School of Historical Studies History

Current graduate student research

Surname Given names Course Thesis title Email
AngelatosSue VeronicaPhDPiety and propaganda at the venerable English College, Romes.angelatos@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ArgiridesAndreaPhDSeascapes and Maritime Cultural Landscapes of Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Cyprusa.argirides@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ArnottGeorgina ClairePhDJudith Wright and the Search for a Possible National Culture.g.arnott@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
BallingerRobyn LeighPhDCreated in our own image: landscapes of the northern plains of Victoria 1836-1930r.ballinger@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
BarrettMaria AlicePhDMale circumcision in the 20th Century: A comparison of popular opinions in Australia and Americam.barrett@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
BattJohn StephenMAJames Bonwick, biographer and historianj.batt@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
BeechamRodney GeraldPhDLiterature or History? The 'Myth' of the First World War.r.beecham2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
BerclouwMarja EstherMAFirst Rain on the Ovampo; Sir Francis Galton's Journey to Africa and its Aftermath: The beginnings of Biometrics and other Adventuresm.berclouw@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
BlakeHeath AshleyPhDHistory erased: Mark Antony, memory, misconception and mythh.blake@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Borelli-MearShawn EdwardPhDStalin as foreign-policy-maker: Soviet foreign policy, 1926-1933s.borelli-mear@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
BrasierAngeline MaryPhDPrison or paradise: An investigation into conditions in the Bermudian convict establishmenta.brasier@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ButlerKelly JeanPhDVoices of authorityk.butler1@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
CarolanePeter JamesPhDA history of John Bulmers mission work at the Lake Tyers aboriginal mission station in the nineteenth centuryp.carolane@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ChampionMatthew SimeonMAReforming Confessionm.champion1@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ChanthaphavongSamaya Lea SukhaPhDApocalyptic millenarian discourse in contemporary world cinema: An analysis of cinematic representations of apocalyptic and millenarian theory and its dissemination throughout popular cinemas.chanthaphavong@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ChristieIain DavidPhDCounter factuals: A valid tool in military historyi.christie@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ClaudioLisandro EliasMAMilitarism and Techno-Colonialism:Discourses of American Colonial Power in Philippine History.l.claudio@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
CloseKirstie LouiseMAA Look At Civil Rights Movements Across The Pacifick.close@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ClyneJoanna MelindaPhDMaking connections: a critical investigation of the factors which shape the public experiencee of living history museumsj.clyne@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
CollingwoodPeterPhDSpace without place? The re-networking of commercial radio in Australiap.collingwood@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ConnellLiam MichaelPhDTen Thousand Lying Stories: Witchcraft and Folk Magic in Seventeenth-Century New Englandl.connell@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
CrennanMichael JosephPhDEnglish Tacitus: Receptions and Reactionsm.crennan@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
CrisciRobertaPhDMapping Degas: a geographic approach to the life and works of Edgar Degas (1834-1917)r.crisci@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
DaviesJulie AnnePhDScience in an enchanted world: Attitudes to magic and the occult in seventeenth century Britainj.davies1@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
DavisFiona LeePhDLessons in living: Gender, family and faith in Cummeragunja, Australia and Kemala, India 1920-1930f.davis2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
de FrutosJohnPhDDecline of the country? A survey of quality of life in non-metropolitan Victoriaj.defrutos@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
DebneyBenMAThe Early Years of Americanism 1900-1930b.debney@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
DickRuth WendyPhDEllen Mulcahy:A study of her life in the context of her era.r.dick@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
DownesElizabeth MarionMAAmerican sealing and whaling in the southern ocean: 19th century cultures & economicse.downes@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
DunnEmily ClarePhDHeterdoxy in contemporary Chinese Protestantism: The case of Eastern Lightninge.dunn1@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
EbelJohnPhDBiography of Isaac Deutscherj.ebel@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
EvansSuzanne JillianMAHistory, Memory and Emotions.evans1@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
FingerEleanor RosePhDAboriginal women, discourses of domesticity and assimiliation in Australia and Western Canada, 1900-1960e.finger@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
FitzgeraldEmily JanePhDThe relationship between Australia and the USA during the development of Australian Federatione.fitzgerald2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
FrigoNicholas JamesPhDPosing, poster and personal promotion: An examination of the commercialisation of Oscar Wilden.frigo@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
GentryKynan HarleyPhDAssociations make identities: Pakeha preservation of Maori historic places in New Zealand, 1890-1955k.gentry@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
GriffithsTracey EleanorMATying the Knot: The Social Life and Visual Culture of Oriental Carpets in Renaissance Venicet.griffiths@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
GriggJuliannaPhDTransition, development and nationhood in early 8th century Pictlandj.grigg@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
GrosserElise MichellePhDIn memory of me: Fame in the Florentine Renaissancee.grosser@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
GuliClaudia CatherinePhDThe legitimacy of the trial of Charles I: Historical precedent, the right of revolt and the roots of political power in Englandc.guli@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
HallettKeith RobertPhDBiography of Rev. George Brownk.hallett@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
HearmanVannessa CorinePhDThe Old and the New: the Left in Indonesiav.hearman@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
HemingwayMichael IanPhDAboriginal community-control: Colonialism, white politics and indigenous autonomym.hemingway@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
HibbenJennifer AnnePhDBiography of Shirley Andrewsj.hibben@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
HillsStephen Charles RobertPhDA comparative history of the development of nuclear energy in Britain and Frances.hills@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
HolmanBrett AnthonyPhDThe impact of airpower on the British people, 1908-1939b.holman@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
HortonLukePhDThe construction of authenticity in early twentieth century American popular musicl.horton@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
HowardLeanne MareePhDCommunity involvement in managing cultural landscapes: Reality or rhetoric?l.howard@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
IrelandJohn De CourcyPhDRichard Davies Ireland: An Irish confederation lawyer in Australiaj.ireland@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ItohMayukoMAJapanese immigrant women in mixed marriage in Australia: 1980s-2000sm.itoh@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
JuliffLaura JayneMAThe Manichaean in Early Byzantine Canon Lawl.juliff@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
KleinhenzElizabeth MaryPhDKathleen Fitzpatrick: A biographical study.e.kleinhenz@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
KlugmanMatthewPhDLoves, hates, tragedies and ecstasy: the seasonal lives of Australian football followersm.klugman@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
KobayashiAiPhDWilliam MacBalla.kobayashi@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
KoehneSamuel PeterPhDNazi Germany as a moral state? A comparative study of the Tempelgesellschaft and the Korntaler Brudergemeinde, 1933-1939s.koehne@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
KrongoldJeanette CarolePhDBreaking the Rules? Judicial Discourse on Asylum Seekers from Mandatory to Indefinite Detention (1989 - 2009)j.krongold@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
LigourisJoanneMAA History of Displacement: Migration, Exile and Oppression in the Films of Theo Angelupunlosj.ligouris@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
LindseyKiera Jane ElliotPhD Colonial contexts - motion, money, reinvention and genderk.lindsey@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ListonRuth AlexandraPhDHistory of Probationa Officers in Victoriar.liston@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
LlewellynDavid Geoffrey MatthewPhDUtilitarianism and the Australian constitutiond.llewellyn@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
LoweBiancaPhDHow does the migrant experience of nationalism support the national identity of the ethnic majority.b.lowe@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
MaccallumAlexandra SusanPhDA study of Australian children of men who returned from World War II.a.maccallum@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
MacLeodChristine RachelMAEusebius of Caesarea and the Church History: A Secular Studyc.macleod2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
MannPrudence JanePhDAutobiographies of the Third Reichp.mann2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
MartinLeo MathwinPhDInterpreting historical landscapes: a study of Castlemainel.martin3@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
MartinSarah EllenPhDDavid McCaughey The Australian Years 1953-2005: A Biography.s.martin12@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
McCarthyRosslyn MaryPhDA life of Lorna Osbornr.mccarthy@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
McIntyreIain BoydMAAIDEX '91i.mcintyre@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
MerrittHelen LouisePhDThe Yorkshire plot (1676-1686): Servants, catholic plots and houshold disorderh.merritt@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
MinchintonBarbaraPhDEducation in the Otways: Attitudes and emotionsb.minchinton@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
MorrowDaniel WilliamPhDThe Chicago school and public policy in Australia and New Zealandd.morrow@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
MountfordBenjamin WilsonPhDRethinking urban underworldsb.mountford@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
MunroMarita RaePhDA struggle for identity and direction: Victorian Baptists, 1960-2000m.munro2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
MusgroveNell JanePhDChild welfare in Victoria,> 1851 - 1945n.musgrove@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
NaughtinPatrick JamesPhDChampioning Irish causes in colonial Victoria: A study of the leadership of the Irish nationalist movement, 1880-1990p.naughtin@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
NicholBarbara JunePhDThe breath of the wok: Chinese restaurant business to 1950sb.nichol@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
NobleAinslie BlairPhDMemory, identity and violence: Comparing contemporary Catalonia and the Basque country in France and Spainainslie.noble@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
NorrieJasmine RuthPhDPerceptions and Meanings of Prostitution in Late Medieval Englandj.norrie@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
O'ToolePeter JohnPhDNewspaper coverage of the Vietnam war: A Comparative analysis across three continents.p.o'toole@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
OsborneChristopher JamesMAWorld War II Intelligence: The Pacific Theatre.c.osborne@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
OshakeMohammed Faisal AhmedPhDThe political elite of the islamic movement in Sudan: A sociological study of the Muslim brotherhood and its impact on the Sudanese political system 1989 - 2004m.oshake@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
PaceKatherine LeahPhDModernity as the meeting of class, race and gender: A logic of power, Melbourne, Australia, 1926-1939k.pace@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
PatrickRachel JoanneMAAs in the school, so in the nation: The teaching of history in New Zealand primary schools 1900-1940r.patrick@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
PendletonMark AaronPhDThe ghost of Aum: Terrorism, memory and state powerm.pendleton@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
PickeringMichael GeoffreyPhDThe Birth of the Vampire in Eighteenth Century Europem.pickering2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
PrinceAnne HelenPhDThe bearers of dangerous memories: Intergenerational communication and subjectivities of five Victorian womena.prince1@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
RabinoviciDanMAThe Jewish Question in Post Communist Romaniad.rabinovici2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ReidySusan JoanMAFairy Hills - Art and The Suburbss.reidy2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
RileyPhilippa AnnPhDContested space: confronting the past in Taipei's urban landscapep.riley@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
RitchieJessica FrancesPhDThe Position of Women in Military and Organised Forces in the Late-Twentieth and Early-Twenty-First Centuryj.ritchie@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
RobsonRoss McKenziePhDRonald Reagan's Notion of Liberty.r.robson@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
RogersKate ElizabethPhDFor the empire: Fitter, smarter, stronger. Social Darwinism in Australian schools 1901 - 1950k.rogers3@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
RopersHeinz-ErikPhDDiametric Opposites: an analysis of the Japanese Left-versus-Right Discourse of Comfort Women and Forced Labour.h.ropers@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
RuljancichSally BridgetPhDBeyond written data: an exploration of urban history and the importance of material culture.s.ruljancich@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
RussellPeterPhDYugoslavia and the West: Human Rights, 1989-1999p.russell@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
RyndermanJessicaPhDWhen only The shoes Are left: A Study of Material and Memorial Culture in Holocaust Museology.j.rynderman@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SandersEileen RebeccaPhDPeople and place: Churchill Island and the practice of public historye.sanders2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ScottCelia RachaelPhDSanctity and gender in early Irish hagiographyc.scott3@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SheehanDavid JamesPhD'Celtic' ethnicity in the Iron Aged.sheehan2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SheehyMegan GraceMABeyond the Book: The Implications of Web 2.0 for Public History.m.sheehy2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ShiellsGeorgia ReneePhDA different shade of white? Continental European immigrants in white Australia, 1901-1939g.shiells@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SilversteinJordana LeahPhDBut what about the women?: Remembering Jewish women in the Holocaustj.silverstein@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SilversteinBenjamin DanielPhDIndirect rule in a settler colonyb.silverstein@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SlaveskiFilipPhDThe Soviet occupation of Eastern Germany: Soviet occupation policies, 1945-1947f.slaveski@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SluckiDavidPhDJewish political diversity in Poland - 1919-1945d.slucki@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SmithMerete ColdingPhDNever any work but all joy: Frederick and Penelope Morgan and their collection of children's books in the Baillieu Library, the University of Melbournem.smith4@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SmithCharlotte ColdingPhDPrinted images of the Turk in Western Europec.smith16@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SmithiesKathryn LouisePhDTo be advisedk.smithies@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SobeyGareth IanPhDThe conservative 'Christian right' in Australia and the United States: A comparative studyg.sobey@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SoeterboekChristopher ParryPhDA history of the Goulburn Valley as a man made rural environmentc.soeterboek@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
StrugnellEmma Alexandra JanePhDRoman foreign policy in the Easte.strugnell@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
SulmanRonald AlanPhDDoes history have a future? An inquiry into history as researchr.sulman@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
TaffeMichael JohnMAGrowing 150 Years of History: The Ballarat Horticultural Society.m.taffe@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
TaylorElizabethPhDLady Alice Northcote - a colonial governor's wifee.taylor7@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
ThompsonDavid JohnMAThe establishment and development of Australian football in Melbourne.d.thompson3@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
TrevarthenCora MayPhDMaking Mabo: A political journey from the High Court to the Native Title Actc.trevarthen@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
VitelliFrancesco PaoloPhDRobert Hoddle and the ornament of empire: Melbourne memory - cartography and architecture 1834-1934f.vitelli@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
WalshMelissa JeanPhDRituals and resilience: spectator culture and Australian rules football, 1980-2005m.walsh2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
WebsterAmy JanePhDThe outsourcing of the Australian welfare statea.webster3@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
WeedaPeter JamesMASetting the Basis for the Study of Medieval Irish Christian Vita Contemplativap.weeda@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
WejakJustin LabaPhDCatholicism and Communisim in Indonesia in the 1960s: An analysis of the position of the Catholic Church on the coup attempt of 1 October 1965 and the ensuing mass political violence during 1965-1966.j.wejak@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
WheelerJillian LeaPhDWho own's Linton's past? Multiple histories in a Victorian goldfields town.j.wheeler@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
WhitehouseJohn AlexanderPhDHistorical imaginations: Writing and teaching historyj.whitehouse@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
WilliamsDamien JohnPhDA history of the National Council of Priests in Australiad.williams@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
WinfieldJordan CarlylePhDBuddhism and authority in Burmaj.winfield@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
WotherspoonKeir John PaulMAFrom Community to Communications: Media and the New Left 1962 - 1972k.wotherspoon@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
WrightNadia HelenPhDA re-examination of the roles of Sir Stamford Raffles and Major William Farquhar in the founding of Singaporen.wright4@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
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