by hcollett | Jun 13, 2019 | Humanities, Research
Two University of New England (UNE) historians will help build Australia’s first repository of historical criminal justice data to safeguard knowledge and benefit future research. The project, led by Griffith University, is Australia’s largest ‘digital humanities’...
by hcollett | Apr 23, 2019 | Humanities, Research, Social Science
Relocating from Minnesota to study rivers in outback NSW, UNE physical geography PhD candidate Leah McIntosh admits she was a fish out of water. “I grew up around the water – there’s so much water in Minnesota. I loved being around it and, as a result, have always...
by hcollett | Apr 8, 2019 | Arts, Humanities, Research
UNE’s Professor Anne Pender has dedicated years getting to know Australia’s best-loved comic actors. Awkward stage moments, biggest fears, childhood memories – there’s no topic left unturned in Anne’s meticulous and personal approach to researching Australian comedy....
by hcollett | Mar 21, 2019 | Humanities, Research
“One of the most exciting aspects of academia is the way opportunities can arise out of nowhere,” says zooarchaeology PhD candidate James Roberts, whose studies have so far taken him from a master’s in the UK, to the deserts of the United Arab Emirates, to a PhD at...
by hcollett | Jan 24, 2019 | Humanities, Research
Dr Julie Anderson is an archaeologist and curator of the Sudanese and Nubian collections of the British Museum. She’ll deliver the 23rd Maurice Kelly Lecture on 6 February. From a very young age, Dr Julie Anderson just couldn’t resist the allure of hidden...
by eedwar20 | Aug 27, 2018 | Arts, Education, Humanities, Research, Social Science
An update on the Our Mythical Childhood Project Since late 2016, I have been working in the Our Mythical Childhood project, surveying the reception of Classical Antiquity in children’s culture around the world. The Our Mythical Childhood project is funded for...
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