Our research
Research projects
Explore a selection of Australian Research Council-funded and other research projects undertaken by academics at the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies.
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The Rediscovery of Tragic Myth: Senecan tragedy in fourteenth century Europe
In this Australian Research Council-funded research project, Dr K.O. Chong-Gossard (Classics, SHAPS) and Professor Bernard Muir (Professorial Fellow, English and Theatre Studies, SCC) investigate the medieval Latin commentaries by Nicholas Trevet on the ancient Roman tragedies of Seneca.
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repliCATS: Collaborative Assessments for Trustworthy Science
The repliCATS project is among the first projects to address one of the most pressing controversies of modern science: scientific replicability. Led by Professor Fiona Fidler, the team consists of interdisciplinary researchers from the School of BioSciences, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies and the Melbourne School of Engineering.
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Gender Diversity Narratives in the Australian Context
Do Australians think workplace gender diversity is important? In this project, Philosophy academics Professor Cordelia Fine and Dr Holly Lawford-Smith join an interdisciplinary team to explore reasons offered across a corpus of articles published in the Australian print media in the 25-year period between 1995-2020.
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Confronting Historical Injustice in Indonesia: Memory and Transnational Human Rights Activism
Using an innovative framework of the concept of ‘regions of memory’, Associate Professor in Southeast Asian History Kate McGregor is examining how human rights activists located within and outside Indonesia use memory for the purposes of achieving human rights outcomes.
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Constructing Social Hierarchy
In this ARC-funded project, a team of Philosophy academics aim to integrate recent developments in the philosophy of mind, language, emotion, and action to better understand how social hierarchies are created and maintained and how they can be disrupted.
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Disposal of the Dead: Beyond Burial and Cremation
The DeathTech research team is a group of anthropologists, social scientists and human-computer interaction specialists based at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. They have been studying questions at the intersection of death, technology, and society for more than a decade.
Research centres, hubs and units
Explore the fascinating and fundamental research conducted by our centres, hubs and units.
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Asia-Pacific Twentieth Century Conservation Art Research Network (APTCCARN)
The APTCCARN is a forum for the identification and discussion of research focusing on the conservation and scientific analysis of 20th century cultural materials in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Classical Association of Victoria
The Classical Association operates for the propagation and well-being of Classics and Ancient World Studies in the state of Victoria in Australia. The associations activities include a rich program of lectures given by distinguished academics from Australia and overseas.
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Emporium: Cultures of Luxury and Consumption
Emporium is a research hub, based at the University of Melbourne, dedicated to the long and rich histories of consumption, production, and consumer practices across time and space.
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Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation (GCCMC)
The Centre is responsible for the conservation of the University's cultural material collections and provides commercial conservation programs, treatments and advice for individuals and organisations.
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Research Initiative on Post-Soviet Space
Consolidating the emerging strengths in Soviet and post-Soviet studies through research, training, and global engagement.
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Areas of expertise
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Research environment
Learn more about the research environment at the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies.
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Research strengths
Considering conducting research with us?Explore our research strengths by discipline.
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Research publications
Discover a selection of major publications, including books and book chapters, by our academics.