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The University of Melbourne collection assessment
History

Academic Staff Interviewed


Name & Department Teaching/Research Areas
Dr Barry Collett - History Italy, France, Britain C15-16 - administration, politics, religion, reform movements. Palaeography. History of Gippsland
Dr Charles Coppel - History Indonesian society C19-20, incl. ethnic communities. Asia in Australian eyes. Chinese diaspora
Dr Antonia Finnane - History China C16-20. Chinese diaspora, esp. English-speaking countries
Dr Anne Gilmour-Bryson - History Medieval monasticism, crusades and pilgrimage, history of God, Medieval sexuality, Cyprus, the Inquisition
Dr David Goodman - History American history 1775 to the present, "American modernity" 1970s to date, American broadcasting 1930s-1950s. Western US history
Professor Patricia Grimshaw - History Women's history C19 & 20 incl. women's unionism, comparative study of women and citizenship, women in the Pacific Rim, American history C19 & 20, Colonial history - NZ, Canada, Australia
Dr John Lack - History War & Australian society 1788+, Australian social and political history 1788+, C20 Australian immigration, C20 industrial labour movement and industrial relations history
Dr Vera Mackie - History Japanese history C19 & 20, Women's labour history, gender and development, human rights and citizenship in Asia, C20 Japanese social movements, C20 Japan and SEAsia
Dr Ian McNiven - Classics and Archaeology Australian archaeology, centred on Victoria and Queensland
Professor Peter McPhee - History France 1750 to date. Regional emphasis Southwest (Languedoc, Roussillon) Vendée, Geneva/ Lyon. Paris. French Revolution. French colonial history. 1848 Revolution
Dr Alan Mayne - History Comparative urban history, urban history of Melbourne. Immigrants in cities - US, UK, Australia, immigrant history late C19-20. Modern Italy, 1860+
Dr Elizabeth Pemberton - Classics and Archaeology Bronze Age and Classical Greek archaeology and history; Hellenistic period. Myth
Dr Richard Pennell - History North Africa especially Morocco 1600+ , Libya 1600-1800, Lebanon, 1800+. Maritime studies, esp. piracy, ancient times to date, imperialism, women in the Middle East, Islam, modernity and the Middle East
Dr David Philips - History British history 1780+, South African history 1948+, Crime, law and punishment in C19 Australia, comparative colonial history
Dr Ronald Ridley - History Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome 3000 BC-400 AD, history of archaeology, history of historical writing. History of The University of Melbourne
Mr Ian Robertson - History Italy late C13-early 16. Florence, Church, Papacy and the Papal State, Rome, Naples
Dr Antonio Sagona - Classics and Archaeology Ancient Anatolia and Near East
Ms Sonia Smallacombe - History Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander studies 1980s-1990s. Indigenous intellectual property rights. Australian history and Koori histories
Dr Charles Sowerwine - History Regional emphasis Ain. Paris. 2nd Republic onwards. Women's history
Ms Jacqueline Templeton - History Migration to Australia 1918+, especially from Lombardy 1850s to 1960s. Migrants in Queensland. Migration within Europe. Migration C19 esp. to US 1880s-1920s. Global migration C19
Dr Steven Welch - History C19-20 German social history, history of fascism - Italian, Spanish, East European. History of Third Reich. Aspects of military history. Europe in the age of total war
Dr Stephen Wheatcroft - History C19 and 20 economic and social history of Russian empire and former Soviet Union. demographic history, esp. famine. Administrative history, the Terror, the Holocaust. Glasnost' and post-Soviet history
Mr Charles Zika - History 1400-1700 Germany, Switzerland, Central Europe, France, England. European Reformation, Witch-hunt (incl. America). European expansion into New World. Central America 16 & 17. Media and history

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