School of Historical Studies Research
- Staff Research Profiles
- Funded Research
- Current Postgraduate Research
- Editorships and Fellowships
- Prizes
- Conferences and seminars
- Institute of Public History
Research
The Department of History is one of the strongest departments in Australia. Its members of staff have a fine record of publication, have won many literary and historical prizes for their work, and have had considerable success in attracting research funds from the Australian Research Council and international sources.
Postgraduate students enjoy a rich teaching and research environment and a staff with strong interests in a range of historical subjects.
Regular seminars are held, giving staff, postgraduate students and visitors the opportunity to present their current research and learn of the research of others.
Department Research Strengths
The School has particular strengths in medieval Europe (Constant Mews), Renaissance Italy (Peter Howard, Carolyn James and Bill Kent), and modern Europe (Marc Brodie, Barbara Caine, David Garrioch, Michael Hau); south and southeast Asian history (Ian Copland, and Jane Drakard ), Australian social and cultural history (Seamus O'Hanlon, Mark Peel and Christina Twomey), biography and life writing (Barbara Caine, Carolyn James, Bill Kent), gender history (Barbara Caine and Mark Peel), indigenous history (Bain Attwood); memory and history (Bain Attwood, Mark Peel and Christina Twomey), public history (Seamus O'Hanlon), and urban history (David Garrioch, Bill Kent and Seamus O'Hanlon)
Members of the School are working on collaborative projects, which include a major study of the politics of friendship across the ages.