancient World Studies
- Thank You, June McBeth!
- SHAPS Digest (April 2021)
- Astronomy in World History
- Music, Physics, and Conservation: An Interview with Dr Gea Parikesit
- Control 2021
- Exploring the History of Piracy
- Reflecting on the Career and Work of Christopher Cordner
- SHAPS Digest (March 2021)
- The Life Stories of Gippsland Lakes Fishers
- Mediterranean Archaeologists Gather Online
- Gita Yoga: Interview with Dr Fay Woodhouse
- The Truth Behind A Pirate Legend
- Charlotte-Rose Millar on Urban Ghosts in Early Modern London
- Fifty Years of French Revolution: A Celebration of Peter McPhee
- Indigenous Culture Collections
- 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
- Darius von Güttner on Bona Sforza and Polish Foreign Policy (1518–1548)
- 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