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School of Historical Studies

The School of Historical Studies' teaching covers many of the key areas of human societies and includes programs at all levels: research degrees, postgraduate coursework, and majors within the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Letters. It forms an active research community, producing many publications for both scholarly and general audiences. There is an active postgraduate and staff seminar program, and the postgraduate research students publish their own journal, Eras. The School also has its own publications series. To raise community awareness of the importance of history and heritage the School established the Institute for Public History in 2004. The School also offers a graduate program in Civil Ceremonies.

News from Historical Studies

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  • HSY2860/3860 The Renaissance in Florence
    HSY2860/HSY3860 The Renaissance in Florence is offered as part of summer semester 2009–2010.
  • Visualising the Past: a symposium (02/12/2008)
    Speakers including Mark Salber Phillips from Carleton University, Maria Nugent from the Australian National Museum, and Bain Attwood, Seamus O'Hanlon and Barbara Caine from the School of Historical Studies, will present a seminar exploring history, painting, photographs and visual material. Download flyer [pdf 2MB]
  • Re-Orienting Whiteness 2008 Conference (03/12/2008 - 05/12/2008)
    This conference invites scholars to explore the potential, or otherwise, of whiteness studies to analyse the operations of "race", past and present.
    Keynote speakers include Ann L. Stoler, Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Lynette Russell, Patrick Wolfe and Matt Wray.
  • Scholarship in Biography/Life Writing 2009
    A scholarship is available in the School of Historical Studies for full-time PhD study in the general field of Biography and History.
  • Lecturer A in the Archaeology and Ancient History of the Mediterranean
    The School of Historical Studies seeks to appoint an 11 month, full-time contract position teaching into the archaeology/ancient history of the Mediterranean programme.
  • Latest Newsletter [pdf 2.12MB]
    Volume 8, Semester 2, 2008